Popular European Psychology Books
Find psychology books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (123)
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Gladiators, Pirates and Games of Trust : How Game Theory, Strategy and Probability Rule Our Lives by Haim Shapira EN
LithuaniaDescription:
"One of the best Decision Making and Game Theory books of all time." —Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn founder) and Nassim Nicholas Taleb (author of Black Swan), BookAuthority An accessible, light-hearted exploration of Game Theory—what it is, why it’s important, and how it can help us in our daily lives Game Theory is the mathematical formalization of interactive decision-making—it assumes that each player's goal is to maximize his/her benefit, whatever it may be. Players may be friends, foes, political parties, states, or any entity that behaves interactively, whether collectively or individually. One... continue
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IrelandDescription:
THE INSTANT TOP 5 IRISH BESTSELLER 'Wild, singular...gripped me from the start' DOUGLAS STUART 'Passionate, wild, hugely atmospheric' DAVID NICHOLLS 'Intelligent, probing' MAGGIE O'FARRELL 'A gorgeous, mysterious read' AISLING BEA 'I adored it' LOUISE KENNEDY *A most anticipated 2024 debut in BBC, Daily Mail, Stylist, New Statesman, Sunday Independent, Irish Times and Irish Examiner* The haunting debut novel from acclaimed, Irish no. 1 bestselling author, Sinéad Gleeson. The sea is steady for now. The land readies itself. What can be done with the woman on the cliff? On a wild and rugged islan... continue
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DenmarkDescription:
Comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgement and discrimination are rife. Sofie conquered a negative relationship with her body and provides practical tips for readers to do the same drawing wisdom from other Fat Liberation champions. Part-memoir, part-social commentary, this book looks at how taking up space in a culture that is desperate to reduce you can be radical, emboldening and life-changing
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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad EN
UkraineDescription:
In this reprinting of the great Conrad classic, Green Integer presents his tale of white colonialism and the effects of the African world on European self-satisfaction. Marlow's tale of his voyage through the Congo and the legends surround a previous explorer-adventurer named Kurtz gradually reveal the dark horros of both the Western impact on Africa and its effects on Western civilisation. Conrad's tale is a brilliant symbolic work as well as a great adventure story. The book, one of the true classics of 20th century literature endures as a favourite to this day.
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Her Mother's Hands by Karmele Jaio EN
SpainDescription:
Her Mother's Hands is an examination of the deepest human bonds and a beautiful and moving tribute to life.
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How Do You Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room by Jacob Burak EN
CyprusDescription:
Why do people without a sense of humor persist in telling jokes that aren't funny?Does playing classical music to babies really aid their development?Why do thin and tall people earn more?Is it possible to move a table by mind power?Why are more newborns boys?Why is one of the guns in a firing squad loaded with blanks?How much is the author's corpse worth? And the corpses' of his readers'?Writing in the personal and witty style we have come to associate with the author of Do Chimpanzees Dream of Retirement and his other best-sellers, Jacob Burak addresses all of these questions in his new book... continue
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Hunger by Knut Hamsun EN
NorwayDescription:
A modernist masterpiece: the Nobel Prize winner’s first and most important novel A Penguin Classic First published in Norway in 1890, Hunger probes the depths of consciousness with frightening and gripping power. Contemptuous of novels of his time and what he saw as their stereotypical plots and empty characters, Knut Hamsun embarked on “an attempt to describe the strange, peculiar life of the mind, the mysteries of the nerves in a starving body.” Like the works of Dostoyevsky, it marks an extraordinary break with Western literary and humanistic traditions. For more than seventy years, Penguin... continue
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Hunger by Knut Hamsun DE
Description:
Ein junger Mann irrt durch eine Stadt, ohne Ziel und Daseinszweck, körperlich ausgezehrt, doch «vom fröhlichen Wahnsinn des Hungers gepackt». Das ist es, was ihn aufrecht hält: ein irrlichternder Geist, ein seismografisches Empfinden, eine fantastische Erfindungs- und Einbildungskraft. Den Kapriolen seiner halluzinatorischen Zustände verdankt der weltberühmte Roman jene ungeheure Komik, die schon Astrid Lindgren begeisterte. Nicht, was in ihm geschildert wird – nämlich die manischen Ausgeburten von «Hirnfieber» bei Nahrungsentzug &nda... continue
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EnglandDescription:
"A fast, fizzing cherry bomb of a debut . . . I'm a Fan will stick with you for a very long time." —The Observer Astounding, addictive, and screaming with originality, I'm a Fan is a blisteringly smart novel on obsession and privilege. I stalk a woman on the internet who is sleeping with the same man as I am. The unnamed narrator in I’m a Fan is obsessed; obsessed with the married man she is sleeping with and with one of his other lovers who is an influencer. Through the prism of this unequal, unfaithful relationship, she examines the complexities of desire and privilege. With an unforgiving e... continue
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Iemand moest het doen by Sanne Huysmans NL
BelgiumDescription:
Terwijl de vooruitgang onverbiddelijk binnendringt, verkommert de kapel bij de ingang van het dorp, droomt een dochter van de verre stad, zet een oude notelaar zich schrap en probeert een gepensioneerde vuilnisman de wereld een beetje beter te maken. Met haar bewierookte stijl zet Sanne Huysmans een wereld neer die verontrustend bekend voorkomt. 00'Iemand moest het doen' is een urgente roman over de noodzaak van dienstbaarheid en de tragiek van verwachtingen, en vooral een portret van een gemeenschap die vasthoudt aan de waarden die ze dreigt te verliezen.000Sanne Huysmans (1988) studeerde pol... continue