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Couch, Clinic, Scanner

Scott McLemee reviews David Hellerstein’s The Couch, the Clinic, and the Scanner: Stories From Three Revolutionary Eras of the Mind.
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An Encouraging Nature

Scott McLemee rounds up upcoming university press titles focused on science, medicine and the natural world.
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A Studied Ignorance

Scott McLemee reviews Peter Burke’s Ignorance: A Global History.
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Evergreen With Envy

Scott McLemee reviews Robert A. Schneider’s The Return of Resentment: The Rise and Decline and Rise Again of a Political Emotion.
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Of Hobbitology

Scott McLemee interviews author Robert T. Tally Jr. on J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit: Realizing History Through Fantasy: A Critical Companion.
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Driven to Distraction

Scott McLemee reviews Jamie Kreiner’s The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction.
The book cover for Denise Gigante’s Book Madness: A Story of Book Collectors in America.
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A Book of Books

Scott McLemee reviews Denise Gigante’s Book Madness: A Story of Book Collectors in America.
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First-Person Singular

Scott McLemee highlights forthcoming university press books of a more personal nature.