All very good, otherwise I wouldn't bother ...
Psychiatry:
From the Edge of the Couch: Bizarre Psychiatric Cases and What They Teach Us About Ourselves
by Raj Persaud (Goodreads Author)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...h?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=TzxZwgYXVo&rank=1
Psychiatrist Persaud describes various patients who, as the title says, are 'bizarre': the people who genuinely believe that they are vampires or werewolves; the man who can only get sexual gratification by being crushed in garbage trucks; the man who stuck hundreds of needles in his body to try and become a robot. This is more than just an exposition of the weird though - Persaud uses the case studies to hypothesise about human nature and free will.
Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes
by David Enoch, William Trethowan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...arch=true&from_srp=true&qid=I56t8xaWdM&rank=1
On Goodreads there are just two reviews in Turkish
I'm sure psychiatrists or psychology experts will enjoy it more. It was an interesting reading experience though. The author's reference to classical works for each syndrome as well as cases made the book interesting. What really interesting and difficult syndromes there were. Those who work in the field may particularly enjoy it, otherwise it may sound very technical.
1 Capgras’ syndrome
2 de Clérambault’s syndrome
3 Othello syndrome
4 Ganser’s syndrome
5 Couvade syndrome
6 Munchausen’s syndrome and related factitious disorders
7 Gilles de la Tourette’s syndrome
8 Cotard’s syndrome (le délire de négation)
9 Folie à deux (et folie à plusiers)
10 Ekbom’s syndrome (delusional infestation) and body dysmorphic disorder
11 Possession states and allied syndromes
12 Other uncommon psychiatric syndromes
Sometimes Amazing Things Happen: Heartbreak and Hope on the Bellevue Hospital Psychiatric Prison Ward
by Elizabeth Ford
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...arch=true&from_srp=true&qid=e236A243Ua&rank=1
Dr Ford relates her experiences with patients, who were inmates at Riker's Island prison, as well as her interactions with staff, and the families of those she treated. It takes a special kind of person to work under the situation and conditions that Dr Ford did. Oftentimes her tales were one of heartbreak, abuse, and the misunderstandings of mental health and the horror it invokes in many.
Real conspiracy:
Prestige, Manipulation, and Coercion: Elite Power Struggles in the Soviet Union and China after Stalin and Mao
by Joseph Torigian
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...arch=true&from_srp=true&qid=1lbl4ZuNDH&rank=1
Here, Joseph Torigian argues that the post-cult of personality power struggles in history’s two greatest Leninist regimes were instead shaped by the politics of personal prestige, historical antagonisms, backhanded political maneuvering, and violence. Mining newly discovered material from Russia and China, Torigian challenges the established historiography and suggests a new way of thinking about the nature of power in authoritarian regimes.
Turkey's July 15th Coup: What Happened and Why
(Utah Series in Middle East Studies) by M. Hakan Yavuz (Editor)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37572924-turkey-s-july-15th-coup
On July 15, 2016, a faction of the Turkish military attempted to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The Turkish government blamed the unsuccessful coup attempt on Gülenists, adherents of an Islamist movement led by Fethullah Gülen. They had helped elect Erdoğan and his AK Party, with the goal of bringing an ostensibly “soft” version of Islam into the secular Turkish government. In alliance with the AK Party, Gülenists steadfastly increased their representation in various government institutions, including the military, the police, and the judiciary.
Witchcraft and conspiracy:
Europe's Inner Demons: The Demonization of Christians in Medieval Christendom
by Norman Cohn
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...arch=true&from_srp=true&qid=7dUKj32t17&rank=1
Cohn's main concern here is to trace how the great witch-hunts began and, more importantly, how they did not. He demolishes past theses, most famously Margaret Murray's contention that there was a European cult of fertility magic at work, and shows how other documents were fake, documents that historians made use of for various arguments.
Strange books:
Hotel Iris
by Yōko Ogawa, Stephen Snyder (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6713015-hotel-iris?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=EkD4rL8f5G&rank=1
This book is beautifully written, but totally fucked (#). You can see all the little wormies wriggling around inside teency-cutesy Ogawa's creeptastic, hall-of-mirrors nightmare skull, and you rightly squirm. A BDSM tale with hints of murder mystery, contrasted with scenes of total sweetness. Our Christian Grey is an unattractive, aging translator, clumsy and unassuming out in the wider world, but pretty much psychotic when you dim the lights.
# Agree and that's why I skipped half of it. But the beginning is very, very good!