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Oliver Sacks
A million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century’s greatest neurologist.
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An Everyman Classic hardback edition of Dr Sacks's most extraordinary book, in which the 'poet laureate of medicine' (New York Times) recounts fascinating case histories of patients with neurological disorders…
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The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.
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A remarkable celebration of Sacks’s varied interests, told with his characteristic compassion and erudition, and in his luminous prose.
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As Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life his final thoughts were of gratitude. In a series of remarkable, beautifully written and uplifting meditations, Dr Sacks reflects on…
This study of migraines has been revised and expanded to include discussion of newly-developed drug therapies and non-drug approaches. Dr Sachs draws on advances in chaos theory and neural stimulation…
An account of victims of a decades-long sleeping sickness who were awoken to a new life by use of the drug L-dopa.
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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 2015 –Title page verso.
An impassioned, tender and joyous memoir by the author of Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
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The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat and Musicophilia.
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‘The keystone of the amazing edifice that is this remarkable thinker’s oeuvre.’ Will Self, Guardian
The River of Consciousness is a remarkable culmination of a lifetime’s research into the way the brain works by the celebrated late neurologist Oliver Sacks.
A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind.
From the bestselling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
Susan R Barry
"In this intimate and inspiring book, Susan Barry shares the heartfelt letters through which she and Oliver Sacks became friends, laying bare the meeting of two people endlessly intrigued by…
From the legendary neurologist and bestselling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat comes a powerful and compassionate ( New York Times ) book…
This extraordinary revelation of a book became an instant classic and established Sacks as one of the greatest clinical writers of the century (The New York Times). Sacks narrates twenty…
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From the bestselling author of Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a provocative investigation into hallucinations - auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory - their many guises…
The bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.
We dont see with our eyes, but with our mind; thats why we often see things that arent actually there, things that we file under the generic term hallucinations. Hallucinations…
Physician and writer Oliver Sacks recounts his experiences as a young neurologist; his physical passions–weight lifting and swimming; his love affairs, both romantic and intellectual; his guilt over leaving his…
Oliver Sacks, scientist and storyteller, is beloved by readers for his neurological case histories and his fascination and familiarity with human behavior. Everything in Its Place is a celebration of…
To these seven narratives of neurological disorder Dr. Sacks brings the same humanity, poetic observation, and infectious sense of wonder that are apparent in his bestsellers Awakenings and The Man…
Translation of: Musicophilia: tales of music and the brain.
From the bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An Anthropologist on Mars comes a delightful inner and outer journey, destined to surprise and…
In an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary mind, the distinguished neurologist who wrote Awakenings offers an account of his youth as fascinating as his celebrated case histories. Overflowing with humor…
With compassion and insight, the doctor who inspired the major motion picture Awakenings offers a collection of astonishing case histories … A work of genius ( The Washington Post )…
Includes case histories, findings, and practical information on the treatment of migraines. The book discusses similarities among the visual hallucinations, or auras, that often precede a migraine and those that…
A neurologist investigates the world of the deaf, examining their past and present treatment at the hands of society, and assesses the value and significance of sign language.
Oliver Sacks’s [book] tells the stories of individuals afflicted with perceptual and intellectual disorders: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who…
From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.
The bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat describes how we experience the visual world.
An extraordinary collection of interviews with the beloved doctor and author, whose research and books inspired generations of readers.
Oliver Sacks-called the poet laureate of medicine by the New York…
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Lawrence Weschler
The untold story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, his own greatest patient.
