Books by Oliver W Sacks

A major bestseller and already acclaimed as a science classic, this collection of 20 true tales of individuals stricken with astonishing neurological ... More

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By the author of "Seeing Voices', this is a narrative about the awakening of 20 patients from a zombie-like state they had suffered for over 40 years ... More

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Dr. Sacks takes readers into the world of the deaf which includes a history of deaf people, the often outrageous ways in which they were seen and ... More

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In The Mind's Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many ... More

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In an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary mind, the distinguished neurologist who wrote "Awakenings" offers an account of his youth as ... More

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Oliver Sacks, the bestselling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, is most famous for his studies of the human mind: ... More

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This collection of essays are mainly casebook studies. Neurological patients, Oliver Sacks once wrote, are travellers to unimaginable lands. This ... More

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'Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent' Observer When Oliver Sacks, a ... More

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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, ... More

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This book tells the extraordinary story of the twenty patients in the Monte Carmelo Hospital in New York, survivors of an epidemic of encephalitis ... More

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The articles in this anthology represent the finest works of science journalism from 2003, culled from periodicals like "Harper's, The New Yorker, ... More

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The author of the bestselling An Anthropologist on Mars and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat journeys to a remote Pacific island for his latest ... More

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""Exiting Nirvana" is a strong and affecting profile of an artist with autism, beautifully written by her mother. . . . Skillfully weaving in ... More

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Oliver Sacks' empathetic understanding and compelling storytelling ability have turned his accounts of his patients and his own life into literature, ... More

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In recent years the bestselling "Awakenings" and "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat" have received great critical acclaim, but Oliver Sacks's ... More

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In recent years the bestselling Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat have received great critical acclaim, but Oliver Sacks's ... More

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Sacks' portraits of several neurological patients, including a surgeon and anartist, provoke anew a sense of wonder at who we are.

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The bestselling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and "one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century" (The New York Times ... More

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An illuminating book about the power of music, from the bestselling author of "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat".Oliver Sacks has been hailed ... More

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In this unprecedented book, a gifted animal scientist who is also autistic, delivers a report on autism, written from her unique perspective. What ... More

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Have you ever seen something that wasn't really there? Heard someone call your name in an empty house? Sensed someone following you and turned around ... More

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Includes case histories, new findings, and practical information on the treatment of migraines. The book discusses similarities among the visual ... More

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To these seven narratives of neurological disorder Dr. Sacks brings the same humanity, poetic observation, and infectious sense of wonder that are ... More

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With Seeing Voices Dr Sacks launches us on a journey into the world of the deaf which he explores with the same passion and insight that have ... More

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