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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

A collection of clinical tales that recounts, with sensitivity and empathy, the amazingly complex lives of people who live with neurological impairments.

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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain more books like this

by Oliver Sacks

Sackss compassionate, compelling tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own brains. Here, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people.

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An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales

An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

In a fashion still more personal than his previous books, Oliver Sacks gives us portraits of several neurological patients, following them as far as possible into their otherworldly modes of being: a surgeon who is consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car ...

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Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism

Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My Life with Autism more books like this

by Temple Grandin, Oliver W Sacks (Foreword by)

In this unprecedented book, a gifted animal scientist who is also autistic, delivers a report on autism, written from her unique perspective. What emerges is the document of an extraordinary human being, one who bridges the gulf between her condition and our own, shedding light on the riddle of our common identity.

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Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

The famed neurologist Oliver Sacks writes about his boyhood in England, where he discovered the beauty and structure of science and was nurtured by his chemist uncle in his scientific explorations and his development into a man. A New York Times Editor's Choice for 2001.

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Awakenings

Awakenings more books like this

by Oliver Sacks

These case studies recall the "awakenings" of patients that had responded to L-Dopa after decades of coma-like existence caused by a mysterious sleeping sickness. Rendered in Oliver Sacks' signature style, this book was the basis for the 1990 film of the same name.

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Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf

Seeing Voices: A Journey Into the World of the Deaf more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

Oliver Sacks applies his observational and clinical skill to the world of the deaf--a world delineated by specific social needs and its own unique and complex methods of communication.

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Migraine

Migraine more books like this

by Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks's first book, MIGRAINE tells of the symptoms and effects of this condition.

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A Leg to Stand on

A Leg to Stand on more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

After breaking his leg escaping a bull, Oliver Sacks ruminates on the strangeness of recovery as he progresses through his own unusual convalescence.

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Anthropologist on Mars

Anthropologist on Mars more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

In a fashion still more personal than his previous books, Oliver Sacks gives us portraits of several neurological patients, following them as far as possible into their otherworldly modes of being: a surgeon who is consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car ...

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Seeing Voices more books like this

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Oliver Sacks applies his observational and clinical skill to the world of the deaf--a world delineated by specific social needs and its own unique and complex methods of communication.

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Island of the Colorblind more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

A case history of congenital disease in two Micronesian islands, by the medical historian and author of AWAKENINGS and THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT. On Pingelap, one of the Caroline Islands, the natives suffer from inherited colorblindness; while many of the inhabitants of Guam contract Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease.

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National Geographic Directions: Oaxaca Journal more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

Oliver Sacks journeys to Oaxaca, Mexico to observe the fern--a lifelong hobby for the celebrated author and neurologist. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.

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The Island of the Colorblind: Open-Market Edition more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

A case history of congenital disease in two Micronesian islands, by the medical historian and author of AWAKENINGS and THE MAN WHO MISTOOK HIS WIFE FOR A HAT. On Pingelap, one of the Caroline Islands, the natives suffer from inherited colorblindness; while many of the inhabitants of Guam contract Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease.

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Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism more books like this

by Clara Claiborne Park, Oliver W Sacks (Foreword by)

In this sequel to her first book, THE SIEGE, Park details the idiosyncrasies of life while helping her daughter Jessy, now 40, emerge from her internal autistic world to interact with the one outside. Features an introduction by famed neurologist and author Oliver Sacks.

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Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

A collection of clinical tales that recounts, with sensitivity and empathy, the amazingly complex lives of people who live with neurological impairments.

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Best American Science Writing more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks (Editor), Jesse Cohen (Editor)

The articles in this anthology represent the finest works of science journalism from 2003, culled from periodicals like "Harper's, The New Yorker, Esquire, Scientific American, Wired," and the "New York Times."

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The Organism more books like this

by Kurt Goldstein, Oliver W Sacks (Foreword by)

A summation of Goldstein's "holistic" theory of the human organism. In the course of his studies on brain-damaged soldiers during World War I, Goldstein became aware of the failure of contemporary biology and medicine to really understand the impact of such injuries and the astonishing adjustments that patients made to them. He challenged ...

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Living with Tourette Syndrome more books like this

by Elaine Fantle Shimberg, Oliver W Sacks (Foreword by), Elaine Shapiro, Ph.D. (Introduction by)

Providing comprehensive information on diagnosing, treating, and coping with Tourette's Syndrome, this supportive guide answers questions about obtaining a proper diagnosis, managing treatment, and living a full life. Shimberg gives advice on dealing with the symptoms, as well as its psychological and physical ramifications.

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Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks (Foreword by), Clara Claiborne Park

In this sequel to her first book, THE SIEGE, Park details the idiosyncrasies of life while helping her daughter Jessy, now 40, emerge from her internal autistic world to interact with the one outside. Features an introduction by famed neurologist and author Oliver Sacks.

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Intoxicated by my illness : and other writings on life and death more books like this

by Anatole Broyard

Writings on illness and dying by the late literary critic, essayist, and columnist for The New York Times Anatole Broyard, with a foreward by Oliver Sacks. This book is for anyone facing the struggle with illness, for all who wish to face death with dignity, philosophical understanding and even joy.

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The island of the colour-blind ; and, Cycad Island more books like this

by Oliver Sacks

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Oaxaca Journal more books like this

by Oliver Sacks

Oliver Sacks journeys to Oaxaca, Mexico to observe the fern--a lifelong hobby for the celebrated author and neurologist. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.

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Migraine: Understanding a Common Disorder Expanded and Updated more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

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 readers may remember that he began his medical career working with migraine patients. In this, the latest edition of "Migraine," he returns to his first book and enriches it with additional case histories, ...

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Vintage Sacks more books like this

by Oliver W Sacks

Oliver Sacks' empathetic understanding and compelling storytelling ability have turned his accounts of his patients and his own life into literature, as evidenced in "Uncle Tungsten," "Stinks and Bangs," and "Cannery Row" from Uncle Tungsten; the Foreword and "Rose R." from "Awakenings"; "A Deaf World" from Seeing Voices; and excerpts from "Island ...

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