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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 11 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781447264064 | ISBN 10: 1447264061
An impassioned, tender and joyous memoir by the author of Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report: 'Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far' ... more
View book details£9.99 hardback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781509822805 | ISBN 10: 1509822801
Oliver Sacks died in August 2015 at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close friends and family. He was 82. He spent his final days doing what he loved: playing the piano, swimming, enjoying smoked salmon - and writing. As Dr S ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781447275404 | ISBN 10: 1447275403
A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind. If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781447208266 | ISBN 10: 1447208269
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 to find nothing? Hallucinations don’t belong wholly to the insane. Much more commonly, they a ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781447208341 | ISBN 10: 144720834x
Since childhood Oliver has been fascinated by the ability of these primitive plants to survive and adapt in many climates. Oaxaca Journal is the enthralling account of his trip, alongside a group of fellow fern enthusiasts, to the beautiful province ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780330526142 | ISBN 10: 0330526146
Migraine is an age-old – the first recorded instances date back over two thousand years – and often debilitating condition, affecting a ‘substantial minority’ of the population across the globe. In this book, Oliver Sacks offers at once a medical acc ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780330523608 | ISBN 10: 0330523600
As with his previous bestseller, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world, and how we relate to tho ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780330507622 | ISBN 10: 0330507621
When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that of patient. The injury itself was severe, but straightforward to fix; the psychological effects, however, were far ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780330523646 | ISBN 10: 0330523643
Imaginative and insightful, Seeing Voices offers a way into a world that is, for many people, alien and unfamiliar – for to be profoundly deaf is not just to live in a world of silence, but also to live in a world where the visual is paramount.   ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780330508902 | ISBN 10: 0330508903
How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is disrupted? In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others d ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780330523592 | ISBN 10: 0330523597
Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we understand our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experien ... more
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