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'An inexhaustible tourist at the farther reaches of the mind, Sacks presents, in sparse, unsentimental prose, the stories of seven of his patients. The result is as rich, vivid and compelling as any collection of short fictional stories'...

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Drawing on the individual experiences of patients, musicians, composers, and everyday people, the author of Awakenings explores the complex human response to music, detailing the full range of human reactions to music, what goes on and...

'A memoir of glorious, unflinching honesty' GuardianWhen Oliver Sacks was twelve years old, a perceptive schoolmaster wrote: 'Sacks will go far, if he does not go too far'. It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going....

Long before Oliver Sacks became a distinguished neurologist and bestselling writer, he was a small English boy fascinated by metals-also by chemical reactions (the louder and smellier the better), photography, squids and cuttlefish, H.G....

Ratgeber. - Sacks, Oliver W. Migräne. Evolution eines häufigen Leidens. Neue und gekürzte Ausgabe. Stuttgart, Berlin, Köln, Mainz, Kohlhammer, 1985. 19 cm. 227 S. Ill., graph. Darst. Softcover. Paperback in sehr gutem Zustand. Untere...

'Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent' Observer How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is...

Oliver Sacks: 3 Bände im Schuber: Der einarmige Pianist - Das innere Auge - Drachen, Doppelgänger und Dämonen

Um die visuelle, sich im Raum entfaltende Gebärdensprache zu erforschen, macht Oliver Sacks diverse Reisen im wörtlichen und übertragenen Sinne. Das Ergebnis seiner Erkundungen: Die Gebärdensprache ist kein primitiver Behelf, wie viele...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies in the brain and how it affects the human condition. “Powerful...

"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved. I have been given much and I have given something in return. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in...