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A Leg to Stand On
added by savvy on November 10, 2006 2:43 AM
Dr. Oliver Sacks's books Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars and the bestselling The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat have been acclaimed for their extraordinary compassion in the treatment of...
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
added by 78704 on November 21, 2006 11:54 PM
In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable wor...
Migraine
added by glassysurf on November 23, 2006 2:40 PM
"Balanced, authoritative . . . brilliant." --The London Times"Written by one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century, Migraine . . . should be read as much for its brilliant insig...
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
added by bigwinner on November 15, 2006 12:21 PM
In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable wor...
An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
added by megafan on November 27, 2006 3:16 PM
The works of neurologist Oliver Sacks have a special place in the swarm of mind-brain studies. He has done as much as anyone to make nonspecialists aware of how much diversity gets lumped under the...
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood
added by costa on November 14, 2006 12:28 AM
Oliver Sacks's luminous memoir charts the growth of a mind. Born in 1933 into a family of formidably intelligent London Jews, he discovered the wonders of the physical sciences early from his paren...
An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
added by willie on November 17, 2006 1:01 AM
The works of neurologist Oliver Sacks have a special place in the swarm of mind-brain studies. He has done as much as anyone to make nonspecialists aware of how much diversity gets lumped under the...
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
added by tubi on October 31, 2006 2:31 AM
In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable wor...
