'A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for... Zobraziť viac
'The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time, and the drug that catapulted them out of it' Guardian... Zobraziť viac
Awakenings—which inspired the major motion picture—is the remarkable story of a group of patients who contracted sleeping-sickness during the great epidemic just after World War I. Frozen for decades in a trance-like state, these ... Zobraziť viac
Oliver Sacks has always been fascinated by islands—their remoteness, their mystery, above all the unique forms of life they harbor. For him, islands conjure up equally the romance of Melville and Stevenson, the adventure of Magellan ... Zobraziť viac
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. In Musicophilia, ... Zobraziť viac
With his trademark compassion and erudition, Dr Oliver Sacks examines the power of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. Among them: a surgeon who is struck by lightning and suddenly ... Zobraziť viac
Ein Musikwissenschaftler tätschelt Hydranten, weil er sie für spielende Kinder hält. Eine 90jährige Frau bekommt plötzlich wieder Appetit auf junge Männer. Ein Student kann eine Zeitlang riechen wie ein Hund - und vermißt es, als es vorbei ist: Eine... Zobraziť viac
No writer has succeeded in capturing the medical and human drama of illness as honestly and as eloquently as Oliver Sacks. ... Zobraziť viac
Like The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this is a fascinating voyage into a strange and wonderful land, a provocative meditation on communication, biology, adaptation, and culture. In Seeing Voices, Oliver Sacks ... Zobraziť viac
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 patients affected with ... Zobraziť viac
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.” It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on ... Zobraziť viac
In his most extraordinary book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders... Zobraziť viac
To these seven narratives of neurological disorder Dr. Sacks brings the same humanity, poetic observation, and infectious sense of wonder that are apparent in his bestsellers Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His ... Zobraziť viac
Picador: The bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat and Musicophilia. Zobraziť viac
The many manifestations of migraine can vary dramatically from one patient to another, even within the same patient at different times. Among the most compelling and perplexing of these symptoms are the strange visual hallucinations ... Zobraziť viac
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 ... Zobraziť viac
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'. It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going. From its opening pages on his... Zobraziť viac
Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions... Zobraziť viac
To many people, hallucinations imply madness, but in fact they are a common part of the human experience. These sensory distortions range from the shimmering zigzags of a visual migraine to powerful visions brought on by ... Zobraziť viac
Picador: The bestselling author of Awakenings and Musicophilia Zobraziť viac
