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1.	[no image]	The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat from Peter Smith Pub Inc Customer Review: Oliver Sacks spent his career as a clinical neurologist. Somber, comical, encouraging, dispiriting, outlandish, but always fascinating. These could all describe the patient case histories presented by Sacks in his book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. The author is at the top of his game in... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.	[no image]	An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales from Ulverscroft Large Print Customer Review: `An Anthropologist on Mars' by Oliver Sacks is a great book for those interested in gaining a more personable insight on patients with neurological disorders. The book was a great read for biology nerds like me, providing both entertainment values as well as satisfying my geeky needs to learn about... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.	[no image]	Awakenings from Random House Inc (T) Customer Review: Well written and understandable. I love how Oliver Sacks did the time sequencing to better understand the progression of his patients. I loved this book.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		Uncle Tungsten from Turtleback Price: $26.90 Customer Review: This is the most delightful book I have read in ages. The reader is carried along by the sheer joy of discovery - the "pleasure of finding things out". Although in small glimpses, Sacks' family form the important backdrop, but the main part of the book is about chemistry and, more importantly,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.	[no image]	The Island of the Colorblind from Vintage Books USA Price: $10.85 Customer Review: This review should help people who favor non-fiction storytelling with a pinch of science. I sincerely enjoyed reading this book; Sacks is an excellent storyteller whose ability to recount fascinating adventures is truly astounding. As a general read I found it interesting from cover to cover; Sacks... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.	[no image]	Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf from Harper Audio Customer Review: Oliver Sacks composed this work because he became highly intrigued by the deaf after reading the paper "When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf" by Harlan Lane. Similarly, it is hard not to be both intrigued and impressed by the deaf population after reading Sacks' work "Seeing Voices". The focus... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.	[no image]	A leg to stand on from J. Curley Price: $9.50 Customer Review: A Leg to Stand On has a solid story. Despite the age of this book, written in 1984, it is not antiquated. While technology and knowledge in the field of neuropsychology has progressed, the questions asked and the process for studying disorders are still the same. This book touches on many things... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		Memory Book (Benny Cooperman Mysteries) from Carroll & Graf Publishers Price: $6.00 Customer Review: Co-narrated by Ron Halder and Donna White, "Memory Books" by Canadian mystery writer Howard Engel is the story of small-town private investigatory Benny Cooperman who, after being left for dead from a blow to the head by an unknown assailant, wakes up in a hospital and in the middle of a mystery.... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.	[no image]	Diario de Oaxaca/ Diary of Oaxaca (El Ojo Infalible) (Spanish Edition) from Oceano De Mexico Price: $16.19	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		A Glorious Accident: Understanding Our Place in the Cosmic Puzzle from W.H. Freeman & Company Price: $9.00 Customer Review: The title of this book comes from (who else?) Stephen J Gould. This is what a scientific discussion could be and should be. In short, six famous thinkers were asked to participate in first an individual interview and then a round table discussion with the other five. The subject was life in all its... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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