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Hallucinations

By Oliver W. Sacks

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Paperback:

9780307947437 | 1 edition (Vintage Books, July 2, 2013), cover price $15.95 | also contains Hallucinations, Hallucinations

The Mind's Eye

By Oliver W. Sacks

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9780307473028 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, October 4, 2011), cover price $15.00 | also contains The Mind's Eye

Miscellaneous:

9780307594556 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 26, 2010, cover price $26.95

The Brain and the Inner World: An Introduction to the Neuroscience of Subjective Experience

By Oliver W. Sacks (foreword by)

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9781590514597 | Other Pr Llc, September 7, 2010, cover price $20.99

Musicophilia

By Oliver W. Sacks

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9780307267917 | Vintage Books, September 23, 2008, cover price $15.95

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales

Presents a series of stories about men and women who, representing both medical and literary oddities, raise fundamental questions about the nature of reality

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Hardcover:

9780671554712, titled "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales" | Summit Books, December 1, 1985, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Presents a series of stories about men and women who, representing both medical and literary oddities, raise fundamental questions about the nature of reality

Paperback:

9780684853949 | Touchstone Books, April 2, 1998, cover price $15.99 | About this edition: Presents a series of stories about men and women who, representing both medical and literary oddities, raise fundamental questions about the nature of reality

9780060970796 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, January 1, 1987), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Presents a series of stories about men and women who, representing both medical and literary oddities, raise fundamental questions about the nature of reality

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781559943680 | Harperaudio, November 1, 1990, cover price $16.00

Prebinding:

9781439503058 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 26, 2008), cover price $24.00

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

A memoir of the scientific wonder of youth by the distinguished neurologist and author describes his fascination with metals, gasses, and chemicals, expecially 'Uncle Tungsten,' and with unravelling the complex mysteries of the world around him.

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9780786241484 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, May 1, 2002), cover price $30.95 | About this edition: A memoir of the scientific wonder of youth by the distinguished neurologist and author describes his fascination with metals, gasses, and chemicals, expecially 'Uncle Tungsten,' and with unravelling the complex mysteries of the world around him.

9780375404481 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, October 1, 2001, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: 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.

Paperback:

9780375704048 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, October 1, 2002), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A memoir of the scientific wonder of youth by the distinguished neurologist and author describes his fascination with metals, gasses, and chemicals, and with unravelling the complex mysteries of the world around him.

Reinforced:

9780606286688 | Demco Media, July 1, 2003, cover price $23.50 | About this edition: A memoir of the scientific wonder of youth by the distinguished neurologist and author describes his fascination with metals, gasses, and chemicals, and with unravelling the complex mysteries of the world around him.

Prebinding:

9781435297364 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, June 5, 2008), cover price $23.95

9780613708715 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 2002, cover price $26.90 | About this edition: A memoir of the scientific wonder of youth by the distinguished neurologist and author describes his fascination with metals, gasses, and chemicals, and with unravelling the complex mysteries of the world around him.

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

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9780676979794 | Rev exp edition (Vintage, September 23, 2008), cover price $21.00 | also contains Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

9780127392219, titled "Understanding and Designing Market Research" | Academic Pr, October 1, 1992, cover price $32.00 | also contains Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Understanding and Designing Market Research

Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould

Collects forty-four key segments from the late renowned paleontologist and evolutionary biologist's best-selling and award-winning books, papers, and essays, in a collection that includes an assortment of previously unpublished articles and speeches.

By Paul Mcgarr (editor), Steven P. R. Rose (editor) and Oliver W. Sacks (foreword by)

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9780393064988 | W W Norton & Co Inc, May 1, 2007, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Collects forty-four key segments from the late paleontologist and evolutionary biologist's books, papers, and essays, in a collection that includes an assortment of previously unpublished articles and speeches.

Diario De Oaxaca

A literary travel memoir by the acclaimed neurologist recounts his odyssey to the Mexican province of Oaxaca with a group of fellow fern enthusiasts, offering a portrait of the region, its people, and its many natural wonders.

By Oliver W. Sacks

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9781426201608 | Natl Geographic Society, April 17, 2007, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A literary travel memoir recounts the author's odyssey to the Mexican province of Oaxaca with a group of fellow fern enthusiasts as he offers a portrait of the region, its people, and its many natural wonders.

Thinking in Pictures: My Life With Autism

Product Description: The captivating subject of Oliver Sack's Anthropologist on Mars, here is Temple Grandin's personal account of living with autism extraordinary gift of animal empathy has transformed her world and ours.Temple Grandin is renowned throughout the world as a designer of livestock holding equipment...read more

By Oliver W. Sacks (foreword by)

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9781417765010 | Turtleback Books, January 10, 2006, cover price $25.70 | About this edition: The captivating subject of Oliver Sack's Anthropologist on Mars, here is Temple Grandin's personal account of living with autism extraordinary gift of animal empathy has transformed her world and ours.

Oaxaca Journal

By Oliver W. Sacks

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9780792265214 | Natl Geographic Society, March 1, 2002, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A literary travel memoir by the acclaimed neurologist and author of Awakenings recounts his odyssey to the Mexican province of Oaxaca witha group of fellow fern enthusiasts as he offers an insightful portrait of the region, its people, and its many natural wonders.

Paperback:

9780792242086 | Natl Geographic Society, October 1, 2005, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A literary travel memoir by the acclaimed neurologist recounts his odyssey to the Mexican province of Oaxaca with a group of fellow fern enthusiasts, offering a portrait of the region, its people, and its many natural wonders.

Beyond Pain: Making The Mind-body Connection

Using case studies drawn from her own practice and personal experience, the author delves into the condition of chronic pain in order to help readers understand its complexities. Original.

By David Israelson, Angela Mailis-Gagnon and Oliver W. Sacks (foreword by)

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9780472030828 | Univ of Michigan Pr, July 15, 2005, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Using case studies drawn from her own practice and personal experience, the author delves into the condition of chronic pain in order to help readers understand its complexities.

Despertares/ Awake

By Oliver W. Sacks

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9788433962195 | Editorial Anagrama, July 1, 2005, cover price $47.90

Vintage Sacks

A compelling compilation of writings by the neurologist-author of Awakenings includes 'Uncle Tungsten,' 'Stinks and Bangs,' and 'Cannery Row' from Uncle Tungsten, as well as a selection of excerpts from Seeing Voices, Awakenings, The ISland of the Colorblind, and Migraine. Original. 25,000 first printing.

By Oliver W. Sacks

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9781400033973 | Vintage Books, January 1, 2004, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: A compelling compilation of writings by the neurologist-author of Awakenings includes 'Uncle Tungsten,' 'Stinks and Bangs,' and 'Cannery Row' from Uncle Tungsten, as well as a selection of excerpts from Seeing Voices, Awakenings, The ISland of the Colorblind, and Migraine.

The Best American Science Writing 2003

Collects top articles from numerous publications to cover the full range of scientific inquiry, including biochemistry, physics, astronomy, genetics, evolutionary theory, and cognition to represent the year's most significant scientific developments.

By Jesse Cohen (editor) and Oliver W. Sacks (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780066211633 | Ecco Pr, September 1, 2003, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Presents essays on animals, the universe, physics, flowers, and other topics by contributors including Peter Canby, Natalie Angier, Michael Klesius, and Joseph D'Agnese.

Paperback:

9780060936518 | Perennial, September 1, 2003, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Presents essays on animals, the universe, physics, flowers, and other topics by contributors including Peter Canby, Natalie Angier, Michael Klesius, and Joseph D'Agnese.

Diario de Oaxaca/ Diary of Oaxaca

Product Description: Book by Sacks, Oliver W.

By Oliver W. Sacks

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9789706517159 | Oceano De Mexico, June 1, 2003, cover price $16.19 | About this edition: Book by Sacks, Oliver W.

Diario De Oaxaca/oaxaca Journal

A literary travel memoir recounts the author's odyssey to the Mexican province of Oaxaca with a group of fellow fern enthusiasts as he offers a portrait of the region, its people, and its many natural wonders.

By Jordi Fibla (trans) and Oliver W. Sacks

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9788482982861 | Rba Publicaciones Editores revistas, December 1, 2002, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: A literary travel memoir recounts the author's odyssey to the Mexican province of Oaxaca with a group of fellow fern enthusiasts as he offers a portrait of the region, its people, and its many natural wonders.

Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf

A renowned neurologist investigates the world of the deaf, examining their past and present treatment at the hands of society, and assesses the value and significance of sign language. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Oliver W. Sacks

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Hardcover:

9780520060838 | Univ of California Pr, August 1, 1989, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: A renowned neurologist investigates the world of the deaf, examining their past and present treatment at the hands of society, and assesses the value of sign language

Paperback:

9780375704079 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, December 1, 2000), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A neurologist investigates the world of the deaf, examining their past and present treatment at the hands of society, and assesses the value and significance of sign language.

9780060973476 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, October 1, 1990), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: A renowned neurologist investigates the world of the deaf, examining their past and present treatment at the hands of society, and assesses the value and significance of sign language

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781559942775 | Harperaudio, September 1, 1990, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Oliver Sacks turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the results is a beautiful, moving book that not only takes readers into the unfathomable world of the deaf, but offers a dee ply felt portraits of a minority struggle for recognition and respect.

Migraine

The best-selling author of Awakenings describes the symptoms and history of migraine headaches, identifies the foods and conditions that may provoke attacks, and examines possible treatments for this devastating ailment. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Oliver W. Sacks

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9780520081017 | Rev exp su edition (Univ of California Pr, October 1, 1992), cover price $85.00 | About this edition: Describes the symptoms and history of migraine headaches, identifies foods and conditions which may provoke attacks, and discusses the possible treatments

Paperback:

9780375704062 | Rev exp edition (Vintage Books, September 1, 1999), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The best-selling author of Awakenings describes the symptoms and history of migraine headaches, identifies the foods and conditions that may provoke attacks, and examines possible treatments for this devastating ailment.

9780520082236 | Rev exp edition (Univ of California Pr, December 1, 1992), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Describes the symptoms and history of migraine headaches, identifies foods and conditions which may provoke attacks, and discusses the possible treatments

Awakenings

A compassionate, literary account describes the author's work with institutionalized patients at Mount Carmel hospital and the dramatic effects of the drug LDOPA on twenty patients suffering from encephalitic Parkinsonism. Reprint. 15,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Oliver W. Sacks

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Hardcover:

9780809590353 | Borgo Pr, June 1, 1991, cover price $31.00

9780844662770 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, January 1, 1990, cover price $25.50

9780671648343 | Reissue edition (Summit Books, September 1, 1987), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Describes the effects of the drug L-DOPA on twenty patients with encephalitic Parkinsonism

Paperback:

9780375704055 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, September 1, 1999), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Describes the author's work with institutionalized patients at Mount Carmel Hospital and the dramatic effects of the drug L-DOPA on twenty patients suffering from encephalitic Parkinsonism

9780060973681 | Reprint edition (Perennial, November 1, 1990), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Describes the effects of the drug L-DOPA on twenty patients with encephalitic Parkinsonism

9780525483502 | Reissue edition (E P Dutton, September 1, 1987), cover price $8.95

9780394716459 | New rev edition (Random House Inc, July 1, 1976), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Describes the effects of the drug L-DOPA on twenty patients with encephalitic Parkinsonism

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781559943697 | Harperaudio, December 1, 1990, cover price $15.95

9780804511766 | Unabridged edition (Spoken Arts, December 1, 1987), cover price $11.95

Freud and the Neurosciences: From Brain Research to the Unconscious

Product Description: This volume comprises seven essays revised from versions presented at a spring 1997 symposium organized by the Sigmund Freud Society; some are translations from the German. The contributors look closely at Freud's neuroscientific research early in his career and propose that although subsequent interests led him away from neurohistory and clinical neurology, his concepts of psychotherapy were developed on the same scientific foundations that shaped his early work...read more

By Giselher Guttmann (editor), Oliver W. Sacks (editor) and Inge Scholz-Strasser (editor)

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9783700127406 | Austrian Academy of Sciences, March 1, 1999, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: This volume comprises seven essays revised from versions presented at a spring 1997 symposium organized by the Sigmund Freud Society; some are translations from the German.

Island of the Colorblind

Product Description: 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 and Cook, and the scientific wonder of Darwin and Wallace...read more

By Oliver W. Sacks

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9780517356890, titled "The Island of the Colorblind" | Random House Value Pub, January 1, 1999, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Oliver Sacks has always been fascinated by islands--their remoteness, their mystery, above all the unique forms of life they harbor.

9780517278956 | Random House Value Pub, November 1, 1998, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: "An explorer of that most wondrous of islands, the human brain," writes D.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780679452485, titled "The Island of the Colorblind" | Abridged edition (Random House, January 1, 1997), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The author describes his journey to the islands of the Pacific, recounting a stay on an island inhabited by an isolated colorblind community and his investigation into a baffling neurodegenerative paralysis on Guam.

El Hombre Que Confundio a Su Mujer Con UN Sombrero

Product Description: Tras su celebrado Con tal de no morir, el autor nos entrega un segundo libro de relatos en el que vuelve a brillar la peculiar fusion de lo cotidiano y lo extrano, lo humoristico y lo patetico, en titulos como A su edad, una incisiva parabola contemporanea, o Un sueno de la diosa, con su sugestivo trasfondo hindu...read more

By Oliver W. Sacks

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9789706511508 | Oceano De Mexico, June 1, 1998, cover price $21.50 | About this edition: Tras su celebrado Con tal de no morir, el autor nos entrega un segundo libro de relatos en el que vuelve a brillar la peculiar fusion de lo cotidiano y lo extrano, lo humoristico y lo patetico, en titulos como A su edad, una incisiva parabola contemporanea, o Un sueno de la diosa, con su sugestivo trasfondo hindu.

A Leg to Stand on

A neurologist describes his struggle to recover from a mountain climbing accident and examines the effects of a neural injury on the sense of self (view table of contents)

By Oliver W. Sacks

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Hardcover:

9780671467807 | Simon & Schuster, July 1, 1984, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A neurologist describes his struggle to recover from a mountain climbing accident and examines the effects of a neural injury on the sense of self

Paperback:

9780684853956 | Reprint edition (Touchstone Books, April 29, 1998), cover price $15.99 | About this edition: A neurologist describes his struggle to recover from a mountain climbing accident and examines the effects of a neural injury on the sense of self

9780060925444 | Reissue edition (Perennial, May 1, 1994), cover price $12.50

The Island of the Colorblind and Cycad Island: And, Cycad Island

The best-selling author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat describes his journey to the remote islands of the Pacific--one that is inhabited by an isolated colorblind community and another that is the site of a baffling neurodegenerative paralysis. Reprint. 75,000 first printing. NYT.

By Oliver W. Sacks

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Hardcover:

9780679451143 | 1 edition (Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 1, 1997), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: The author describes his journey to islands of the Pacific, one inhabited by an isolated colorblind community and one site of a baffling neurodegenerative paralysis

Paperback:

9780375700736 | Vintage Books, December 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The author describes his journey to islands of the Pacific where the natives displayed unusual concentrations of diseases

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