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A Leg to Stand On by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
<b>‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ - <i>Observer</i></b> When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that ...Show more
Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Medicine | Series: Picador Collection
'The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time, and the drug that catapulted them out of it' - GuardianHailed as a medical classic, and the subject of a major feature film as well as radio and stage plays and various TV documentaries, Awakenings by Oliver Sacks is the ext ...Show more
Migraine by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Health, Wellbeing, Medicine
For centuries, physicians have been fascinated by the visual hallucinations, or auras, which often precede a migraine and which are similar to those induced by hallucinogenic drugs or deliria. This study of migraine has been revised and expanded to include a new chapter, illustrated with startling full- ...Show more
Oliver Sacks: The Last Interview by Oliver Sacks
$37.00 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
An extraordinary collection of interviews with the beloved doctor and author, whose research and books inspired generations of readers. Oliver Sacks--called "the poet laureate of medicine" by the New York Times--illuminated the mysteries of the brain for a wide audience in a series of richly acclaimed ...Show more
On the Move - A Life by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Picador Collection
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 youthful obsession with motorcycles and speed, On the Move is infused wi ...Show more
Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf by Oliver Sacks
$32.99 NZD
Category: Medicine
The bestselling author and "one of the greatest clinical writers of the twentieth century" (New York Times) explores the world of deafness and ponders the nature of human communication.
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
$24.99 NZD
Category: Health, Wellbeing, Medicine | Series: Picador Collection
CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKSIf a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it.In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to a ...Show more
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks
$24.99 NZD
Category: Medicine | Series: Picador Classic
With an introduction by Will Self A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind. If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self - himself - he cannot know it, because he is no longer t ...Show more
Uncle Tungsten by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography
'If you did not think that gallium and iridium could move you, this superb book will change your mind.' - The Times In Uncle Tungsten Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early fascination with chemistry. Ther ...Show more
Uncle Tungsten - Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks
$27.99 NZD
Category: Biography | Series: Picador Collection
Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy's adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind.Oliver Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early fascination with chem ...Show more
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