Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks is a practicing physician and the author of twelve books, including The Mind's Eye, Musicophilia, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and Awakenings (which inspired the Oscar-nominated film). He lives in New York City, where he is a professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine.
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Hallucinations
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage Canada | Science; Psychology & Psychiatry; Health & Fitness
978-0-307-40218-9 (0-307-40218-5)
July 2, 2013 | $19.95
Written by Oliver Sacks
Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Vintage Canada | Science; Psychology & Psychiatry; Health & Fitness
978-0-307-40218-9 (0-307-40218-5)
July 2, 2013 | $19.95
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From the bestselling author of Musicophilia and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a provocative investigation into hallucinations--auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory--their many guises, their physiological sources, and their personal and cultural resonances.
Hallucinations, for most people, imply madness. But there are many different types of non-psychotic hallucinations caused...
Hallucinations
Hardcover | 352 pages | Knopf Canada | Science; Psychology & Psychiatry; Health & Fitness
978-0-307-40217-2 (0-307-40217-7)
November 6, 2012 | $29.95
Written by Oliver Sacks
Hardcover | 352 pages | Knopf Canada | Science; Psychology & Psychiatry; Health & Fitness
978-0-307-40217-2 (0-307-40217-7)
November 6, 2012 | $29.95
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Hallucinations, for most people, imply madness. But there are many different types of non-psychotic hallucination caused by various illnesses or injuries, by intoxication--even, for many people, by falling sleep. From the elementary geometrical shapes that we see when we rub our eyes to the complex swirls and blind spots and zigzags...
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Hallucinations
eBook | 352 pages | Knopf Canada | Science; Psychology & Psychiatry; Health & Fitness
978-0-307-40219-6 (0-307-40219-3)
November 6, 2012 | $15.99
Written by Oliver Sacks
eBook | 352 pages | Knopf Canada | Science; Psychology & Psychiatry; Health & Fitness
978-0-307-40219-6 (0-307-40219-3)
November 6, 2012 | $15.99
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Hallucinations, for most people, imply madness. But there are many different types of non-psychotic hallucination caused by various illnesses or injuries, by intoxication--even, for many people, by falling sleep. From the elementary geometrical shapes that we see when we rub our eyes to the complex swirls and blind spots and zigzags...
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hardcover and a
trade paperback.
Migraine
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Medical - Neurology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-37106-5 (0-307-37106-9)
May 8, 2012 | $13.99
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 and distortions of space, time, and body image which migraineurs sometimes experience. Portrayals of these uncanny...
Written by Oliver Sacks
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Medical - Neurology; Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-37106-5 (0-307-37106-9)
May 8, 2012 | $13.99
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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 and distortions of space, time, and body image which migraineurs sometimes experience. Portrayals of these uncanny...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Oaxaca Journal
Trade Paperback | 176 pages | Vintage Canada | Travel - Mexico; Travel - Essays & Travelogues; Nature - Plants
978-0-307-40215-8 (0-307-40215-0)
March 6, 2012 | $19.95
"I have been an inveterate keeper of journals since I was 14 especially at times of adventure and crisis and travel. Here, for the first time, such a journal made its way to publication, not that much changed from the raw, handwritten journal that I kept during my fascinated 9 days...
Written by Oliver Sacks
Trade Paperback | 176 pages | Vintage Canada | Travel - Mexico; Travel - Essays & Travelogues; Nature - Plants
978-0-307-40215-8 (0-307-40215-0)
March 6, 2012 | $19.95
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"I have been an inveterate keeper of journals since I was 14 especially at times of adventure and crisis and travel. Here, for the first time, such a journal made its way to publication, not that much changed from the raw, handwritten journal that I kept during my fascinated 9 days...
Also available as an
eBook.
Oaxaca Journal
eBook | 160 pages | Vintage Canada | Travel - Mexico; Travel - Essays & Travelogues; Nature - Plants
978-0-307-40216-5 (0-307-40216-9)
March 6, 2012 | $13.99
"I have been an inveterate keeper of journals since I was 14 especially at times of adventure and crisis and travel. Here, for the first time, such a journal made its way to publication, not that much changed from the raw, handwritten journal that I kept during my fascinated 9 days...
Written by Oliver Sacks
eBook | 160 pages | Vintage Canada | Travel - Mexico; Travel - Essays & Travelogues; Nature - Plants
978-0-307-40216-5 (0-307-40216-9)
March 6, 2012 | $13.99
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"I have been an inveterate keeper of journals since I was 14 especially at times of adventure and crisis and travel. Here, for the first time, such a journal made its way to publication, not that much changed from the raw, handwritten journal that I kept during my fascinated 9 days...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Mind's Eye
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-39810-9 (0-307-39810-2)
October 4, 2011 | $21.00
From the author of the #1 national bestselling Musicophilia comes a truly visionary book: an exploration of the remarkable, unpredictable ways that our brains cope with the loss of sight by finding new forms of perception to create worlds as complete and rich as the no-longer-visible world.
Following the phenomenal success of...
Written by Oliver Sacks
Trade Paperback | 288 pages | Vintage Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-39810-9 (0-307-39810-2)
October 4, 2011 | $21.00
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From the author of the #1 national bestselling Musicophilia comes a truly visionary book: an exploration of the remarkable, unpredictable ways that our brains cope with the loss of sight by finding new forms of perception to create worlds as complete and rich as the no-longer-visible world.
Following the phenomenal success of...
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unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
Awakenings
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-37105-8 (0-307-37105-0)
March 4, 2011 | $13.99
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 men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver...
Written by Oliver Sacks
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-37105-8 (0-307-37105-0)
March 4, 2011 | $13.99
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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 men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Seeing Voices
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Medical - Neurology
978-0-307-36575-0 (0-307-36575-1)
March 4, 2011 | $13.99
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 turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait...
Written by Oliver Sacks
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Medical - Neurology
978-0-307-36575-0 (0-307-36575-1)
March 4, 2011 | $13.99
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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 turns his attention to the subject of deafness, and the result is a deeply felt portrait...
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Mind's Eye
eBook | pages | Knopf Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-36636-8 (0-307-36636-7)
October 26, 2010 | $13.99
From the author of the #1 national bestselling Musicophilia comes a truly visionary book: an exploration of the remarkable, unpredictable ways that our brains cope with the loss of sight by finding new forms of perception to create worlds as complete and rich as the no-longer-visible world.
Following the phenomenal success of...
Written by Oliver Sacks
eBook | pages | Knopf Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-36636-8 (0-307-36636-7)
October 26, 2010 | $13.99
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From the author of the #1 national bestselling Musicophilia comes a truly visionary book: an exploration of the remarkable, unpredictable ways that our brains cope with the loss of sight by finding new forms of perception to create worlds as complete and rich as the no-longer-visible world.
Following the phenomenal success of...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
The Mind's Eye
Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Random House Large Print | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology
978-0-7393-7803-8 (0-7393-7803-1)
October 26, 2010 | $32.00
In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read...
Written by Oliver Sacks
Trade Paperback | 368 pages | Random House Large Print | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology
978-0-7393-7803-8 (0-7393-7803-1)
October 26, 2010 | $32.00
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In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook and a
trade paperback.
The Mind's Eye
Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology
978-0-7393-8391-9 (0-7393-8391-4)
October 26, 2010 | $40.00
In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read...
Unabridged Compact Disc | pages | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology
978-0-7393-8391-9 (0-7393-8391-4)
October 26, 2010 | $40.00
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In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read...
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
The Mind's Eye
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology
978-0-7393-8392-6 (0-7393-8392-2)
October 26, 2010 | $19.50
In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read...
Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Random House Audio | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology
978-0-7393-8392-6 (0-7393-8392-2)
October 26, 2010 | $19.50
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In The Mind’s Eye, Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read...
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
eBook,
trade paperback and in
large print trade paperback.
Musicophilia
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-37349-6 (0-307-37349-5)
February 5, 2010 | $13.99
What goes on in human beings when they make or listen to music? What is it about music, what gives it such peculiar power over us, power delectable and beneficent for the most part, but also capable of uncontrollable and sometimes destructive force? Music has no concepts, it lacks images; it...
Written by Oliver Sacks
eBook | pages | Vintage Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-37349-6 (0-307-37349-5)
February 5, 2010 | $13.99
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What goes on in human beings when they make or listen to music? What is it about music, what gives it such peculiar power over us, power delectable and beneficent for the most part, but also capable of uncontrollable and sometimes destructive force? Music has no concepts, it lacks images; it...
Also available as an
abridged audio CD,
abridged audiobook download,
unabridged audiobook download and a
trade paperback.
Awakenings
Trade Paperback | 464 pages | Vintage Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-39815-4 (0-307-39815-3)
November 13, 2008 | $21.00
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 men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver...
Written by Oliver Sacks
Trade Paperback | 464 pages | Vintage Canada | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Psychology & Psychiatry
978-0-307-39815-4 (0-307-39815-3)
November 13, 2008 | $21.00
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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 men and women were given up as hopeless until 1969, when Dr. Oliver...
Also available as an
eBook.
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