Sacks: 117 books

Der New Yorker Neurologe Oliver Sacks ist durch seine Fallgeschichten weltberühmt geworden. Voller Empathie und mit großer Fachkenntnis hat er immer wieder Menschen porträtiert, deren Leben durch eine schwere Krankheit oder Behinderung geprägt wurde – und hat seinen Lesern gezeigt, welche Chancen...

Müzikofili nörolog-yazar Oliver Sacks'ın meslek hayatında karşılaştığı vaka öykülerinin bir derlemesi. Adından da anlaşılacağı gibi, bu kitapta biraraya getirilen vakaların ortak noktası, geçirdikleri hastalık veya kazalar sonrasında müziğe karşı geliştirdikleri hassasiyetleri....

Hat ein Regenwurm Empfindungen? Wie viele Nervenzellen hat eine Qualle, und wozu dienen sie ihr? Was kann man aus der Beobachtung von Menschen lernen, die an Migräne leiden? Und was passiert in unserem Gehirn, wenn wir uns falsch erinnern? Diese und viele andere Fragen behandelt Oliver Sacks in seinem...

Zwischen 1916 und 1927 grassierte weltweit eine Epidemie der sogenannten Europäischen Schlafkrankheit, eine Gehirnkrankheit, die neben fast fünf Millionen Toten unzählige schwergeschädigte Menschen hinterließ. Der Neuropsychologe Oliver Sacks stieß Ende der sechziger Jahre in einem Krankenhaus...

Ein originelles Buch voller Geschichten und Anekdoten mit unerwarteten Einsichten – ein echter Sacks! "Wolfram" heißt der chemische Grundstoff, den man unter anderem zur Herstellung von Glühfäden braucht, und Onkel Wolfram – englisch "Uncle Tungsten" – nannte Oliver Sacks...

The remarkable journey of an award-winning writer struck with a rare and devastating affliction that prevented him from reading even his own writing One hot midsummer morning, novelist Howard Engel picked up his newspaper from his front step and discovered he could no longer read it. The letters had...

Los lectores conocen a Oliver Sacks por sus fascinantes libros sobre los misterios de la mente a partir de asombrosos casos psiquiátricos. Ahora aplica su perspicacia y su humanismo al escrutinio de su propia vida. El autor acomete un ejercicio de introspección que nos permite descubrir una peripecia...

A gripping page-turner for fans of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW and THE PERFECT NANNY,Michelle Sacks's You Were Made For This provocatively explores the darkest sides of marriage, motherhood, and friendship. Doting wife, devoted husband, cherished child. Merry, Sam, and Conor are the perfect family...

A NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR Amy Poehler, Mel Brooks, Adam McKay, George Saunders, Bill Hader, Patton Oswalt, and many more take us deep inside the mysterious world of comedy in this fascinating, laugh-out-loud-funny book. Packed with behind-the-scenes stories—from...

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 Wife for a Hat. These men, women, and one extraordinary child emerge as brilliantly...

Chief Rabbi Emeritus Lord Jonathan Sacks evaluates of the role of the synagogue in Jewish life today. In it he explores the choices faced by religious leadership in the modern world, and the ways in which the synagogue embodies a living community of faith. His book Faith in the Future, described by...

Dr. Stuart Sacks, himself a Messianic Jew, offers insights into Hebrews that only a Jewish believer is Yeshua(Jesus) can give.

Take a look around you at Realtor’s representation of properties for sale and ask yourself “is this who I want to represent ME?” Their signs are rusted, crooked, falling apart, knocked down, or run over. Instead of featuring one or two homes in a trade magazine, they cram ten or twelve in resulting...

**"**Sacks proves herself a master of slow-burn suspense." --Shelf Awareness A simmering family drama about a father and daughter who embark on a road trip through the American South -- but what they're leaving behind is as important as what lies ahead. When we first meet seven-year-old...