Sacks: 117 books

Spontaneous Combustion is the classic "play-in-a-day" theater exercise in literary event form. We gather writers together, provide three story prompts, and give them 24 hours to compose a unique piece of pulp fiction. Our favorites are invited back to prose-slam their short stories for a...

In the years between 1880 and 1915, New York City and its environs underwent a tremendous demographic transformation with the arrival of millions of European immigrants, native whites from the rural countryside, and people of African descent from both the American South and the Caribbean. While all...

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...

'Ik heb van mensen gehouden en zij hebben van mij gehouden, ik heb veel gekregen en ik heb iets teruggegeven, ik heb gelezen, gereisd, nagedacht en geschreven. Ik heb in contact gestaan met de wereld en de bijzondere uitwisselingen ervaren tussen een schrijver en zijn lezers. Maar in de eerste plaats...

In this companion volume to his celebrated series Covenant & Conversation, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks mines the weekly Torah portions for insights into the nature of power, authority, and leadership. Based on the understanding that no man is born a leader, the book explores the principles, and perils,...

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...

This is a powerful exploration of the debilitating impact that politically correct “multiculturalism” has had upon higher education and academic freedom in the United States. In the name of diversity, many leading academic and cultural institutions are working to silence dissent and stifle intellectual...

This insightful study offers a fresh perspective on the life and career of champion boxer Joe Louis. The remarkable success and global popularity of the "Brown Bomber" made him a lightning rod for debate over the role and rights of African Americans in the United States. Historian Marcy...

Nos textos apresentados pelo Rabino Jonathan Sacks foram compilados de diversos discursos semanais do Rebe, acompanhando as porções semanais e as festas no decorrer do ano. Conforme o costume em discursos (sichot) , alguns assuntos são mais estendidos e outros, mais concisos. Os textos são adaptações...

Muziek kan ons van de hoogten naar de diepten van emotie bewegen. Het kan ons overtuigen om iets te kopen, of ons herinneren aan onze eerste date. Het kan ons bevrijden uit een depressie als niets anders werkt. Het kan ons laten dansen. Aan de hand van bijzondere ziektegeschiedenissen laat Oliver Sacks zien welke invloed muziek op het brein heeft.

Neurologische patiënten,’ schreef Oliver Sacks, ‘zijn reizigers naar onvoorstelbare gebieden.’ Dit boek bevat zeven portretten van zulke reizigers – waaronder een chirurg die lijdt aan het syndroom van Tourette, een kunstenaar die zijn vermogen om kleuren te zien verliest en een autistische professor die zich ‘een antropoloog op Mars’ voelt.

Con questo libro, il suo più personale sino a oggi, Oliver Sacks ci apre le porte della grande casa edoardiana di Londra in cui viveva un ragazzino timido e introverso con la passione per la chimica: di fronte al multiforme e al caotico, all’incomprensibile e al crudele, la purezza del metallo...

l XXI secolo si deve confrontare con il costante aumento dell’estremismo religioso e della violenza nel nome di Dio. In questo libro straordinario, Jonathan Sacks ne esplora in profondità le radici e, concentrandosi su ebraismo, cristianesimo e islam, dimostra che perfino la più compassionevole...

"Auch Ärzte werden zuweilen Patienten; allerdings hört man sie selten davon reden. Und es fragt sich, ob sie die Erfahrung von gewöhnlichen Kranken machen, denn sie haben ihnen etwas Entscheidendes voraus: das Wissen. Um so überraschender, tröstlicher, amüsanter ist ein neues Buch des britischen...