chronic clinical awakenings

books:

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

103 reviews
Oliver Sacks

Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, 1986

Wonderful book!
I bought this book years ago and I still think it's one of the best I ever read. It's a permanent part of my library.

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

1 review
Oliver Sacks

Simon & Schuster, 2006

Read it because I had to and totally loved it
I first bumped into this book in my college English class as part of the required reading. The first story, which is the story from which the book derives its title, is about a music teacher who got so good at looking at the details, his brain could no longer focus on the large picture. Each story is about Oliver Sacks' interactions with different people who have there own neurological ...

Awakenings, A Leg to Stand On, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Seeing Voices
Oliver Sacks

Quality Paperback Book Club New York, 1990

Four books brought together in one edition.

The Man Who Mistook His Job for a Life: A Chronic Overachiever Finds the Way Home

4 reviews
Jonathon Lazear

Crown, 2001

Inspiring Memoir of A Workaholic
This book is a beautifully written glimpse into the inner life of a workaholic, particulary from a male point of view. I was very impressed with what the author accomplished -- evolving from a man whose self-worth was defined primarily by what he did for a living to a person who broadedned his world and identity to include a full human experience. He provides many helpful healing tips for ...

Awakenings. A Leg to Stand On. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales. Seeing Voices.
Oliver Sacks

Quality Paperback Book Club, 1990

This special Quality Paperback Book Club Edition collects four superb books by Oliver Sacks that, as author says in his preface, "form a sort of series, or evolution,: They also form a canon of the most fascinating, enlightening, and inspiring medical writing of our age.