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1.		Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, Revised and Expanded Edition from Vintage Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Dr. Sacks has written a book that is astounding in its depth and love for humanity, his patients, the mysteries of life and music the great connector of us all. Music, how we each perceive it and it effects us. The stories in this book amaze and awaken us to the marvels of the brain, our wiring,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


2.	[no image]	The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat from Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd Customer Review: This book is written in an unusual prose; one that is off-putting in the very beginning, but as the author establishes his pace, the writing improves drastically; as does the story line. Actually, the author is a medical doctor, but he spends microseconds of time defining what he does. The... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


3.		Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind from Harper Perennial Price: $10.88 Customer Review: Diabetes: Sugar-Coated Crisis: Who Gets it, Who Profits and How to Stop it This is a marvelous book, far deeper than most pop science and much more entertaining than any book I've read that reaches for such profound truths. I've been a health science writer for years -- see my books The Art of... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


4.		An Anthropologist On Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales from Vintage Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Briefly: I hope evryone knows I was kidding, this book will keep your brain busy for years to come. This might actually be one of my favorite books of all time. I don't write many reviews, so that's saying something. Now this is a brain book. Great book thank you, -jane	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


5.		Migraine from Vintage Price: $10.85 Customer Review: Oliver Sacks is better in theaters than read. I consider "The man who mistook his wife with a hat" the only readable book from him.	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


6.		Measure of the Heart: A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daughter's Return from Springboard Press Price: $16.31 Customer Review: This nonfiction book is about a daughter who quits her job to move back home to help her mother care for her father who has Alzheimers. Reading this is an enjoyable way to learn about Alzheimers, what to expect and how to deal with it. It gives many resources for support for those who have... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information


7.		Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood from Picador Customer Review: Fascinating read about a young boy's exposure to science and science history. Consider it as a gift for a science-minded youngster.	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


8.		Awakenings from Vintage Price: $10.85 Customer Review: I found this book of extreme importance as did my psychopharmocologist in understanding Parkinsonism (this is apart from Parkinson's which most people are familiar with) which is being identified clinically in myself from being enduced by the current generation of neuraleptics as tardive psychosis... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


9.		The Richness of Life: The Essential Stephen Jay Gould from W. W. Norton Price: $23.10 Customer Review: The Richness of Life is a good overview of Stephen Jay Gould's writings, but the individual collections are better. He is a brilliant and original thinker, thought-provoking, and generally entertaining. My only comment that is less than superlative would be on his writing style, which unfortunately... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information


10.		A Leg to Stand On from Touchstone Price: $11.90 Customer Review: I have read this book several times and use it as supplementary reading for my Alexander Technique Teacher Training course. Sacks' ability to describe his own physical sensations and process of recovery is wonderful to read and very helpful for anyone going through any recovery process. We... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information

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