Random House New Releases - Medical - Neurology - Between May 18, 2012 and June 17, 2013.

Awakenings by Oliver Sacks

2013-05-29T00:30:00-05:00

Awakenings
Written by Oliver Sacks

eBook, 464 pages | Vintage | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Medical - Neurology; History - United States - 20th Century | $11.99 | May 29, 2013 | 978-0-307-83409-6 (0-307-83409-3)

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 Sacks gave them the then-new drug L-DOPA, which had an astonishing, explosive, "awakening" effect. Dr. Sacks recounts the moving case histories of his patients, their lives, and the extraordinary transformations which went with their reintroduction to a changed world.

Migraine by Oliver Sacks

2013-05-29T00:30:00-05:00

Migraine
Written by Oliver Sacks

eBook, 368 pages | Vintage | Psychology & Psychiatry - Neuropsychology; Medical - Neurology; Health & Fitness - Diseases - Nervous System (Incl. Brain) | $11.99 | May 29, 2013 | 978-0-307-83410-2 (0-307-83410-7)

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 states have found their way into many works of art, from the heavenly visions of Hildegard von Bingen to Alice in Wonderland. Dr. Oliver Sacks argues that migraine cannot be understood simply as an illness, but must be viewed as a complex condition with a unique role to play in each individual's life.

Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks

2013-05-29T00:30:00-05:00

Seeing Voices
Written by Oliver Sacks

eBook, 240 pages | Vintage | Medical - Neurology; Medical - Audiology & Speech Pathology | $11.99 | May 29, 2013 | 978-0-307-83411-9 (0-307-83411-5)

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 of a minority struggling for recognition and respect--a minority with its own rich, sometimes astonishing, culture and unique visual language, an extraordinary mode of communication that tells us much about the basis of language in hearing people as well. Seeing Voices is, as Studs Terkel has written, "an exquisite, as well as revelatory, work."

An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks

2012-11-14T00:30:00-05:00

An Anthropologist on Mars Seven Paradoxical Tales
Written by Oliver Sacks

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 adaptive personalities, whose conditions have not so much debilitated them as ushered them into another reality.

The Optimism Bias by Tali Sharot

2012-06-12T00:30:00-05:00

The Optimism Bias A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain
Written by Tali Sharot

Psychologists have long been aware that most people maintain an irrationally positive outlook on life. Tali Sharot—one of the most innovative neuroscientists at work today—takes this a step further. Optimism, she shows, may in fact be crucial to our existence.

In this absorbing exploration, Sharot takes an in-depth, clarifying look at

• how the brain generates hope and what happens when it fails

• how the brains of optimists and pessimists differ

• why we are terrible at predicting what will make us happy

• how emotions strengthen our ability to recollect

• how anticipation and dread affect us

• how our optimistic illusions affect our financial, professional, and emotional decisions

With its cutting-edge science and its wide-ranging narrative, The Optimism Bias provides us with startling new insight into the workings of the brain and the major role that optimism plays in determining how we live our lives.

Random House New Releases - Medical - Neurology - Between May 18, 2012 and June 17, 2013.

Awakenings by Oliver Sacks

Awakenings Written by Oliver Sacks

Migraine by Oliver Sacks

Migraine Written by Oliver Sacks

Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks

Seeing Voices Written by Oliver Sacks

An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks

An Anthropologist on Mars Seven Paradoxical TalesWritten by Oliver Sacks

The Optimism Bias by Tali Sharot

The Optimism Bias A Tour of the Irrationally Positive BrainWritten by Tali Sharot

Awakenings
Written by Oliver Sacks

Migraine
Written by Oliver Sacks

Seeing Voices
Written by Oliver Sacks

An Anthropologist on Mars Seven Paradoxical Tales
Written by Oliver Sacks

The Optimism Bias A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain
Written by Tali Sharot