Awakenings

Written by Oliver Sacks

Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $11.99

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... Read more >

Migraine

Written by Oliver Sacks

Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $11.99

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... Read more >

Seeing Voices

Written by Oliver Sacks

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 29, 2013
Price: $11.99

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... Read more >

Your Thyroid
A Home Reference
Written by Lawrence C. Wood, M.D., David S. Cooper, M.D. and E. Chester Ridgway, M.D.

Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2013
Price: $11.99

Do you feel sluggish or depressed? Do you tire easily? Are you overly sensitive to the cold? Do you feel swollen or overweight?

An overactive or underactive thyroid could be the hidden cause behind many of these common symptoms. Left untreated, a malfunctioning thyroid may lead to serious complications. Once diagnosed... Read more >