Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales (edition 2019)

by Oliver Sacks (Author)

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"From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcases Sacks's broad range of interests--from his passions for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimer's. Oliver Sacks, scientist and storyteller, is beloved by readers for his neurological case histories, his fascination and familiarity with human behavior at its most unexpected and unfamiliar. Everything In Its Place is a celebration of Sacks's myriad interests, all told with his characteristic compassion, erudition, and luminous prose"--… (more)

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Title:	Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
Authors:	Oliver Sacks (Author)
Info:	Knopf (2019), 288 pages
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Published posthumously, this series of short essays provides insight into contemplation of life and how it is lived. How it can go wrong, or right. As a neurologist, Sacks has quite a few interesting takes on neurological diseases and phenomena, including the transient nature of our own consciousness. It can be a bit of a dry read at times, but it's interesting and can easily kick off some personal contemplation worth having. (

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KnifeCrisis | Apr 16, 2023 |

Oliver Sacks final volume compiled when he knew he had but little time remaining. A collection of essays touching on a rich variety of his passions; science, health and what it means to be human. Some of these essays, dating back to 1987, were previously published. I find it a joy to read the writer Sacks and vicariously participate in his wide interests. (

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"From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcases Sacks's broad range of interests--from his passions for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimer's. Oliver Sacks, scientist and storyteller, is beloved by readers for his neurological case histories, his fascination and familiarity with human behavior at its most unexpected and unfamiliar. Everything In Its Place is a celebration of Sacks's myriad interests, all told with his characteristic compassion, erudition, and luminous prose"--

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