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A música é uma das experiências humanas mais assombrosas e inesquecíveis, e este livro do neurologista e escritor Oliver Sacks nos faz entender por quê. A exemplo de seus livros anteriores, entre os quais se destacam Tempo de despertar e O homem que confundiu sua mulher com um chapéu...

O último livro concebido por Sacks traz mais uma vez suas brilhantes reflexões sobre evolução, criatividade, tempo, consciência e experiência. Oliver Sacks nunca se restringiu a escrever sobre neurologia ou medicina: ele se entusiasmava com os problemas, as ideias e as questões de todas...

O cientista e neurologista Oliver Sacks é também um excelente narrador, dono do raro poder de compartilhar com o leitor leigo certos mundos que de outro modo permaneceriam desconhecidos ou restritos aos especialistas. Em O homem que confundiu sua mulher com um chapéu, estamos diante de...

Oliver Sacks apreende o drama da doença que o levou a morte de forma honesta e eloquente, em toda sua complexidade médica e humana. Durante os últimos meses de sua vida, Oliver Sacks escreveu uma série de ensaios nos quais explorou de maneira comovente seu percurso pessoal para concluir a...

The ingredients we use in Caribbean cookery tell a story - and it's a huge swirling tale... The Pepperpot Diaries is Andi Oliver's long-awaited first cookbook. Showcasing both traditional and new recipes, cherished ingredients and vibrant flavors from across the Caribbean, let Andi Oliver take...

On a tranquil summer evening in the picturesque town of Woodville, the Grant family encounters three strangers seeking refuge and guidance. Comprising two boys and a girl from a marginalized community, their story is one of desperation and courage. The girl, strikingly fair, and one boy, nearly white, stand in stark contrast to their companion, whose ebony skin tells a different tale of identity and struggle. As fugitives from the distant south-west, their harrowing journey unfolds before Mr. Grant and his family, revealing a narrative that challenges societal norms and prejudices. Listeners ...

Elizabeth Bennet, an independent and outspoken young lady, married Fitzwilliam Darcy, one of the wealthiest men in the country. They returned from their wedding trip and settled into the life that awaited them at Pemberley. This work explores their relationship and how they lived and the relationships with those in their acquaintance. The ending of the Pride and Prejudice novel by Jane Austen left many unanswered questions regarding the lives of the individuals that were portrayed in the story.

AN IMPOSSIBLE CRIME. AN IRREPLACEABLE TREASURE. ANOTHER DAY'S WORK FOR HAVELOCK HARPER England's greatest gay gentleman detective has a new case to solve. Something priceless has gone missing from the Oxford Museum of Natural History: the only preserved chrysalises of an extinct species of...

Das Jahr 2107: Die Erde und der Mond kreisen um eine ferne Sonne. Zur gleichen Zeit werden die menschlichen Kolonien im Sonnensystem und auf fernen Welten von den Überschweren beherrscht. Perry Rhodans Vision einer geeinten Erde, die mit den Nachbarn zwischen den Sternen in Frieden und Kooperation zusammenlebt, scheint zerstört. Doch zusammen mit seinen Begleitern nimmt er den Kampf gegen die Diktatur der Überschweren auf.

Family reunited. A chance to end the war once and for all. And the hope they will all get to see the end. David stands on the precipice of the final confrontation of the war. With Aeryn still trapped in enemy hands, nothing will stop him or the women beside him from bringing her home. Backed by the Coalition and the Kuro, the greatest armada ever assembled prepares to strike at the heart of Elms's empire.

In 1908 a dying man told Willis George Emerson that he had sailed through an opening at the North Pole into a lit world beneath our own, and lived among the people there for two years. He was not the first to make the claim, and he would not be the last. Before the hollow earth became a...

Queen: Majestätischer Klangzauber, bombastische Rocksongs, Hymnen für die Ewigkeit und innovative Soundspielereien - die Musik und die Karriere von Freddie Mercury und seiner Band lassen sich nur mit Superlativen beschreiben. Das gefeierte Biopic Bohemian Rhapsody lockte die alten Fans in die Kinos, aber auch die junge Generation von Musikhörern, die im Kinosaal ein Phänomen miterleben konnten, das es in dieser Form nie wieder geben wird. Doch wer erschuf diese unsterbliche Musik? Wer waren die Menschen hinter dem Image?

'The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time, and the drug that catapulted them out of it' – Guardian Hailed as a medical classic, and the subject of a major feature film as well as radio and stage plays and various TV documentaries, Awakenings by Oliver Sacks...

How can you pack for the journey of a lifetime? George Baxter has settled for a comfortable life, content as the years unfold predictably - until Win, his wife of twenty-six years, dies. With his loyal dog Monty by his side, George throws himself into his work as an antiques dealer. His business...

It is a cold day in Ireland, the 26th of December; frost lies thick on the blackthorn. A man walks the just-waking village, banging on every door, summoning the boys. Today is St. Stephen's Day, when legend has it that the Saint was betrayed by a wren's call, and the boys are off to the forest...

'A mine of treasures, a source of visions, a microcosm of human experience and suffering, the philosopher's stone: Migraine is a remarkable achievement' - Sunday Telegraph. Migraine is an age-old – the first recorded instances date back over two thousand years – and often debilitating...

Oliver Sacks, the bestselling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, is most famous for his studies of the human mind: insightful and beautifully characterized portraits of those experiencing complex neurological conditions. However, he has another scientific passion...

Uncle Tungsten radiates all the delight and wonder of a boy’s adventures, and is an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young mind. Oliver Sacks evokes, with warmth and wit, his upbringing in wartime England. He tells of the large science-steeped family who fostered his early...

As with his previous bestseller, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, in An Anthropologist on Mars Oliver Sacks uses case studies to illustrate the myriad ways in which neurological conditions can affect our sense of self, our experience of the world, and how we relate to those around us...

With an introduction by neuroscientist Daniel Glaser. With his trademark compassion and erudition, Dr Oliver Sacks examines the power of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians, and everyday people. Among them: a surgeon who is struck by lightning and suddenly becomes...