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'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...

‘Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent’ - Observer When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg while climbing a mountain, he found himself in an unusual position – that of patient. The injury...

Oliver Sacks died in August 2015 at his home in Greenwich Village, surrounded by his close friends and family. He was 82. He spent his final days doing what he loved: playing the piano, swimming, enjoying smoked salmon – and writing . . . As Dr Sacks looked back over his long, adventurous life...

'Seeing Voices is both a history of the deaf and an account of the development of an extraordinary and expressive language' – Evening Standard Imaginative and insightful, Seeing Voices by Oliver Sacks offers a way into a world that is, for many people, alien and unfamiliar – for to be...

From the bestselling author of On Gratitude and On the Move. In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life – both as a doctor engaged with the central questions of human existence, and as a polymath conversant in all the sciences. Why do humans need gardens?...

A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind. With an introduction by Will Self. If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self – himself – he cannot know it, because he...

""A gathering of gorgeous short pieces"" (Library Journal), Blue Pastures collects fifteen of Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning poet Mary Oliver's prose works about nature, writing, and herself. ""This transcendent collection is Oliver's joyful sharing of her love of her craft...

One pinch of adventure, a dash of friendship, a sprinkle of mystery and a HUGE spoonful of magic . . . Jamie Oliver, bestselling author and internationally renowned chef, delivers the perfect recipe for a page-turning children's fiction debut! Billy and his friends know that Waterfall Woods is...

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.

Roslyn se esforzó al máximo por escapar del caos que había consumido su nación debido a la persecución religiosa. En su intento de dejar atrás su pasado, se embarcó en un extenso viaje hacia tierras donde esperaba hallar la tranquilidad tan anhelada. Sin embargo, sus adversarios acechan de cerca y están decididos a hacerla retornar a la fuerza. Cuando Alec Kincaid, uno de los líderes más temidos de Escocia, se entera de la presencia de forasteros en sus dominios, queda perplejo por su audacia al adentrarse tan lejos.

See the boy and the penguin dramatically spring to life in this fantastic pop-up edition of the award-winning, best-selling picture book Lost and Found, by the internationally renowned author/illustrator Oliver Jeffers. There once was a boy… and one day a penguin arrives on his doorstep. The...

Like Adam Silvera's They Both Die at the End and Colleen Hoover's It Ends with Us, Before I Fall raises thought-provoking questions about love, death, and how one person's life can affect so many others. With this stunning debut novel, New York Times bestselling author Lauren Oliver emerged as...

A spectacular collection of four much-loved modern classics from the multi award-winning, internationally best-selling picture-book maker, Oliver Jeffers. Read by Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant, these captivating stories are brought to life with music and sound effects. Stretching from the...

A is for awards: fans will read how Justin became a record breaker and beat Taylor Lautner to the Hottest Hottie Award. B is for best friend: this guide contains all there is to know about Justin’s best friends and the trouble they have caused together over the years. C is for Canada: Justin’s hometown of Stratford, Ontario is discussed here, as well as how he was catapulted from street performer to global superstar in the space of three years! All this Bieberology and more can be found here, including what book Jaden Smith loaned Justin and whether Justin ever has bad hair days.