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by Oliver Sacks
From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Sacks's broad range of interests--from his passion 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 and 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, told with his characteristic compassion and erudition, and in his luminous prose.
"As polished and as intimately voiced—the author seems our bosom friend far more than an 'authority'—as Sacks is at his best ... each [chapter] is impossible to put down unfinished ... Anglo-American literature has boasted an astonishing number of excellent writing physicians and scientists. Consider Oliver Sacks their dean." —Booklist (starred)
"In this lovely collection of previously unpublished essays, the late, celebrated author and neurologist muses on his career, his youth, the mental health field and much more... Sacks's gentle, ruminative voice is a salve when investigating difficult subject matter but there are plenty of lighter moments as well... [this] final collection is a treat for the chronically curious." —Publisher's Weekly
"Eclectic and satisfying ... Informative and engaging ... Sacks writes with his characteristic compassion and attention to detail... This final posthumous collection provides one last peek into the author's generous, curious, and brilliant mind." —Library Journal
"A reminder of the breadth of his professional expertise and the depth of his personal passions ... all the essays collected here are a fitting valedictory to Oliver Sacks' fascinating life." —BookPage
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Dr. Oliver Sacks spent more than fifty years working as a neurologist and writing books about the neurological predicaments and conditions of his patients, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia, and Hallucinations. The New York Times referred to him as "the poet laureate of medicine," and over the years, he received many awards, including honors from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Royal College of Physicians. His memoir, On the Move, was published shortly before his death in August 2015.
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