Sacks, Oliver
Summary: "Oliver Sacks' The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with perceptual and intellectual disorders: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; whose limbs seem alien to them; who lack some skills yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 SACMlodinow, Leonard
Summary: "From the best-selling author of Subliminal and The Drunkard's Walk, a groundbreaking new look at the neuroscience of change--and how elastic thinking can help us thrive in a world changing faster than ever before. With rapid technological innovation leading the charge, today's world is transforming itself at an extraordinary and unprecedented pace. As jobs become more multifaceted, as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Mind MlodinowMelillo, Robert
Summary: Offers a drug-free program that addresses both the symptoms and causes of such disorders as autism, ADHD, Asperger's, dyslexia, and OCD, involving a disconnection between the left and right sides of the developing brain.
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Perigee Book 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 MELFrazzetto, Giovanni
Summary: "Is science ever enough to explain why we feel the way we feel? In this engaging account, renowned neuroscientist Giovanni Frazzetto blends cutting-edge scientific research with personal stories to reveal how our brains generate our emotions. He demonstrates that while modern science has expanded our knowledge, investigating art, literature, and philosophy is equally crucial to unraveling the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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Summary: Ramachandran -- the "Marco Polo of neuroscience"-- reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved. Among the topics he discusses are synesthesia as a window to creativity and autism as a springboard to understanding self-awareness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media 2011
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD 616.8 Ramachandran 2011Smith, William
Summary: "The complete program for stronger muscles, relief from pain and renewed energy. Defined as back or leg pain caused by irritation to the sciatic nerve, sciatica is a debilitating and painful condition that is only growing more prevalent with time. As lifestyles become more and more sedentary, cases of sciatica become more common--which is why a complete lifestyle overhaul, one which includes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hatherleigh Press 2020
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Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of The Brain That Changes Itself presents astounding advances in the treatment of brain injury and illness. In The Brain That Changes Itself, Norman Doidge described the most important breakthrough in our understanding of the brain in four hundred years: the discovery that the brain can change its own structure and function in response to mental...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 DOIRamachandran, V. S.
Summary: Dr. Ramachandran recounts how his work with patients who have bizarre neurological disorders has shed new light on the deep architecture of the brain, and what these findings tell us about who we are, how we construct our body image, why we laugh or become depressed, why we may believe in God, how we make decisions, deceive ourselves and dream, perhaps even why we're so clever at philosophy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper/Perennial, Quill 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.8 RAMSacks, Oliver W.
Summary: Includes stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and faculties: the power of speech, the capacity to recognize faces, the sense of three-dimensional space, the ability to read, and the sense of sight. This book is a testament to the complexity of vision and the brain and to the power of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 SACSummary: Take a deep-dive into the universe that's inside each one of us, by exploring shared biology that people often don't take the time to appreciate, or understand. Heart, brain, eyes, blood, tears; uncover not only the science behind how the bodies work but how what's inside powers every moment of what is done out in the world. Personal profiles of people from around the globe become entry points...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HUMDavis, Kevin (Kevin A.)
Summary: "In 1991, the police were called to East 72nd St. in Manhattan, where a woman's body had fallen from a twelfth-story window. The woman's husband, Herbert Weinstein, soon confessed to having hit and strangled his wife after an argument, then dropping her body out of their apartment window to make it look like a suicide. The 65-year-old Weinstein, a quiet, unassuming retired advertising...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 345 DAVFitzmaurice, Ruth
Summary: "A transformative, euphoric memoir about finding solace in the unexpected for readers of H is for Hawk and When Breath Becomes Air. Ruth's tribe are her lively children and her filmmaker husband Simon who has ALS and can only communicate with his eyes. Ruth's other "tribe" are the friends who gather at the cove in Greystones, Co. Wicklow, and regularly throw themselves into the freezing cold...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FITZMAURICE, RUTH FITRopper, Allan H.
Summary: "Tell the doctor where it hurts." It sounds simple enough, unless the problem affects the very organ that produces awareness and generates speech. What is it like to try to heal the body when the mind is under attack? In this book, Dr. Allan Ropper and Brian Burrell take the reader behind the scenes at Harvard Medical School's neurology unit to show how a seasoned diagnostician faces down...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 ROPSacks, Oliver
Summary: Inside this Instaread of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: - Overview of the book - Important People - Key Takeaways - Analysis of Key Takeaways
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Publisher / Publication Date: iDreamBooks Inc 2015
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Wilson, Frank R.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1986
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.15 WILLondon, Martha
Summary: Introduces the rock cycle and its impact on Earth, including the three basic forms of rocks, how they are formed, and how they change into each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Child's World 2019
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Summary: "A stone is not just a stone. A stone is a story. Journey across history to see how one stone changes and transforms, from magma, oozing under Earth's crust, to sand ground down by a rushing river, to the heart of a mountain. Watch what happens when rain, ice, and wind mold this rock into something new, something you might even hold in your hand and imagine all that is left for the stone to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Margaret K. McElderry Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552 BARPotenza, Alessandra
Summary: "This book introduces readers to rocks"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J552 POTSummary: Approximately 70,000 years ago, humankind began talking, and hasn't stopped since. In this fascinating program, a diverse group of experts-an evolutionary linguist, a neurologist, a geneticist, a neuropsychologist, a developmental cognitive neuroscientist, and an Oxford professor of communication-discuss the birth, development, and transmission of the mysterious phenomenon called language....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Beck, Martha Nibley
Summary: Outlines a step-by-step process for reconnecting with one's life purpose, drawing on research in psychiatry and neurology while sharing inspirational tips for changing one's perspective, overcoming roadblocks, and experiencing greater fulfillment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rodale 2008
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Contents: What does it take to be a physical therapist? -- Orthopedics and sports medicine -- Neurology, cardiopulmonary, electrophysiology, and oncology -- Pediatrics, geriatrics, and women?s health -- The future of physical therapy -- Glossary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Jobs Given-WilsonDuhig, Holly
Summary: "Through the use of stylish, informative graphics, this title explores the science behind rocks and gems"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: AV2 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 552 DUHWood, Alix
Summary: Rocks and minerals are the building blocks of our world, but there's a huge and fascinating variety of these materials, from the roundest gray pond rock to the most brilliant and sparkly diamond. Readers will learn about all manner of rocks and minerals, as well as their properties, types, and uses. Color photos and diagrams allow curious geologists in training to study rocks and minerals in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2022