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Oliver Sacks.   I don't have to say a word to recommend his books.     "Oliver Wolf Sacks, CBE (born 9 July 1933, London, England), is a British neurologist and psychologist residing in New York City. He is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University, where he also holds the position of Columbia Artist. He previously spent many years on the clinical faculty of Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  Sacks is the author of numerous bestselling books,[1] inclu Cover Books, Book Series, Oliver Sacks Books, Book Series Covers, Best Book Covers, Amazing Book Covers, Favorite Books, Vintage Books, Ex Libris
Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks. I don't have to say a word to recommend his books. "Oliver Wolf Sacks, CBE (born 9 July 1933, London, England), is a British neurologist and psychologist residing in New York City. He is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University, where he also holds the position of Columbia Artist. He previously spent many years on the clinical faculty of Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Sacks is the author of numerous bestselling books,[1] inclu
V.S.Ramachandran.    The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human    "V. S. Ramachandran is at the forefront of his field-so much so that Richard Dawkins dubbed him the "Marco Polo of neuroscience." Now, in a major new work, Ramachandran sets his sights on the mystery of human uniqueness. Taking us to the frontiers of neurology, he reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved. Synesthesia becomes a window into the brain mechanisms that make some of us more creative than others. And autism—for which Ramachandran opens a new direction for treatment—gives us a glimpse of the aspect of being human that we understand least: self-awareness. Ramachandran tackles the most exciting and controversial topics in neurology with a storyteller's eye for compelling case studies and a researcher's flair for new approaches to age-old questions. Tracing the strange links between neurology and behavior, this book unveils a wealth of clues into the deepest mysteries of the human brain. " Mindfulness, Art, Reading, Controversial Topics, Lie To Me, Worth Reading, Neuroscience, Literature, Words Worth
The Tell-Tale Brain By Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
V.S.Ramachandran. The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human "V. S. Ramachandran is at the forefront of his field-so much so that Richard Dawkins dubbed him the "Marco Polo of neuroscience." Now, in a major new work, Ramachandran sets his sights on the mystery of human uniqueness. Taking us to the frontiers of neurology, he reveals what baffling and extreme case studies can teach us about normal brain function and how it evolved. Synesthesia becomes a window into the brain mechanisms that make some of us more creative than others. And autism—for which Ramachandran opens a new direction for treatment—gives us a glimpse of the aspect of being human that we understand least: self-awareness. Ramachandran tackles the most exciting and controversial topics in neurology with a storyteller's eye for compelling case studies and a researcher's flair for new approaches to age-old questions. Tracing the strange links between neurology and behavior, this book unveils a wealth of clues into the deepest mysteries of the human brain. "
Touching story by Jill Blote Taylor.   "On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life-all within four hours-Taylor alternated between the euphoria of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the l Reading Lists, Ted Talks, Ideas, Therapy Ideas, Career Books, Insight, Therapy
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Touching story by Jill Blote Taylor. "On December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain. As she observed her mind deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life-all within four hours-Taylor alternated between the euphoria of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace, and the l
Alain de Bottom  The Art of Traveling    This book is so obsessive in the bestest ways. This is not a regular travel book, mainly discourses about how to see life differently through traveling. I recommend it. Writing, Books, Book Worth Reading, Guide Book, Travel Reading
Alain De Botton and The Art of Travel
Alain de Bottom The Art of Traveling This book is so obsessive in the bestest ways. This is not a regular travel book, mainly discourses about how to see life differently through traveling. I recommend it.
Alain de Botton  How Proust can change your life.   Such an entertaining and insightful book on Proust's life. If you ever want to read In Search of Lost Time, read this first. People, Self Help Book, Good Books, Self Help, Books To Read, Nonfiction Books, Best Books To Read, You Changed
How Proust can change your life by Alain De Botton | Open Library
Alain de Botton How Proust can change your life. Such an entertaining and insightful book on Proust's life. If you ever want to read In Search of Lost Time, read this first.
by Jon Ronson.   This might describe the book really well.   "Jon Ronson's writing is so charming, so entertaining and strange, I would follow him anywhere, including a maximum-security prison."   -Sarah Vowell.   I just started reading this, it has similar tone as Bored to Death, except that it all happened for REAL. 

"In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. 

The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are, in fact, psychopaths teaches Ronson how to spot these high-flying individuals by looking out for little telltale verbal and nonverbal clues. And so Ronson, armed with his new psychopath-spotting abilities, enters the corridors of power. He spends time with a death-squad leader institutionalized for mortgage fraud in Coxsackie, New York; a legendary CEO whose psychopathy has been speculated about in the press; and a patient in an asylum for the criminally insane who insists he's sane and certainly not a psychopath. 

Ronson not only solves the mystery of the hoax but also discovers, disturbingly, that sometimes the personalities at the helm of the madness industry are, with their drives and obsessions, as mad in their own way as those they study. And that relatively ordinary people are, more and more, defined by their maddest edges." Public, Book Jokes, Book Nooks, Book Recommendations, Interesting Reads
The Psychopath Test
by Jon Ronson. This might describe the book really well. "Jon Ronson's writing is so charming, so entertaining and strange, I would follow him anywhere, including a maximum-security prison." -Sarah Vowell. I just started reading this, it has similar tone as Bored to Death, except that it all happened for REAL. "In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them. The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the world's top neurologists takes him, unexpectedly, into the heart of the madness industry. An influential psychologist who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are, in fact, psychopaths teaches Ronson how to spot these high-flying individuals by looking out for little telltale verbal and nonverbal clues. And so Ronson, armed with his new psychopath-spotting abilities, enters the corridors of power. He spends time with a death-squad leader institutionalized for mortgage fraud in Coxsackie, New York; a legendary CEO whose psychopathy has been speculated about in the press; and a patient in an asylum for the criminally insane who insists he's sane and certainly not a psychopath. Ronson not only solves the mystery of the hoax but also discovers, disturbingly, that sometimes the personalities at the helm of the madness industry are, with their drives and obsessions, as mad in their own way as those they study. And that relatively ordinary people are, more and more, defined by their maddest edges."
This is another great book by David Eagleman. Incognito: The secret lives of the brain. David Eagleman uncovers wonders of our subconscious at work. One of my favorite section is on Ulysses Contract, Monogamous prairie voles and team of rivals. Humour, Philosophy Books, Audiobooks, The Secret, Ebooks, Incognito, Secret Life
Incognito: David Eagleman Unravels the Secret Lives of the Brain
This is another great book by David Eagleman. Incognito: The secret lives of the brain. David Eagleman uncovers wonders of our subconscious at work. One of my favorite section is on Ulysses Contract, Monogamous prairie voles and team of rivals.
SUM: forty tales from the afterlives by David Eagleman. Very imaginative stories of forty variations of after life. They are all 2-3 pages long short stories, I think there are enough material in making forty features by developing each stories. GOOD. I recommend it. Thought Provoking, Tales, Human Condition, Reading Online
Making Up the Afterlife: David Eagleman’s SUM
SUM: forty tales from the afterlives by David Eagleman. Very imaginative stories of forty variations of after life. They are all 2-3 pages long short stories, I think there are enough material in making forty features by developing each stories. GOOD. I recommend it.
Book by Oliver Sacks. Get a glimpse of variation of the "world as we know". Oliver Sacks narrates his patients condition with such curiosity and endearment. Poetry, Films, The Man, Great Books, Weird Facts
Impressions: ‘The man who mistook his wife for a hat’, Oliver Sacks
Book by Oliver Sacks. Get a glimpse of variation of the "world as we know". Oliver Sacks narrates his patients condition with such curiosity and endearment.
Very interesting read written by Jonah Lehrer, some football related topics bore me, but rest are intriguing. Book Lists, Decision Making, Self Help Books
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Very interesting read written by Jonah Lehrer, some football related topics bore me, but rest are intriguing.
This is one of my favorite book. It triggered my interest towards neuroscience and psychology. Jonah Lehrer showcases how musicians, painters, writers anticipated certain aspects of neuroscience instinctively before the turn of the century. Jonah Lehrer kept my interest high throughout the whole book, prime example of well balanced storytelling and science. Essayists, Nonfiction, Literatura, Houghton Mifflin, Author, Mifflin, Worth
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This is one of my favorite book. It triggered my interest towards neuroscience and psychology. Jonah Lehrer showcases how musicians, painters, writers anticipated certain aspects of neuroscience instinctively before the turn of the century. Jonah Lehrer kept my interest high throughout the whole book, prime example of well balanced storytelling and science.