A journey into the mind, showing the reader exactly how our minds work and how we can use this information to comprehend our behaviour. The author undertakes a variety of weird experiments to discover the reasons behind his own habits - such as making inappropriate jokes at the wrong time.

By the author of Seeing Voices , this is a narrative about the awakening of 20 patients from a zombie-like state they had suffered for over 40 years. A new drug meant the sleeping sickness disease was now treatable. Sacks offers his own observations and the patients' reactions.

This revised edition of Oliver Sack's book is considerably expanded with additional case histories, new findings and practical information on treatment. A new chapter illustrates colour paintings by migraine patients, and Sacks discusses visual hallucinations or auras.

Looks at what happens when things go wrong with parts of the brain most of us don't know exist. This work shows the awesome powers of our mind and just how delicately balanced they have to be. It is suitable for those who have felt from time to time that certain twinge of self-identity and sensed how easily, at any moment, one might lose it.

Presents an account of an English childhood, with a childish passion for science, told from the perspective of one of the most important and humane writers on psychology.