Fall of Giants (9780330535441)

The first in Ken Follett's bestselling Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women.

It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and with two orphaned Russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to America fall foul of war, conscription and revolution.

In a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, Fall of Giants moves seamlessly from Washington to St Petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty.

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• Format Paperback | 960 pages
• Dimensions 112 x 178 x 60mm | 510g
• Publication date 03 Jun 2011
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint Pan Books
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement Open Market
• ISBN10 0330535447
• ISBN13 9780330535441
• Bestsellers rank 32,906

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Tombland (9781447284482)

Tudor England is brought vividly to life in Tombland, the seventh novel in C. J. Sansom's number one bestselling Shardlake series.

Summer, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos . . .

The nominal king, Edward VI, is eleven years old. His uncle Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, rules as Protector. The destruction of the old religion by radical Protestants is stirring discontent among the populace while the Protector's prolonged war with Scotland is proving a disastrous failure and threatens to involve France. Worst of all, the economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among the peasantry.

Since the old King's death, Matthew Shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry's younger daughter, the Lady Elizabeth. The gruesome murder of Edith Boleyn, the wife of John Boleyn - a distant Norfolk relation of Elizabeth's mother - which could have political implications for Elizabeth, brings Shardlake and his assistant Nicholas Overton to the summer assizes at Norwich. There they are reunited with Shardlake's former assistant Jack Barak. The three find layers of mystery and danger surrounding Edith's death, as a second murder is committed.

And then East Anglia explodes, as peasant rebellion breaks out across the country. The yeoman Robert Kett leads a force of thousands in overthrowing the landlords and establishing a vast camp outside Norwich. Soon the rebels have taken over the city.

Barak throws in his lot with the rebels; Nicholas, opposed to them, becomes a prisoner in Norwich Castle; while Shardlake has to decide where his ultimate loyalties lie, as government forces in London prepare to march north and destroy the rebels. Meanwhile he discovers that the murder of Edith Boleyn may have connections reaching into both the heart of the rebel camp and of the Norfolk gentry . . .

Includes an Historical Essay from the author on Reimagining Kett's Rebellion.

The previous books in the bestselling historical crime series are Dissolution, Dark Fire, Sovereign, Revelation, Heartstone and Lamentation.

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• Format Hardback | 880 pages
• Dimensions 164 x 245 x 61mm | 1,112g
• Publication date 18 Oct 2018
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint Mantle
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 1447284488
• ISBN13 9781447284482
• Bestsellers rank 27,124

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The Crossing (9780330511247)

The Crossing forms second part of Cormac McCarthy's critically acclaimed Border Trilogy, that began with All the Pretty Horses and concludes with The Cities of the Plain.

Set on the south-western ranches in the years before the Second World War, Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing follows the fortunes of sixteen-year-old Billy Parham and his younger brother Boyd. Fascinated by an elusive wolf that has been marauding his family's property, Billy captures the animal - but rather than kill it, sets out impulsively for the mountains of Mexico to return it to where it came from.

When Billy comes back to his own home he finds himself and his world irrevocably changed. His loss of innocence has come at a price, and once again the border beckons with its desolate beauty and cruel promise.

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• Format Paperback | 448 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 196 x 28mm | 306g
• Publication date 27 Oct 2009
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint PICADOR
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement New ed
• ISBN10 0330511246
• ISBN13 9780330511247
• Bestsellers rank 30,506

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (9780330523622)

'Oliver Sacks has become the world's best-known neurologist. His case studies of broken minds offer brilliant insight into the mysteries of consciousness' Guardian

In his most extraordinary book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. These are case studies of people who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people or common objects; whose limbs have become alien; who are afflicted and yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. In Dr Sacks's splendid and sympathetic telling, each tale is a unique and deeply human study of life struggling against incredible adversity.

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• Format Paperback | 272 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 197 x 17mm | 200g
• Publication date 02 Sep 2011
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint PICADOR
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement New edition.
• ISBN10 0330523627
• ISBN13 9780330523622
• Bestsellers rank 45

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Macmillan Alice Pack of Cards (9781509820481)

This fabulous pack of fifty-two large size Alice in Wonderland-themed playing cards, are perfect for all kinds of games. The iconic images, drawn by Sir John Tenniel, are taken from the original books, and include characters such as Alice, the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter, Humpty Dumpty and the White Rabbit from Lewis Carroll's classic tales.

Macmillan Alice Pack of Cards includes suggestions for card games suitable for younger children, and for the whole family to enjoy.

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• For ages 0-5
• Format Cards | 52 pages
• Dimensions 70 x 98 x 27mm | 146g
• Publication date 01 Apr 2017
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement Main Market Ed.
• Illustrations note 4/4
• ISBN10 1509820485
• ISBN13 9781509820481
• Bestsellers rank 24,382

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The Complete Alice : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (9781447275992)

The Complete Alice, including both Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, is the ultimate edition of Lewis Carroll's much-loved classic, from the original publisher, Macmillan. Packed full of amazing exclusive extra features from the Macmillan archive and a foreword by Philip Pullman, The Complete Alice also has a glorious die-cut cover with intricate embossed two foil detail, head and tail bands, red foiled edges and a ribbon marker - all making this a gift edition to treasure forever.

Lewis Carroll's Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years. Curious Alice, the bossy White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter are among the best loved, most iconic literary creations of all time.

Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 and is proud to remain true to the vision of its creators. This stunning anniversary treasury reproduces every word of Carroll's masterpiece and its equally famous sequel, Through the Looking-Glass. The dreamlike illustrations, colour versions of Sir John Tenniel's originals, were produced in 1911 by celebrated artist Harry Theaker, under the direction of Tenniel himself, and the series completed by contemporary watercolourist Diz Wallis.

Curiouser and curiouser! Lively and authoritative non-fiction content draws on Macmillan's rich historical archive to tell the real-life story of how Alice was written and published, making this a perfect gift for fans of Alice young and old.

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• For ages 12-17
• Format Hardback | 480 pages
• Dimensions 222 x 276 x 40mm | 2,018g
• Publication date 04 Jul 2015
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint MACMILLAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note m. Illustr.
• ISBN10 1447275993
• ISBN13 9781447275992
• Bestsellers rank 73,469

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Mao II (9781509837847)

Bill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation when he becomes the key figure in an event staged to force the release of a poet hostage in Beirut. As Bill enters the world of political violence, a nightscape of Semtex explosives and hostages locked in basement rooms, Bill's dangerous passage leaves two people stranded: his brilliant, fixated assistant, Scott, and the strange young woman who is Scott's lover - and Bill's.

An extraordinary novel from Don DeLillo about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist, Mao II explores a world in which the novelist's power to influence the inner life of a culture now belongs to bomb-makers and gunmen. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, Mao II is the work of an ingenious writer at the height of his powers.

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• Format Paperback | 256 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 197 x 16mm | 188g
• Publication date 19 May 2016
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint PICADOR
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 1509837841
• ISBN13 9781509837847
• Bestsellers rank 64,938

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The Dark (9781509865512)

In James Herbert's horror classic, The Dark, madness rages as the lights begin to fade and humanity is attacked by an ancient, unstoppable evil.

Paranormal investigator Chris Bishop is called to investigate a seemingly haunted house, but as the mysterious darkness spreads and stories of savage, murderous frenzies multiply, Bishop must find a way to stop the spread . . . or all humanity is doomed.

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• Format Paperback | 448 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 197mm
• Publication date 01 Oct 2020
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint Pan Books
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement Reprint
• ISBN10 1509865519
• ISBN13 9781509865512
• Bestsellers rank 2,815,142

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What I Know for Sure (9781447277668)

Candid, moving, exhilarating, uplifting, and frequently humorous, the words Oprah shares in What I Know For Sure shimmer with the sort of truth that readers will turn to again and again.

As a creative force, student of the human heart and soul, and champion of living the life you want, Oprah Winfrey stands alone. Over the years, she has made history with a legendary talk show (the highest-rated program of its kind), launched her own television network, become the USA's only African-American billionaire, and been awarded both an honorary degree by Harvard University and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. From all her experiences, she has gleaned life lessons - which, for fourteen years, she's shared in O, The Oprah Magazine's widely popular 'What I Know For Sure' column, a monthly source of inspiration and revelation.

Now, for the first time, these thoughtful gems have been revised, updated, and collected in What I Know For Sure, a beautiful book with a ribbon marker, packed with insight and revelation from Oprah Winfrey. Organized by theme - joy, resilience, connection, gratitude, possibility, awe, clarity, and power - these essays offer a rare, powerful and intimate glimpse into the heart and mind of one of the world's most extraordinary women, while providing readers a guide to becoming their best selves.

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• Format Hardback | 240 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 187 x 22mm | 271g
• Publication date 09 Nov 2015
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint MACMILLAN
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 144727766X
• ISBN13 9781447277668
• Bestsellers rank 107

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It's a Book (9781509884711)

What's the cure for digital fatigue? It's a Book.

A wry exchange between an IT-savvy donkey, a book-loving ape and a mouse forms this very funny picture book that's perfect for both digital natives and book lovers. With a subversive and signature Lane Smith twist, this satisfying and perfectly executed picture book has something to say to children and adults alike about the importance and joy of reading.

It's a Book is another bold and funny story from the creator of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal-winning There Is a Tribe of Kids, Lane Smith.

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• Format Paperback | 32 pages
• Dimensions 223 x 279 x 4mm | 175g
• Publication date 22 Feb 2018
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint Two Hoots
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 1509884718
• ISBN13 9781509884711
• Bestsellers rank 60,551

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Winter of the World (9781447231134)

Winter of the World is the second novel in Ken Follett's uniquely ambitious and deeply satisfying The Century Trilogy. On its own or read in sequence with Fall of Giants and Edge of Eternity, this is a magnificent, spellbinding epic of global conflict and personal drama.

Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Into this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former British MP, Ethel Leckwith, and her student son, Lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of Nazism. He also encounters a group of Germans resolved to oppose Hitler - but are they willing to go so far as to betray their country? Such people are closely watched by Volodya, a Russian with a bright future in Red Army Intelligence.

The international clash of military power and personal beliefs that ensues will sweep over them all as it rages from Cable Street in London's East End to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, from Spain to Stalingrad, from Dresden to Hiroshima.

At Cambridge, Lloyd is irresistibly drawn to dazzling American socialite Daisy Peshkov, who represents everything his left-wing family despise. But Daisy is more interested in aristocratic Boy Fitzherbert - amateur pilot, party lover and leading light of the British Union of Fascists.

Back in Berlin, Carla worships golden boy Werner from afar. But nothing will work out the way they expect as their lives and the hopes of the world are smashed by the greatest and cruellest war in the history of the human race.

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• Format Paperback | 928 pages
• Dimensions 113 x 176 x 55mm | 503g
• Publication date 26 Sep 2013
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint Pan Books
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement Open Market
• ISBN10 1447231139
• ISBN13 9781447231134
• Bestsellers rank 22,274

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The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs : The Untold Story of a Lost World (9781509830060)

THE TIMES SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR

A Sunday Times Bestseller

'Thrilling . . . the best book on the subject written for the general reader since the 1980s.' The Sunday Times

66 million years ago the dinosaurs were wiped from the face of the earth. Today, Dr. Steve Brusatte, one of the leading scientists of a new generation of dinosaur hunters, armed with cutting edge technology, is piecing together the complete story of how the dinosaurs ruled the earth for 150 million years.

The world of the dinosaurs has fascinated on book and screen for decades - from early science fiction classics like The Lost World, to Godzilla terrorizing the streets of Tokyo, and the monsters of Jurassic Park. But what if we got it wrong? In The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, top dinosaur expert Brusatte, tells the real story of how dinosaurs rose to dominate the planet. Using the fossil clues that have been gathered using state of the art technology, Brusatte follows these magnificent creatures from their beginnings in the Early Triassic period, through the Jurassic period to their final days in the Cretaceous and the legacy that they left behind.

Along the way, Brusatte introduces us to modern day dinosaur hunters and gives an insight into what it's like to be a paleontologist. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is full of thrilling accounts of some of his personal discoveries, including primitive human-sized tyrannosaurs, monstrous carnivores even larger than T. rex, and feathered raptor dinosaurs preserved in lava from China.

At a time when Homo sapiens has existed for less than 200,000 years and we are already talking about planetary extinction, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs is a timely reminder of what humans can learn from the magnificent creatures who ruled the earth before us.

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• Format Hardback | 416 pages
• Dimensions 163 x 241 x 40mm | 676g
• Publication date 03 May 2018
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint MACMILLAN
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement Main Market Ed
• ISBN10 1509830065
• ISBN13 9781509830060
• Bestsellers rank 21,576

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Spring : Spring (9780330461689)

The adventure of a lifetime is just beginning . . . It has lain lost and forgotten for fifteen hundred years in the ancient heartland of England - a scrap of glass and metal melded by fierce fire. It is the lost core of a flawless Sphere made by the greatest of the Anglo-Saxon CraeftLords in memory of the one he loved. Her name was Spring and contained in the very heart of this work is a spark from the Fires of Creation. But while humans have lost their belief in such things, the Hydden - little people existing on the borders of our world - have not. Breaking the silence of centuries they send one of their own, a young boy, Jack, to live among humans in the hope that he may one day find what has been lost for so long. His journey leads him to Katherine, a girl he rescues from a tragic accident - it's a meeting that will change everything. It is only through their voyage into the dangerous Hyddenworld that they will realize their destiny, find love and complete the great quest that will save both their worlds from destruction. Their journey begins with Spring . . .

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• Format Paperback | 512 pages
• Dimensions 128 x 208 x 34mm | 358.34g
• Publication date 07 Jan 2011
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint Pan Books
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0330461680
• ISBN13 9780330461689
• Bestsellers rank 413,550

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The Pearl Sister (9781509840076)

The Pearl Sister is the fourth book in the number one international bestselling Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley.

CeCe D'Apliese has never felt she fitted in anywhere. Following the death of her father, the elusive billionaire Pa Salt - so-called by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe and named after the Seven Sisters star cluster - she finds herself at breaking point. Dropping out of art college, CeCe watches as Star, her beloved sister, distances herself to follow her new love, leaving her completely alone.

In desperation, she decides to flee England and discover her past; the only clues she has are a black-and-white photograph and the name of a woman pioneer who lived in Australia over one hundred years ago. En-route to Sydney, CeCe heads to the one place she has ever felt close to being herself: the stunning beaches of Krabi, Thailand. There amongst the backpackers, she meets the mysterious Ace, a man as lonely as she is and whom she subsequently realizes has a secret to hide . . .

A hundred years earlier, Kitty McBride, daughter of an Edinburgh clergyman, is given the opportunity to travel to Australia as the companion of the wealthy Mrs McCrombie. In Adelaide, her fate becomes entwined with Mrs McCrombie's family, including the identical, yet very different, twin brothers: impetuous Drummond, and ambitious Andrew, the heir to a pearling fortune.

When CeCe finally reaches the searing heat and dusty plains of the Red Centre of Australia, she begins the search for her past. As something deep within her responds to the energy of the area and the ancient culture of the Aboriginal people, her creativity reawakens once more. With help from those she meets on her journey, CeCe begins to believe that this wild, vast continent could offer her something she never thought possible: a sense of belonging, and a home . . .

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• Format Paperback | 704 pages
• Dimensions 132 x 197 x 45mm | 494g
• Publication date 05 Apr 2018
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint Pan Books
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement Main Market Ed.
• ISBN10 1509840079
• ISBN13 9781509840076
• Bestsellers rank 886

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Daily Rituals : How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work (9780330512497)

Anthony Trollope wrote three thousand words every morning before heading off to his job at the Post Office. Toulouse-Lautrec did his best work at night, sometimes even setting up his easel in brothels, and George Gershwin composed at the piano in pyjamas and a bathrobe. Freud worked sixteen hours a day, but Gertrude Stein could never write for more than thirty minutes, and F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in gin-fuelled bursts - he believed alcohol was essential to his creative process.

From Marx to Murakami and Beethoven to Bacon, Daily Rituals examines the working routines of more than a hundred and sixty of the greatest philosophers, writers, composers and artists ever to have lived. Filled with fascinating insights on the mechanics of genius and entertaining stories of the personalities behind it, Daily Rituals is irresistibly addictive, and utterly inspiring.

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• Format Hardback | 304 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 197 x 32mm | 383g
• Publication date 24 Oct 2013
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint PICADOR
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Illustrations note illustrations (black and white)
• ISBN10 0330512498
• ISBN13 9780330512497
• Bestsellers rank 72,241

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A Leg to Stand On (9780330507622)

`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 itself was severe, but straightforward to fix; the psychological effects, however, were far less easy to predict, explain, or resolve: Sacks experienced paralysis and an inability to perceive his leg as his own, instead seeing it as some kind of alien and inanimate object, over which he had no control. A Leg to Stand On is both an account of Sacks' ordeal and subsequent recovery, and an exploration of the ways in which mind and body are inextricably linked.

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• Format Paperback | 224 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 197 x 13mm | 188g
• Publication date 01 Oct 2011
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint PICADOR
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 0330507621
• ISBN13 9780330507622
• Bestsellers rank 86,895

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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (9781447275404)

With an introduction by Will Self.

A classic work of psychology, this international bestseller provides a groundbreaking insight into the human mind.

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 is no longer there to know it.

In this extraordinary book, Dr. Oliver Sacks recounts the stories of patients struggling to adapt to often bizarre worlds of neurological disorder. Here are people who can no longer recognize everyday objects or those they love; who are stricken with violent tics or shout involuntary obscenities; who have been dismissed as autistic or retarded, yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents. If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales illuminate what it means to be human.

A provocative exploration of the mysteries of the human mind, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat is a million-copy bestseller by the twentieth century's greatest neurologist.

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• Format Paperback | 288 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 197 x 18mm | 244g
• Publication date 01 Jan 2015
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint PICADOR
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• ISBN10 1447275403
• ISBN13 9781447275404
• Bestsellers rank 22,468

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Musicophilia : Tales of Music and the Brain (9780330523592)

`A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us. This book is filled with wonders' Daily Telegraph

Oliver Sacks' compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we think of our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people - those struck by affliction, unusual talent and even, in one case, by lightning - to show not only that music occupies more areas of our brain than language does, but also that it can torment, calm, organize and heal. Always wise and compellingly readable, these stories alter our conception of who we are and how we function, and show us an essential part of what it is to be human.

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• Format Paperback | 448 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 197 x 28mm | 317g
• Publication date 02 Sep 2011
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint PICADOR
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement New edition
• ISBN10 0330523597
• ISBN13 9780330523592
• Bestsellers rank 6,546

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An Anthropologist on Mars (9780330523608)

'An inexhaustible tourist at the farther reaches of the mind, Sacks presents, in sparse, unsentimental prose, the stories of seven of his patients. The result is as rich, vivid and compelling as any collection of short fictional stories' Independent on Sunday

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. Writing with his trademark blend of scientific rigour and human compassion, he describes patients such as the colour-blind painter or the surgeon with compulsive tics that disappear in the operating theatre; patients for whom disorientation and alienation - but also adaptation - are inescapable facts of life.

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• Format Paperback | 336 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 197 x 21mm | 290g
• Publication date 10 May 2012
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint PICADOR
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement New edition
• ISBN10 0330523600
• ISBN13 9780330523608
• Bestsellers rank 13,605

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Awakenings (9780330523677)

'The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time, and the drug that catapulted them out of it' Guardian

Hailed as a medical classic, and the subject of a major feature film as well as radio and stage plays and various TV documentaries, Awakenings by Oliver Sacks is the extraordinary account of a group of twenty patients. Rendered catatonic by the sleeping-sickness epidemic that swept the world just after the First World War, all twenty had spent forty years in hospital: motionless and speechless; aware of the world around them, but exhibiting no interest in it - until Dr Sacks administered the then-new drug, L-DOPA, which caused them, temporarily, to awake from their decades-long slumber.

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• Format Paperback | 448 pages
• Dimensions 130 x 197 x 27mm | 328g
• Publication date 10 May 2012
• Publisher Pan MacMillan
• Imprint PICADOR
• Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
• Language English
• Edition Statement New edition
• Illustrations note w. figs., photos on pl.
• ISBN10 0330523678
• ISBN13 9780330523677
• Bestsellers rank 293

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