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The River of Consciousness
The River of Consciousness | Oliver Sacks
From the best-selling author of Gratitude, On the Move, and Musicophilia, a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavor: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness, and experience. Oliver Sacks, a scientist and a storyteller, is beloved by readers for the extraordinary neurological case histories (Awakenings, An Anthropologist on Mars) in which he introduced and explored many now familiar disorders--autism, Tourette's syndrome, face blindness, savant syndrome. He was also a memoirist who wrote with honesty and humor about the remarkable and strange encounters and experiences that shaped him (Uncle Tungsten, On the Move, Gratitude). Sacks, an Oxford-educated polymath, had a deep familiarity not only with literature and medicine but with botany, animal anatomy, chemistry, the history of science, philosophy, and psychology. The River of Consciousness is one of two books Sacks was working on up to his death, and it reveals his ability to make unexpected connections, his sheer joy in knowledge, and his unceasing, timeless project to understand what makes us human.
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Chelsea.Poole
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My first Oliver Sacks. I really enjoyed these small snippets into various scientific fields studied by the author. Darwin, evolution, time, speed, the nature of scientific discoveries, medical diagnoses, and more in easy-to-digest and entertaining chapters. I will never look at Tourette's syndrome the same way again. Fascinating. Also, I listened to the #audiobook which was nicely done.

Palimpsest @Chelsea.Poole is that plant a kind of fern or something else? I love it. 5y
Chelsea.Poole @Palimpsest thank you! It's a lemon button fern. My mom just got it for me for Easter. And I believe it actually came from Walmart! 5y
Palimpsest @Chelsea.Poole thank you so much for responding! I‘m going to look for it. 😊 5y
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Chelsea.Poole
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Newest read this morning! #nonfiction
My first read from Oliver Sacks, though he's been on my list for a long time.
Also, my first time making anything with my sourdough starter 🥰🥖
These are crumpets and they are good, but would have been better if I would have had the proper tins to make them in. Still proud though! Happy little #bookandbreakfast
English breakfast tea and crumpets ☕️

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Chelsea.Poole
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Grabbed these quickly from the library before closing last week for #quarantinereading
These seemed like the perfect books to read right now. Making my way through some other things I've started to get to these two beauties. 🌿🌊

fleeting I loved both! 5y
Chelsea.Poole @fleeting glad to hear it! 😊 5y
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catiewithac
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Wow! Stunning! These essays blew me away! Oliver Sacks‘ last book was my first read of his, but it won‘t be MY last! Meditations on history, health, memory, medicine, consciousness and more. Sacks shares a lifetime of curiosity, experience, and synthesis with his readers. I‘m hooked. Hopelessly hooked!

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catiewithac
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I know #justtherightbook gets a bad rap for being expensive, but the service costs less than $10 when you discount the price of the book. Shipping is included in the fee. This is my third book from Just The Right Book and it was literally in my hold cue@at the library! I can‘t tell you how many times I eyed it at the bookstore. So they are basically reading my mind now! I‘m so excited to read this book!

emilyhaldi I ❤️ Oliver Sacks! Haven‘t heard much about this one, hope it‘s good 😄 7y
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Jen2
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Very good

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balletbookworm
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A short essay collection that makes us feel the loss of an Oliver Sacks very keenly. He loved science and scientific advances in all fields. The collection is a too eclectic to be as wonderful as The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat. The essays on Darwin aren‘t that interesting but for essays that focus more particularly on neuroscience and the brain, especially “Scotoma: Forgetting and Neglect in Science” his love and passion shine through.

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LauraBeth
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I'm looking forward to Autumn ???

"Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple." HP #7

ErikasMindfulShelf Little Fires Everywhere is amazing and Young Jane Young was fun. 7y
LauraBeth @irre yay - I'm glad to hear this! 7y
saresmoore Yes to all of these! 7y
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Ashley_Nicoletto Autumn is my favorite season plus this line up. 😍😍 Give me a big cup of coffee, leggings, and a blanket and I'll be settled in until spring. 7y
BkClubCare No! Let not this summer end! 7y
MicheleinPhilly I'm with @Ashley_Nicoletto! Summer be gone! Sorry @BkClubCare. 7y
BkClubCare @MicheleinPhilly - that's Ok. It's just that I am looking for a place to live this fall and would prefer to put off the decision and just read. 7y
DGRachel Autumn is my favorite season, too! 7y
LauraBeth @saresmoore I blame @micheleinphilly for bringing up pre-ordering something and making me think, I should just go ahead and pre-order all the books now 😂 7y
MicheleinPhilly @BkClubCare Ugh. In that case I don't blame you at all. Good luck! 7y
LauraBeth I'm usually a summer person @Ashley_Nicoletto and @MicheleinPhilly but I'm giving it the heave-ho and want to go ahead and usher in fall with the boots, scarves, pumpkin lattes, Oktoberfest beer and new fall reads. I need it to end @BkClubCare! 😀 7y
Suet624 I have an extra bedroom if you want to come to Vermont and experience the fall! Scarves, woodsmoke and pure beauty. 7y
ApoptyGina69 I'm looking forward to you looking forward to stuff. Lots of love to you! 😘👍🍁🍄 7y
LauraBeth @bkclubcare well in that case - I can understand wanting to put off autumn - I'm sure you'll find something fabulous 7y
LauraBeth @Suet624 you get to live in such a lovely area! Throw in the Ben & Jerrys tour and I'm in 🍦 7y
LauraBeth @ApoptyGina69 awww - thanks 😘 I ❤️ my Litsy family 7y
LauraBeth @DGRachel I need a countdown clock for it 😀 7y
tpixie @Suet624 sounds lovely!! 7y
tpixie @ApoptyGina69 couldn't say it any better!! 💕💕💕 7y
tpixie Love that HP quote!! 7y
Suet624 The Ben and Jerry's factory is 20 minutes away. They have great tours with ice cream at the end. 👍 7y
saresmoore Clearly @MicheleinPhilly & @Suet624 are in the business of supporting you in good life choices! 7y
LauraBeth Thank @tpixie 💕💕and I love that quote also! 7y
LauraBeth @Suet624 oh - well then sign me up! 7y
LauraBeth Agree @saresmoore! @MicheleinPhilly and @Suet624 are good life choice supporters 🙌🙌 7y
Suet624 Okey dokey. Seriously, any time. My email is Suet624@gmail 7y
Cinfhen Thanks for this #bucketlistofbooks 💖 7y
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