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Hallucinations now available as book, e-book, and audiobook!

November 8, 2012 / Kate Edgar / News

What an exciting week! Hallucinations is now on sale (as a book, e-book, and audiobook) in the US, UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Over the next few weeks, you will likely hear…

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Hot off the press! Hallucinations, phantoms, and more

October 10, 2012 / Kate Edgar / News

We here in the Sacks office are eagerly awaiting publication of Dr. Sacks’s new book,Hallucinations. The very first copy reached his hands today! In the US and Canada, as well…

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What I Learned from Hallucinogens

August 21, 2012 / Kate Edgar / News

    This week’s New Yorker (issue dated August 27) features an excerpt from Dr. Sacks’s new book, Hallucinations. At newyorker.com, Dr. Sacks talks about his psychedelic days in an audio interview….

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Björk, Musicophilia, and Face Blindness

August 3, 2012 / Kate Edgar / News

A sneak preview of Hallucinations will run in the New Yorker’s issue dated August 27th, on stands August 20, 2012 (barring last-minute scheduling changes by the magazine). The book itself will be published…

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Linnaeus and (Out of) Body Experiences

June 21, 2012 / Kate Edgar / News

Hallucinations has gone off to the printers, and will be published on November 6!  Here’s what the jacket looks like, thanks to designer Hailey Wojcik:     Dr. Sacks just…

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The Man Who Forgot How to Read

May 16, 2012 / Kate Edgar / News

This coming weekend, a documentary film inspired by Dr. Sacks’s latest book, The Mind’s Eye, will be broadcast on BBC World News. “The Man Who Forgot How to Read” explores face blindness, stereo…

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Giving the Gift of Music

April 13, 2012 / Kate Edgar / News

This week, something extraordinary happened. Director Michael Rossato-Bennett posted a clip from his new documentary, “Alive Inside,” on YouTube. Over the next couple of hours, he watched the number of…

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Ferns, chocolate, and capybaras

March 9, 2012 / Kate Edgar / News

Spring is on the way, and it’s time to take a journey to the lovely warm climes of Oaxaca, Mexico!  (We pronounce it “Wah-HAH-ka.”) Dr. Sacks’s Oaxaca Journal has just…

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Dragons and Doctors

January 25, 2012 / Kate Edgar / News

Happy Year of the Dragon! It seems like an auspicious time to announce that Dr. Sacks’s next book, HALLUCINATIONS, is scheduled for publication in the fall of 2012. Stay tuned…

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Thanks to you

November 21, 2011 / Kate Edgar / News

Thanksgiving is here, and we are thankful for your support, your comments, and your emails and letters. In particular, as Dr. Sacks finishes up the manuscript for his book on…

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The Mind’s Eye in paperback!

October 21, 2011 / Kate Edgar / News

Dr. Sacks’s newest book, The Mind’s Eye, debuted in paperback this month. Tell us what you think of the new cover . . . and the striking new set of…

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Now on DVD: The Music Never Stopped

August 5, 2011 / Kate Edgar / News

In addition to the e-books and audiobooks mentioned in our last newsletter, we thought you’d like to know that The Music Never Stopped, the inspiring movie based on a chapter from An Anthropologist on…

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The Sex Life of Horsetails

July 25, 2011 / Kate Edgar / News

Have you ever smelled, seen, heard or felt something that isn’t there? Dr. Sacks is working on a new book about (mostly) non-psychotic hallucinations—those associated with delirium, migraine, blindness, intoxication,…

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Tourettesville

May 27, 2011 / Kate Edgar / News

This month is Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month in New York State. The syndrome, characterized by involuntary body movements or vocalizations, was first described in 1885 by the French neurologist Georges…

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New Videos on YouTube!

April 26, 2011 / Kate Edgar / News

Spring greetings! We have posted some new videos on Dr. Sacks’s YouTube channel, in which he reacts to the new film based on his work, “The Music Never Stopped.” (If you have…

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The Last Hippie and the Grateful Dead

February 24, 2011 / Kate Edgar / News

Dr. Sacks’s essay “The Last Hippie” is the basis for the new feature film, The Music Never Stopped, directed by Jim Kohlberg and starring J. K. Simmons, Lou Taylor Pucci, Cara Seymour and…

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Music, Metals, and Learning

January 30, 2011 / Kate Edgar / News

The Mind’s Eye is available now in English, German, Dutch, and Portuguese (Brazil), with more translations on the way. Dr. Sacks discusses the book, and many other topics, on his…

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Wrapping up 2010

December 21, 2010 / Kate Edgar / News

Season’s Greetings from the Sacks office! We hope your holidays are full of peaceful moments, firelight (see Dr. Sacks’s piece about his love of fire), and, of course, music (see his tribute…

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Giving Thanks for Great Readers!

November 22, 2010 / Kate Edgar / News

The Mind’s Eye is a New York Times Editor’s Choice pick this week.  Okay, so Keith Richards’ autobiography is number one, but we’re number two!  Thank you, New York Times…

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The Mind’s Eye is now available!

October 25, 2010 / Kate Edgar / News

October 26, 2010 The Mind’s Eye launches today!** In hardcover, large type, e-book, and audio editions. Check out our new YouTube channel for video clips of Dr. Sacks talking about his…

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