The Man Who Wasn T There

Author : Anil Ananthaswamy
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-04
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780698190818

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*Nominated for the 2016 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award* *An NBC News Notable Science Book of 2015* *Named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2015* *A Book of the Month for Brain HQ/Posit Science* *Selected by Forbes as a Must Read Brain Book of 2015* *On Life Changes Network’s list of the Top 10 Books That Could Change Your Life of 2015* In the tradition of Oliver Sacks, a tour of the latest neuroscience of schizophrenia, autism, Alzheimer’s disease, ecstatic epilepsy, Cotard’s syndrome, out-of-body experiences, and other disorders—revealing the awesome power of the human sense of self from a master of science journalism. Anil Ananthaswamy’s extensive in-depth interviews venture into the lives of individuals who offer perspectives that will change how you think about who you are. These individuals all lost some part of what we think of as our self, but they then offer remarkable, sometimes heart-wrenching insights into what remains. One man cut off his own leg. Another became one with the universe. We are learning about the self at a level of detail that Descartes (“I think therefore I am”) could never have imagined. Recent research into Alzheimer’s illuminates how memory creates your narrative self by using the same part of your brain for your past as for your future. But wait, those afflicted with Cotard’s syndrome think they are already dead; in a way, they believe that “I think therefore I am not.” Who—or what—can say that? Neuroscience has identified specific regions of the brain that, when they misfire, can cause the self to move back and forth between the body and a doppelgänger, or to leave the body entirely. So where in the brain, or mind, or body, is the self actually located? As Ananthaswamy elegantly reports, neuroscientists themselves now see that the elusive sense of self is both everywhere and nowhere in the human brain.

Author : Ethan Coen,Joel Coen
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0571212506

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Author : Anil Ananthaswamy
Publisher : Prelude Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780715653951

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The Man Who Wasn't There by Anil Ananthaswamy Pdf

Reveals the mind boggling neuroscience connecting brain, body, mind, and society, by examining a range of brain disorders, in the tradition of Oliver Sacks. Identifying what makes up the nature of the human mind has long been neuroscience's greatest challenge - a mystery perhaps never to be fully understood. Award-winning author and master of science journalism Anil Ananthaswamy smartly explores the concept of self by way of several mental conditions that alter patients’ identities, showing how we learn a lot about being human from people with a fragmented or altered sense of self. He travels the world to meet those who suffer from “maladies of the self” interviewing patients, psychiatrists, philosophers and neuroscientists along the way. He charts how the self is affected by Asperger’s, autism, Alzheimer’s, epilepsy, schizophrenia, among many other mental conditions, revealing how the brain constructs our sense of self. Each chapter is anchored with stories of people who experience themselves differently from the norm. The Man Who Wasn’t There is a magical mystery tour of scientific analysis and philosophical pondering, now utterly transformed by recent advances in cutting-edge neuroscience. ***PRAISE FOR THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE*** ‘Ananthaswamy excels at making theoretical concepts and experimental procedures both comprehensible and compelling.’ Science ‘If you simply want to read a great science book, I can't recommend any more highly than this one.’ Forbes ‘A compelling and entertaining look at the last untapped mystery, the true final frontier: the nature of our selves. Science journalism at its best.’ Daniel J. Levitin, author of The Organized Mind 'An agreeably written travelogue through this mysterious landscape at the frontiers of knowledge.' The Wall Street Journal 'You’ll never see yourself—or others—the same way again.' People 'Ananthaswamy’s remarkable achievement is to make sense of these unhappy individuals’ otherness, while holding on to their human sameness. You’ll come away enlightened and chastened, asking searching questions about who you are.' Nicholas Humphrey, author of A History of the Mind 'It is an astonishing journey and an ambitious book, bringing together cutting-edge science and philosophy from West and East. You will not be quite the same self after reading it.' New Scientist

Author : Richard Bradford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780755634361

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The Man Who Wasn't There by Richard Bradford Pdf

A ground-breaking and intensely revealing examination of the life of the 20th century's most iconic writer. Ernest Hemingway was an involuntary chameleon, who would shift seamlessly from a self-cultivated image of hero, aesthetic radical, and existential non-conformist to a figure made up at various points of selfishness, hypocrisy, self-delusion, narcissism and arbitrary vindictiveness. Richard Bradford shows that Hemingway's work is by parts erratic and unique because it was tied into these unpredictable, bizarre features of his personality. Impressionism and subjectivity always play some part in the making of literary works. Some authors try to subdue them while others treat them as the essentials of creativity but they endure as a ubiquitous element of all literature. They are the writer's private signature, their authorial fingerprint. In this new biography, which includes previously unpublished letters from the Hemingway archives, Richard Bradford reveals how Hemingway all but erased his own existence through a lifetime of invention and delusion, and provides the reader with a completely new understanding of the Hemingway oeuvre.

Author : David Adam
Publisher : Sarah Crichton Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780374710514

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The Man Who Couldn't Stop by David Adam Pdf

An intimate look at the power of intrusive thoughts, how our brains can turn against us, and living with obsessive compulsive disorder Have you ever had a strange urge to jump from a tall building or steer your car into oncoming traffic? You are not alone. In this captivating fusion of science, history, and personal memoir, David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mind, and how they drive millions of us toward obsession and compulsion. Adam, an editor at Nature and an accomplished science writer, has suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. What might lead an Ethiopian schoolgirl to eat a wall of her house, piece by piece, or a pair of brothers to die beneath an avalanche of household junk that they had compulsively hoarded? At what point does a harmless idea, a snowflake in a clear summer sky, become a blinding blizzard of unwanted thoughts? Drawing on the latest research on the brain, as well as historical accounts of patients and their treatments, this is a book that will challenge the way you think about what is normal and what is mental illness. Told with fierce clarity, humor, and urgent lyricism, this extraordinary book is both the haunting story of a personal nightmare and a fascinating doorway into the darkest corners of our minds.

Author : Frank Tashlin
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780486466194

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The Bear That Wasn't by Frank Tashlin Pdf

A hibernating bear awakens to find himself smack dab in the middle of a sprawling industrial complex where people think he's just a silly man who wears a fur coat. 46 illustrations.

Author : Olga Slavnikova
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0231185952

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The Man Who Couldn't Die by Olga Slavnikova Pdf

In the chaos of early 199s Russia, a paralyzed veteran's wife and stepdaughter conceal the Soviet Union's collapse from him in order to keep him--and his pension--alive, until it turns out the tough old man has other plans. Olga Slavnikova's The Man Who Couldn't Die is an instant classic of post-Soviet Russian literature.

Author : Jon Reiner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781439192474

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The Man Who Couldn't Eat by Jon Reiner Pdf

The story of the author's struggle with chronic illness.

Author : Robin Gaby Fisher,Angelo J Guglielmo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451652093

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The Woman Who Wasn't There by Robin Gaby Fisher,Angelo J Guglielmo Pdf

Traces the story of Tania Head, who falsely claimed to be a September 11 survivor, describing her interviews with the co-author and the discovery that she was not in America at the time of the attacks.

Author : David Handler
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448305070

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The Man Who Wasn't All There by David Handler Pdf

The latest installment of David Handler's Edgar Award-winning Stewart Hoag mystery series, set in 1990s' New York, sees the ghostwriter-sleuth and his faithful basset hound Lulu inadvertently make a dangerous enemy. After six glorious weeks of hard work on his long-overdue second novel, celebrity-ghostwriter Stewart "Hoagy" Hoag has hit a crossroads in his plot. He thinks a change of scenery will do him good - and he knows just the place. His ex-wife, the actress Merilee Nash, has offered him the use of her idyllic Connecticut farmhouse, while she's away shooting a movie in Budapest. Hoagy and his beloved basset hound Lulu settle in for a few days' rest and relaxation. Hoagy expects fall splendor, long walks and crisp night air. He doesn't expect Merilee's eccentric, unwelcoming neighbor. Austin Talmadge warns Hoagy not to get on his bad side, but what harm can a country oddball like Austin do? Quite a lot, it turns out. All Hoagy wants to do is relax and clear his head, but soon he's caught up in a strange, complex mystery - and he'll need all his wits about him, and Lulu's unerring nose, if he's to come out of this one alive . . .

Author : Edgar Allan Poe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433069354276

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The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Pdf

Author : A. B. Jewell
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062201218

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The Man Who Wouldn't Die by A. B. Jewell Pdf

"HBO's Silicon Valley meets The Big Sleep" (Mark Haskell Smith): An anonymous tech insider delivers "a hard-boiled, hilarious detective novel about Silicon Valley" (New York Post) “DOES FOR SILICON VALLEY WHAT CARL HIAASEN DID FOR FLORIDA.” —Tim Dorsey “THE MAN WHO WOULDN’T DIE IS DASHIELL HAMMETT 2.0: THE CLASSIC HARDBOILED DETECTIVE NOVEL, UPDATED FOR 21ST CENTURY SILICON VALLEY AND MADE HILARIOUS.” —Brad Parks Silicon Valley scion Captain Don Donogue is dead under mysterious circumstances. In fact, he might’ve well have been murdered. Just ask Captain Don himself. He’s been sending messages about his suspicious death from beyond the grave. Yep, he’s been tweeting from the afterlife. Or so it seems. Could life-after-death be Silicon Valley’s latest innovation? Our bodies die but our souls and social media accounts are eternal? This is the mystery that confronts the only sane person left in a region gone mad with greed, William Fitzgerald. Fitch. He’s a world-class detective, tough, stoic, carries a big fist and a flip phone. He’s a bad fit for Silicon Valley, where the law firms have drive-thru windows manned by barristeristas (who serve instant coffee and instant patents); attractive women aren’t MILF’s but TELFs (Tech Executives I’d Like To Fund); and couples are so anxious to get into the best free-play kindergartens that they get on the waiting list as soon as they freeze their sperm and eggs for later use. One day, a woman knocks on Fitch’s door. She’s got a handful of cash and a wild story: She says that her father was Captain Don, or is Captain Don. He was killed, or maybe not. He’s tweeting from beyond. Fitch takes the case and goes into the belly of the valley, discovering that life and death, well, sometimes they’re just another transaction…. Original, clever, and hysterical, The Man Who Wouldn’t Die is the Carl Hiaasen of Silicon Valley and neo-noir at its unforgettable best.

Author : Margot Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UVA:X000190069

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The Man who Didn't Fly by Margot Bennett Pdf

Author : Anthony Gilbert
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471909573

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The Man Who Wasn't There by Anthony Gilbert Pdf

An actress, a politician - and a murder by poison where no one is above suspicion. Classic crime fiction from one of the greats of the era. Marjorie Hyde, a gifted but unsuccessful actress, is happily married. Like many members of her profession she is temperamental, and though not that beautiful has that Titian colouring that is supposed to make men mad. Her husband, Christopher, is insanely jealous, and after learning that she is frequently in the company of Philip Clare, a barrister and Parliamentary candidate, Christopher threatens to instigate divorce proceedings that would ruin his rival's career. The same night, he drinks his usual glass of after-dinner port and dies from hyosin poisoning. And in the unravelling of the mystery surrounding his death, nobody is free from suspicion.

Author : John Ciardi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Children's poetry
ISBN : UVA:X002307217

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I Met a Man by John Ciardi Pdf

For beginning readers, these poems lead children to new words through rhyme, riddles, context, and word game.