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In his most extraordinary book, "one of the great clinical writers of the 20th century" (The New York Times) recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological disorders. Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat tells the stories of individuals afflicted with fantastic perceptual and intellectual aberrations: patients who have lost their memories and with them the greater part of their pasts; who are no longer able to recognize people and common objects; who are stricken with violent tics and grimaces or who shout involuntary obscenities; whose limbs have become alien; who have been dismissed as retarded yet are gifted with uncanny artistic or mathematical talents.

If inconceivably strange, these brilliant tales remain, in Dr. Sacks's splendid and sympathetic telling, deeply human. They are studies of life struggling against incredible adversity, and they enable us to enter the world of the neurologically impaired, to imagine with our hearts what it must be to live and feel as they do. A great healer, Sacks never loses sight of medicine's ultimate responsibility: "the suffering, afflicted, fighting human subject.".
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"one of the great clinical writers of the twentieth century recounts the case histories of patients lost in the bizarre, apparently inescapable world of neurological discorders.".
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The Man Who Mistook His Job for a Life is a clever play on the title of an Oliver Sacks book from several years back in which the clinical neurologist and bestselling author poignantly describes 24 astonishing perceptual aberrations that cause victims to experience life in striking ways. Under this apt paraphrase, literary agent Jonathon Lazear describes how American males are increasingly finding their own perceptions altered as they subjugate their personal lives to their professional ones. Lazear candidly discloses how he once let his own work rule his existence, tracing a trajectory from a workaholic father through an early career in the time-demanding publishing industry and an eventual role as head of his own company. He tells how he became "stretched to the limit" while bringing home a seven-figure income--and, as a result, "emotionally distant" from the family he loved. He then offers a series of suggestions (i.e., Acknowledge That You're Not Perfect, Reset Your Work Clock, Start Small, Stay Positive) to help others similarly afflicted develop a more well-rounded presence. This is one of several recent books aimed at slowing society's hectic pace, although it may be the first aimed exclusively at men and the related gender-specific problems they face. --Howard Rothman.
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This digital document is an article from Church & State, published by Americans United for Separation of Church and State on September 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1971 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: US Rep Ernest Istook's proposal concerning the constitutional amendment allowing student-initiated prayer in public schools has ignited the ireof several oppositionists. The proposed amendment embodied an additional 69 words to the Constitution to secure people's right to express religious beliefs, heritage and traditions. It also include public funding of religion by ensuring equal access to government benefits. The approval of such act would pose serious threat on the well-guarded doctrine of the separation of church and state.

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Title: Istook mistook. (Rep. Ernest Istook; opposition against Religious Freedom Amendment)
Author: Steven Benen
Publication:Church & State (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 1997
Publisher: Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Volume: v50 Issue: n8 Page: p13(3)

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