This book changed my lifeThe Goat writes, "Some books have made a huge impact on my life." It's true. It wasn't until the b3ta mods read the Flashman novels that we changed from mild-mannered computer operators into heavily-whiskered copulators, poltroons and all round bastards in a well-known cavalry regiment.
What books have changed the way you think, the way you live, or just gave you a rollicking good time?
Friendly hint: A bit of background rather than just a bunch of book titles would make your stories more readable
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chthonic, Thu 15 May 2008, 15:11)
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and other clinical tales.By Oliver Sacks. The book presents a fascinating insight into some very very weird neurological conditions humans can suffer. The title refers to a man with 'visual agnosia' which rendered it impossible for him to recognise familiar objects or faces. According to the book the man literally tried to put his wife on his head.
(, Thu 15 May 2008, 17:28, 2 replies)
That's a great book......I read it because Oliver Sacks also often writes about conditions such as aphasia, which my mother-in-law suffers from.
Currently I'm reading his latest book: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain, which comes highly recommended as well ;-)
(, Thu 15 May 2008, 20:04, closed)
great bookcheck out 'the island of the colour blind' - www.oliversacks.com/island.htm - another interesting read.
(, Fri 16 May 2008, 12:41, closed)
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