Han Visserman Libri

Che cosa significava finire nella "Lista di Schindler"? Chi era in realtà Oskar Schindler, giovane industriale tedesco cattolico e corteggiatore di belle donne? Basandosi anche sulle testimonianze di quanti lo conobbero, Keneally ricostruisce la vita straordinaria di questo personaggio ambiguo e contraddittorio. Ritenuto da molti un collaborazionista, Schindler sottrasse uomini, donne e bambini ebrei allo sterminio nazista, trasferendoli dai lager ai suoi campi di lavoro in Polonia e in Cecoslovacchia, dove si produceva materiale bellico. Così, fornendo armi al governo tedesco e versando enormi somme di denaro, Schindler salvò migliaia di persone. Resta però un mistero il motivo che lo spinse a intrprendere quella sua personale lotta al nazismo.

‘A humane discourse on the fragility of our minds, of the bodies that give rise to them, and of the world they create for us.’ Daily Telegraph Oliver Sacks’ compassionate tales of people struggling to adapt to different neurological conditions have fundamentally changed the way we understand our own minds. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through the individual experiences of patients, musicians and everyday people – those struck by affliction, unusual talent and even, in one case, by lightning – to show not only that music occupies more areas of the brain than language does, but also that it can calm and organize, torment and heal. Always wise and compellingly readable, these stories alter our conception of who we are and how we function, and show us an essential part of what it is to be human. ‘Fascinating. Music, as Sacks explains, “can pierce the heart directly”. And this is the truth that he so brilliantly focuses upon – that music saves, consoles and nourishes us’ Daily Mail ‘Irresistible, astonishing and moving’ Spectator ‘Deeply warm and sympathetic’ Guardian

Most of Marion's relations would prefer her dead, and one of them will not stop at murder . . . Classic crime in stunning new packaging.

The best-selling author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks is well know as an explorer of the human mind—a neurologist with a gift for complex, insightful portrayals of people and their conditions. However, he is also a card-carrying member of the American Fern Society, and since childhood has been fascinated by these primitive plants and their ability to survive and adapt in many climates.Oaxaca Journal is Sacks's spellbinding account of his trip with a group of fellow fern enthusiasts to the beautiful, history-steeped province of Oaxaca, Mexico. Bringing together Sacks's passion for natural history and the richness of human culture with his sharp eye for detail, Oaxaca Journal is a captivating evocation of a place, its plants, its people, and its myriad wonders.

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