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From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #12: The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe AND Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann

NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #12: The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe AND Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann

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From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #11: Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer

NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #11: Gimpel the Fool by Isaac Bashevis Singer

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From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #10: To The Finland Station by Edmind Wilson

NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #10: To The Finland Station by Edmind Wilson

A photo of Columbia University in New York City. IT was at Columbia University that author Lionel Trilling taught as a professor of literature.

From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #9: The Liberal Imagination by Lionel Trilling

NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #9: The Liberal Imagination by Lionel Trilling

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From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #7: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Edited by his Grand-Daughter Nora Barlow)

NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #7: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin (Edited by his Grand-Daughter Nora Barlow)

From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #8: The Clergyman’s Daughter by George Orwell

NOTE: Today’s book review was inspired by another book entitled Letters. That book was a memoir of scientist and storyteller Dr. Oliver Sacks, told through a lifetime of his personal… Read More »From the Library of Dr. Oliver Sacks: Book Review #8: The Clergyman’s Daughter by George Orwell

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