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	Amazon.co.uk: Awakenings: Books
		Perhaps it's qualities like sensitivity, craft and dedication that keep physicians like Oliver Sacks in hospitals all day and at writing desks all night; if nothing else, these qualities shine in books like Awakenings.
		After dramatic initial awakenings, the unpredictability of drug reactions gave varied patient histories that ranged from disastrous relapse to modest long-term success.
		This is the original book by neurologist Oliver Sacks, describing the L-dopamine drug trials that awakened patients 'frozen' for decades by Parkinsonian symptoms.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0330320912 (840 words)

	Awakenings
		Based on the book, Awakenings, by Oliver Sacks.
		The individuality of the awakened patients and their passion for real living is a sobering reminder of the "unthinkable," possibly conscious-but-incommunicado existence of people whose mental status is unknown.
		The first patient to "awaken" is Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) who, despite being "away" for many years, proves to be a natural leader, with a philosophical mind of his own.
	endeavor.med.nyu.edu /lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webfilms/awakenings28-film-.html (380 words)

	Oliver Sacks . Awakenings Documentary
		Though "Awakenings" itself became a bestseller, and was famously made into a movie starring Robert DeNiro and Robin Williams, the documentary has never been shown on American television.
		It focused on some of the "sleeping sickness" patients described in the book of the same name.
		But then, everything about the "Awakenings" tale is very strange....
	www.oliversacks.com /awakedoc.htm (399 words)

	Astrology - Birth, charts, reports, software, horoscopes by email - at awakeningsastrology.com
		Awakenings Astrology has put together a culmination of over 75 interpretive astrology reports covering many areas of life so we can understand for ourselves and communicate with others dynamics of personal interplay and the cycles in our lives.
		Awakenings, Inc., P.O. Box 10672 Prescott, AZ 86304-0672
		Other specialized astrology sites operated by Awakenings, Inc.
	www.awakeningsastrology.com (407 words)

	Awakenings movie posters and memorabilia at MovieGoods
		Review: Marshall's first dramatic effort is based on the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, from his book of the same title.
		It details his experimentation with the drug L-dopa which inspired the "awakening" of a number of catatonic patients, some of whom had been "sleeping" for as long as 30 years.
		De Niro's performance as the youngest of the group is heart-rending, while Williams offers a subdued, moving performance as the doctor.
	www.moviegoods.com /affiliate2/adClick.asp?affiliateID=41&adID=200&master_movie_id=9027 (565 words)

	ATF: The making of Oliver Sacks
		In his book Awakenings, Oliver Sacks writes that he took a position as neurologist in 1966 at a chronic hospital in New York called "Mount Carmel", (actual name is Beth Abraham Hospital, the Bronx, New York) and had under his care 80 post encephalitic patients who were survivors of the devastating 1917-26 encephalitis lethargica epidemic.
		This paper examines those medical communications of Sacks, uncovering the catalyst for his book Awakenings: we discover a doctor with a story to tell but constrained by the conventions of medical writing.
		Oliver Sacks, the medical writer with a unique insight into the phenomenology of neurological disease, and a striking rapport with patients is born: but the prehistory is not, as I have shown, quite as he himself would make it.
	www.atf.org.au /papers/essays/o_sacks.asp (2922 words)

	IT Conversations: John Barry - Tech Nation
		I would have like to see a lot less about people who did research and a lot more about the after-effects of influenza, including the briefly mentioned possible link to life-long mental illness, as referenced in the book and film Awakenings by Oliver Sacks.
		The story of the 1918 influenza epidemic is fascinating, and well told in this book, with clear and vivid descriptions of the underlying biology, of the symptoms and the way the virus killed, and of the social setting in which it occurred.
		A couple of points that this book handled extremely well: the answer to why young adults in the prime of life and in the best of health died in droves and within a matter of hours, and answers to how influenza behaves and why it so often triggers pneumonia.
	www.itconversations.com /shows/detail422.html (688 words)

	Amazon.com: Gunga Din Highway: Books: Frank Chin
		In a way, the book it reminds me most of is an oldie, the BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN from the 1950s, by Wallace Stegner, with its multi-generational narrative and its expansive, troubling vision of the USA.
		Through the 1950s and 1960s, the novel shows us a panoramic view of the sexual and cultural awakenings of several families whose lives intertwine in New York, Oakland, Seattle, Honolulu, Portland and Frisco.
		It's a long book, but no longer than, say, THE GRAPES OF WRATH or THE MAN WITHOUT QUALITIES, two other 20th century novels that came to mind while I flipped through the pages of GUNGA DIN HIGHWAY.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1566890373?v=glance (1576 words)

	the great awakening - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library
		Books--Book reviews, The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory (Book)--Book reviews
		the 1st and 2nd Great Awakenings in the 18th and 19th centuries...
		The Great North West England Earthquake of 1931...seemed as if some angry giant beneath the earth was stirring from his slumbers...Residents of Warrington also had a rude awakening that morning, with one old man being treated...
	www.questia.com /search/the-great-awakening (1708 words)

	Castle Marrach: Awakenings: The Comic Book
		Castle Marrach: Awakenings "Waking Dreams" (part 1 of 6)
		'Castle Marrach: Awakenings' is a comic set in the Castle Marrach online game shortly before the current awakenings.
		Part 1 tells of Victor Savary, his rebirth into the Castle, and what he finds there.
	www.skotos.net /games/marrach/comic/awakenings (174 words)

	nishida kitaro - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library
		Books--Book reviews, Zen and Philosophy: An Intellectual Biography of Nishida Kitaro (Book)--Book reviews
		Rude Awakenings: Zen, the Kyoto School,& the Question of Nationalism
		Nishida Kitaro Berkeley: University of California...tendency in the circle around Nishida Kitaro, Japans foremost modern philosopher...
	www.questia.com /search/nishida-kitaro (711 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (Flamingo Modern Classics): Books
		The RTP is without doubt the one and only book about the Working Class and how they lived, forget soft soap novels were it all works out in the end, this book is about the grind of life for Workers at the turn of the 20th Century.
		Originally published in 1914, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a timeless story of Socialism, political awakenings and class struggle, told with a volatile mix of heartfelt rage and sly humour.
		The Ragged Trousered Philantropists is a book everybody should read.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0586090363 (1532 words)

	Awakenings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The movie was adapted by Steven Zaillian from the book of the same name by neurologist Oliver Sacks, in which he tells about his real-life experiences with similar patients.
		The book was also used by Harold Pinter as the basis of his one-act play A Kind of Alaska, performed in 1982.
		Directed by Penny Marshall, the film stars Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, John Heard, and Penelope Ann Miller.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Awakenings (165 words)

	Comic Books, Collecting, Etc ...
		is a proven talent having drawn comic books for Malibu and Marvel and his artwork in Awakenings is very clean and adds depth and atmosphere to the story.
		This comic book is a great introduction to Castle Marrach, giving those who may not be familiar with it the chance to experience a fantastic world born out of imagination and fantasy.
		Far better than a lot of comic books on the shelves in stores today, it showcases considerable technical skills and fine storytelling, ignoring today's trend of style over substance comic book art.
	www.comicsetc.com /publishers.cfm (371 words)

	Zem Books
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		Awakenings: A Journey to the Center of Human Belief
	www.zembooks.com (371 words)

	New and notable
		The first group is an eclectic one: Vintage Sacks includes excerpts from the writings of Oliver Sacks, neurologist and rapt observer of the human condition, who describes his work in books such as The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Awakenings.
		We'll take any opportunity to put the marvelous Alice Munro before you, so we were delighted when we saw that this book, containing five stories from different points in Munro's long and triumphant career, was among 12 inaugural volumes in the new "Vintage Readers" series.
		The book's illustrations are inadequate, but his story is hard to resist.
	www.azcentral.com /ent/arts/articles/0125newandnotable25.html (371 words)

	PEDRO AND ME. Buy it at Comickaze.com and we'll donate $5 to local Aids Outreach Programs
		In response to this offer James Owen his own self, has made an offer that anybody who springs for a copy of AWAKENINGS from COMICKAZE (or a copy of CROSSROADS) will receive a free signed personalized bookplate to go inside their book.
		When you buy the STARCHILD: AWAKENINGS TPB (the very nice SC with the flaps) for the $20 cover price you will get a $10 Gift certificate good on your next TPB Purchase of $20 or more!
		H. STARCHILD is created, written and illustrated by James Owen.
	comickaze.com /rrjamesowen.htm (371 words)

	RealMedia™ Archive of Past Events: Adelphi University
		His bestselling book Awakenings inspired a play by Harold Pinter, A Kind of Alaska, and then the Hollywood movie, Awakenings, starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture
		Both his books Running with Scissors and Dry are New York Times best sellers.
		A master at creating compassionate drama from the uncanny dysfunctions of the brain, Dr. Oliver Sacks is a world-renowned neurologist, humanist, and bestselling author on the neuroanthropology of Tourette's syndrome.
	events.adelphi.edu /rm.php (371 words)

	STARCHILD gets French - Silver Bullet Comics - comics news, comic book news, comics information
		Kymera Comics, an imprint of the French company Studio Malens, has contracted with Coppervale International to produce a French edition of the book Starchild: Awakenings.
		Other books in the Kymera Comics line include Steven Grant and Mike Zeck's Damned (which just debuted at Angoleme), and Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise.
		Bufkens is an experienced translator, having previously worked on The Big Book of Grimm and Camelot 3000 (DC Comics), Stray Bullets (El Capitan), The Wizard's Tale (DC Comics), and Obergeist (Image) among many others.
	www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com /news/110969771230595.htm (371 words)

	You Better Watch Your Mouth!: 10/01/2004 - 10/31/2004
		Our Postmodern service Halogen has been going through a series called "Awakenings." As a part of this series, we have small groups going through a book by John Eldredge called "Waking the Dead." It is a pretty good book.
		I play bass for the band and I am excited to be back in a studio, primarily because it will bring back memories of being in a band, playing shows, and the feeling you get on stage with a crowd waiting to hear your set.
		The worship band for Halogen, our Sunday night college service, is going into the recording studio this weekend to record 9 original songs.
	izzy.yirah.com /archives/2004_10_01_archive (2013 words)

	Awake (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Awakenings is the title of a book and a film based on the book about a doctor trying to help comatose people.
		To be awake is to have consciousness; the opposite of sleep.
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Awake_(disambiguation) (2013 words)

	Theology Today - Vol 36, No. 3 - October 1979 - BOOK REVIEW - Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform
		Theology Today - Vol 36, No. 3 - October 1979 - BOOK REVIEW - Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform
		Are we today in the midst of a revival, another of the "Great Awakenings" which have shaped and reshaped American religion and culture?
		Anyone interested in understanding the nature of revivalism and its relationship to American religion and culture will find this a fascinating and provocative book.
	theologytoday.ptsem.edu /oct1979/v36-3-bookreview16.htm (297 words)

	The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
		As the Awakenings cycled through their lifespan, one trend that should be obvious is that the Third had little to do with religion, at least in the sense of human awareness and response to God, and the Fourth seems to be entirely concerned with what might best be called social work.
		The term, Great Awakening, is a construct of a much later period, coined, it appears, by Joseph Tracy in his book The Great Awakening of 1841 (Jon Butler, Awash in a Sea of Faith, Harvard University Press, 1990, pp.
		In the end, this reader was not persuaded that there were in fact four Great Awakenings or that the fourth was coherent enough to influence social policy.
	www.eh.net /bookreviews/library/0618.shtml (297 words)

	Book Review: The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism by Robert William Fogel
		The crucial period of transformation in theological beliefs, and their expression in action, are the four “Great Awakenings” of his book’s title.
		The inequities that produced each of the “awakenings” were themselves the result of the impact of technological change, manifested in economic institutions, on human cultural and physiological evolution.
		The “Fourth Great Awakening” is Fogel’s speculative title for the recent focus of evangelicals on the spiritual development of the individual in the face of certain perceived “inequities” in the possession of “spiritual assets,” such as purposefulness, self-esteem, discipline, motivation, dedication to family and community, and intellectual curiosity.
	www.fee.org /vnews.php?nid=256 (297 words)

	The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
		His book deals with the relationship between, on the one hand, organised religion and its periodic "awakenings", often stimulated by technological change; and, on the other, the political drive of equality.
		The "Fourth great wakening" of the books title is the religious revival that began around 1960.
		Revivals, Awakenings, and Reform (Chicago History of American Religion)
	www.econbooks.com /The_Fourth_Great_Awakening_and_the_Future_of_Egalitarianism_0226256626.html (297 words)

	Awake (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Awakenings is the title of a book and a film based on the book about a doctor trying to help comatose people.
		To be awake is to have consciousness; the opposite of sleep.
		Awake is a 2006 film starring Sigourney Weaver.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Awake_(disambiguation) (179 words)

	Rude Awakenings: Zen, the Kyoto School,&the Question of Nationalism (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture) id
		In view of the challenge this book has posed for the Western Buddhist community, it was surprising to find but one review for it - on Amazon.
		Rude Awakenings: Zen, the Kyoto School,&the Question of Nationalism (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture) id
		Rude Awakenings: Zen, the Kyoto School,&the Question of Nationalism (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture)
	ourlyrics.net /ID_082481746X,tantric (1319 words)

	Chicken Soup For The Soul
		Barbara Bartocci - Author and Chicken Soup contributor shares her thought, compares live to an “artichoke”, discusses how to deal with death, and tells us about her books Midlife Awakenings: Discovering the Gifts Life Has Given Us and Nobody’s Child Anymore Real Audio
		Bettie Youngs, PhD, Ed.D - Author & Chicken Soup story contributor shares thoughts regarding the inspiration around each and everyone of us and her up-coming book String of Pearls - Stories on Christopher Reeve, John Walsh...
		Cynthia Brian - Author, producer/host and humanitarian of radio, televison and numerous books, including co-author of the up-coming Chicken Soup for the Gardeners Soul
	www.goodnewsbroadcast.com /chickensoup.html (705 words)

	Awake (disambiguation)
		Awakenings is the title of a book and a film based on the book about a doctor trying to help comatose people.
		To be awake is to have consciousness ; the opposite of sleep.
		Awake is a 1994 album by Dream Theater.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Awake_%28disambiguation%29 (705 words)

	Lessons from the Hendra Affair
		But it must also be said that if Hendra did commit the horrible acts described in the Times, he has won himself a cosmic prize for gall by penning a book about moral awakenings.
		On the other, Times readers inspired by the paper's glowing review of Hendra's book might well feel that they have a right to know that its morally uplifted author is an accused child molester.
		But the new level of notoriety had its dark side for Hendra, to say the least: it prompted his adult daughter Jessica to tell the Times that Hendra's spiritual journey had included sexually molesting her when she was a little girl.
	www.ethicsscoreboard.com /list/hendra.html (715 words)

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