false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170653915m/66721.jpg 66721 10 The best-selling author of <i>Awakenings</i> and <i>The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,</i> Oliver Sacks is well know as an explorer of the human mind&#8212;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.<br><br><i>Oaxaca Journal</i> 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, <i>Oaxaca Journal</i> is a captivating evocation of a place, its plants, its people, and its myriad wonders. 386230 1999 Oaxaca Journal (National Geographic Directions) total:147|5:20|4:50|3:61|2:12|1:4| 147 511 230 29 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 13 07:09:14 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 07:09:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 16:45:01 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 16:48:06 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:54:06 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 19:56:12 -0800 2009 ]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 29 15:33:02 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 15:34:54 -0700 2009 4 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 22 11:16:06 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 11:17:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 15:55:36 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 20:27:49 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 10:33:24 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 20:51:53 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat May 23 13:50:25 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 13:59:55 -0700 2009 Oliver Sacks and his fellow fern lovers explore Oaxaca's lush vegetation and fantastic culture.
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people and the coutry. So much knowledge woven in the little
book, never dry written, but full of love to nature and mankind.
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