BOOKS
Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human - Out 21st Nov 2024
“Absolutely fascinating, and has the power to change the way you look at the world”
Steven Bartlett, Diary of a CEO
“Thought-provoking, fascinating, compelling – Leschziner delves into the psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience of harmful behaviours and asks: can we ever really be free to choose how we behave? His thesis is compelling: if we can understand ourselves better, and particularly the darker aspects of our psychology, we can hope to make the world a better place”
Prof Alice Roberts, author and broadcaster
“A masterly, original and highly accessible account of the neurological origins of the seven perennial temptations, with ample case studies. His conclusion is wise and compassionate, and his route to it is replete with fascinating detail”
Oliver Kamm, writer and author of Mending the Mind
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THE MAN WHO TASTED WORDS
Guy Leschziner, 2022, published by Simon and Schuster
Translations available now or soon in Polish, Turkish, Korean, Chinese, Arabic
“A riveting study of sensory function and malfunction...He leaves the reader hankering for more, with a renewed sense of awe at the delicate, magnificent workings of the senses.”
“The Man Who Tasted Words is full of delights that linger in the
mind. ”
“A lucid evocation of big ideas that will make you grateful for your health, and both more appreciative and more sceptical of our symphony of senses with its brilliant, capricious conductor, the brain.”
“From the opening paragraph, I was spellbound, entranced. Through real stories about what happens when our fragile perception of the world around us and within us is severed, Guy Leschziner connects us back to our senses.”
“A truly astonishing book – from the story of the man who tasted words to that of Paul who could pull out his own teeth and break his legs yet feel no pain. These are beautifully and engagingly written stories of how our senses tell us about the reality of the world – or, sometimes, don’t.”
“Stories of people who experience the world differently show us what it means to be human. This is a deeply moving and powerful book, full of provocative ideas about human perception and the way we construct reality.”
“This is a book vibrant with personality and full of wonder. Professor Leschziner takes us through an exploration of our senses, making us question the nature of our reality and how we interpret the world around us. It is a profound, entertaining and quite exceptional book.”
“In vivid stories of patient maladies that affect our very human sensations of sight, sound, smell, touch and pain, Leschziner has deeply explored the sensory experiences that bombard every moment of our lives but of which we are barely aware. What a terrific melding of brain science with thoughtful ideas on our window to the outside world.”
“A fascinating, important and disturbing book. Words will never taste the same again!”
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THE NOCTURNAL BRAIN: Nightmares, Neuroscience and the Secret World of Sleep
Guy Leschziner, 2019, published by Simon and Schuster
Translations available now or soon in Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Polish, German, Czech, Russian, Chinese (Mandarin and Taiwan), Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Greek, Turkish
“Casebooks of neurological disorders are often strange and wonderful, but this one is special. Guy Leschziner is a consultant neurologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’s who specialises in sleep problems. And his patients experience the most extraordinary things.”
“The Nocturnal Brain will not promise to cure your insomnia, but it does make for an entertaining and thought-provoking bedtime read.”
“Leschziner is not so authoritarian, which is what makes this such an invigorating book. He appreciates that many of those who suffer from traumatic sleep are tired of the moralising of onlookers.”
OXFORD HANDBOOK OF SLEEP MEDICINE
Edited by Guy Leschziner, Oxford University Press, 2022.
A multidisciplinary concise textbook for medical professionals, covering all aspects of sleep medicine