Awakenings appears in 4 book lists

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Awakenings appears in 4 book lists on Shepherd.

My favorite books about medical history that read like fiction

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My favorite books about pandemics, historical and fictional

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My favorite books on the brain and mind

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The best narrative histories about science and disease

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