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A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
Category: Science
Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. " Delightful . . . gives the read ...Show more
Deep Play by Diane Ackerman
Category: Self-Help
Award-winning essayist and poet Diane Ackerman illuminates an exalted state of transcendence achieved through emotionally and physically vigorous activities. Keenly perceived and written with poetic exuberance, "Deep Play" enlightens us anew by revealing the manifold ways we can enhance our lives. 5 ill ...Show more
One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir by Diane Ackerman
Category: Accessories
Everyone who cherishes the gift of language will cherish Diane Ackerman's narrative masterpiece, an exquisitely written love story and medical miracle story, one that combines science, inspiration, wisdom and heart. One day Ackerman's husband, Paul West, an exceptionally gifted wordsmith and intellectua ...Show more
One Hundred Names for Love : A Stroke, a Marriage, and the Language of Healing by Diane Ackerman
Category: Biography
Everyone who cherishes the gift of language will cherish Diane Ackerman's narrative masterpiece, an exquisitely written love story and medical miracle story, one that combines science, inspiration, wisdom and heart. One day Ackerman's husband, Paul West, an exceptionally gifted wordsmith and intellectua ...Show more
The Gift of Birds - True Encounters with Avian Spirits by Amy Greimann Carlson (Editor); Larry Habegger (Editor); Louise Erdrich (Contribution by); Barry Lopez (Contribution by); Diane Ackerman (Contribution by); Terry Tempest Williams (Contribution by); Peter Matthiessen (Contribution by)
Category: Nature | Series: Travelers' Tales Guides
Whether it roots us in our own backyard or takes us across continents, watching birds calls us to stillness and demands our keen attention to the details that flicker around us. This collection of stories will appeal to bird lovers everywhere.
The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us by Diane Ackerman
Category: Nature
'Our relationship with nature has changed ...radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.' In The Human Age award-winning nature writer Diane Ackerman confronts the fact that the human race is no ...Show more
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Category: History
A New York Times Bestseller, 2008 Orion Book Award winner -- When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw -- and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside th ...Show more
The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Category: Biography
When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw - and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializin ...Show more
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman
Category: History
When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw-and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, ...Show more
The Zookeeper's Wife - The true story of an unlikely heroine by Diane Ackerman
Category: Biography
A New York Times Bestseller, 2008 Orion Book Award winner -- When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw -- and the city's zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside th ...Show more
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