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Diane Ackerman
The author of the best-selling A Natural History of the Senses explores the diverse faces and forms of love from a scientific, psychological, and philosophical perspective. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.
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A beautifully-written, insightful and urgent enquiry into man’s relationship with nature and our impact on the planet.
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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award Diane Ackerman’s most enjoyable, intimate, and heartrending work yet. -Atul Gawande
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The New York Times bestseller soon to be a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain. A true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people…
Describes the evolution, behavior, habitats, and threats to whales, penguins, crocodilians, and bats.
The New York Times bestseller now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain.
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award A testament to the power of creativity in language, life-and love. -Heller McAlpin, Washington Post
Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award and the PEN New England Henry David Thoreau Prize. A dazzling, inspiring tour through the ways that humans are working with nature to…
Ackerman delights in her garden through all the seasons. Whether she is deadheading flowers or glorying in the profusion of roses, she welcomes the unexpected drama and extravagance as well…
A remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II - for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Postmistress.
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As Diane Ackerman writes in her brilliant new book, The Human Age, our relationship with nature has changed…radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch…
The New York Times bestseller now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain. A true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi…
In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, Ackerman awakens readers to the world at dawn–drawing on sources as diverse as meteorology, world religion, etymology, art…
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A record of a year’s service as a counsellor on a suicide and crisis hotline. Through the stories of her callers Ackerman offers parallels between human and animal behaviour and…
This text presents a collection of poems which treat the worlds of nature, science, and society with a combination of lyricism and sobriety, and the real and the fantastic.
Profiles a variety of endangered animals, revealing the factors that are contributing to their endangerment and describing preservation efforts.
From the bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses comes a playful, rewarding jaunt through the brain’s chemical realities and emotional intangibles ( Kirkus Reviews ).
A naturalist guides readers through the human senses, discussing the evolution of the kiss, the sadistic cuisine of eighteenth-century England, the chemistry of pain, and the melodies of Earth.
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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…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Diane Ackerman’s On Location in the Loire Valley, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography…
Diane Ackerman (Cornell University)
A New York Times Bestseller
Diane Ackerman is justly celebrated for her unique insight into the natural world and our place in it. In this landmark book, she confronts the…
Whizbooks
The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman: Trivia/Quiz for Fans
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A comprehensive guide to aid in discussion & discovery
30 multiple choice questions on…
A true story–as powerful as Schindler’s List –in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
This sweeping new anthology shows how religion has joined with and learned from movements for social justice, peace, and ecological wisdom. Liberating Faith surveys the entire range of religious social…
