Diane Ackerman

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1.		The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story from W. W. Norton Price: $10.17 Customer Review: This book reads like a novel but is the story of the struggle of the Polish people against the German war machine. Centered around a family that runs a zoo and shelters Jews fleeing from the Aryan mania it can be at times very distressing but also very uplifting. I bought this book for my... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		A Natural History of the Senses from Vintage Price: $10.17 Customer Review: One of my very top all time favorites. Ackerman's writing is fantastic, and the subject is incredible. Cannot recommend highly enough-- I even own multiple loaner-copies! Before reading this, a book review would be about the story, characters, content. After reading..all that along with the texture... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		A Natural History Of Love from Vintage Price: $10.17 Customer Review: Diane Ackerman has written many interesting books and this one is especially well researched. She begins the book with stories of Egypt and Cleopatra and then explores the topic of Medieval Knights and the truth about courtly love. She illustrates her points lavishly and unlike many of her other... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain from Scribner Price: $10.20 Customer Review: "I'm picturing the brain as a lightning-filled jar, where neurons fire millions of electrical bursts each moment, a silent crackling, while potent chemicals flow into and out of each neuron...through that lightening storm, the body speaks to the brain." ~ pg. 66 Diane Ackerman is fascinated by... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		'The Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales from Vintage Price: $10.17 Customer Review: "The many colors were in the ever-bluing sky, in the cloud formations, the muted light, the midnight sun, the auroras dancing over still waters with icebergs and crash ice, and in areas that dazzled like small hand mirrors, through which black-and-white penguins dove." ~ pg. 233 Diane Ackerman... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.		By Nature's Design (An Exploratorium Book) from Chronicle Books Customer Review: This book is a must for people who study or work in the field of graphic art. It reminds us the shapes and maths we use in computer programs originate from cosmos ;-). The subtleties of natural colour shape and composition remains an inspiration to my every day job as a graphic artist. Beautiful... more info	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.		Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden from Harper Perennial Price: $11.16 Customer Review: "By retreating farther and farther from nature, we lose our sense of belonging. " ~ pg. 7 Diane Ackerman has created her own oasis of pleasure. She writes about dips in the pool and the pleasure of cutting roses to take them indoors. She loves her apple tree, which also provides fruit for... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.		The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds from Vintage Price: $10.36 Customer Review: "As we float down the river, we occasionally smell smoke in the air. Though we are miles away from the sites, we are smelling the devastation of the rain forest, smelling the burning of huge tracts of forest. If the destruction continues at its current pace, all of the rain forest will disappear... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		Deep Play from Vintage Price: $11.16 Customer Review: "Deep play is the ecstatic form of play. In its thrall, all the play elements are visible, but they're taken to intense and transcendent heights." ~ pg. 12 Diane Ackerman's books have a very personal style to them and her poetic prose is a pleasure to read. Her powers of description are some of... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.		The Book of Love from W. W. Norton & Company Price: $23.96 Customer Review: Homework was done on this book, an anthology of some of history's best poets and thinkers on Love. Diane Ackerman starts off in the Intro with the age-old question ~What Is Love~ She writes, "It feels like hunger pains, and we use the same word. Pang." Nice to keep in your reception area, or great... more info	Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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