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1	Natural History of the Senses more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist Diane Ackerman writes a detailed meditation on each of the five senses, seeing them not merely as sense organs but as important doors into the truths of our culture. Ackerman refreshingly combines a gift for lyrical language with a scientist's passion for facts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.34! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist A true story--as powerful as "Schindler's List"--in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist This time around, poet and nature writer Diane Ackerman looks at the brain, exploring a complex subject not only from the scientific side but from more individual and personal angles, and never ceasing to marvel at the brain's capabilities. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	A Natural History of Love more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist In this interdisciplinary approach to most lively of subjects--love--Diane Ackerman combs through history, literature, biology, and pop culture in this seductive volume. She probes and prods at every aspect of the subject including adultery, aphrodisiacs, the kiss, Freud, and courtly love. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist In CULTIVATING DELIGHT, Diane Ackerman introduces readers to her garden, weeds and all, and muses on the connections between plants and people, and the effect of gardening on the human spirit. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Deep Play more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist Ackerman defines "deep play" as an activity that can transport a person into an altered state in which they are fully absorbed and fully alive. Common to children, deep play is something adults too are capable of, says Ackerman, and she finds it not only in such experiences as scuba diving and mountaineering, but also in creating art and exploring ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Blue Planet Run: The Race to Provide Safe Drinking Water to the World more books like this by Paul Hawken, Diane Ackerman, Robert Redford (Foreword by) add to wishlist Drawing on the work of some of the finest photojournalists in the world, Blue Planet Run: The Race to Provide Safe Drinking Water to the World focuses on the entire safe drinking water story: its origins, its implications, its heroes and its solutions. see all copies from $9.41! new only from $14.94! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Bard on the Brain: Understanding the Mind Through the Art of Shakespeare and the Science of Brain Imaging more books like this by Paul M Matthews, M.D., Jeffery McQuain, Diane Ackerman (Foreword by) add to wishlist Paul Matthews describes the center-stage role of the brain in famous scenes from Shakespeare's plays with the use of colour brain scans. Interwoven with these are the interpretations of many of the most significant soliloquies in all of Shakespeare's plays. see all copies from $3.61! new only from $15.00! \| SVS
9	The Book of Love more books like this by Diane Ackerman (Editor), Jeanne Mackin (Editor) add to wishlist A selection of letters, poetry, fiction, essays and memoirs, this book celebrates our greatest pastime and obsession. A treasury of more than 200 works, it is a panorama of the finest writing about the many moods and majesties of love, from all the veils of flirtation, seduction and marriage to the tempests of suspicion, jealousy and heartache. ... see all copies from $3.03! new only from $7.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Curious Naturalist more books like this by Diane Ackerman, Jennifer Ackerman (Editor), Michael Parfit add to wishlist In tours of nine North American ecosystems ranging from backyards to sandy shores, renowned naturalists, writers and photographers offer step-by-step instructions for a host of practical and intriguing outdoor skills and simple naturalist's techniques--from identifying trees to finding fossils. 356 full-color photographs and paintings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $73.38! \| first editions
11	The moon by whale light : and other adventures among bats, penguins, crocodilians, and whales more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist In her essays, most of which were published in The New Yorker, Diane Ackerman enlists her habit of close observation and her gift for lyrical descriptions to describe, from on site, the habits of bats, humpback whales, and other animals--most memorably, perhaps, a penguin colony where she assists in feeding the baby penguins. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist From the author of A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SENSES comes this rare glimpse of those species likely to become extinct. From the golden lion tamarin to monk seals, the monarch butterfly to the short-tailed albatross, Ackerman rejoices in these fantastic creatures with rich and evocative language. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist Diane Ackerman writes vividly of the hours she has spent volunteering at a suicide prevention center taking calls and counseling people in crisis. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Origami Bridges: Poems of Psychoanalysis and Fire more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist Ackerman shares her experience undergoing intense psychoanalysis in these passionate and self-probing poems. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Animal Sense more books like this by Diane Ackerman, Peter Sis (Illustrator) add to wishlist This is a collection of poems about the five senses as experienced and enjoyed by members of the animal kingdom. Illustrations accompany the verses. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $59.80! \| first editions
16 view cover	Moon by Whalelight more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist In a rare blend of scientific fact and poetic truth, the acclaimed author of A Natural History of the Senses explores the activities of whales, penguins, bats, and crocodilians, plunging headlong into nature and coming up with highly entertaining treasures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Jaguar of sweet laughter : new & selected poems more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist Poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman brings her usual heightened awareness and her gift for vivid language to the poems in this 1991 collection. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Twilight of the Tenderfoot: A Western Memoir more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist In the twenty-some years since award-winning writer Diane Ackerman first visited the Tequesquite ranch in New Mexico, she has delighted readers with her rich, observant prose in such books as A Natural History of the Senses and, most recently, Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden. However, her first nonfiction book, Twilight of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	I Praise My Destroyer: Poems more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist This sixth collection by Diane Ackerman, the well-known nature writer, contains rich imagery describing the beauty of everyday pleasures, as well as meditations on death and longing. The passionate depth present in a poem describing the pain of psychotherapy is brought equally to bear on a poem describing an apricot. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Sandi Fellman: Open Secret(cl) more books like this by Sandi Fellman (Photographer), Diane Ackerman add to wishlist see all copies from $6.38! new only from $6.76! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Deep Play: A Climber's Odyssey from Llanberis to the Big Walls more books like this by Paul Pritchard add to wishlist Mountaineer, Paul Pritchard recounts some of his historic climbs, both in this country and around the world. see all copies from $7.65! new only from $12.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Secret Spaces of Childhood more books like this by Elizabeth Goodenough (Editor), Diane Ackerman (Contributions by), Robert Coles, M.D. (Contributions by) add to wishlist This eclectic, wide-ranging anthology of essays, art, poetry, fiction, and memoir gathers distinguished contributors, from Wole Soyinka to Joyce Carol Oates see all copies from $5.29! new only from $14.97! \| SVS
23 view cover	In Our Nature by DK Publishing, Diane Ackerman (Foreword by) add to wishlist This collection of nature writing joins the observations of traditional nature writers, like Ackerman, with more offbeat explorations of the fine line dividing man from beast by Doctorow, Atwood, Lopez, and others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Cultivating Delight more books like this by Diane Ackerman add to wishlist In CULTIVATING DELIGHT, Diane Ackerman introduces readers to her garden, weeds and all, and muses on the connections between plants and people, and the effect of gardening on the human spirit. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.00!
25 view cover	Animal Attractions more books like this by Diana Edkins, Diane Ackerman (Illustrator), Kitty Hawks add to wishlist One hundred photographs by 52 contemporary photographers, including William Wegman, Robert Mapplethorpe, Tina Barney, Elliot Erwitt,and several others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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