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Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden
"Cultivating Delight" celebrates the sensory pleasures that the author discovers in her garden.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2001 -
Twilight of the Tenderfoot: A Western Memoir
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".... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2002 -
Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day
A celebrated storyteller-poet-naturalist explores a year of dawns in her most personal book to date. In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, Diane Ackerman awakens us to the world at dawn--drawing on sources as diverse as meteorology, world religion, etymolog... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2009 -
One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award "A testament to the power of creativity in language, life--and love." --Heller McAlpin, Washington Post No other writer can blend the science of the brain with the love of language like Diane Ackerman. In this extra... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2011 -
The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us
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 is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable." Ackerman is justly celebrated for ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2014 -
A Natural History of the Senses (Argumentos Ser.)
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 rea... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1990 -
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Thorndike Biography Ser. #0)
<P>The New York Times bestseller: a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cag... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2007 -
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Movie Tie-in Editions #0)
<P>The movie The Zookeeper’s Wife, based on the New York Times bestselling book, opens March 2017. <P>1939: the Germans have invaded Poland. The keepers of the Warsaw zoo, Jan and Antonina Zabinski, survive the bombardment of the city, only to see the occupiers ruthlessly kill many of their animals... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2007 -
Moon By Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales
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.... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1991 -
The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
The renowned author of A Natural History of the Senses takes readers in search of the "rarest of the rare," species likely to disappear before most of us have ever seen them. From Brazil to the Pacific to Japan, Ackerman shares her concern at the animals' plight, rejoices at the chance to experience... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1995 -
I Praise My Destroyer: Poems
Diane Ackerman's poems reveal her intense response to the several worlds of nature, science, and society. Her lyricism fuses wit and sobriety, meditation and activism, and she confronts us with figures both real and fantastic.As always, her strong connection with the natural world, the realms of lan... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1998 -
Deep Play
With A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman let her free-ranging intellect loose on the natural world. Now in Deep Play she tackles the realm of creativity, by exploring one of the most essential aspects of our characters: the ability to play. "Deep Play" is that more intensified form of p... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1999 -
A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis
This astonishing book by the prizewinning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses reveals Ackerman's parallel lives as an observer of the wildlife in her garden and as a telephone crisis counselor. "(Ackerman) brings a luminous and illuminating combination of sensuality, science, and ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1997 -
A Natural History of Love: Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses
The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss. Enchantingly written and stunningly informed, this "audaciously brilliant romp through the world of romantic love" (Washington Post Book World) is the ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1994 -
Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems
In A Natural History of the Senses Diane Ackerman revealed herself as a naturalist who writes with the sensuous immediately of a great poet. Now Jaguar of Sweet Laughter presents the work of a poet with the precise and wondering eye of a gifted naturalist. Ackermans's Olympian vision records and tra... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 1991 -
The Zookeeper's Wife: An unforgettable true story, now a major film (Movie Tie-in Editions Ser. #0)
In war-torn Warsaw, a zookeeper and his wife refuse to surrender... Now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain and Daniel Brühl, Diane Ackerman's The Zookeeper's Wife is based on a remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II. Perfect for fans of Lion and Hidden Figur... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2007 -
The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
'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... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2014 -
The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
'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... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2014 -
An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
The most ambitious and enlightening work to date from the bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses, An Alchemy of Mind combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind.Long treasured by literary readers for h... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2004 -
Origami Bridges: Poems of Psychoanalysis and Fire
In a prefatory note to this collection of poems, Diane Ackerman tells us that her goal in this book was "to corral the unruly emotions that arose during intense psychotherapy."... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2002 -
A Cabinet of Curiosity (Conjunctions #71)
by Peter Straub • Diane Ackerman • Howard Norman • John Edgar Wideman • Rick Moody • Bradford Morrow • Joanna Scott • Dinaw Mengestu • Robert Kelly • Karen Russell • David Shields • Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge • Peter Gizzi • Norman Manea • Brian Evenson • Ann Lauterbach • Martine Bellen • Mary CaponegroJoyce Carol Oates, Ann Beattie, Diane Ackerman, and more explore the double-edged sword of curiosity . . . Curiosity is as central to life as breathing. And like breath itself, when it ceases, the vibrancy of life fades and disappears. Curiosity leads to discoveries both beneficent and, at times, de... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2018 -
Nocturnals (Conjunctions #72)
by Peter Straub • Diane Ackerman • Quincy Troupe • Rick Moody • Joanna Scott • Dinaw Mengestu • Robert Kelly • Karen Russell • David Shields • Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge • Peter Gizzi • Norman Manea • Brian Evenson • Ann Lauterbach • Fred Moten • Martine Bellen • Mary CaponegroThis spring 2019 edition of Bard College’s literary journal explores the fascination and mystery of night through stories, poems, essays, and memoirs. Scheherazade famously spun stories for a thousand and one nights in order to sustain her life. In recognition of how vital it is to voice our own sto... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2019 -
Sanctuary: The Preservation Issue (Conjunctions #70)
by Peter Straub • Diane Ackerman • Howard Norman • John Edgar Wideman • Rick Moody • Bradford Morrow • Joanna Scott • Dinaw Mengestu • Robert Kelly • Karen Russell • David Shields • Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge • Peter Gizzi • Brian Evenson • Ann Lauterbach • Martine Bellen • Mary CaponegroExploring the myriad ways in which we go about preserving what might otherwise be forfeited. Whether trained specialists or lay people who care about something, preservationists come from every stratum of life. The archivist, the linguist, the local town historian. The paleontologist, the heirloom... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2018 -
Beyond Change Management: How to Achieve Breakthrough Results Through Conscious Change Leadership (J-b O-d (organizational Development) Ser. #28)
"With this extensively upgraded second edition, Dean Anderson and Linda Ackerman Anderson solidify their status as the leading authorities on change leadership and organizational transformation. This is without question the most comprehensive approach for leaders who are serious about making change... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2010 -
The Change Leader's Roadmap: How to Navigate Your Organization's Transformation (J-b Us Non-franchise Leadership Ser.)
This is the most complete change methodology we have found anywhere. " -- Pete Fox, General Manager, Corporate Accounts, Microsoft US In these turbulent times, competent change leadership is a most coveted leadership skill, and savvy change consultants are becoming trusted participants at the board ... More
Language: ENGDerechos de autor: 2010