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  • The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

    A War Story

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    2008 Orion Book AwardThe New York Times bestseller: a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.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' ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • A Natural History of the Senses

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    **This 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 reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in.” —The New York Times**A Natural History ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Zookeeper's Wife

    A War Story

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    Series series Movie Tie-in Editions
    The New York Times bestseller now a major motion picture starring Jessica Chastain.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. The Nazis then carry off the prized specimens to Berlin for their program to create the “purest” breeds, much as they ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • La femme du gardien de zoo

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    Traducido por Jacqueline Odin ...
    Jan et Antonina Zabinski dirigent le zoo de Varsovie quand éclate la Seconde Guerre mondiale. La Pologne est envahie et bientôt règne la barbarie.Les animaux ont été tués sous les bombardements, envoyés à Berlin ou ont servi de gibier aux officiers allemands.Jan et Antonina se mettent alors à élever des porcs – officiellement pour les troupes, officieusement pour nourrir les habitants du ghetto. ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • A Natural History of Love

    Author of the National Bestseller A Natural History of the Senses

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    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 next best thing to love itself. ... Leer más

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  • The Planets

    A Cosmic Pastoral

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    From Marginalian Editions comes a gorgeous reissue of celebrated poet, essayist, and naturalist Diane Ackerman’s debut collection: a whimsical and wonderful ode to our solar system, planet to planet, blending science and imagination, astronomy and cosmology, as well as fantasy, satire, myth, confession, and bawdiness galore.First published in 1973, The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral introduced not ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

  • One Hundred Names for Love: A Memoir

    A Memoir

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeFinalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award"A testament to the power of creativity in language, life—and love." —Heller McAlpin, Washington PostNo other writer can blend the science of the brain with the love of language like Diane Ackerman. In this extraordinary memoir, she opens a window into the experience of wordlessness—the language paralysis called ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • An Alchemy of Mind

    The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Zookeeper's Wife, an ambitious and enlightening work that 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 her uncommon ability to bridge the gap between art and science, celebrated scholar-artist Diane Ackerman returns with the ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Die Frau des Zoodirektors

    Eine Geschichte aus dem Krieg

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    Traducido por Christine Naegele ...
    Eine wahre Geschichte aus dem Zweiten WeltkriegWährend der Zweite Weltkrieg tobt, wird der Warschauer Zoo Schauplatz einer dramatischen Rettungsaktion, die über 300 Juden vor dem sicheren Tod bewahrt. Als Jan und Antonina Żabiński, der Zoodirektor und seine Frau, mitansehen, wie die Nazis in Polen einmarschieren, ist ihr Entsetzen groß. Die jüdische Bevölkerung wird im Warschauer Ghetto ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • The Human Age

    The World Shaped By Us

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    **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 try to save the planet.**With her celebrated blend of scientific insight, clarity, and curiosity, Diane Ackerman explores our human capacity both for destruction and for invention as we shape the future of the planet Earth. ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • I Praise My Destroyer

    Poems

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    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 language and literature, myth and imagination, combines with her deep understanding of the sciences to ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • Deep Play

    de Diane Ackerman ...
    The national bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses 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 play that puts us in a rapturous mood and awakens the most creative, sentient, and joyful aspects of our inner selves. As Diane Ackerman ranges over a panoply of ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD