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1	Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story more books like this by Diane Ackerman A true story--as powerful as "Schindler's List"--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 ... see all copies from £9.33! new only from £9.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Natural History of the Senses more books like this by Diane Ackerman Why does music move us? Why do we crave chocolate? Why do we see in colour? A Natural History of the Senses is both an exploration of the physical processes underlying our perceptions and an eloquent ode to life. Poet, pilot, naturalist, journalist, essayist and explorer Diane Ackerman takes each of the five senses in turn and weaves together ... see all copies from £3.76! new only from £9.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	A Natural History of Love more books like this by Diane Ackerman 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 £5.65! new only from £8.31! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Deep Play more books like this by Diane Ackerman 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 £5.65! new only from £8.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain more books like this by Diane Ackerman 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 £5.65! new only from £6.71! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden more books like this by Diane Ackerman In the mode of her esteemed bestseller" A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman's new book, "Cultivating Delight celebrates the sensory pleasures she discovers in her garden. Ackerman delights in her garden through all the seasons. Whether she is deadheading flowers or glorying in the profusion of roses, offering sugar water to a ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales more books like this by Diane Ackerman 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 £2.08! new only from £7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis more books like this by Diane Ackerman 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 £5.65! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Origami Bridges: Poems of Psychoanalysis and Fire more books like this by Diane Ackerman The author of twenty celebrated books of poetry and nonfiction, Diane Ackerman offers a new collection of masterfully crafted poems with an unusual focus. At the heart of "Origami Bridges is the delicate relationship of trust between analyst and patient, a relationship that grows out of the emotional give-and-take of the psychoanalytic process. ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.65! \| first editions
10	The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds more books like this by Diane Ackerman 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 £5.65! new only from £7.66! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	I Praise My Destroyer: Poems more books like this by Diane Ackerman 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 £5.16! new only from £8.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	The Book of Love more books like this by Diane Ackerman (Editor), Jeanne Mackin (Editor) 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 £5.65! new only from £12.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Twilight of the Tenderfoot: A Western Memoir more books like this by Diane Ackerman 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 £5.65! new only from £8.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	The Gardener's Bedside Reader more books like this by Kari Cornell (Editor), Diane Ackerman (Contributions by), Michael Pollan (Contributions by) In the writings collected in this book, the stories of gardening unfold in the full palette of color, and character, wild imagination, and hard work, fabulous growth, sometimes humbling failure. Filled with wit, warmth, a compensable engagement with the land in all it's moods and seasons, this wonderful book will see any start-up gardener or ... see all copies from £15.30! new only from £18.19!
15 view cover	The Curious Naturalist more books like this by Diane Ackerman, Jennifer Ackerman (Editor), Michael Parfit 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 £5.65! new only from £14.83! \| first editions
16 view cover	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) 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 £15.83! new only from £24.72!
17 view cover	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) 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 £6.70! new only from £7.07! \| first editions
18 view cover	Jaguar of sweet laughter : new & selected poems more books like this by Diane Ackerman 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 £5.65! new only from £9.37! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	In Our Nature: Stories of Wildness more books like this by Donna Seaman (Selected by), Diane Ackerman (Foreword by) Fourteen unforgettable short stories provoke, illuminate, and startle as they explore our perception of nature and the conflict between wildness and civilization within each of us. As we are recognizing the consequences of the destruction of forests and wetlands, the pillaging of the seas, and the toxicity of industry, we are experiencing profound ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £11.29!
20 view cover	Beauty more books like this by John Miller, Chronicle Books, Diane Ackerman (Foreword by) In this anthology of fiction, science, lore and gossip, a wide range of authors ruminates on the subject of beauty. Amongst the contributors are Camille Paglia, Sop hia Loren, Toni Morrison and Ernest Hemingway. ' see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.65! \| first editions
21 view cover	Sandi Fellman: Open Secret(cl) more books like this by Sandi Fellman (Photographer), Diane Ackerman see all copies from £9.01! new only from £11.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Deep Play: A Climber's Odyssey from Llanberis to the Big Walls more books like this by Paul Pritchard This dramatic departure from traditional mountain-eering literature offers a slice of life by a British dole-climber. see all copies from £7.09! new only from £37.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	On Extended Wings more books like this by Diane Ackerman Diane Ackerman writes about her experiences learning to pilot a small plane. see all copies from £2.09! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	In Our Nature more books like this by DK Publishing, Diane Ackerman (Foreword by) 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 £5.65! new only from £8.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Lovers more books like this by Diane Ackerman (Introduction by), Aacon Kenedi, John Miller, Esq Each of the fifty profiles is an intimate pairing: Lauren Bacall on her relationship with Humphrey Bogart; A. Alvarez on the beautiful, sad days of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath; Katharine Hepburn on her stormy life with Spencer Tracy. Lovers also includes contributions from George Burns, Dylan Thomas, Jimmy Carter, and John Gregory Dunne. Every ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £24.07! \| first editions

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