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(0)Diane Ackerman
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
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' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed...
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
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 reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in.” —The New York Times
“Delightful . . . gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in.” —The New York Times
Author
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
xii, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Does the mind reflect or dictate what the body sees and feels? What is the language of emotion? Is memory a function of our imaginations? Are we all just out of our minds? Diane Ackerman combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate the magic and mysteries of the human brain. With An Alchemy of Mind, she offers an unprecedented exploration of the mental fantasia in which we spend our days. In addition to explaining memory, thought,...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Diane Ackerman is an Orion Book Award-winning author and naturalist. In One Hundred Names for Love, Ackerman reflects on the time she spent caring for her husband, Pushcart Prize-winning novelist Paul West, after a stroke took his ability to speak. With conventional therapy not working, Ackerman decided to step in and do everything she could to help her husband find his words. "A gorgeously engrossing . and mind-opening love story ."-Booklist
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (2 hr., 6 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Zookeepers Antonina and Jan Zabinski risk their lives to save hundreds of people and animals during the German invasion of Warsaw in World War II.