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A Natural History of Love
ISBN: 9780679761839 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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.
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. E...
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
ISBN: 9780393333060 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 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 cages. With animal names for these "guests," and human names for the animals, it's no wonder that the zoo's code name became "The House Under a Crazy Star." Best-selling naturalist and acclaimed storyteller Diane Ackerman combines extensive research and an exuberant writing style to re-create this fascinating, true-life story--sharing Antonina's life as "the zookeeper's wife," while examining the disturbing obsessions at the...
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...
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Úkryt v zoo
ISBN: 9788075533050 / Czeski / 2017 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Skutečný příběh ředitele varšavské zoologické zahrady Jana Żabińského a jeho ženy Antoniny, kteří po vybombardování zoo během invaze Němců do Polska v roce 1939 využili zájem nacistů o zvířata a zachránili tak přes tři stovky Židů.
Autorka zdůrazňuje hrdinství manželského páru, protože v té době byl obyvatel Varšavy odsouzen k smrti i za to, že podal žíznivému Židovi sklenici vody. Příběh je důsledně propracovaný, systematicky zdokumentovaný. Autorka vyzpovídala i dosud žijícího syna manželů Żabińských Ryszarda, lidi z... Skutečný příběh ředitele varšavské zoologické zahrady Jana Żabińského a jeho ženy Antoniny, kteří po vybombardování zoo během invaze...
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The Zookeeper's Wife: An unforgettable true story, now a major film
ISBN: 9780755365036 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. A remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II - for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Postmistress.
A remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II - for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Postmist...
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The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
ISBN: 9780393351644 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Humans have "subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness." We tinker with nature at every opportunity; we garden the planet with our preferred species of plants and animals, many of them invasive; and we have even altered the climate, threatening our own extinction. Yet we reckon with our own destructive capabilities in extraordinary acts of hope-filled creativity: we collect the DNA of vanishing species in a "frozen ark," equip orangutans with iPads, and create wearable technologies and synthetic... Humans have "subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness.... |
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Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day
ISBN: 9780393338751 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, one of our most celebrated storyteller-poet-naturalists awakens us to the world at dawn. Diane Ackerman draws from sources as diverse as meteorology, world religion, etymology, art history, and poetry in order to celebrate that moment in which the deepest arcades of life and matter become visible. From spring in Ithaca, New York, to winter in Palm Beach, Florida, Dawn Light is an impassioned call to revel in our numbered days on a turning earth. A Los Angeles Times Favorite Book,... In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, one of our most celebrated storyteller-poet-naturalists awakens us... |
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The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
ISBN: 9780755365012 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. 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.
As Diane Ackerman writes in her brilliant new book, The Human Age, our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means a...
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The Planets: A Cosmic Pastroal
ISBN: 9781961341746 / Angielski / 24-02-2026 Książka dostępna od: 24-02-2026 |
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A Natural History of the Senses
ISBN: 9780679735663 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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. (Literature--Classics & Contemporary)
Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose...
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Deep Play
ISBN: 9780679771357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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 abitlity 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 Ackerman ranges over a panoply of artistic, spiritual, and athletic activities, from spiritual rapture through extreme sports, we gain a greater sense of what... With A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman let her free-ranging intellect loose on the natural world. Now in Deep Play she tac...
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The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us
ISBN: 9780393240740 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Humans have "subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness." We tinker with nature at every opportunity; we garden the planet with our preferred species of plants and animals, many of them invasive; and we have even altered the climate, threatening our own extinction. Yet we reckon with our own destructive capabilities in extraordinary acts of hope-filled creativity: we collect the DNA of vanishing species in a "frozen ark," equip orangutans with iPads, and create wearable technologies and synthetic... Humans have "subdued 75 percent of the land surface, concocted a wizardry of industrial and medical marvels, strung lights all across the darkness.... |
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Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems
ISBN: 9780679743040 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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 transforms landscapes from Amazonia to Antarctica, while her imaginative empathy penetrates the otherness of hummingbirds, deer, and trilobites. But even as they draw readers into the wild heart of nature, Ackerman's poems are indelible reminders of what it is to be a human being -- the "jaguar of... 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 Jagua...
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I Praise My Destroyer: Poems
ISBN: 9780679771340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In her first new book of poetry since Jaguar of Sweet Laughter, poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman combines her deep understanding of the world with her immense passion for language to craft richly sensual poems that "honor all life/wherever and in whatever form/it may deal." Imbued with ravishing imagery, these exuberant and lyrical explorations of aging, longing, and death demonstrate Ackerman's full engagement with every aspect of life's process. Ackerman muses on the confines of therapy sessions, where she intersects "twice a week/in a painstaking hide-and-seek/making do with...
In her first new book of poetry since Jaguar of Sweet Laughter, poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman combines her deep understanding of the world...
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An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
ISBN: 9780743246743 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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?
In this ambitious and enlightening work, 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, emotion, dreams, and language acquisition, Ackerman reports on the latest discoveries... 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 j...
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Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales
ISBN: 9780679742265 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Describes the evolution, behavior, habitats, and threats to whales, penguins, crocodilians, and bats.
Describes the evolution, behavior, habitats, and threats to whales, penguins, crocodilians, and bats.
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A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis
ISBN: 9780679771333 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. his 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 speculation to whatever she considers."--San Francisco Examiner.
From the Hardcover edition.
his astonishing book by the prizewinning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses reveals Ackerman's parallel lives as an observer of th...
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The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds
ISBN: 9780679776239 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Profiles a variety of endangered animals, revealing the factors that are contributing to their endangerment and describing preservation efforts.
Profiles a variety of endangered animals, revealing the factors that are contributing to their endangerment and describing preservation efforts.
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80,04 |
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Secret Spaces of Childhood
ISBN: 9780472098453 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A literary celebration of childhood collects perceptive contributions from Anne Frank, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul Brodeur, Sally Mann, Nancy Willard, Wole Soyinka, Diane Ackerman, Paul West, Robert Coles, and many others. (LIterature).
A literary celebration of childhood collects perceptive contributions from Anne Frank, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul Brodeur, Sally Mann, Nancy Willard, Wol...
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Secret Spaces of Childhood
ISBN: 9780472068456 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Whether it's real or imaginary, every child has a secret space, and this remarkable book explores them all. For some it's a treehouse or a hidden spot beneath a bush; for others it's a private psychic refuge--a favorite book, or a dollhouse that becomes a stage for a young imagination. As the more than four dozen pieces collected here reveal, such spaces play a key role in a child's development and retain a symbolic power that resonates throughout our adult lives. No reader will put this book down without experiencing a rush of familiar memories and new insights into that bygone...
Whether it's real or imaginary, every child has a secret space, and this remarkable book explores them all. For some it's a treehouse or a hidden spot...
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