Moon By Whale Light

Author : Diane Ackerman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030776334X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moon By Whale Light written by Diane Ackerman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Diane Ackerman
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 9781855920767
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Moon by Whale Light written by Diane Ackerman and published by Orion. This book was released on 1991 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Diane Ackerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Moon by Whale Light written by Diane Ackerman and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 : 9780780721036
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Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins C written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Diane Ackerman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439125082
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Alchemy of Mind written by Diane Ackerman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 book she was born to write. Her dazzling new work, An Alchemy of Mind, offers an unprecedented exploration and celebration of the mental fantasia in which we spend our days—and does for the human mind what the bestselling A Natural History of the Senses did for the physical senses. Bringing a valuable female perspective to the topic, Diane Ackerman discusses the science of the brain as only she can: with gorgeous, immediate language and imagery that paint an unusually lucid and vibrant picture for the reader. And in addition to explaining memory, thought, emotion, dreams, and language acquisition, she reports on the latest discoveries in neuroscience and addresses controversial subjects like the effects of trauma and male versus female brains. In prose that is not simply accessible but also beautiful and electric, Ackerman distills the hard, objective truths of science in order to yield vivid, heavily anecdotal explanations about a range of existential questions regarding consciousness, human thought, memory, and the nature of identity.

Author : Michael Jeffords
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252099672
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curious Encounters with the Natural World written by Michael Jeffords and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael R. Jeffords and Susan L. Post have circled the globe--and explored their neighborhood--collecting images of the natural world. This book opens their personal cabinet of curiosities to tell the stories of the pair's most unusual encounters. From the "necking" battles of mate-hungry giraffes to the breathtaking beauty of millions of monarch butterflies at rest, Jeffords and Post share 200 stunning photographs and their own insightful essays to guide readers on a spectacular journey. Their training as entomologists offers unique perspectives on surprise stag beetle swarms and spider hunting habits. Their photographic eye, honed by decades of observation, finds expression in once-in-a-lifetime images. The result is an eyewitness collection of startling and unusual phenomena that illuminates the diverse life inhabiting our planet.

Author : Diane Ackerman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393338754
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dawn Light written by Diane Ackerman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, Ackerman awakens readers to the world at dawn--drawing on sources as diverse as meteorology, world religion, etymology, art history, poetry, organic farming, and beekeeping.

Author : Diane Ackerman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307763315
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Natural History of the Senses written by Diane Ackerman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-12-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Dennis Jackson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1581159757
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Journalist's Craft written by Dennis Jackson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspiring collection of 19 essays from veteran news writers explains how to weave storytelling skills into nonfiction narratives. Journalists of all backgrounds and levels of experience will discover dozens of exercises that have been tested successfully in newsrooms, workshops, and classrooms, and will cover everything from the fundamentals of reporting, writing and revising to more specialized elements like creating rhythm, cadence, and voice; employing dialogue and scene-building; and such devices as foreshadowing, symbols, and metaphors. Contributors are all veteran journalists, including Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down, and several Pulitzer Prize-winners.

Author : Frank Stewart
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1597269239
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A World Between Waves written by Frank Stewart and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-07-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A World Between Waves is a collection of essays on the natural history of Hawaii by some of America's most renowned writers. It is a testament to the biological and geological wealth of this unique and threatened island landscape, and a passionate call to action on behalf of what may soon be gone.