Books by Diane Ackerman
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review 1: How could I not fall in love with people who walk around their house quacking the theme song to Masterpiece Theatre? I fell. I fell hard. Plus I had to look up LOTS of words in the dictionary, which made me happy because they were such juicy and wonderful words. I learned a lot a...
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review 1: This was a wonderful book. To say it is a scientific book does not do justice to the clever and beautiful writing of Diane Ackerman . Each chapter was a story unto itself, about people, animals, the human body, our planet. No lecturing and scolding but some wonderful stories a...