54 10 4 100501101512 Diane Ackerman http://a0.ak.lscdn.net/system/uploads/ef3bd94a-30a7-9950-9f0d-120105079b60/autoscale-80.png 8.0 0 100501499492 Diane Ackerman http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516W3G8YACL._SX80_.jpg 10.0 0 100501631402 Diane Ackerman http://a0.ak.lscdn.net/system/uploads/ef3bd94a-30a7-9950-9f0d-120105079b60/autoscale-80.png 0.0 0 100501772668 Diane Ackerman http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41X5X8PX8GL._SX80_.jpg 7.0 0 100501499495 Diane Ackerman http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514Y00ANFEL._SX80_.jpg 0.0 0 100501629907 Diane Ackerman http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/419ZHEVEXFL._SX80_.jpg 7.0 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. In this collection, Diane Ackerman, with astonishing candor, lays bare her desires, anger, jealousy, fears, and anxiety as she probes not only her psychic landscape but also her past. And what gradually rises to the surface is an understanding of how the poet uses verse to purge her demons, express her delight, or confess secret longing, and through this process come to a better understanding of the self. Ackerman's energy and passion are everywhere in evidence, and "she makes the task of putting words to the wordless seem effortless" [Manchester Journal]. Exuberant, lyrical, these are deeply felt poems about life and one of its most important relationships. This collection is Diane Ackerman at the height of her powers as a poet. 0 100501647082 Diane Ackerman http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410CBQRKKSL._SX80_.jpg 0.0 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. 0 100501696496 Diane Ackerman http://a0.ak.lscdn.net/system/uploads/ef3bd94a-30a7-9950-9f0d-120105079b60/autoscale-80.png 0.0 A companion volume to A Natural History of the Senses explores the diverse faces and forms of love from a scientific, psychological, and philosophical perspective. 75,000 first printing. BOMC Feat. First serial, Parade. Tour. 0 100502287084 Diane Ackerman http://a0.ak.lscdn.net/system/uploads/ef3bd94a-30a7-9950-9f0d-120105079b60/autoscale-80.png 0.0 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.From the Trade Paperback edition. 0 100502360732 Diane Ackerman http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NK15K8TKL._SX80_.jpg 0.0 Quando, no início da Segunda Guerra Mundial, Varsóvia caiu sob o domínio nazi orgulhava-se de ter um dos mais famosos jardins zoológicos da Europa, um Éden exuberante que albergava uma profusa colecção de animais exóticos. Mas o terror nazi não irá poupar a paz deste cenário quase perfeito, e no meio de toda a destruição que o atinge só a coragem e a grandeza humana dos abiski, o casal de tratadores do zoo, permitirá salvar as vidas não só de animais mas também de centenas de judeus polacos que Jan traz às escondidas do gueto de Varsóvia para o parque. Esta obra é o testemunho poderoso dessa coragem, uma história que celebra, com rara sensibilidade, a beleza, o mistério e a tenacidade do espírito humano e da própria vida. 1