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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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good E-Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51679118754066,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1009\/1026\/files\/AnAlchemyofMind.jpg?v=1761115695"},{"product_id":"a-natural-history-of-love","title":"A Natural History of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good E-Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51679119081746,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1009\/1026\/files\/ANaturalHistoryofLove.jpg?v=1761115836"},{"product_id":"a-natural-history-of-the-senses","title":"A Natural History of the Senses","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiane 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Delightful . . . gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good E-Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51679120097554,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1009\/1026\/files\/ANaturalHistoryoftheSenses.jpg?v=1761115957"},{"product_id":"the-human-age","title":"The Human Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Anthropocene -- the Human Age -- provides Diane Ackerman with the subject for her 24th and most ambitious book. 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And the love story—extending over more than forty years—of acclaimed writers Diane Ackerman and Paul West is equally a story of the love of language and its mysteries. In this heart-warming, uplifting memoir, Ackerman explores the brain’s ability to find and connect words—and of the latest science behind what happens when it fails to do so. Exposing both the terror of losing language and the giddy exhilaration of its recovery, Ackerman opens a window into the experience of wordlessness and testifies to the joyous necessity of wordplay for the health of both mind and spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Good E-Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51679173247250,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1009\/1026\/files\/OneHundredNamesforLove.jpg?v=1761116405"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.goode-books.com\/collections\/diane-ackerman-pdf-e-books.oembed","provider":"Good E-Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}