A Natural History of the Senses

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)


From the Trade Paperback edition.

• An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain
• Deep Play
• A Natural History of Love
• Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day
• I Praise My Destroyer: Poems
• Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden
• The Human Age: The World Shaped By Us
• The Moon by Whale Light: And Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales
• The Rarest of the Rare: Vanishing Animals, Timeless Worlds