Best Selling Books by Diane Ackerman

Eine wahre Geschichte aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg Während der Zweite Weltkrieg tobt, wird der Warschauer Zoo Schauplatz einer dramatischen Rettungsaktion, die über 300 Juden vor dem sicheren Tod bewahrt. Als Jan und Antonina Żabiński, der Zoodirektor und seine Frau, mitansehen, wie die Nazis in Polen einmarschieren, ist ihr Entsetzen groß. Die jüdische Bevölkerung wird im Warschauer Ghetto zusammengepfercht. Zeitgleich beginnen die Nazis den Zoo für ihre Zwecke zu nutzen, um ausgestorbene Tierarten rückzuzüchten. Als die Nazis den brachliegenden Zoo verlassen, nutzen die Żabińskis die Situation und schmuggeln Juden aus dem Warschauer Ghetto auf das Zoogelände, wo sie die Todgeweihten in den leeren Tierkäfigen verstecken. Sie retten ihnen damit das Leben. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Orion Award

From Marginalian Editions comes a gorgeous reissue of celebrated poet, essayist, and naturalist Diane Ackerman’s debut collection: a whimsical and wonderful ode to our solar system, planet to planet, blending science and imagination, astronomy and cosmology, as well as fantasy, satire, myth, confession, and bawdiness galore. First published in 1973, The Planets: A Cosmic Pastoral introduced not only a splendid new poet but a whole new adventure in poetry. With bravura style, unbridled imagination, and a connoisseur''s eye for precise scientific detail, Diane Ackerman gives us an unforgettable ode to each of the planets in our solar system, as well as for the moon, the comet Kohoutek, asteroids, and strange voyages to the stars, the bottom of the sea, through the human body, and into the mind. But The Planets is more than a book of poetry. It is also a major work on the solar system, illustrated with drawings and photographs of the galaxy. Diane Ackerman herself says: “I’ve always been baffled by people who write about nature only in terms of, say, junipers and cornfields, eschewing all things so-called ‘scientific,’ as if science were, per se, the spoil-sport of feeling. So wonderless a view of nature really doesn’t appeal to me; I don’t see the Universe divided up that way, into ‘The Junipers’ on the one hand and ‘The Amino Acids’ on the other.” Astronomy, fantasy, satire, myth, confession and bawdiness meet imagination and lyrical sweep to create this enticing collection, the world of The Planets.

Jan et Antonina Zabinski dirigent le zoo de Varsovie quand éclate la Seconde Guerre mondiale. La Pologne est envahie et bientôt règne la barbarie. Les animaux ont été tués sous les bombardements, envoyés à Berlin ou ont servi de gibier aux officiers allemands. Jan et Antonina se mettent alors à élever des porcs officiellement pour les troupes, officieusement pour nourrir les habitants du ghetto. Surtout, ils profitent d''un réseau de souterrains reliant les cages pour y cacher des juifs et les faire quitter le pays... Grâce au courage de ce couple, trois cents d''entre eux seront sauvés. Inspiré du journal intime d''Antonina Zabinski, ce récit retrace le combat d''un couple soucieux de la cause animale qui s''engage dans une lutte secrète contre l''oppression nazie. Un très beau portrait de femme, où l''abnégation et la générosité côtoient la cruauté et l''horreur.

Cinta memaksa Ovid menderita dan Stendhal disiksa dengan indah. Bagi Plato, cinta berarti kerinduan diri-kedua yang terbelah. Bagi ilmuwan zaman ini, cinta mungkin suatu koktail biokimia berisi oksitosin dan feniletilamin. Ackerman menjelajahi sejarah, sastra, biologi, dan budaya pop dalam mencari “yang maha tak terpahami.” Ia menyandingkan Cleopatra dengan Abelard dan Helois, Freud dengan Blade Runner. Ia mengeksplorasi daya tarik perselingkuhan, daya pikat afrodisiak(termasuk ramuan orang Romawi yang terbuat dari isi perut ikan busuk), dan kultus ciuman. Ia mengungkap rahasia para pencinta yang tak pernah terpuaskan seperti Casanova dan Don Juan sambil membuka trauma keseluruhan masyarakat yang kehilangan kemampuannya untuk mencintai. Ditulis dengan memikat, diungkapkan dengan indah, Sejarah Cinta adalah hal terbaik berikutnya bagi cinta itu sendiri, sebuah buku yang membelai, menggetarkan, dan menggembirakan. * “Ditulis dengan ceria, serius, puitis dan saintifik, diambil dari banyak sekali sumber, Ackerman telah meringkas yang maha tak terkatakan itu: cinta.” Los Angeles Daily News “Bahasa Ackerman sangatlah kaya selain juga sensual. Bahan yang dikumpulkannya dari lembar-lembar sejarah sungguh menggetarkan.” Columbus Dispatch

Poems about the five senses as manifested in such animals as the star-nosed mole, bat, bee, swan, fly, and cow.

作者融合詩人與科學家特色,在本書中歌誦在自家花園裡瘦現的感官之樂與四時之美

Tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog redt de directeur van een dierentuin in Warschau samen met zijn vrouw het leven van ca. 300 joden door hen in hun dierentuinvilla te laten onderduiken.

"Ten poems about the poet Sylvia Plath, written by those who knew her"--Prospectus.

"The plan for this limited edition artist''s book developed during the quincentenary celebration of Columbus'' voyage to the New World. That Age of Discovery was a time when women remained at home and men navigated oceans and explored distant shores. In contrast, twentieth-century women encircle the globe with ease. Reflecting this phenomenon, the text of Beyond The Map contains fourteen poems selected from the work of eleven women who use journey and exploration as metaphor"--Publisher''s website, viewed on February 4, 2015.

The true story of how the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands. When Germany invaded Poland, Stuka bombers devastated Warsaw--and the city''s zoo along with it. With most of their animals dead, zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski began smuggling Jews into empty cages. Another dozen "guests" hid inside the Zabinskis'' villa, emerging after dark for dinner, socializing, and, during rare moments of calm, piano concerts. Jan, active in the Polish resistance, kept ammunition buried in the elephant enclosure and stashed explosives in the animal hospital. Meanwhile, Antonina kept her unusual household afloat, caring for both its human and its animal inhabitants--otters, a badger, hyena pups, lynxes--and keeping alive an atmosphere of play and innocence even as Europe crumbled around her.--From publisher description.