Diane Ackerman Audio Books

When Germany invaded Poland, bombers devastated Warsaw - and the city's zoo along with it.

Our relationship with nature has changed - radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad.

In an eye-opening sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, Diane Ackerman awakens us to the world at dawn---drawing on sources as diverse as meteorology, world religion, etymology, art history, poetry, organic farming, and beekeeping.

What is it about humans that causes us to defy genetic programming and so often live in hope, despite all that's terrible...

This collection of nine performance pieces by naturalists is inspired by the words of Margaret Mead, who said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful individuals can change the world.

Diane Ackerman tells the breathtaking story of the stroke that deprived her husband, Paul West - a distinguished novelist and poet - of every scrap of language....