9780393061734
Dawn Light: Dancing With Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day
Diane Ackerman
ISBN 13: 9780393061734
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
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Draws on a diverse range of sources from meteorology and religion to history and organic farming to introduce readers to bird music and other signs of avian intelligence, in a series of meditations that describe the author's migration-copying travels between New York and Florida.
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"It's easy to live in the moment when you're immersed in Ackerman's glorious prose, studded with arresting phrases and breathtakingly beautiful images....[T]he impressions that linger after closing her book are not of suffering but of joy, not of change, but of the flow of incident halted, over and over, by the masterful hand of an artist who sketches with tender words the small miracles of a vast universe."
Wendy Smith, Washington Post, 09/20/2009
Review:"[Ackerman] sheds light on the waking world, exploring dawn through science, mythology, art and etymology and her observations. A naturalist and poet, [she] loves the world around her and the language used to describe it with equal passion, and her writing is as invigorating as a lungful of cool morning air."
Gayle Brandeis, San Francisco Chronicle, 10/18/2009
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Book Description: Norton. 1 Cloth(s), 2009. hard. Book Condition: New. In this inspiring sequence of personal meditations through the cycle of seasons, the poet, storyteller, and naturalist who gave us A Natural History of the Senses and The Zookeeper's Wife awakens us to the world at dawn. Diane Ackerman explores every aspect of daybreak, from bird and animal behavior to the incomparable quality of light that has long inspired such artists as Monet, and dawn rituals the world over. As a patient and learned observer of animal and human physiology and behavior, she introduces us to varieties of bird music and other signs of avian intelligence, while she herself "migrates" from winter in Florida to spring, summer, and fall in upstate New York."You're immersed in Ackerman's glorious prose, studded with arresting phrases and breathtakingly beautiful images. Her gift to us is the sheer pleasure of seeing the world through her loving eyes."—Washington Post"These pieces are accessible and lyrically written, and they flow well, one after another, making reading the book a true pleasure. Ackerman's fans and readers who appreciate nature writing at its finest will love this."—Library Journal (starred review) 240. Bookseller Inventory # 11065 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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Book Description: WW Norton Co, United States, 2009. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 217 x 146 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. 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. As a patient and learned observer of animal and human physiology and behavior, she introduces us to varieties of bird music and other signs of avian intelligence, while she herself migrates from winter in Florida to spring, summer, and fall in upstate New York.Humans might luxuriate in the idea of being in nature, Ackerman points out, but we often forget that we are nature for no facet of nature is as unlikely as we, the tiny bipeds with the giant dreams. Joining science s devotion to detail with religion s appreciation of the sublime, Dawn Light is an impassioned celebration of the miracles of evolution especially human consciousness of our numbered days on a turning earth. Bookseller Inventory # NLF9780393061734 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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