Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden Contributor(s): Ackerman, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060505362 ISBN-13: 9780060505363 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2002 Annotation: Ackerman delights in her garden through all the seasons. Whether she is deadheading flowers or glorying in the profusion of roses, she welcomes the unexpected drama and extravagance as well as the sanctuary it offers. Written in sensuous, lyrical prose, this is a hymn to nature and its pleasures. |
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BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Essays & Narratives - Nature | Essays - Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes - Nature |
Dewey: 508 |
LCCN: 2001016607 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.55 lbs) 272 pages |
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Publisher Description: In the mode of her bestseller A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman celebrates the sensory pleasures of her garden through the seasons. Whether she is deadheading flowers or glorying in the profusion of roses, offering sugar water to a hummingbird or studying the slug, she welcomes the unexpected drama and extravagance as well as the sanctuary her garden offers. Written in sensuous, lyrical prose, Cultivating Delight is a hymn to nature and to the pleasure we take in it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ackerman, Diane: - Poet, essayist, and naturalist, Diane Ackerman is the author of many highly acclaimed works of nonfiction, including A Natural History of the Senses -- a book beloved by readers all over the worldand the volumes Deep Play, A Slender Thread, The Rarest of the Rare, A Natural History of Love, The Moon by Whale Light, and a memoir on flying, On Extended Wings. Her poetry has been collected into six volumes, among them Jaguar of Sweet Laughter: New and Selected Poems and, most recently, Praise My Destroyer. Ms. Ackerman has received many prizes and awards, including the John Burroughs Nature Award and the Lavan Poetry Prize. A Visiting Professor at the Society for the Humanities at Cornell University, she was the National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Professor at the University of Richmond. Ms. Ackerman also has the unusual distinction of having had a molecule named after her -- dianeackerone. She lives in upstate New York. |