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A Natural History of the Senses

by Diane Ackerman

ISBN13: 9780307763310
ISBN10: 0307763315
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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)

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ISBN:: 9780307763310
Publisher:: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Date:: 20111207
Author:: Ackerman, Diane
Binding:: ELECTRONIC
Language:: English
Pages:: 352

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