It is a truism that lovers have their own language. And the love story-extending over more than forty years-of acclaimed writers Diane Ackerman and Paul West is equally a story of the love of language and its mysteries. In this heart-warming, uplifting memoir, Ackerman explores the brain's ability to find and connect words-and of the latest science behind what happens when it fails to do so. Exposing both the terror of losing language and the giddy exhilaration of its recovery, Ackerman opens a window into the experience of wordlessness and testifies to the joyous necessity of wordplay for the health of both mind and spirit.
As Diane Ackerman writes in her brilliant new book, The Human Age, "our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable."
A remarkable true story of bravery and sanctuary during World War II - for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and The Postmistress.
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award "Diane Ackerman's most enjoyable, intimate, and heartrending work yet."-Atul Gawande
A beautifully-written, insightful and urgent enquiry into man's relationship with nature and our impact on the planet.
2008 Orion Book Award A true story-as powerful as Schindler's List-in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.
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