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A natural history of the senses
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A natural history of the senses

Author: Diane Ackerman
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1991.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st Vintage Books edView all editions and formats
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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.
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Diane Ackerman
ISBN: 0679735666 9780679735663 0679737634 9780679737636
OCLC Number: 23691031
Description: xix, 331 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents: Smell 3 --
Touch 65 --
Taste 125 --
Hearing 173 --
Vision 227 --
Synesthesia 287.
Responsibility: Diane Ackerman.
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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.

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