A Natural History of the Senses [B0088]

1991 PB with minor wear. 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.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Wowowow. This book is a writer's cheat sheet. I recommend it to anyone trying to "show, not tell," as Ackerman exposes the fathomless depths to which our everyday experience is mediated and translated through senses, the processes of which we take for granted."; "Makes you feel very big and very small at the same time."; "There's more philosophy and poeticism than science in this exploration of the five basic human senses. Which at least keeps it from becoming wildly out of date. Most passages are very thoughtful and transporting, though she does occasionally ramble or go off on tangents than could have been edited a but more judiciously. This is a good book for appreciating our senses more than understanding them."