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The Book Show #1373 - Diane Ackerman

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published November 11, 2014 at 3:06 PM EST

    Diane Ackerman is the author of the books: One Hundred Names for Love, A Natural History of the Senses, and The Zookeeper's Wife. In her latest book, The Human Age, she offers some optimism for our planet and explores the ways people are shaping the modern world, and argues for a new understanding of our relationship with the environment and our own bodies.
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