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| Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden | 
| Author: Diane Ackerman
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 157697
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 6.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0060505362
Dewey Decimal Number: 508
EAN: 9780060505363
ASIN: 0060505362
Publication Date: October 1, 2002
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Condition: Good solid overall condition, mild to moderate general wear, clean inside.
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| Customer Reviews:
 A uniquely fascinating book,a literary treasure. April 15, 2002
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Smart, witty, informed, observant, funny, practical, and powerfully moving-- Ackerman combines all of these qualities in a book that's both superb natural history and stylish literature. As a scientist, I'm continually amazed by Ackerman's scrupulousness. As a gardener, I'm impressed by her inventiveness (I'm going to try some of her strategies this season). As a lover of literature, I find myself rereading poetic passages of unbelievable beauty. This is one of my favorite books on any subject, because it's brimming with her trademark-- a fascinating sensibility, who loves and is endlessly curious about the natural world, while keeping an equally fascinated eye on the human condition. All that combined with the soul of a poet. In short, a literary treasure.
Rich artistry, full of fascinations. January 16, 2002
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Somehow Ms. Ackerman manages to combine fascinating facts and lore, practical gardening wisdom, and a poet's sensibility. I don't know how she does it, but the result is a beautiful work of art.
My steady companion. January 15, 2002
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I received this beautiful book as a Christmas present, read it through with relish, and am now reading it again, this time week by week, the way it was written. It's an amazing appreciation of nature, and so wise about the human condition. It's my steady companion as I await the spring garden.
A magnificent book. January 15, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Page after page, I'm charmed, surprised, amused, and informed by this extraordinary book. I'm a lifelong gardener, with a passion for garden books, and this is my all-time favorite. The intelligence, sense of humor, experience, and sheer literary sparkle combine in a uniquely wonderful way.
Peace, Humor and Delight in the Garden December 31, 2001
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman loves her garden. It must be a fairly untidy, eclectic garden as she enjoys many weeds, welcomes deer and generally works hard to let nature have its way. Running through the span of seasons, this wonderful book allows many discursive, delightful riffs on such topics as John Muir, tagging squirels, the passing of time, moon and bird watching, and sick houses. It would be a great fun to spend time with her: deadheading asters, learning the different scents of her 100+ roses, and flowering arranging every spring and summer morning. But failing that opportunity, spending time with this garden book that's not a garden book, poem that is not a poem, essay on natural history that's certainly not an essay is almost as fun!
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