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Jennifer Ackerman

Jennifer Ackerman has been writing about science, nature, and human biology for almost three decades. Her most recent books include Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: a day in the life of your body; Ah-Choo: the uncommon life of the common cold; Chance in the House of Fate: a natural history of heredity; The Genius of Birds; and Birds by the Shore. A contributor to Scientific American, National Geographic, The New York Times, and many other publications, Ackerman is the recipient of an National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship in Nonfiction, a Bunting Fellowship, and a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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What an Owl Knows

Jennifer Ackerman

RRP: $35.00 Pub date: 4 Jul 2023 Category: Wildlife: birds & birdwatching Cover view

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The Bird Way

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RRP: $35.00 Pub date: 2 Jul 2020 Category: Wildlife: birds & birdwatching Cover view

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The Genius of Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

RRP: $35.00 Pub date: 16 May 2016 Category: Wildlife: birds & birdwatching Cover view