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Douglas Abrams Biography, Books, and Similar Authors

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Douglas Abrams

Douglas Abrams

Douglas Abrams Biography

Douglas Abrams is the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World with the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu, the first book in the Global Icons Series. Douglas is also the founder and president of Idea Architects, a literary agency and media development company helping visionaries to create a wiser, healthier, and more just world. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.

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    Diane Ackerman

    Poet, essayist, and naturalist, Diane Ackerman is the author of many highly acclaimed works of nonfiction, including A Natural History of the Senses -- a book beloved by readers all over the world and the volumes Deep Play, A... (more)

    If you enjoyed:
    The Book of Hope

    Try:
    The Human Age
    by Diane Ackerman

  • Tony Hiss

    Tony Hiss

    Tony Hiss is the author of fifteen books, including the award-winning The Experience of Place. He was a staff writer at the New Yorker for more than thirty years, was a visiting scholar at New York University for twenty-five ... (more)

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    Rescuing the Planet
    by Tony Hiss

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