A treatise on the increasing loudness of modern life, including philosophical and scientific discussion of what noise is, how effects us physically, mentally, and socially in cities, on railways, at home, in workplaces, and on battlefields of war. The book concludes with some strong suggestions for protecting ourselves from noise as well as for lessening noise altogether. (summary by Amelia Chesley)
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction; *Non-fiction/Social Science
Keywords that describe the book: nature, cities, noise
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it's about a week until my spring semester is officially over, but I'm looking forward to more recording time and my third solo.
still deciding exactly which bits should be grouped as sections, but I should have that sorted out sometime soon. there shouldn't need to be more than 12.
thanks in advance to my future MC and any willing DPL volunteers!
'whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.' -Oscar Wilde plaidsicle.blogspot.com
man, the summer is going by so fast. I thought I'd have time to get a few sections recorded but it hasn't happened yet. now I'm traveling for a few weeks, but once I get back this will be top LV priority for me!
'whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.' -Oscar Wilde plaidsicle.blogspot.com