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Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2006
Physical Desc
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
"Soothing guitars and romantic strings will steal you away to the unhurried calm of the beautiful countryside. Leave the hectic city behind you and immerse yourself in the fresh country air".
Publisher
North Word Press, Inc
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (60 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Description
Take a sound safari into the heart of a hot, humid African rain forest as contemporary World Beat textures fuse with th fascinating cries, calls and sounds from the deep, dark jungles of Africa.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In listening to cicadas, as well as other humming, clicking, and thrumming insects, Rothenberg considers the radical notion that we humans got our idea of rhythm, synchronization, and dance from the world of insect sounds that surrounded our species over the millions of years over which we evolved. He explores insect influences in classical and modern music, plays his saxophone with crickets and other insects, and confers with researchers and scientists...
7) Sounds wild and broken: sonic marvels, evolution's creativity, and the crisis of sensory extinction
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiv, 430 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A rich exploration of how the evolution of both natural and manmade sounds have shaped us and the world, and how the world's acoustic diversity is currently in grave danger of being destroyed. We live on a planet that is wrapped in the diverse acoustic marvels of song and speech. Yet never has this diversity been so threatened as it is now. Braiding his experience as a listener and an ecologist with the latest scientific discoveries, David Haskell...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
146 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"At a time when noise and chaos compete for every moment of our attention, noted author, musician, and naturalist, Dr. Bernie Krause, introduces us to methods for turning down the clatter in our lives, restoring a sense of contentment, and reclaiming the calm."--Book flap.
You have decluttered your personal space, now it is time to tidy up your soundscape. Incoherent dissonance impacts our health more than we may realize. Krause introduces us to...
9) The sounds of life: how digital technology is bringing us closer to the worlds of animals and plants
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When we think of animal sound we tend to think about birds or other highly sonic animals. However, scientists are learning that a much wider range of animals, and even plants, use sound, and they are figuring this out with the help of AI and other digital technologies. This book tells the stories of scientists who are using these digital technologies to decode the hidden world of nonhuman sound. Bakker shows how digital technology, so often associated...
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"When the world gets too loud and chaotic, a young boy's grandfather helps him listen with wonder instead. Kids laughing, sneakers squeaking, balls bouncing--for Thunder, the sounds of the school day often brew into overwhelming noise storms. But when Thunder's mosom asks him what he hears on an urban nature walk, Thunder starts to understand how sounds like bird wings flapping and rushing water can help him feel calm and connected. Gentle, inviting...
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