A book of noisesSound shapes our world in invisible but significant ways, and here Caspar Henderson brings his characteristic curiosity, knowledge and sense of wonder to the subject to take us on an exhilarating journey through the heard universe. 'A Little Book of Noises' gathers together sounds from the cosmos, the natural world, the human world, and the invented world, as well as containing quiet pockets of silence. From the vast sound of sand in the desert to the

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passionate and determined

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a local bar owner and one of the few remaining links to Kenna's daughter

human-induced destruction of nature

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