The Sound of the Sea

Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans

The Sound of the Sea
Cynthia Barnett
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Hardback
h244 x 165mm - 432pg
6 Aug 2021 US
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9780393651447
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Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature' s creations for thousands of years. They were money before coins, jewellery before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and environmental science to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them. From the mysterious glow of giant clams to the surprising origin of Shell Oil as a family business importing exotic shells, the book is filled with unforgettable stories. As it explores the perfect symmetry of a Chambered Nautilus, the pink-glossed lip of a Queen Conch or what we hear when we hold a shell to the ear, it makes a powerful argument for listening to shells-and acting on what they are telling us about the impacts of climate change on the seas, marine life and humanity.
"Will have you marveling at nature. . . Barnett' s account remarkably spirals out, appropriately, to become a much larger story about the sea, about global history and about environmental crises and preservation. " -- 24 Books to Read this Summer - The New York Times Book Review
Cynthia Barnett is the author of three previous books, including Rain, which was longlisted for the National Book Award and named a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Award for Literary Science Writing. She lives with her family in Gainesville, Florida, where she is also Environmental Journalist in Residence at the University of Florida.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780393651447
Published: 6 Aug 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Hardback
Height: 244mm
Width: 165mm
Spine: 36mm
Weight: 755g
Pages: 432

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