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Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxvi, 275 pages)
Language
English
Description
"Noise: Living and leading when nobody can focus creates a focused way to lower the static in your personal and professional life. Our brains are bombarded with non-stop noise. In the digital age, we battle weapons of mass distraction every day. Everything is competing for, draining and dividing our attention. It's harder than ever to stay focused. Whether it's smartphones or smartwatches, endless choices online or in stores, pervasive screens or...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
331 pages : map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"With forays into archaeology, neuroscience, biology, and design, Cox explains how sound is made and altered by the environment, how our body reacts to peculiar noises, and how these mysterious wonders illuminate sound's surprising dynamics in everyday settings, from your bedroom to the opera house"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
From the blare of an alarm clock in the morning to snores and crickets in the evening, simple text explores the many loud noises one might hear during the course of a day.
7) The noise
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the shadow of Mount Hood, sixteen-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister Sophie when the girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the sound only gets worse ..."--
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
"A comprehensive evaluation of the basic theory for acoustics, noise and vibration control together with fundamentals of how this theoretical material can be applied to real world problems in the control of noise and vibration in aircraft, appliances, buildings, industry, and vehicles. The basic theory is presented in elementary form and only of sufficient complication necessary to solve real practical problems. Unnecessary advanced theoretical approaches...
11) Noise
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
xviii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
12) Too noisy!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
The Bungles sure are a large and noisy bunch! So noisy that Sam, the middle Bungle, has no room to think and is desperate to escape his booming, twooting, banging, clanging family. So off he wanders into the woods for some peace and quiet.
13) Quiet, Wyatt!
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Everyone is always telling Wyatt to be quiet because he's too young, but when he gets mad and stops talking, it seems that maybe he wasn't so annoying after all.
15) Tiptoe Joe
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A bear invites all of the animals to follow him through the trees, on tiptoe, to see a special surprise.
16) Holler Loudly
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Unable to be quiet since he was born, Holler Loudly only gets louder as he grows up which gets him in trouble at school, the library, and the movie theater, but when a tornado threatens the state fair, Holler's voice may save the day.
17) Bedtime for Boo
Author
Publisher
Golden Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Boo, the youngest ghost in his family, is excited on his first night of haunting but soon tires and, upon returning home, falls asleep to the familiar groaning, creaking, and rattling of his house.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 342 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Listening to doctors, neuroscientists, acoustical engineers, monks, activists, educators, marketers, and aggrieved citizens, George Prochnik examines why we began to be so loud as a society, what it is that gets lost when we can no longer find quiet, and what are the benefits of decluttering our sonic world.
19) Bear's day out
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
When Bear decides to visit the city, he becomes overwhelmed with all the noise, but luckily some helpful children guide him on his way home again.
20) When lions roar
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Loud, scary noises frighten a child until quiet and calmness return.
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