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This is an unflinching novel about the impossible choices of growing up, by an award-winning writer.Imagine you're the only boy in a town of men. And you can hear everything they think. And they can hear everything you think. Imagine you don't fit in with their plans...Todd Hewitt is just one month away from the birthday that will make him a man. But his town has been keeping secrets from him. Secrets that are... (more)

Born on a Blue Day

by Daniel Tammet

I Need More

by Iggy Pop

With his collection of personal vignettes, I Want More , Iggy Pop gives us a highly charged and stylized view into one of rock music's more colorful and important characters. Ranging from a few terse paragraphs to several pages, the book's sections chronicle the patchwork of Iggy's early life, following Jimmy Osterberg as he makes the complete transformation into Iggy Pop. While detailing the escapades... (more)

Noise

by Bart Kosko

From the well-known science commentator and bestselling author of Fuzzy Thinking comes a revelatory look at the phenomenon of noise A celebrated maverick in the world of science, Bart Kosko introduced—and continues to popularize in print and television media—the revolutionary concept of fuzzy logic. In his latest book, he provides the first scientific history of noise aimed at the general reader. ... (more)

Noise [Afternoon C] (Noise) (in Japanese)

Noise [Afternoon C] (Noise) (in Japanese)

by Tsutomu Nihei

Quiet Loud

by Leslie Patricelli

'Thinking is quiet, singing is LOUD, crayons are quiet, pots and pans are LOUD'. With colourful illustrations Leslie Patricelli humorously introduces concepts to very young children. The book has a double spread-section at the back featuring 'more LOUD things' and 'more quiet things'.

Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts

Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts

by Douglas Kahn

This interdisciplinary history and theory of sound in the arts reads the twentieth century by listening to it--to the emphatic and exceptional sounds of modernism and those on the cusp of postmodernism, recorded sound, noise, silence, the fluid sounds of immersion and dripping, and the meat voices of viruses, screams, and bestial cries. Focusing on Europe in the first half of the century and the United States in... (more)

Too Loud Lily

by Sofie Laguna

Lily Hippo is too loud. She sings too loudly, she laughs too loudly, and everyone knows when she is around. At home she disturbs the peace and wakes the baby. At school she gets her friends into trouble. She can't help it. But one day a new teacher, Miss Loopiola, comes to school to teach music and drama, and Lily discovers that she is doing exactly the right thing at last. When the school play comes around, Lily... (more)

Stomp, Stomp

by Bob Kolar

A little dinosaur is on the rampage, slamming out of the house and crashing through the jungle. He's having a wonderful time until his father puts his foot down, ending the little dino's riotous reign of terror. Hilarious cartoon-style pictures and a brief, bouncy text combine in a raucous romp that will delight any child who has ever longed to run amok. Full color.

Let's Make Noise at the Ballpark

by Debra Mostow Zakarin, Lisa Rojany Buccieri, Marcela Cabrera

It’s a special day for Zach and Zoe — Grandpa’s taking the twins to the stadium to see an exciting baseball game. Wow — it’s so loud and so much fun! Let’s Make Noise at the Ballpark captures all of the sights and sounds of a ballgame in an engaging giant pop-up format. Kids will feel like they’re sitting in the stands doing the wave with the rest of the crowd. CRACK! What a hit! HOT DOGS! PEANUTS! Hey, I’m... (more)

A Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa

by Jonathan London

Trucks can be big or small, red or blue. Trucks can make exciting noises. Trucks can haul and dig and stop and go. There are just so many things that trucks can do. But can they help to build a house? With teamwork anything is possible! Here is the perfect picture book for preschoolers who are fascinated with trucks of all kinds.

A Train Goes Clickety-Clack

by Jonathan London

Trains are fast. Trains are sleek. Trains make wonderful sounds as the wheels clatter, boilers hiss, and couplings clang. This playful picture book captures the excitement of trains through evocative language and vibrant illustrations. A little boy and his family are on a special train ride that can’t be missed! A Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club Selection

Dog's Noisy Day

by Emma Dodd

The clumsy canine star of Dog's Colorful Day is back in a picture-book adventure that will have children barking, braying, chirping, and hooting with laughter. From the moment he hears his first wake-up birdcall, Dog is off on a day full of interesting, irresistible noises. He makes many noisy friends-a rooster and a donkey, cows and pigs-and soon his lopsided ears are full of silly animal sounds too... (more)

Mice Squeak, We Speak

by Arnold Shapiro

A brightly illustrated, simple rhyme introduces small children to a menagerie of animals and the various sounds they make, from purring cats and mooing cows to quacking ducks and snoring bears."

Clip-clop

by Nicola Smee

Every child adores getting twirled and tossed by Mommy and Daddy. Again! Again, they squeal. That’s the rapturous joy Nicola Smee captures, in simple rhythmic text and charming pictures. One after the other, a group of barnyard friends climb aboard Mr. Horse for a ride. Faster, they beg… faster! But will “faster” lead to disaster? No…just a satisfying ending that toddlers will love. ... (more)

Mechanical Sound: Technology, Culture, and Public Problems of Noise in the Twentieth Century (Inside Technology)

Mechanical Sound: Technology, Culture, and Public Problems of Noise in the Twentieth Century (Inside Technology)

by Karin Bijsterveld

Since the late nineteenth century, the sounds of technology have been the subject of complaints, regulation, and legislation. By the early 1900s, antinoise leagues in Western Europe and North America had formed to fight noise from factories, steam trains, automobiles, and gramophones, with campaigns featuring conferences, exhibitions, and "silence weeks." And, as Karin Bijsterveld points out in Mechanical Sound, ... (more)

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Knife of Never Letting Go

by Patrick Ness

Born on a Blue Day

by Daniel Tammet

I Need More

by Iggy Pop

Noise

by Bart Kosko

Noise [Afternoon C] (Noise) (in Japanese)

by Tsutomu Nihei

Quiet Loud

by Leslie Patricelli

Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts

by Douglas Kahn

Too Loud Lily

by Sofie Laguna

Stomp, Stomp

by Bob Kolar

Let's Make Noise at the Ballpark

by Debra Mostow Zakarin, Lisa Rojany Buccieri, Marcela Cabrera

A Truck Goes Rattley-Bumpa

by Jonathan London

A Train Goes Clickety-Clack

by Jonathan London

Dog's Noisy Day

by Emma Dodd

Mice Squeak, We Speak

by Arnold Shapiro

Clip-clop

by Nicola Smee

Mechanical Sound: Technology, Culture, and Public Problems of Noise in the Twentieth Century (Inside Technology)

by Karin Bijsterveld