San Antonio College Library

Do we all listen the same? How do we listen? Can noise make us sick? Do we all lose hearing ability over the years? Where do the rhythm and the music come from? Why do we all like music?Bruno Grossi plays with the idea of ??conducting sound experiments while Hernán Moreno invites us to imagine the lives of people without hearing.From the hand of Rodolfo Llinás, we know the functioning of our auditory system and the effect of sound on our brain...

"Neither biography nor chronological trawl, Hymns to the Silence is a detailed investigative study of Van Morrison's remarkable career. Peter Mills engages with his subject in a fresh and accessible style - often challenging the received wisdom. He looks at Morrison as a songwriter and specifically as an Irish writer, yet one who has worked primarily with American musical forms. ... Key themes and motifs are examined, as well as the ideas of place,...