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THE SOUND OF THE SEA - CYNTHIA BARNETT TASCHENBUCH

Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations since the dawn of
humanity. They were money before coins  jewellry before gems  art before canvas. In The Sound
of the Sea  acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science
to trace our long love affair with seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make
them. Spiralling out from the great cities of shell that once rose in North America to the
warming waters of the Maldives and the slave castles of Ghana  Barnett has created an
unforgettable account of the world's most iconic seashells. She begins with their childhood
wonder  unwinds surprising histories like the origin of Shell Oil as a family business
importing exotic shells  and charts what shells and the soft animals that build them are
telling scientists about our warming  acidifying seas. From the eerie calls of early shell
trumpets to the evolutionary miracle of spines and spires and the modern science of carbon
capture inspired by shell  Barnett circles to her central point of listening to nature's
wisdom-and acting on what seashells have to say about taking care of each other and our world.

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