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This book is, at its core, about music and the people who listen to it--your friends, your neighbors and you. A fresh approach toward our cultural and sensical relationship to sound, this melodic examination of the world of music explores two big questions: How do we listen to music and why do we listen to it in the first place? From a range of factors that shape our experience of sound--biology, age, illness and more--Listen challenges the ve...

A curious book that will change your relationship with the heard world In Listen, Michel Faber's lifelong passion for music culminates in an intriguing exploration of two big questions: how we listen to music and why we listen to music. He muses on the notion of 'cool', delves into the rich lodes of commercial and aesthetic worth and interviews a panoply of people who experience music in different ways, unlocking some surprising answers.

This book is, at its core, about music and the people who listen to it--your friends, your neighbors and you. A fresh approach toward our cultural and sensical relationship to sound, this melodic examination of the world of music explores two big questions: How do we listen to music and why do we listen to it in the first place? From a range of factors that shape our experience of sound--biology, age, illness and more--Listen challenges the ve...

This book is, at its core, about music and the people who listen to it-your friends, your neighbors and you. A fresh approach toward our cultural and sensical relationship to sound, this melodic examination of the world of music explores two big questions: How do we listen to music and why do we listen to it in the first place? From a range of factors that shape our experience of sound-biology, age, illness and more-Listen challenges the ver...

There are countless books on music with much analysis given to musicians, bands, eras and genres. But rarely does a book delve into what's going on inside us when we listen.Michel Faber explores two big questions: how do we listen to music and why do we listen to music? He considers a range of factors, which includes age, illness, the notion of ?cool', the dichotomy between ?good' and ?bad' taste and much more.

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Michel Faber, okurunun üstüne hem karabulutlar düsüren hem de yumusak bir fiskeyle onlari savusturabilen, sasirtici bir yazar. Daha önce yayinlanan romanlariyla kendi sadik okur kitlesini olusturmus yazarin bu seferki hediyesi, bir öykü kitabi. Michel Faberin can yakan, sasirtan, güldüren ve hüzünlendiren üslubu, kitaptaki öykülerinde daha da rafine bir tonda kendini gösteriyor.Yagmur Yagmalinin baliklari, rahibeleri, göcmenleri ve digerleri, ...

Yolda gördügü yalnizca belirli özelliklere sahip otostopcu erkekleri arabasina alan bir kadin ve olaganüstü Kuzey Iskocya manzaralari esliginde gittikce karmasiklasan bir olay örgüsü... Direksiyondaki Isserley her bir otostopcuyla sohbetinde önümüze yeni ipuclari cikardigi halde baslangicta net gözüken her sey gittikce muglaklasiyor. Isserley aslinda neyin pesindeBritanyanin en saygin ödüllerinden Whitbread finalisti Derinin Altindada, Michel ...

A strange delight." -The Washington Post It all starts on the morning the letter D disappears from language. First, it vanishes from Dhikilo's parents' conversation at breakfast, then from the road signs outside and from her school dinners. Soon the local dentist and the neighbor's dalmatian are missing, and even the Donkey Derby has been called off. Though she doesn't know why, Dhikilo is summoned to the home of her old history teacher Pr...

And this is where our story really begins. Set between England and the wintry land of Liminus, a world enslaved by the monstrous Gamp and populated by fearsome, enchanting creatures, D (Tale of Two Worlds) is a mesmerising tale of friendship and bravery in an uncertain world.

In the aftermath of the first war in Iraq, Theo Griepenkerl is visiting the looted museum of Mosul when a bomb explodes outside the building. As Theo seeks shelter, he stumbles across the discovery of a lifetime: nine ancient papyrus scrolls containing a shocking account of the last days of Christ. As he sets out to share his discovery with the world, he can scarcely imagine where his journey will take him, and the trials and dangers that lie ...

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?Glorious. A story that will be found and enjoyed and dreamed about for years to come.??Neil GaimanA stunning modern-day Dickensian fable and a celebration of friendship and bravery for freethinkers everywhere.It all starts on the morning the letter D disappears from language. First, it vanishes from Dhikilo's parents' conversation at breakfast, then from the road signs outside and from her school dinners. Soon the local dentist and the neighb...

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Her triumph will have readers rejoicing' DIANE SETTERFIELD'YA readers will love it, but Faber's brio and bubbly ingenuity will delight adult readers too' DAILY MAIL'In this rather ebullient and lovely new novel by Michel Faber ...

Glorious. A story that will be found and enjoyed and dreamed about for years to come. I loved it' NEIL GAIMANA CONTEMPORARY DICKENSIAN FABLE ABOUT MORAL COURAGE AND SELF-DETERMINATION, BY THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE CRIMSON PETAL AND THE WHITE12-year-old Dhikilo was born in a faraway country, though she's doing her best to feel at home with her new parents in the crumbly seaside town of Cawber-on-Sands.Until one day, the letter D disappears fr...

Der junge Pastor Peter Leigh wird auf die Reise seines Lebens geschickt: Er soll den Einwohnern eines fernen Planeten seinen Glauben näherbringen. Die Mission verlangt von Peter ein enormes Opfer, denn seine Frau Bea muss auf der Erde zurückbleiben und durchlebt dort eine schwierige Zeit. Noch nie in der Geschichte der Menschheit musste eine Liebe eine derart große Distanz überbrücken. Wird es gelingen?

Una raccolta di diciassette racconti in cui seguiamo le vite di personaggi solitari, reclusi, sull'orlo di una fragile esistenza. L'autore ci conduce in un viaggio nel tempo, nei luoghi e in stili, riuscendo a cogliere i suoi protagonisti nei momenti più importanti della loro vita: epifanie, catastrofi, rinascite. Diciassette piccoli scrigni vibranti di calore e gelidi al tempo stesso, spesso dal finale sospeso, come sospesa è la nostra vita t...

Ich bin bei dir alle Tage bis ans Ende der Welt.Der junge Pastor Peter Leigh wird auf die Reise seines Lebens geschickt - nur darf seine Frau Bea ihn nicht begleiten. Um in Kontakt zu bleiben, schicken sie sich Briefe. Doch nie zuvor in der Geschichte der Menschheit musste eine Liebe eine derart große Distanz überbrücken."Der bewegendste Abschiedsroman, den ich je gelesen habe." Clemens J. Setz (Indigo)"Ein Meisterwerk - wahnsinnig fesselnd." ...