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A compelling
history of seashells and the animals that
make them, revealing what they have to
tell us about nature, our changing oceans,
and ourselves.
Seashells have been the most coveted and
collected of nature’s creations since the
dawn of humanity. They were money before
coins, jewellery 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. Spiraling 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.
12 black & white illustrations
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