Cynthia Barnett presents
"The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans"
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....
Explore the long, rich and surprisingly profound relationship between humans and seashells with acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett. Blending cultural history and science, Barnett will artfully trace our long love affair with the beauty and wonder of seashells and the hidden lives of the mollusks that make them – and the larger story about the sea and our warming world.
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About the Book:
A Science Friday Best Science Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Library Journal Best Science and Technology Book of the Year
A Tampa Bay Times Best Book of the Year
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About the Author:
Cynthia Barnett is an environmental journalist who has covered water and climate stories worldwide, from the decline in Florida’s signature springs, to epic drought in California and Australia, to the rainiest place on Earth in Cherrapunji, India. She is the author of several books on water, including her most recent, The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Ocean.
Barnett is also the author of Rain: A Natural and Cultural History, longlisted for the National Book Award and a finalist for the 2016 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Her previous books are Blue Revolution: Unmaking America’s Water Crisis, which articulates a water ethic for America, and Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. which won the gold medal for best nonfiction in the Florida Book Awards and has been listed by The Tampa Bay Times as one of the top 10 books that every Floridian should read.
Barnett has written for National Geographic, the Atlantic, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Tampa Bay Times and many other publications. Her numerous journalism awards include a national Sigma Delta Chi prize for investigative magazine reporting and eight Green Eyeshades, which recognize outstanding journalism in 11 southeastern states. She is also Environmental Journalist in Residence at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications, and a fifth-generation Floridian raising a sixth generation in Gainesville.
This program is a partnership between the Florida Humanities and Friends of Wakulla Springs State Park. Funding for this program was provided by Florida Humanities and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Florida Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
