[PDF] The Sound Of Fear eBook

Author : Steve Goodman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,9 MB
Release : 2012-08-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 0262517957

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An exploration of the production, transmission, and mutation of affective tonality—when sound helps produce a bad vibe. Sound can be deployed to produce discomfort, express a threat, or create an ambience of fear or dread—to produce a bad vibe. Sonic weapons of this sort include the “psychoacoustic correction” aimed at Panama strongman Manuel Noriega by the U.S. Army and at the Branch Davidians in Waco by the FBI, sonic booms (or “sound bombs”) over the Gaza Strip, and high-frequency rat repellants used against teenagers in malls. At the same time, artists and musicians generate intense frequencies in the search for new aesthetic experiences and new ways of mobilizing bodies in rhythm. In Sonic Warfare, Steve Goodman explores these uses of acoustic force and how they affect populations. Traversing philosophy, science, fiction, aesthetics, and popular culture, he maps a (dis)continuum of vibrational force, encompassing police and military research into acoustic means of crowd control, the corporate deployment of sonic branding, and the intense sonic encounters of sound art and music culture. Goodman concludes with speculations on the not yet heard—the concept of unsound, which relates to both the peripheries of auditory perception and the unactualized nexus of rhythms and frequencies within audible bandwidths.

Author : Levi Fuller
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 23,19 MB
Release : 2020-05-18
Category :
ISBN :

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There's a thirsty murderer stalking in the darkness...... and it knows your fears. After years as a dead beat, Detective Violet Turner finds herself in craziest situation, thinks she can escape the craziness of a sleepy town, she now finds herself back in the action against the monster.She can see your fears. She's spent years honing her craft.This is no ordinary killer, seems to stalk their prey. More importantly Violet cant share this feeling this killer can sense fear, and use it against victims.Will Violet be able to stop the killer in time before they strike? Can she save her friends? Can save the town's people?If you like suspense mystery books, then you will love Sound of Fear.Click the Buy NOW or Read NOW button at the top and join her search today.

Author : Daniel T. Blumstein
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 23,1 MB
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 0674916484

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A leading expert in animal behavior takes us into the wild to better understand and manage our fears. Fear, honed by millions of years of natural selection, kept our ancestors alive. Whether by slithering away, curling up in a ball, or standing still in the presence of a predator, humans and other animals have evolved complex behaviors in order to survive the hazards the world presents. But, despite our evolutionary endurance, we still have much to learn about how to manage our response to danger. For more than thirty years, Daniel Blumstein has been studying animals’ fear responses. His observations lead to a firm conclusion: fear preserves security, but at great cost. A foraging flock of birds expends valuable energy by quickly taking flight when a raptor appears. And though the birds might successfully escape, they leave their food source behind. Giant clams protect their valuable tissue by retracting their mantles and closing their shells when a shadow passes overhead, but then they are unable to photosynthesize, losing the capacity to grow. Among humans, fear is often an understandable and justifiable response to sources of threat, but it can exact a high toll on health and productivity. Delving into the evolutionary origins and ecological contexts of fear across species, The Nature of Fear considers what we can learn from our fellow animals—from successes and failures. By observing how animals leverage alarm to their advantage, we can develop new strategies for facing risks without panic.

Author : Brandon Webb
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 37,40 MB
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0525533575

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From New York Times bestselling author and former Navy SEAL Brandon Webb comes a simple yet powerful five-step guide to transforming your life by making your fears work for you instead of against you. Brandon Webb has run life-threatening missions in the world's worst trouble spots, whether that meant jumping out of airplanes, taking down hostile ships on the open sea, or rolling prisoners in the dead of night in the mountains of Afghanistan. As a Navy SEAL, he learned how to manage the natural impulse to panic in the face of terrifying situations. As media CEO and national television commentator, he has learned how to apply those same skills in civilian life. Drawing on his experiences in combat and business, along with colorful anecdotes from his vast network of super-achiever friends from astronauts to billionaires, Webb shows how people from all walks of life can stretch and transcend their boundaries and learn to use their fears as fuel to achieve more than they ever thought possible. "Fear can be a set of manacles, holding you prisoner," writes Webb. "Or it can be a slingshot, catapulting you on to greatness." The key, says Webb, is not to fight fear or try to beat it back, but to embrace and harness it. In the process, rather than being your adversary, your fear becomes a secret weapon that allows you to triumph in even the most adverse situations. In Mastering Fear, Webb and his bestselling coauthor John David Mann break this transformation down into five practical steps, creating a must-read manual for anyone looking for greater courage and mastery in their lives.

Author : Victor Rodriguez
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 31,96 MB
Release : 2019-09-24
Category :
ISBN : 9781694373571

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A young woman pursues a curious resonance that may be a key to her mysterious lineage in "Echoes." A man locked in the trunk of a car must puzzle out his location to solve the motive behind his own kidnapping in "Love's Hard Edge." In "Perros Fieles," two Cuban agents use an infrasonic weapon to neutralize their opponents. In the chilling "0:01," A composer discovers a recent recording from someone he knows to be dead. A team of explorers descend to the ocean floor to investigate an impossibly loud, inscrutable sound known only as The Bloop in "Loki's Daughter."The Sound of Fear is a themed collection of speculative horror stories with sci-fi, fantasy and noir elements by one of the most talented new writers of dark fiction. It plunges the reader into twelve lean, mean page-turners with twist endings that pit the living against the soundscapes of the beyond, including four previously unpublished stories ("Kingdom by the Sea," "0:01," "Farewell Concert," and "Love's Hard Edge").

Author : Patrick J. McGinnis
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 24,93 MB
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1492694959

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What are you really missing out on? You're home on a Friday night, scrolling through Instagram, ready to go to bed. You see pictures on your timeline of a party you were invited to, but didn't go to. You were confident when you said no, but now you can't stop thinking about it, and you start feeling worse. You have FOMO, or, Fear of Missing Out. Coined in a Harvard Business School article, FOMO has become a global term to describe the decimating anxiety when thinking other people are having better, more fulfilling, experiences than you are. It's a natural, biological response, but that doesn't make it feel any better. Amplified by the rise of social media, #FOMO has become a cultural crisis—so what's the cure? Patrick McGinnis, creator of the term FOMO, has been thinking about it for seventeen years—and he has a solution: decision-making. Learning to weigh the costs and benefits of your choices, prioritizing your decisions, and listening to your gut are central to silencing FOMO and its lesser-known cousin, FOBO: Fear of a Better Option. After all, don't you want to feel comfortable and confident in your decisions? Written with self-evaluations throughout the book, Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice helps you ascertain and eliminate the parts of your life that are causing more anxiety than happiness. So give this a read, and then go to that party, start that new book, create a new goal—or don't. Make that decision, and be confident in it: it's the first of many of its kind.

Author : Marty Becker
Publisher : Health Communications, Inc.
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 39,46 MB
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0757320791

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"Since pets communicate nonverbally, this book will help you recognize if your pet is suffering from [fear, anxiety, and stress]. By knowing your dog's body language, vocalizations, and changes in normal habits, you can make an accurate diagnosis and take action to prevent triggers or treat the fallout if they do happen"--Amazon.com.

Author : R.L. Stine
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1442473746

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Luke hates listening to the townspeople talk about his sister, Leah. They call her evil, and say she has unnatural powers. Leah does have the strange talent of being able to communicate with animals. But Luke is sure Leah would never use her gift for evil—until their parents’ horrible accident.

Author : Paul A. Moore
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 2019-07-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030202019

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Have you ever thought about what a dog smells as it stops to sniff at a tree? Or what a cat is watching as it stares intensely off into space? What about animals in the wild? What do they see, hear, smell, and feel? How do they perceive their surroundings? This is the illusive world. A world filled with fascinating stimuli that we are not equipped to detect. This is particularly true because we tend to rely so heavily on our eyes or ears. We are figuratively, and literally, blind to this part of the natural world. This part, which is full of stimuli we cannot perceive, encompasses the daily lives of so many animals. Beneath our feet are ants, moles, and spiders using vibrations to coordinate colonies and communicate danger. In the oceans, turtles, fish, and octopi are sensitive to magnetic and electric fields, as well as tasty morsels at the tips of their tentacles. In the skies, owls and raptors can see deep into a lake or pierce the night with highly sensitive eyes. This book brings together all these animals and their amazing sensory abilities in an exploration of how animals perceive their world. Within these pages are wonderful and exciting stories of organisms using their senses to perform sophisticated communication with nestmates, find hidden prey in the dark of night or murky of depths, and call to lovers both near and far. This book will open the door to this illusive world and will take you on a journey into the illusive world and see how different the world is when perceived through another animal’s senses.