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This collection of nonfiction essays provides an illuminating meander through what we call culture today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDouglas Coupland is Canadian, born on a Canadian Air Force base near Baden-Baden, Germany, on December 30, 1961. In 1965 his family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where he continues to live and work. Coupland has studied art and design in Vancouver, Canada, Milan, Italy and Sapporo, Japan. His first novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/3378.Generation_X\" title=\"Generation X\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eGeneration X\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, was published in March of 1991. 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A TV series (13 one-hour episodes) based on his novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/221059.jPod\" title=\"jPod\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003ejPod\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e premieres on the CBC in January, 2008.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rumorbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39769125290061,"sku":"","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/7882\/1709\/products\/IMG_8069.jpg?v=1661237002"},{"product_id":"noise-and-society-charles-rodda","title":"Noise and Society - Charles Rodda","description":"\u003cp\u003eEveryone agrees that noise is annoying but we are not entirely sure why.\u003cbr\u003eUndoubtedly when we speak of noise we are referring to something\u003cbr\u003eunwanted. 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In turn, even the orchestral sound\u003cbr\u003emay appear as unwanted noise to a non-musical person.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Rodda first defines noise and in subsequent chapters deals with\u003cbr\u003elegal aspects, measurement, occupational deafness, and the effects of\u003cbr\u003enoise on speech efficiency, mental health and physiological disturbance.\u003cbr\u003eHe considers also the many sources of noise in Our environment and deals\u003cbr\u003ewith the general questions of its control in the community. 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