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Emily Thompson

    Emily G. Thompson es una experimentada reportera de investigación y autora. Comparte su pasión por el crimen real a través de su exitoso sitio web de crímenes reales y su podcast semanal, adentrándose en los aspectos más oscuros de la naturaleza humana. Su trabajo se caracteriza por un profundo interés en la psicología de los perpetradores y las consecuencias de sus actos.

    The Soundscape of Modernity
    A Tale of Roses
    Cults Uncovered
    Ways of Hearing
    Count to Ten
    • A Tale of Roses

      • 66 páginas
      • 3 horas de lectura

      Set against a backdrop of magic and royal intrigue, Thornrose longs for a life beyond her secluded cottage. The arrival of three young royals, each with a magical rose, sparks a transformative journey for her. As she nurtures the rose left by the eldest prince, their friendship deepens, but she faces the complexities of love and self-discovery. Determined to carve her own path in a challenging kingdom, Thornrose must embrace her unique identity and take control of her destiny amidst societal expectations.

      A Tale of Roses2023
    • Cults Uncovered

      • 240 páginas
      • 9 horas de lectura

      Discover the shocking truth about some of the most disturbing cults that have ever existed--cults led by psychopaths such as Charles Manson, David Koresh, and Jim Jones that have exploded into acts of appalling savagery and evil. Explores these and many more bizarre and frightening cases to reveal terrifying stories of manipulation, coercion, abuse, and murder.

      Cults Uncovered2020
      3,6
    • Ways of Hearing

      • 136 páginas
      • 5 horas de lectura

      A writer-musician examines how the switch from analog to digital audio is changing our perceptions of time, space, love, money, and power.

      Ways of Hearing2019
      3,8
    • The Soundscape of Modernity

      Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933

      • 510 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      A vibrant history of acoustical technology and aural culture in early-twentieth-century America.In this history of aural culture in early-twentieth-century America, Emily Thompson charts dramatic transformations in what people heard and how they listened. What they heard was a new kind of sound that was the product of modern technology. They listened as newly critical consumers of aural commodities. By examining the technologies that produced this sound, as well as the culture that enthusiastically consumed it, Thompson recovers a lost dimension of the Machine Age and deepens our understanding of the experience of change that characterized the era.Reverberation equations, sound meters, microphones, and acoustical tiles were deployed in places as varied as Boston's Symphony Hall, New York's office skyscrapers, and the soundstages of Hollywood. The control provided by these technologies, however, was applied in ways that denied the particularity of place, and the diverse spaces of modern America began to sound alike as a universal new sound predominated. Although this sound--clear, direct, efficient, and nonreverberant--had little to say about the physical spaces in which it was produced, it speaks volumes about the culture that created it. By listening to it, Thompson constructs a compelling new account of the experience of modernity in America.

      The Soundscape of Modernity2004
    • Count to Ten

      • 24 páginas
      • 1 hora de lectura

      Familiar Sesame Street characters introduce the numbers one to ten.

      Count to Ten1999
      3,9