The City of Din
Dan McKenzie and Dan Mckenzie
Read by Amelia Chesley
A treatise on the increasing loudness of modern life, including philosophical and scientific discussion of what noise is, how effects us physically, mentally, and socially in cities, on railways, at home, in workplaces, and on battlefields of war. The book concludes with some strong suggestions for protecting ourselves from noise as well as for lessening noise altogether. - Summary by Amelia Chesley (2 hr 32 min)
Chapters
| Preface: "in the hope of rendering the world we live in quieter" | 6:03 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
| "the world of Nature is not noisy" | 17:31 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
| "the July night is thund'rous" | 13:18 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
| "Civilisation is noise." | 17:02 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
| "sensibility to noise varies very much" | 12:02 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
| "in a world of reduced sound" | 11:00 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
| "church bells, calling the faithful to worship" | 17:26 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
| "the noise of railway trains" | 21:41 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
| "noise and its evils" | 21:52 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
| "noises of modern war" | 4:53 | Read by Amelia Chesley |
| "the modern malady of Din" | 9:49 | Read by Amelia Chesley |