The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives by Jude Rogers Groundswell Speaker 2024 its fate hanging on the

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To what degree do we lose contact with life-sustaining energies when the foods we eat come from anywhere but where we live

From one of our most powerful writers

This exhilarating collection of non-fiction sees one of the greatest twentieth-century writers meditating on the moments that make up a life'How did I so unwittingly transform the joy of living into the great luxury of being alive

I also know that love is a pretty quiet thing

The Sound of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives by Jude Rogers Groundswell Speaker 2024 its fate hanging on the'Too often we treat popular music as wallpaper surrounding us as we live our lives. Jude Rogers shows the emotional and cerebral heft such music can have. It's a personal journey which becomes universal. Fascinating' Ian Rankin 'Moving and absorbing, The Sound of Being Human mixes memoir, analysis, anecdote and personal chronicle into a mosaic that evokes what music means to the individual and the human tribe. A candid, beautiful read' Stuart Maconie