02992cam a2200301 4500 1650207326 TxAuBib 20241008120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062945525 0062945521 0027879607 Axis360 TxAuBib Kurczy, Stephen. The Quiet Zone [Boundless]. Unabridged. HarperCollins, 2021. ""Captivating."" —Kirkus | ""Fascinating, deeply reported, and slightly eerie."" —BookPage (Starred Review) | ""The Quiet Zone will live on in your memory."" —Bill McKibbenA stunning portrait of an Appalachian community, the people who call it home, and the enduring human quest for quietDeep in the Appalachian Mountains lies the last truly quiet town in America. Green Bank, West Virginia, is a place at once futuristic and old-fashioned: It’s home to the Green Bank Observatory, where astronomers search the depths of the universe using the latest technology, while schoolchildren go without WiFi or iPads. With a ban on all devices emanating radio frequencies that might interfere with the observatory’s telescopes, Quiet Zone residents live a life free from constant digital connectivity. But a community that on the surface seems idyllic is a place of contradictions, where the provincial meets the seemingly supernatural and quiet can serve as a cover for something darker.Stephen Kurczy embedded in Green Bank, making the residents of this small Appalachian village his neighbors. He shopped at the town’s general store, attended church services, went target shooting with a seven-year-old, square-danced with the locals, sampled the local moonshine. In The Quiet Zone, he introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters. There is a tech buster patrolling the area for illegal radio waves; “electrosensitives” who claim that WiFi is deadly; a sheriff’s department with a string of unsolved murder cases dating back decades; a camp of neo-Nazis plotting their resurgence from a nearby mountain hollow. Amongst them all are the ordinary citizens seeking a simpler way of living. Kurczy asks: Is a less connected life desirable? Is it even possible?The Quiet Zone is a remarkable work of investigative journalism—at once a stirring ode to place, a tautly-wound tale of mystery, and a clarion call to reexamine the role technology plays in our lives. Format: Acoustik. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies. General Adult. Importer Version: 2016-03-11.01 Import Date: 2024-10-08 20:00:03. SOCIAL SCIENCE Regional Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology Rural. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Social Aspects. Wayne, Roger, narrator. https://hslibrary.boundless.baker-taylor.com/Title?itemId=0027879607 TXHSP