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The quiet zone : (Record no. 506525)

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001 - CONTROL NUMBER
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003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER
control field SKY
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0062945491
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780062945495
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Modifying agency SKYRV
Description conventions rda
Modifying agency MiTN
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code n-us-wv
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number F249 .G748
Item number K873 2021
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 975.4/87
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kurczy, Stephen,
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The quiet zone :
Remainder of title unraveling the mystery of a town suspended in silence /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Stephen Kurczy.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement First edition.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York, NY :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. [2021]
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York, NY :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice [2021]
264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice ©2021.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 326 pages :
Other physical details map on endpapers ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
336 ## - CONTENT TYPE
Content type term text
Source rdacontent.
337 ## - MEDIA TYPE
Media type term unmediated
Source rdamedia.
338 ## - CARRIER TYPE
Carrier type term volume
Source rdacarrier.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes index.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Prologue: to anyone who will listen -- Part one. Quiet search. 1. Over the mountain ; 2. One of the science capitals of the world ; 3. Lots of bad news ; 4. Caretaker of the National Treasure ; 5. Spook stuff ; 6. Our own log lady ; 7. A powerful tihng ; 8. Back to the land ; 9. A low roar -- Part two. Quiet discovery. 10. Local Nazi diaspora ; 11. Command the evil to be gone ; 12. Murder by wifi ; 13. Papers and pencils ; 14. Behind the curve ; 15. Mountain justice ; 16. Where's the hospital ; 17. The true epitome of darkness -- Part three. Quiet end?. 18. A do-or-die situation ; 19. You've got to experience it ; 20. The only way out ; 21. Shuuter the place and move on ; 22. Don't you forget this ; 23. The nevre-ending story -- Epilogue: masters of social distancing.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Deep 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.
600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kurczy, Stephen
General subdivision Travel
Geographic subdivision West Virginia
-- Green Bank.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Technology
General subdivision Social aspects
Geographic subdivision West Virginia
-- Green Bank.
651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME
Geographic name Green Bank (W. Va.)
General subdivision Social life and customs.
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Shelving location Date acquired Full call number Barcode Date last seen Copy number Koha item type
    Library of Congress Classification     Stacks 02/18/2022 F249 .G748 K873 2021 33039001498582 06/26/2023 1 Book

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