The Lost Art of Silence
The Lost Art of Silence

Author: Sarah Anderson

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2023-12-05

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1645472167

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A unique celebration of silence—in art, literature, nature, and spirituality—and an exploration of its ability to bring inner peace, widen our perspectives, and inspire the human spirit in spite of the noise of contemporary life. Silence is habitually overlooked—after all, throughout our lives, it has to compete with the cacophony of the outside world and our near-constant interior dialogue that judges, analyzes, compares, and questions. But, if we can get past this barrage, there lies a quiet place that’s well worth discovering. The Lost Art of Silence encourages us to embrace this pursuit and allow the warm light of silence to glow. Invoking the wisdom of many of the greatest writers, thinkers, contemplatives, historians, musicians, and artists, Sarah Anderson reveals the sublime nature of quiet that’s all too often undervalued. Throughout, she shares her own penetrating insights into the potential for silence to transform us. This celebration of silence invites us to widen our perspective and shows its power to inspire the human spirit in spite of the distracting noise of contemporary life.

Wind, Sand and Stars
Wind, Sand and Stars

Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780151970872

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Reminiscences by a flyer in Africa, South America and Europe.

A Book of Silence
A Book of Silence

Author: Sara Maitland

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1619021420

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A personal and cultural exploration of silence and its value in our lives—“[an] artful book, mixing autobiography, travel writing, meditation, and essay” (Independent, UK). In her late forties, after a noisy upbringing as one of six children and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland found herself living alone in the country and, to her surprise, falling in love with silence. In this fascinating, intelligent, and beautifully written book, Maitland describes how she began to explore this new love, spending periods of silence in the Sinai desert, the Scottish hills, and a remote cottage on the Isle of Skye. Maitland also delves deep into the rich cultural history of silence, exploring its significance in fairy tale and myth, its importance to the Western and Eastern religious traditions, and its use in psychoanalysis and artistic expression. Her story culminates in her building a hermitage on an isolated moor in Galloway. “Her book is probably unique in its subject, and timely, because good, healing silence is becoming hard to find, and we may not know we need it” (Guardian, UK).

Wind, Sand & Silence
Wind, Sand & Silence

Author: Victor Englebert

Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 9780811800105

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Here are Englebert's encounters with six of northern Africa's fast-vanishing nomadic tribes. Spanning 26 years of travel over vast areas of the continent, 100 full-color photographs and an anecdotal memoir capture both the freedom and the harshness of African desert life.

Sand and Foam
Sand and Foam

Author: Kahlil Gibran

Publisher:

Published: 1926

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13:

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A book of aphorisms, poems, and parables by the author of "The Prophet" - a philosopher at his window commenting on the scene passing below.

The Wild Silence
The Wild Silence

Author: Raynor Winn

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-04-06

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0525507957

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AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Heartfelt and heartening … a full-throated paean to the fundamental importance of nature in all its glory, fury and impermanence." —Wall Street Journal The incredible follow-up to the international bestseller The Salt Path, a story of finding your way back home. Nature holds the answers for Raynor and her husband Moth. After walking 630 homeless miles along The Salt Path, living on the windswept and wild English coastline; the cliffs, the sky and the chalky earth now feel like their home. Moth has a terminal diagnosis, but together on the wild coastal path, with their feet firmly rooted outdoors, they discover that anything is possible. Now, life beyond The Salt Path awaits and they come back to four walls, but the sense of home is illusive and returning to normality is proving difficult - until an incredible gesture by someone who reads their story changes everything. A chance to breathe life back into a beautiful farmhouse nestled deep in the Cornish hills; rewilding the land and returning nature to its hedgerows becomes their saving grace and their new path to follow. The Wild Silence is a story of hope triumphing over despair, of lifelong love prevailing over everything. It is a luminous account of the human spirit's connection to nature, and how vital it is for us all.