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1) Quiet: poems
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A thrilling Black British poet making her American debut explores the importance of "quiet" in producing forms of community, resistance, and love"--
Author
Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways and materialism exerts such a powerful influence over us, Cardinal Robert Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The modern world generates so much noise, he says, that seeking moments of silence has become both harder and more necessary than ever before. Silence is the indispensable doorway to the divine, explains the cardinal in this profound conversation with Nicolas...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Urano, S.A.U
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"From a mindfulness expert and a leadership coach, a book that looks at the science, psychology, philosophy, and spirituality of silence by giving new context to the noise all around us--physical and metaphorical--to change the way we hear and experience the world"--
Author
Publisher
Transit Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mara is a simultaneous interpreter who moves to a provincial town in Argentina in order to speak as little as possible for a year. Steeled with the ten rules of silence set out in her manual of rhetoric, she takes a job as a guard in the local museum. The advantages of her work are threatened when she's asked to assist in the re-embalming of the museum's pride and joy: two horses-of great national and historical significance-are disintegrating and...
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"When a child is asked to "Please, be quiet!" they sit silent ... and their imagination sweeps them away on a breathtaking journey. Through the window, the child can hear the trees breathe and watches them sway back and forth as they begin to dance. Then bears join in, accompanied by the child on their drum, making so much noise they wake up a dragon! The dragon's smoky breath fills the sky, and the wind forms a knight on a steed that gallops through...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The Abbott family must now face the terrors of the outside world as they fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Publisher
The Cinema Guild Inc
Pub. Date
[2017?]
Language
English
Description
"Responding to the increase of noise pollution, a 'major environmental and public health burden' according to the World Health Organization, In Pursuit of Silence is a meditative exploration of our relationship with silence, sound and the impact of noise on our lives. This critical acclaimed documentary takes us on an immersive cinematic journey around the globe - from Denali National Park in Alaska to a forest outside of Tokyo, where a researcher...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In 1993, Norwegian explorer Erling Kagge spent fifty days walking solo across Antarctica, becoming the first person to reach the South Pole alone, accompanied only by a radio whose batteries he had removed before setting out. In this book. an astonishing and transformative meditation, Kagge explores the silence around us, the silence within us, and the silence we must create. By recounting his own experiences and discussing the observations of poets,...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A desperately needed wake-up call for a world that demands we keep tweeting, posting, and podcasting that proves the most important thing might be to shut up! By identifying the six types of overtalkers and the six principles to cure our babbling ways, STFU empowers us to become better at nearly every facet of our daily lives and in our most treasured relationships"--
Author
Publisher
LB, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Yoshio delights in the everyday sounds of Tokyo, but when a musician tells him that her favorite sound is ma, the Japanese word for silence, Yoshio sets out to hear this sound for himself among the hustle and bustle of the city. Includes information on the Japanese concept of ma.
14) Silence
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A debut picture book that investigates where in the world silence can be found and celebrates the unexpected sounds revealed along the way. In this beautifully designed high-concept picture book, an unnamed narrator invites readers on a journey to find the secrets held by silence. Whether it's the echoes in an underground cave, whales singing in the ocean, or even your own stomach gurgling - readers will discover the secret sounds surrounding us,...
15) El poder sanador del silencio: transforma tu mente y alcanza el bienestar a traves de la meditación
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
"La ansiedad, la angustia, el insomnio o la ira - cada vez más frecuentes - nos atrapan en estados de inquietud, miedo o desesperanza, una sensación de vacío que nuestra mente insiste en llenar de amenazas. Encarcelados por los pensamientos negativos, vamos haciendo ajustes disfuncionales que perpetúan el sufrimiento. Sin embargo, tenemos la capacidad de adquirir sabiduría y habilidad en el adiestramiento mental, para transitar ese dolor, aliviarlo...
17) Shhh
Author
Publisher
Schiffer Kids
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Find all the sounds of everyday in the story's colorful illustrations, then find out how to switch them off.
Author
Publisher
Kairós
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
"A través de historias cargadas de humor y relatos prácticos, Osho nos ofrece en este sutil libro meditaciones y consejos prácticos para saborear el silencio de nuestro día a día."--Elsotano.com
"Using humorous stories and practical tips, Osho explores the benefits of silence in human interactions and daily routines. His words themselves are a reflection of the stillness in which they were pronounced. Life is presented as a mystery that needs...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The first half of this book is a ... wide-ranging yet concise survey of the idea of silence in Christian theology and in the practices of all kinds of Christians through the centuries. In the second half, different kinds of quiet in Christian history come under scrutiny"--Review, Sunday Times (London).
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