The ragged edge of silence
Subtitle: finding peace in a noisy world
By: John Francis
Contributors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Publisher: National Geographic
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781426207235
Subjects: Silence
Description: Francis explores the long tradition of silence and its effect through the ages, as well as the enormous impact it has on the modern world.
Table of contents: title: Beginning; title: Before; title: Life in a journal; title: Father's visit, 1974; title: Ending and beginning: the New Year; title: Visions; title: Signs, dreams, and visions; title: Walking north; title: Guns and spirits; title: Shaking the trees; title: Mr. Death; title: Three educations; title: School of reflection: gathering the tools; title: Dreaming boats; title: Studies and reflections; title: The invisible path; title: Study silence; title: Feathers, oil, and silence; title: Thanksgiving: seven years and a day; title: Thank you for being here; title: Sign language; title: I'm a rose; title: Epilogue: Writing from silence.