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Silence: In the Age of Noise

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What is silence?Where can it be found?Why is it now more important than ever?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, artists, and explorers, Kagge shows us why silence is essential to sanity and happiness—and how it can open doors to wonder and gratitude.(With full-color photographs throughout.) 

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ISBN9780241309872
PublisherViking
Publication Date09/28/17
Pages160

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  • bibliotherapy
    bibliotherapy

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    Classic case of 'cover-victim' here. It's beautifully designed on the outside. It's not a bad book, it has some very valid and valuable points, it's just very cleverly formatted so that about 20 pages in a standard non-fiction book can fill up an entire 'book' that way. Lots of picture-pages, lot's of half-filled pages combined with a general big font-size. For everyone who doesn't have the time or stamina to read 'Dopamine', this could be a great first easy readable step to get a short-clipped version of the general idea behind it too. It simply took me this long to read, because it's essay-style is not really gripping and rather tempting to be left and forgotten on the nightstand in between the short parts.

    Dec 20, 2023

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