Nonfiction | Health, Fitness & Dieting

A Book of Silence

by Sara Maitland

2020-06-17 14:00:44

Compare Price
After a noisy upbringing as one of six children, and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland began to crave silence. Over the past five years, she has spent periods of silence in the Sinai Desert and the Australian bush and on the Isl... Read more
After a noisy upbringing as one of six children, and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland began to crave silence. Over the past five years, she has spent periods of silence in the Sinai Desert and the Australian bush and on the Isle of Skye. She interweaves these experiences with the history of silence told through fairy tale and myth, Western and Eastern religious traditions, the Enlightenment and psychoanalysis, up to the ambivalence towards silence in contemporary society. Maitland has built a hermitage on an isolated Scottish moor, and the book culminates powerfully with her experiences of silence in this new home. Less

Book Details

File size9.1x6.06x0.86inches
Print pages311
PublisherCounterpoint LLC
Publication date August 1, 2010
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781582436135
autor-image
Sara Maitland
Author
SARA MAITLAND is the author of numerous works of fiction, including the Somerset Maugham Award-winning Daughters of Jerusalem, and several non-fiction books about religion. Born in 1950, she studied a...

Compare Prices

Store Availability Book Format Condition Price
BetterWorld.com - New, Used, Rare Books & Textbooks In Stock Buy USD 4.10
Indigo Books & Music In Stock Paperback Paperback Buy CAD 17.50
BOOKSAMILLION.COM In Stock Paperback Paperback Buy USD 16.95
BetterWorld.com - New, Used, Rare Books & TextbooksIn Stock
Format
Condition
Buy USD 4.10
Indigo Books & MusicIn Stock
Format
Paperback
Condition
Paperback
Buy CAD 17.50
BOOKSAMILLION.COMIn Stock
Format
Paperback
Condition
Paperback
Buy USD 16.95
Available Discount
No Discount available

Related Books

View All
FREE
The Barbarity of Circumcision as a Remedy for Congenital Abnormality
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
Warum Wir Sterben
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Conquer Type 2 Diabetes with a Ketogenic Diet
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Understanding and Overcoming Misophonia, 2nd edition: A Conditioned Aversive Reflex Disorder Thomas
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The Complete Book of Pilates for Men: The Lifetime Plan for Strength, Power, and Peak Performance
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Hermetic Magic : The Postmodern Magical Papyrus of Abaris
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Younger
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
How to Live; Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The Sorcerer's Secrets
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Fairies
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Living Life to the Fullest with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Diet for Dancers : A Complete Guide to Nutrition and Weight Control for Dancers and Others
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Edgar Cayce's Quick & Easy Remedies
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The Ancient Alien Question
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Anatomy & Bodybuilding : A Complete Visual Guide
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Primal Nutrition : Paleolithic and Ancestral Diets for Optimal Health
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Crystal Enlightenment : The Transforming Properties of Crystals and Healing Stones
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
A Nurse's Guide to Presenting and Publishing : Dare to Share
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Haunts of Old Louisville
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The Ghost Next Door : True Stories of Paranormal Encounters from Everyday People
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
FREE
The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
The Nature of Personal Reality
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
If My Body Is a Temple, Why Am I Eating Doughnuts?
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Thirty More Chic Days : Creating an Inspired Mindset for a Magical Life
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Join us and get access to all
your favourite books

Sign up for free and start exploring thousands of eBooks today.

Sign up for free

Stay in touch.

© 2026 AMPLE READS