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The art of stillness : adventures in going nowhere / Pico Iyer ; photography by Eydis Einarsdóttir.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : TED Books/Simon & Schuster, 2014Edition: First TED Books hardcover editionDescription: 74 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781476784724 (hbk.)
  • 1476784728 (hbk.)
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Contents:
Going nowhere -- Passage to nowhere -- The charting of stillness -- Alone in the dark -- Stillness where it's needed most -- A secular sabbath -- Coming back home.
Summary: A follow up to Pico Iyer's essay 'The Joy of Quiet,' The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of staying put and reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, the more we seem desperate to unplug.
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Book Garnett Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Garnett Public Library Adult Books 302.23 Iyer, Pico (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35303000253366

Going nowhere -- Passage to nowhere -- The charting of stillness -- Alone in the dark -- Stillness where it's needed most -- A secular sabbath -- Coming back home.

A follow up to Pico Iyer's essay 'The Joy of Quiet,' The Art of Stillness considers the unexpected adventure of staying put and reveals a counterintuitive truth: The more ways we have to connect, the more we seem desperate to unplug.

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