More Than Silence
Title | More Than Silence PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia A. Burton |
Publisher | ATLA Bibliography Series |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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The Trappist monk Thomas Merton (1915-1968) is considered one of the most influential Catholic writers of the 20th century. With over 80 works translated into more than two dozen languages, the need for a comprehensive reference on Merton's writing is more than necessary. More Than Silence: A Bibliography of Thomas Merton is not only one of the most comprehensive bibliographies on Merton but is also the first bibliography on Merton in more than 20 years. This bibliography features subdivided lists that classify Merton's books into the following categories: prose works, poetry, letters, edits (by other editors), Merton's translations, contributions to books, visual arts, music selections, and selections and composites. Additionally, Albert Romkema, avid book collector and owner of one of the largest private collections of Merton's published works, has contributed a special section on rare books.
The Longest Silence
Title | The Longest Silence PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas McGuane |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0679777571 |
In a compilation of thirty-three essays, the author reflects on the world of angling as he shares his observations on his quarry, great fishing spots around the world, and fishing equipment.
Your Silence Will Not Protect You
Title | Your Silence Will Not Protect You PDF eBook |
Author | Audre Lorde |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | African American women |
ISBN | 9780995716223 |
Your Silence Will Not Protect You collects the essential essays and poems of Audre Lorde for the first time, including the classic 'The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House'. A trailblazer in intersectional feminism, Lorde's luminous writings have inspired a new generation of thinkers and writers charged by the Black Lives Matter movement. Her lyrical and incisive prose takes on sexism, racism, homophobia, and class; reflecting struggle but ultimately offering messages of hope that remain ever-more trenchant today. Also a celebrated poet, Lorde was New York State Poet Laureate until her death; her poetry and prose together produced an aphoristic and incomparably quotable style, as evidenced by her constant presence on many Women's Marches against Trump across the world. This beautiful edition honours the ways in which Lorde's work resonates more than ever thirty years after they were first published.
Unspeakable
Title | Unspeakable PDF eBook |
Author | Harriet Shawcross |
Publisher | Canongate Books |
Pages | 265 |
Release | 2019-03-07 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1786890062 |
'Compassionate' Guardian 'Extremely affecting' Scotsman As a teenager, Harriet Shawcross stopped speaking at school for almost a year. As an adult, she became fascinated by the limits of language. From the inexpressible trauma of trench warfare and the aftermath of natural disaster to the taboo of coming out, Harriet examines all the ways in which words scare us. She studies wartime poet George Oppen, interviews the author of The Vagina Monologues, meets Nepalese earthquake-survivors and the founders of the Samaritans and asks what makes us silent?
The Price of Silence
Title | The Price of Silence PDF eBook |
Author | Liza Long |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2015-08-04 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0147516404 |
Liza Long, the author of “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother"—as seen in the documentaries American Tragedy and HBO®'s A Dangerous Son—speaks out about mental illness. Like most of the nation, Liza Long spent December 14, 2012, mourning the victims of the Newtown shooting. As the mother of a child with a mental illness, however, she also wondered: “What if my son does that someday?” The emotional response she posted on her blog went viral, putting Long at the center of a passionate controversy. Now, she takes the next step. Powerful and shocking, The Price of Silence looks at how society stigmatizes mental illness—including in children—and the devastating societal cost. In the wake of repeated acts of mass violence, Long points the way forward.
A Book of Silence
Title | A Book of Silence PDF eBook |
Author | Sara Maitland |
Publisher | Catapult |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2010-09-01 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1619021420 |
A personal and cultural exploration of silence and its value in our lives—“[an] artful book, mixing autobiography, travel writing, meditation, and essay” (Independent, UK). In her late forties, after a noisy upbringing as one of six children and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland found herself living alone in the country and, to her surprise, falling in love with silence. In this fascinating, intelligent, and beautifully written book, Maitland describes how she began to explore this new love, spending periods of silence in the Sinai desert, the Scottish hills, and a remote cottage on the Isle of Skye. Maitland also delves deep into the rich cultural history of silence, exploring its significance in fairy tale and myth, its importance to the Western and Eastern religious traditions, and its use in psychoanalysis and artistic expression. Her story culminates in her building a hermitage on an isolated moor in Galloway. “Her book is probably unique in its subject, and timely, because good, healing silence is becoming hard to find, and we may not know we need it” (Guardian, UK).
Total Silence
Title | Total Silence PDF eBook |
Author | T. J. MacGregor |
Publisher | Pinnacle Books |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780786015580 |
Florida psychic Mira Morales finds her family vacation turning into a terrifying nightmare when she is kidnapped and held hostage in total silence by a twisted psychopath who is preparing to unleash a deadly campaign of vengeance.