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Albert's home is very loud--and all he wants to do is read! He escapes outside for some peace, and thinks he's found it at last. But, one by one, his friends boisterously infiltrate his space until Albert just can't take it anymore...and snaps! How will his friends react?
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"The first half of this book is a ... wide-ranging yet concise survey of the idea of silence in Christian theology and in the practices of all kinds of Christians through the centuries. In the second half, different kinds of quiet in Christian history come under scrutiny"--Review, Sunday Times (London)
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"En la contemplación silenciosa se produce una investigación vivencial en la misma conciencia que investiga. La acción de la sabiduría en la conciencia de quien contempla en una verdadera revolución: la revolución del silencio"--Contianer.
In the fast-paced world of today, with global communications and markets, everyone wants to find the quick, easy way to connect with their inner core. But Consuelo Martín has devised an experiment with silence....
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"The fifth of eight children, Chris Forhan was born into a family of silence. His mother and father often sat in the same room but exchanged no words. He and his siblings learned, without being told, that certain thoughts and feelings were not to be shared. On the evenings his father didn't come home, the rest of the family would eat dinner without him, his whereabouts unknown, his absence pronounced but unspoken. And on a cold night just before Christmas...