Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise 0062224697

The power of silence: against the dictatorship of noise 9781621641919, 9781681497587, 1621641910

Now with a new afterword by Pope emeritus Benedict XVI! In a time when technology penetrates our lives in so many ways

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Silence: In the Age of Noise 2017012758, 9781524733230, 9781524733247

"A joyful celebration" (NPR) that shows us why silence is essential to our sanity and happiness—and how it can

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Silence: The Currency Of Power 9781782387497

This book is about silence and power and how they interact. It argues that only by studying how silence works—how it is

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The Noise of Culture: Literary Texts in a World of Information 9781501742910

He concludes that literature functions as the noise of culture, a source of variety in the circulation and production of

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Organizing Silence: A World of Possibilities 9780791439425,  9780791439418

A thought-provoking look at how silence is embedded in our language, society, and institutions. Sexual harassment is exp

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Waves of Silence: Digisonix, Active Noise Control, and the Digital Revolution [1 ed.] 0972187529, 9780972187527

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The Vatican in World Politics [full]

The importance of this book cannot be exaggerated. Properly understood, it offers both a clue and a key to the painfully

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One Square Inch of Silence: One Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World 1416559825, 2008036949, 9781416559825

In the visionary tradition of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, One Square Inch of Silence alerts us to beauty that we take

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The Sound of Silence: Lowest-Noise RIAA Phono-Amps: Designer's Guide [1 ed.] 3540768831, 9783540768838

There is a wide field of tasks left that can only be satisfyingly attacked with the help of old-fashioned analogue techn

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Who is Afraid of the State?: Canada in a World of Multiple Centres of Power 9781442683396

The essays in this collection argue that ? contrary to some private-sector populists ? the state is in the best position

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