Aflame learning from silence

"From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat. Pico Iyer has made more than 100 retreats over the past three decades to a small Benedictine hermitage, high above the sea in Big Sur, California. He's not a C...

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Main Author: Iyer, Pico (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2025.
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