The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere
- ISBN-10
- 1476784728
- ISBN-13
- 9781476784724
- Series
- The Art of Stillness
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-04
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Pico Iyer
Description
Explores why modern-day technology is making people more likely to retreat into solitude and quiet, with growing numbers of people practicing yoga, meditation and tai chi and even taking an “Internet Sabbath” where online connections are shut down for a day. 50,000 first printing.
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Other editions
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- 2015-01-06
- 240 pages
- Ebook
- St. Martin's Press
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- 2003-06-14
- 237 pages
- Paperback
- Palgrave Macmillan
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