On Quiet

Author: Nikki Gemmell

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Price : $14.99 AUD
ISBN : 9780522873238
Publisher : Melbourne University Publishing
Imprint : Melbourne University Press
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Weight (g) : 0.102
Publication date : April 2018
Dimensions : 1.2 Centimeters X 11 Centimeters X 15 Centimeters
Produced in : Australia
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Availability date : April 2018
Out of print date : June 2020
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Description

International bestselling author Nikki Gemmell writes on the power of quiet in today's shouty world. Quiet comes as a shock in these troubled times. Quietism means 'devotional contemplation and abandonment of the will a a calm acceptance of things as they are'. Gemmell makes the case for why quiet is steadily gaining ground in this noisy age- Why we need it now more than ever. How to glean quiet, hold on to it, and work within it.

Author description

Nikki Gemmell is the author of nine novels and four works of non-fiction. Her books have been translated into 22 languages. She is a columnist for The Australian.

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The Bundjalung of Byron Bay Arakwal People have lived in the coastal landscape around Byron Bay for at least 22,000 years.We acknowledge and show respect for the original people on the land on which we are based. We respectfully acknowledge the ancient cultural presence in the Australian landscape by First Nation peoples and their ongoing traditional and spiritual custodianship of the marine areas, beaches, bush, rivers, lakes and mountains.