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Common Book 2013-14: In Pursuit of Silence: Intro & Chapter 1

In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise is the 2013-14 Common Book.

Online Resources: Intro & Ch. 1

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Brooklyn Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
1 Kings 19:11-12
NASA Bio: Suni Williams
A Week on the Concord & Merrimack Rivers
Text of the book by Henry David Thoreau from Project Gutenberg
Bio: Mario A. Svirsky, PhD
July 2008: U.S. facing possible hearing loss epidemic
Chapter 1: New Melleray Abbey
BBC: Events around "Highway of Death" in Gulf War
Bio: Lidia Glodzik, MD, PhD
NYT: Women Who Prefer Silence (Silent Widows)
Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance
Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances...
Free eBook from Google - mentioned in Ch. 1

Articles & Books

Neural correlates of attentional expertise in long-term meditation practitioners
Study using fMRI technology mentioned in the introduction.

Here are a few of the resources referenced in the text.

Neural Dynamics of Event Segmentation in Music

2007 journal article about study by Stanford University neuroscientists mentioned in the introduction.
To Give up on Words: Silence in Western Apache Culture
1970 journal article referenced in Ch. 1