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      Calm: Vintage Minis

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      How do we find calm in our frantic modern world? The author - lifelong sceptic of all things spiritual - finds himself on a Buddhist meditation retreat trying to answer this very question. He recounts his journey from disbelief to something approaching inner peace and tackles ...

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      Product ID:9781784872595
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Vintage Minis
      Title:Calm
      Subtitle:Vintage Minis
      Authors:Author: Tim Parks
      Page Count:112
      Subjects:Memoirs, Memoirs, Buddhism, Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions, Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization, Buddhism, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation
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      How do we find calm in our frantic modern world? The author - lifelong sceptic of all things spiritual - finds himself on a Buddhist meditation retreat trying to answer this very question. He recounts his journey from disbelief to something approaching inner peace and tackles one of the great mysteries of our time - how to survive this modern age.

      How do we find calm in our frantic modern world? Tim Parks – lifelong sceptic of all things spiritual - finds himself on a Buddhist meditation retreat trying to answer this very question. With brutal honesty and dry wit, he recounts his journey from disbelief to something approaching inner peace and tackles one of the great mysteries of our time – how to survive in this modern age.

      Selected from the book Teach us to Sit Still by Tim Parks

      VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.

      A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human

      Also in the Vintage Minis series:
      Swimming by Roger Deakin
      Motherhood by Helen Simpson
      Work by Joseph Heller
      Liberty by Virginia Woolf


      Imprint Name:Vintage Classics
      Publisher Name:Vintage Publishing
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2017-06-08

      Additional information

      Weight68 g
      Dimensions180 × 118 × 8 mm