Booksellers recommend books: U Bookstore on 'Silence: In the Age of Noise'

December 2, 2017 at 6:41AM
"Silence in the Age of Noise" by Erling Kagge
“Silence in the Age of Noise” by Erling Kagge (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

"Silence: In the Age of Noise," by Erling Kagge.

A small, quiet book about not only external noise, but noise inside our heads, and how to find our own silence. A good book for this time of year.

Amy Walden Potvin, University of Minnesota Bookstore

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