Books with title The Sound of Silence

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We live in a nervous, hurrying age, and too much cannot be said about the resources of the meditative life. To be restfully silent is of course to be calm within..If you are to meditate in peace you must be peaceful. The silent time is needed largely as a preparation for the remainder of the day. Learn the Power of Silence. Activate the Power of Silence.

Seventeen-year-old Hope Long's life revolves around her brother Jeremy. So when Jeremy is accused of killing the town's beloved baseball coach, Hope's world begins to unravel. Everyone is convinced Jeremy did it, and since he hasn't spoken a word in 9 years, he's unable to defend himself. Their lawyer instructs Hope to convince the jury that Jeremy is insane, but all her life Hope has known that Jeremy's just different than other people—better, even. As she works to prove his innocence—joined by her best friend T.J. and the sheriff's son, Chase—Hope uncovers secrets about the murder, the townspeople, her family, and herself. She knows her brother isn't the murderer. But as she comes closer to the truth, she's terrified to find out who is.

Fifteen-year-old Sinclair Vox is a storyteller: ever since he was little, he has been scribbling in notebooks, trying to pen an epic. Now, someone has brought to life an eldritch plague which robs the sound from the world, and Sinclair is the only one in his hometown who still has his voice. Confronted by the realization that his story has preserved him, Sinclair sets out to find a story strong enough to rid his home of the Silence forever. Guided by a magazine editor whose past is shrouded in mystery and pursued by a woman who can spread the Silence with a wave of her hand, Sinclair must travel to the Island City of Rieve, where a secret may be lurking that could dispel the darkness and save his family. In pursuit of one secret, however, Sinclair will uncover a host of others, and will ultimately find himself standing beside Sarah Averielle, the governor's daughter, at the center of a plot to take over the Island City, a battle for the country of North Decting, and a nine-year-long quest for vengeance. Out of the chaos emerges a horror more terrifying than he could ever have imagined, and Sinclair must find a way to save himself, his family, and his hometown before the Silence crushes the life out of an entire country. In the end, he will discover that the only story that can stand against the Silence is his own.

When an otherworldly hush falls over the town of Paxton and paralyzes its inhabitants, fifteen-year-old Sinclair Vox is the only one left with a voice. Protected from the curse by a story he has only just begun to tell, he must flee his home to find a way to free his family.Two hundred miles to the east, the Island City of Rieve holds a secret which could be Paxton's salvation-- but in order to obtain it, Sinclair will have to unravel a plot to take over the country of North Decting and confront a monster more horrifying than anything he has ever imagined.With the help of the governor's daughter, an itinerant songstress, and a storyteller with a mysterious past, Sinclair might be able to save his hometown.If the Silence doesn't take him first.

A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname-Buffalo Bill-is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter's insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill. Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. His cryptic clues-about Buffalo Bill and about her-launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling. An ingenious, masterfully written novel, The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling.

Shorlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and the Costa Novel Award Booker-winning novelist Pat Barker imagines the untold story of the women at the heart of history's greatest epic 'Magnificent... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers' Evening Standard 'Chilling, powerful, audacious... A searing twist on The Iliad . Amid the recent slew of rewritings of the great Greek myths and classics, Barker's stands out for its forcefulness of purpose and earthy compassion' The Times 'A stunning return to form' Observer There was a woman at the heart of the Trojan war whose voice has been silent - till now... Briseis was a queen until her city was destroyed. Now she is slave to Achilles, the man who butchered her husband and brothers. Trapped in a world defined by men, can she survive to become the author of her own story? Discover the greatest Greek myth of all - retold by the witness history forgot. 'Make[s] you reflect on the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, the women throughout history who have been told by men to forget their trauma... You are in the hands of a writer at the height of her powers ' Evening Standard Praise for Pat Barker: 'Barker delves unflinchingly into the enduring mysteries of human motivation ' Sunday Telegraph 'She is not only a fine chronicler of war but of human nature' Independent 'Barker is a writer of crispness and clarity and an unflinching seeker of the germ of what it means to be human' Herald 'You go to her for plain truths, a driving storyline and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world ' Guardian

Alex is seventeen years old, and she feels her life has come to an end. After being involved in an accident that killed her best friend, she doesn't see why anyone would want her around. Sentenced to community service, she is assigned to spend time with Joanie, a severely disabled girl who is trapped in a body she can't control and seemingly unable to communicate. Alex comes to believe that maybe Joanie can be reached, and that together they can find a way to connect with the world around them―Alex from her self-imposed exile, and Joanie for the first time. Joanie has been listening and watching as the world goes on around her for all of her seventeen years. But she is so full of words and thoughts and images that if she ever could figure out a way to let them loose, they would come swirling out in a torrent of syllables. She would fill every room with the colors of her dreams until the whole world became a rainbow of her making. If only she could figure out a way…