After gaining a first class degree at Oxford, Graham Turner worked for the Scotsman and the Sunday Times. He then became nationally recognised as the BBC's first Economics Correspondent. Thereafter he worked for the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph writing substantial features which had considerable national influence. He currently lives in Oxford.

• Preface \ 1. Silence? No Thanks! \ 2. India: Silence in the genes \ 3. Holy Men - and Women \ 4. No Words, Please \ 5. A Chance to Hear Yourself \ 6. Silences which Speak \ 7. Opting for the Quiet Life \ 8. Letting Go \ 9. The Silence of the Mountains \ 10. A Shared Silence \ 11. Better than Bullets \ 12. The Rigours of Zen \ 13 The Prisoner's Tale \ 14. Desert Fathers \ 15. The Power in Silence

After gaining a first class degree at Oxford, Graham Turner worked for the Scotsman and the Sunday Times. He then became nationally recognised as the BBC's first Economics Correspondent. Thereafter he worked for the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph writing substantial features which had considerable national influence. He currently lives in Oxford.

• Preface \ 1. Silence? No Thanks! \ 2. India: Silence in the genes \ 3. Holy Men - and Women \ 4. No Words, Please \ 5. A Chance to Hear Yourself \ 6. Silences which Speak \ 7. Opting for the Quiet Life \ 8. Letting Go \ 9. The Silence of the Mountains \ 10. A Shared Silence \ 11. Better than Bullets \ 12. The Rigours of Zen \ 13 The Prisoner's Tale \ 14. Desert Fathers \ 15. The Power in Silence

After gaining a first class degree at Oxford, Graham Turner worked for the Scotsman and the Sunday Times. He then became nationally recognised as the BBC's first Economics Correspondent. Thereafter he worked for the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph writing substantial features which had considerable national influence. He currently lives in Oxford.

• Preface \ 1. Silence? No Thanks! \ 2. India: Silence in the genes \ 3. Holy Men - and Women \ 4. No Words, Please \ 5. A Chance to Hear Yourself \ 6. Silences which Speak \ 7. Opting for the Quiet Life \ 8. Letting Go \ 9. The Silence of the Mountains \ 10. A Shared Silence \ 11. Better than Bullets \ 12. The Rigours of Zen \ 13 The Prisoner's Tale \ 14. Desert Fathers \ 15. The Power in Silence