Waiting for Civilization: Meditations and Adventures in Reverence for Life - Couverture souple

Bjorn, Arik

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1522997849 ISBN 13 : 9781522997849

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Civilization exists, right? After all, humans have walked on the Moon and sent robotic rovers to Mars. But Arik Bjorn, who recently ran for U.S. Congress as the 2016 Democratic Party / Green Party fusion candidate for South Carolina's 2nd Congressional District, argues that humanity has only just begun taking baby steps toward Civilization. Otherwise, there would be far more advances in global food programs and virtually no public sacrifices of zoo giraffes and Parisian cartoonists.

In this collection of essays, Bjorn examines the ape hate that still reigns inside us--from Haiti's Auschwitz to squashed caterpillars to the Confederate Flag--and makes the case that a global foundation of Reverence for Life must be laid before True Civilization can exist. Every person has a part to play in establishing this foundation: "It will in fact take tens of billions of acts of kindness and thoughtful gestures to finish laying." Only then can the world attain Martin Luther King Jr.'s "audacious hope" for humanity.

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Bjorn has published 11 books. His most recent title, BRONX NIGHTS is "an epic, Autistic, Long COVID, Big Apple memoir." Amidst Godzilla on the George Washington Bridge and all the talking skyscrapers, the author searches desperately for a cure for Long COVID and heartbreak.

Bjorn's most popular book is UBER NIGHTS, a memoir about his late-night rideshare adventures in the Deep South. In South Carolina, you never know if your next passenger will be a naked lady with a toothbrush, a banana spider, or a punch-drunk redneck.

Before that, he published THIS IS NOT A SELF-HELP BOOK: AND YOU CAN TOO!, is a Jesus take the wheel (of cheese) health recovery journey memoir. If you're going to lose 85 pounds, might as well write about it.

Arik Bjorn is holed up in New York in the aftermath of BRONX NIGHTS. He is working on a children's story, FOR A TIME.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Arik Bjorn is a novelist, screenwriter and essayist, but most of all, a dedicated father. He enjoys French silk pie as well as a quality shot of bourbon. His writing explores such themes as the Problem of Pain and building Civilization (or at least humanity's efforts to-date). Bjorn was the 2016 Democratic Party / Green Party fusion U.S. Congressional candidate for South Carolina's 2nd District. His writing has been featured on Forward Progressives and Patheos. His work has been read by lots of folks in 190 countries. Bjorn holds degrees in archaeology/ancient languages and library science. He has five other books available on Amazon: "The R-Rated Theologian," "Why Bad Things Happen to Good Parrots," a short story collection "Birds of a Feather," and "So I Ran for Congress," which chronicles his experience running for U.S. Congress against Joe "You Lie!" Wilson. His most recent title is also his first book of verse, "Pocket Lint." Follow Arik Bjorn on Twitter, Facebook and at his website www.VikingWord.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1522997849
• ISBN 13: 9781522997849
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 225
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg