2012, ISBN: 0965762823

[SR: 10504619], Paperback, [EAN: 9780965762823], Iconoclassics Publishing Co., Iconoclassics Publishing Co., Book, [PU: Iconoclassics Publishing Co.], Iconoclassics Publishing Co., The Ne… Mehr…

[SR: 10504619], Paperback, [EAN: 9780965762823], Iconoclassics Publishing Co., Iconoclassics Publishing Co., Book, [PU: Iconoclassics Publishing Co.], Iconoclassics Publishing Co., The New Age is old. The Now Age is new. The Truth Age is fast upon us and We Hold These Truths... takes us there. amusing collection of stories about a Truth Bomb falling upon the world illustrates the positive, paradigm-shifting changes­--in fast forward--that seem to portend 2012. We Hold These Truths... is an apocalyptic novel in rhymed verse, with a happy ending. Like a combination of Kahlil Gibran, George Orwell, and Dr. Seuss, this epic tale in 20 chapters follows the lives of ordinary people--a tailor, a doctor, a teacher, a company CEO, a shop keeper, a housewife, a priest, a Senator, and an auto worker--and follows them through their trials, tribulations, revelations and rebirth in the aftermath of the most unusual bomb in all history: a bomb that compels the world's peoples to live their Truths. For example: An oil company CEO decides to close his ecologically-destructive business in favor of teaching self-reliance: "Joe then decided his new occupation should be in the field of illumination. / He started giving his secrets away / about power from sun, wind, water and hay. / Though his client base tapered he had little concern. / There's always another one waiting to learn." A village fool becomes recognized for his natural wisdom: "Tom said, 'All you need is the Golden Rule. / Its implications are awesome. / Reflect upon this simple tool / then take your other laws and toss 'em.' / How strange that Tom, once a repulsive bum / was now the guy who on the pulse had his thumb!" Although the Truth Bomb brings relief and euphoria, some are still wary of the changes, but: "No one wanted to go back / to that soon-forgotten state of lack / in which everything desirable / was held aloft as aspirable / but, like the carrot on the stick, was unacquirable." And in the final chapter, unemployed and disgruntled auto workers become inspired to utilize their own ingenuity, rather than depending upon the paternal corporation. By so doing they begin to generate micro-economies within their neighborhoods based on barter, sharing, and cooperation. "When the Truth Bomb came it affected Jay's head. / Instead of feeling useless he picked up some thread / and sewed some clothes then traded those / for Dean s tomatoes. / And Dean used part of his haul / to get shoes from Paul / who read the paper / he got from Draper." All of this occurs, not through moralistic compulsion, deprivation, shame, blame and regret, but by the simple Truth of owning up to what one already knows inside and cannot in Truth deny., 1000, Subjects, 1, Arts & Photography, 2, Biographies & Memoirs, 3, Business & Money, 3248857011, Calendars, 4, Children's Books, 12290, Christian Books & Bibles, 4366, Comics & Graphic Novels, 5, Computers & Technology, 6, Cookbooks, Food & Wine, 48, Crafts, Hobbies & Home, 8975347011, Education & Teaching, 173507, Engineering & Transportation, 301889, Gay & Lesbian, 10, Health, Fitness & Dieting, 9, History, 86, Humor & Entertainment, 10777, Law, 17, Literature & Fiction, 173514, Medical Books, 18, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, 20, Parenting & Relationships, 3377866011, Politics & Social Sciences, 21, Reference, 22, Religion & Spirituality, 23, Romance, 75, Science & Math, 25, Science Fiction & Fantasy, 4736, Self-Help, 26, Sports & Outdoors, 28, Teen & Young Adult, 5267710011, Test Preparation, 27, Travel, 283155, Books<

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