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The No.9 Bus to Utopia
eBook - How one man's extraordinary journey led to a quiet revolution
ISBN/EAN: 9781783520367
Umbreit-Nr.: 8202853
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 280 S., 5.22 MB
Format in cm:
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 26.06.2014
Auflage: 1/2014
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <p>When David Bramwells girlfriend left him for someone she described as 'younger, but more mature than you', he decided he had something to learn about giving. Taking a year off, he journeyed through Europe and America seeking out extraordinary communities that could teach him how to share. He wanted answers to a few troubling questions: Is modern life rubbish? Why do so many of us feel lonely and unfulfilled despite a high standard of living? Are there communities out there who hold the key to happiness? And if so, why do so many of their inhabitants insist on dressing in tie-dye?</p><p>His quest led him to an anarchist haven in the heart of Copenhagen; some hair-raising experiences in free love communities; an epiphany in a spiritual caravan park in Scotland and an apparent paradise in a Californian community dreamed up by Aldous Huxley. Most impressive of all was Damanhur, a 1000-strong science fiction- style community in the Alps with an underground temple the size of St Paul's Cathedral, a village of tree houses and a fully-functioning time machine'.</p><p>Inspired, he returned home with a desire to change. Not just himself but also his neighbourhood and city. Find out how he succeeded in this wry and self-deprecatingly funny spiritual journey that asks some big questions and finds the answers surprisingly simple.</p>
- Kurztext
- How one man's extraordinary journey led to a quiet revolution
- Autorenportrait
- Dr David Bramwell is a one-man cottage industry; creator of Brighton's Catalyst Club; a music teacher and singer/songwriter for the band Oddfellow's Casino and co-creator of the cult performance piece<i>Sing-</i><i>Along-A-Wickerman</i>. He won a Sony Award for his BBC Radio 3 programme<i>Haunted Moustache</i>, and Best Comedy and Outstanding Theatre awards for his storytelling shows.
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- How one man's extraordinary journey led to a quiet revolution.