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My Ishmael | 
| Author: Daniel Quinn
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  93 reviews
Sales Rank: 31896
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0553379658
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553379655
ASIN: 0553379658
Publication Date: October 6, 1998
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Condition: corners and edges curling.tanning on edges.little soiling on cover Used - Good. Sound Copy. Mild Reading Wear. Books uploaded via isbn and stock photos may be different than actual book cover.
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brWinner of the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship, Daniel Quinn's BIshmael/B is an underground bestseller and a testament for a burgeoning spiritual movement. Now Quinn presents an extraordinary sequel, a companion novel so startlingly original that even Ishmael's most faithful readers will not predict its outcome....PWhen Ishmael places an advertisement for pupils with "an earnest desire to save the world," he does not expect a child to answer him. But twelve-year-old Julie Gerchak is undaunted by Ishmael's reluctance to teach someone so young, and convinces him to take her on as his next student. Ishmael knows he can't apply the same strategies with Julie that he used with his first pupil, Alan Lomax--nor can he hope for the same outcome. But young Julie proves that she is ready to forge her own spiritual path--and arrive at her own destination. And when the time comes to choose a pupil to carry out his greatest mission yet, Ishmael makes a daring decision--a choice that just might change the world.
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 My Ishmael September 16, 2008
I expected My Ishmael to be excellent and it is. If you want to understand the world you live in read the book. This seems like a simple request, but it takes some giving up.
Not Ishmael March 10, 2008
For lovers of Ishmael, this novel falls short of the power of the earlier Daniel Quinn piece. I agree with the critique of the American education system, but his "take your kids to work" concept is naive. It's worth reading, but don't expect it to change the way you look at the world the way Ishmael did.
Excellent Follow-Up to Ishmael January 29, 2008
I really liked this as a follow-up to Ishmael. I actually read it right after, not realizing that the Story of B was in between. But it works out even if you read it in that order. br /br /The writing isn't the best, but the message is far too important to quibble over talent, in my opinion. Everyone should read this book, even if you end up disagreeing with it.br /
Ishmael review September 9, 2007
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The book came in a timely mannner in excellent condition. I thought both the purchase price and shipping costs were reasonable and definitely better than the college bookstore's pricing.
new tribal revolution July 8, 2007
although quinn once again is tackling ideas that are taken for granted in society, in My Ishmael he shows what we can actually do to help save the world(from oursleves that is). The new tribal revolution is simply a paradigm shift about how the benefits of a business are to flow throughout its members-equally instead of unequally. br /br /tribalism is the social organization which has proved to be most effective through human development by trial and error. inside My Ishmael Quinn unlocks the tribal treasury which all who embrace tribalism. do it. tribalism can essential take us from being an individual based society to a group of real communities.
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