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My Ishmael
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780553379655
ISBN: 0553379658
Label: Bantam
Manufacturer: Bantam
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: October 06, 1998
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date: October 06, 1998
Studio: Bantam
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Editorial Review:
Winner of the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship, Daniel Quinn's Ishmael is a 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....When 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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Not Ishmael
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.
Rating: - Excellent Follow-Up to Ishmael
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.
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.
Rating:  - Ishmael review
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.
Rating: - new tribal revolution
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.
tribalism is the social organization which has proved to be most effective through human development by trial and error. inside My Ishmael Quinn unlocks ... Read More
Rating: - Civilization Trashed
An outstanding account of how power came to the hands of a few!
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