Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search for truth. He answers an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned office with a full-grown gorilla who is nibbling delicately on a slender branch. "You are the teacher?" he asks incredulously. "I am the teacher," the gorilla replies. Ishmael is a creature of immense wisdom and he has a story to tell, one that no other human being has ever heard. It is a story that extends backward and forward over the lifespan of the earth from the birth of time to a future there is still time save. Like all great teachers, Ishmael refuses to make the lesson easy; he demands the final illumination to come from within ourselves. Is it man's destiny to rule the world? Or is it a higher destiny possible for him-- one more wonderful than he has ever imagined? more
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-25-2009
- You will never look at the world the same
Ishmael is an amazing book, it takes you on a journey and will thoroughly change the way you look at your world and and the interactions of man and and world. You must read this.
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-13-2009
- Incredible Assessment of Society / Ishmael's View must be realized
I found this to be a wonderful story with more Historical Significance put forth then I accumulated in all my school years. Yet delivered in a magnificent story which I could not put this book down. I am now on a quest to read all of...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-12-2009
- Great spiritual read
As soon as I saw "A Novel By...", I decided to approach this book as one intended to sway the reader that man's impact on the earth as a whole has been negative (nevermind that the earth may decide to kill all living creatures one of...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-27-2009
- True wisdom
Reading this book, which is an essay, disguised as a novel, I felt like I was talking to a higher intelligence, and I ve read lots of books.It is an amazing analysis of our civilization, capturing its essence and the reasons of its...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-25-2009
- You will never look at the world the same
Ishmael is an amazing book, it takes you on a journey and will thoroughly change the way you look at your world and and the interactions of man and and world. You must read this.
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jan-21-2008
- Waiting for the revelation
I bought this book because a friend told me that it would change my outlook on the world. Although it was an interesting book with some interesting ideas, I'm still waiting for the big revelation. Definitely worth the read (it reads...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-18-2009
- This book made me want to claw my face off
This had to be one of the most painful books I have ever read. This book seriously took me five weeks to read because I couldn't read more than twenty pages at a time without having to take a break. I kept reading it because I figured...
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