Ishmael By Daniel Quinn
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is one of those rare pieces of literature that will completely change your life. It gives the reader a completely new perspective on the world and answers many questions about why things are so messed up.
"I didn't want a guru or a kung fu master or a spiritual director. I didn't want to become a sorcerer or learn the zen of archery or meditate or align my chakras or uncover mast incarnations...I was after something else entirely, but it wasn't in the Yellow Pages or anywhere else that I could discover."
- Daniel Quinn
It's hard to put into words what exactly Ishmael is about. What is much easier is to describe what it does to you. This book will hit you over the head. It will send you reeling. It will wake you up and for a little while you won't know who or what you are.
Many books profess to be life changing. This is the one that actually lives up to it.
Who This Book Is For
- People who hate their jobs.
- People who care for the environment.
- People who are wondering if there is more to life.
- People disillusioned with religion and politics.
- People who are feeling lonely.
- People who are depressed.
- People who think the self-help industry is a fraud.
- People who are interested in the human condition.
The world we live in today is terrible for people. We are cogs in a great machine. We are isolated from each other, we work long hours and we drug ourselves up just to make through the day.
Ishmael examines the roots of our culture in a way that has never been done before. When you read it you think to yourself, "Aha! The answer has been right in front of me the whole time, I just didn't see it."
This book won't reveal any new information. What it does is compile and make sense of everything the world already knows. It tells a compelling and eye opening story of why the world is in the sorry state that it is, how we got here and what to do about it.
You have probably been exposed to pieces of the puzzle before in your quest for the truth. This time the whole puzzle is filled in and you can see the picture.
Quotes About Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
"From now on I
will divide the books I have read into two
categories - the ones I read before Ishmael and those
read after."
- Jim Britell, Whole Earth Review.
"A thoughtful,
fearlessly low-key novel about the role of our
species in the planet...laid out for us with an originality and a
clarity that few would deny."
- The New York Times Book Review.
"...fascinating...Quinn's
smooth style and his intriguing
proposals should hold the attention of readers interested in the
daunting dilemmas that beset our planet."
- Publishers Weekly.
Read It For Free!
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is avaliable at most public or university libraries. There is also a website where Ishmael has been scanned and you can read it online for free.
You can also purchase it through Amazon through the link on the right.
I don't care how you do it. Just get your hands on this book and read it!
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