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greyl

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8. Time for Ishmael.

Reply to ymetca (Original post)

Wed Mar 15, 2017, 01:41 AM

Mar 2017

Ishmael - Daniel Quinn at Amazon

TEACHER SEEKS PUPIL.
Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person.

It was just a three-line ad in the personals section, but it launched the adventure of a lifetime.

So begins an utterly unique and captivating novel. In Ishmael, which received the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship for the best work of fiction offering positive solutions to global problems, Daniel Quinn parses humanity’s origins and its relationship with nature, in search of an answer to this challenging question: How can we save the world from ourselves?

Based on the inquisitive nature and specific angle of your OP, I think you'd appreciate it and learn from it.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] ymetca Feb 2017 OP

University of Timbuktu heaven05 Feb 2017 #1

Well you are correct, of course ymetca Feb 2017 #2

Timbuktu, of course heaven05 Feb 2017 #3

More really good points.. ymetca Feb 2017 #4

I couldn't agree more heaven05 Feb 2017 #5

They have college courses that can explain this snooper2 Mar 2017 #6

Meaning what exactly? ymetca Mar 2017 #7

Time for Ishmael. greyl Mar 2017 #8

Warning: a rant oldcynic Mar 2017 #9

All really good points! ymetca Mar 2017 #10