Ishmael
Ranked #23 in Environmentalism, Ranked #25 in Ecology — see more rankings.
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... more
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... more
Rankings by Category
Ishmael is ranked in the following categories:
- #98 in Anthropology
- #28 in Environment
- #35 in Environmental Studies
- #93 in Life Changing
- #78 in Spiritual
- #80 in Spirituality
- #69 in Sustainability
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