![]() ![]() 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. 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. When Ishmael places an advertisement for pupils with “an earnest desire to save the world,” he does not expect a child to answer him. In My Ishmael, Quinn strikes out into entirely new territory, posing questions that will rock you on your heels, and providing tantalizing possibilities for a truly new world vision.”-Susan Chernak McElroy, author of Animals as Teachers & Healers ![]() “Enthralling, shocking, hope-filled, and utterly fearless, Daniel Quinn leads us deeper and deeper into the human heart, history, and spirit. An extraordinary and startlingly original sequel to Ishmael ![]()
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![]() ![]() This is because most of his work was inspired by real people. He did not want his work mates to get around his writing career. This was an effort of keeping his online and real life separate. He adopted the name David Wong as he started the online writing career. ![]() John Dies is based on the feedback provided by the readers of the web serial. The free online versions were read by at least 70,000 people before they were removed in 2008. He published a web serial based on the story he wrote on every Halloween. He edited insurance claims for the firm while posting humor articles on his site. He developed PWOT while working as a copy editor at a law firm. This developed into the renowned Cracked website. Two years after graduating he started his own humor site called Pointless Waste of Time. After campus, he lived in Marion, Illinois until late in 2014. He was part of Consumer Advocate, a TV show on Alt.News cable TV. Wong proceeded to attend the Southern Illinois University where he enrolled into a radio-television program. These two writers met in an art class where they shared ideas. He attended high school where he met Mark Leighty also known as John Ceese. Jason was born on 10th January, 1975 in Lawrenceville, Illinois. He is also the editor of Cracked, a humor website. John Dies at the End was featured in a film in 2012 using the same name. He has written three novels namely This Book is Full of Spiders, John Dies at the End, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits. David Wong is a pen name for Jason Pargin. ![]() ![]() ![]() Poland is a monumental effort, a magnificent guide to a better understanding of the country’s tribulations.” - Chicago Tribune “A Michener epic is far more than a bedtime reader, it’s an experience. ![]() a page-turner in the grand Michener tradition.” - The Washington Post Like the heroic land that is its subject, Poland teems with vivid events, unforgettable characters, and the unfolding drama of an entire nation. With an inspiring tradition of resistance to brutal invaders, from the barbarians to the Nazis, and a heritage of pride that burns through eras of romantic passion and courageous solidarity, their common story reaches a breathtaking culmination in the historic showdown between the ruthless Communists and rebellious farmers of the modern age. The Counts Lubonski, the petty nobles Bukowksi, and the peasants Buk are at some times fiercely united, at others tragically divided. Michener chronicles eight tumultuous centuries as three Polish families live out their destinies. ![]() ![]() ![]() Joining the Russian sniper's cadre, she soon becomes one of his most talented assassinsand perhaps his greatest weakness. Each man has his own mission: to find his counterpartand kill him.īut an American woman trapped in Russia complicates this extraordinary duel. These two marksmen are equally matched in both skill and tenacity. Through this twisted carnage stalk two menone Russian, one Germaneach the top sniper in his respective army. The combat is horrific, as soldiers die in the smoking cellars and trenches of a ruined city. German soldiers call the battle Rattenkrieg, War of the Rats. If Hitler's forces are not stopped, Russia will fall. For six months in 1942, Stalingrad is the center of a titanic struggle between the Russian and German armiesthe bloodiest campaign in mankind's long history of warfare. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is assigned to Colonel Edmund Munro, the commander of Fort William Henry in the Adirondack Mountains. In 1757, British Army Major Duncan Heyward arrives in Albany, New York, during the French and Indian War. ![]() It won the Academy Award for Best Sound, the only Academy Award won so far by a film directed by Mann. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success. The Last of the Mohicans was released in the United States on September 25, 1992. The main theme of the film is taken from the tune "The Gael" by Scottish singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean. The soundtrack features music by Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman, and the song "I Will Find You" by Clannad. ![]() The film stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, and Jodhi May. The film is set in 1757 during the French and Indian War. The Last of the Mohicans is a 1992 American epic historical drama directed by Michael Mann, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Crowe, based on the 1826 novel of the same name by James Fenimore Cooper and its 1936 film adaptation. ![]() |