About this title: "For most seagulls it is not flying that matters, but eating. For this gull, though, it was not eating that mattered, but flight." Flight is indeed the metaphor that makes the story soar. Ultimately this is a fable about the importance of seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe, or neighborhood finds your ambition threatening. (At one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock.) By not compromising his higher vision, Juan Salvador gets the ultimate payoff: transcendence. Ultimately, he learns the meaning of love and kindness.
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Edition: Ex-Library
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ediciones B
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9789501520330ISBN:9501520331
Description: Good in Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall Excellent ex-library copy, minimal usage wear, no pocket, text in spanish language only. read more
Description: Good. 8428604665 Condition: GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, dust jacket missing, cover wear, name written inside cover, considerable underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, binding loose, binding slants, pages tanning / curling, etc. Overall, the book is in decent shape. This is a blanket description. Please email us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Editorial Pomaire, Barcelona
Date Published: (1972)
Description: First Spanish edition. About fine in very near fine dustwrapper with some rubbing along the upper extremities. The American issue was an enormously popular book, something between a cult classic and a cultural phenomenon. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Circulo de Lectores
Date Published: 1972
Description: Russell Munson. Good. No dust jacket. 148 p. Includes illustrations. Black illustrated covers with title in orange. Light shelfwear. Interior VG. read more
Description: Paperback Book is in Very Good condition: clean cover, clean pages (no text markings), clean page edges (no remainder mark). Ships with bar coded label for faster delivery! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Punto de Lectura
Date Published: 9/1/2000
ISBN-13:9789707100183ISBN:9707100184
Description: Good. 9707100184 Ex-library book with usual markings. Clean text. SATISF GNTD + SHIPS W/IN 24 HRS. Sorry, no APO deliveries. Ships in a padded envelope with free tracking. 31, 997r. read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 2000. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Description: Good. Muy buen estado general, Rustica, NOVELA ROMANTICA RELATOS, 1976 Barcelona, 144 pp. 19, 5 cm. (letra grande) Fotografías b/n de Russell Munson., ., Pomaire. read more
Binding: RúSTICA
Publisher: Editorial Pomaire
Date Published: 1972
Description: Good. Buen estado, pubplace: Barcelona, Barcelona, Printer Industria Gráfica, 8º mayor, Relatos Short-stories Histoires, Traducción de Carol y Frederick Howell. Fotografías de Russell Munson, R, 144 pp. read more
Description: Good. Fotogr. R. Munson. Trad. Carol y Frederick Howell. Enc. guaflex. Ed., LIBRO EN ESPANOL, LITERATURA EE. UU., 22x16. 93p., pubplace: Buenos Aires. read more
"Good book! It tells us to go beyond our limitations and don't give up intimes of failure.Any ordinary one can make a difference.To do it we should enjoy doing it.Very different one.
I cried to this book.You must try to read it too."
"I found a copy of this in a thrift store for a dollar and I'd heard so much about it for so long I figured it was time to read it. It reminded me a lot of Hope for the Flowers but with seagulls instead of caterpillars and the caterpillars only turn into butterflies while the seagulls turn into, as my friend puts it, demi-gods in the end."
"Ethan just finished reading this book to the kids, and I had to update my rating from a three to a four. I guess this book just meant more to me right now than it did when I read it in the past. And I think the fact that it is one of Ethan's favorite books and he read it with so much adoration kind of helped it to grow on me. I feel like there is so much going on in both our lives that is exciting, but that personally I have become a little stagnant with where I am going. It is like I have become a regular gull and I am just trying to survive and find something to eat rather than learning how to fly. There was this one line that really touched me and I haven't been able to get it out of my head. Jonathon asks an elder seagull, "Is there no such place as heaven?" "No, Jonathon, there is no such place. Heaven is not a place, and it is not a time. Heaven is being perfect...You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathon, in the moment that you touch perfect speed...Perfect speed, my son, is being there." It has really made me think about how much of what I do every day I am not really there for. I have gotten into a rut of going through a lot of motions that I do not really experience or enjoy. So one of my resolutions for this coming year is to experience perfect speed, to be there for every moment of my life and the life we are creating for our family. And for the inspiration to do that, I definitely give this short little book four stars."
"A timeless inspirational story (published in 1970) about Johnathan Livingston Seagull, a seagull bored with the limitations of 'seagull life'. What sets this book apart is its simplicity in conveying thoughts on life and what the reader takes away depends on their personal perception. Motivation to seek a higher purpose, follow your dreams and not be held back by conventional limitations."
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