Daniel Quinn
Mr. Quinn is best known as the author of Ishmael, the novel
that in 1991 won the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship, established
to encourage authors to seek "creative and positive solutions
to global problems." Ishmael has been in print continuously
since its publication in 1992 and is currently available in
twenty languages.
Daniel
Quinn (1935- ) grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, where he graduated
from Creighton Prep in 1953. He studied at St. Louis University,
the University of Vienna, and Loyola University of Chicago,
receiving a bachelor's degree in English, cum laude, in 1957.
During a twenty-year career in educational
and consumer publishing in Chicago, he served as Biography
and Fine Arts editor at the American Peoples Encyclopedia,
managing editor of the Greater Cleveland Mathematics Program
(Science Research Associates), head of the mathematics department
at Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation, Executive
Editor of Fuller & Dees Publishing (a division of the
Times Mirror Corporation) and Editorial Director of the Society
for Visual Education (a division of the Singer Corporation).
Quinn's books center around
environmental problems. He offers some type of hope for our
futures and those that will follow us. If you feel you
can't do anything to help with all of the problems out there
because you are just one person just remember the resounding
message that creeps through all of these books. USE LESS.
Just reduce what you use from 2% to 10%. All of one helpless
persons will soon add up to making the difference. The is
no stopping the problem, only slowing it down.
SAVE ANOTHER 10% ON THE AMAZON PRICE OF ISHMAEL
Amazon has a great program that will help people save
a bit more on the price of a copy of Ishmael and other books.
It's called "Share
the Love," and it works this way,
Each time you place an order for something (like a copy of
Ishmael), Amazon will offer you the chance to e-mail your
friends and give them an additional 10% off the item you bought.
If anyone purchases the item within a week, you'll receive
a credit to use the next time you shop at Amazon. Your credit
will equal the dollar amount of your friend's 10% discount.
Let's say you bought a copy of Ishmael for $11.17 and decided
to Share the Love with a friend on that purchase. Your friend
would be able to buy a copy for $10.06. You would receive
a credit for $1.11 (the difference) to use any time in the
next 30 days. You are eligible to receive one credit per item
shared.
To get to the Share the Love option, click the Your Account
link at the top of most pages on the Amazon site. From there,
select the Share the Love link beneath the Shopping Lists
& Gift Registries heading in the Account Settings box.
For complete info, go to share
the love. And, of course, if you begin your book order
from the link at this website, Order
Ishmael ,you'll be helping provide support for the website
as well.
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