Jonathan Livingston Seagull: A story
Richard David Bach
Russell Munson
The complete edition of a timeless classic, includes the recently rediscovered Part Four and ‘Last Words’ by Richard Bach.Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary.‘Most gulls don’t bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight – how to get from shore to food and back again,’ writes author Richard Bach in this allegory about a unique bird named Jonathan Livingston Seagull. ‘For most gulls 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 this story soar.This bestselling modern classic is a fable about seeking a higher purpose in life, even if your flock, tribe or neighbourhood finds your ambition threatening (at one point our beloved gull is even banished from his flock). By not compromising his higher vision, Jonathan learns the meaning of love and kindness and gets the ultimate payoff – transcendence.The dreamy illustrations by Russell Munson provide just the right illustrations for this spirituality classic that has inspired thousands of readers to follow their own path in life and so fulfill their true potential.
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First published in Great Britain by Turnstone Press 1972
This edition published in the US by Scribner 2014
Published in Great Britain by HarperThorsons 2015
Copyright © Sabryna A. Bach 1970
Copyright renewed © Sabryna A. Bach 1998
New material copyright © Sabryna A. Bach 2014
Photographs copyright © Russell Munson 1970
Photographs copyright renewed © Russell Munson 1998
New photographs copyright © Russell Munson 2014
Photograph on dedication page copyright © Sabryna A. Bach 2014
Richard Bach asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
Interior design by Joan Stoliar
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To the real Jonathan Seagull, who lives within us all
JonathanLivingstonSeagull.com (http://www.jonathanlivingstonseagull.com/)
Contents
Cover (#u795d2335-3f28-5b10-b397-94188c7631e4)
Title Page (#u63efdd2f-2eeb-5be7-ad6d-ca275bbf9d90)
Copyright (#ulink_0198e159-2244-5c62-861f-242698eb6af1)
Dedication (#ulink_dc6eed08-eafb-55ea-b2ab-472a7038e318)
Part One (#ulink_4a57ee80-9ab7-518e-b8f0-edf297557c20)
Part Two (#ulink_013cc826-6927-5bde-aeaa-5e95791e0b35)
Part Three (#ulink_194ad621-adb1-5c8f-9fc8-9282cdbbbc70)
Part Four (#ulink_46aa44ab-74f1-54ae-9a56-66d838cfdbe3)
Last Words (#ulink_7c52c235-2aeb-518d-93e5-4febbb87d1ce)
About the Author (#u24e9c670-9bf9-50b8-aa62-d3bf5e68b31c)
About the Publisher (#ulink_d8396d83-60ad-5dc2-ae90-8969d58f4c8c)
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