Jonathan Livingston Seagull, the most celebrated inspirational fable of our time, tells the story of a bird determined to be more than ordinary. This bestselling modern classic, reissued with a beautiful new cover design, is a story for people who want to follow their dreams and make their own rules and has inspired people for decades. `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.

Because he spends so much time perfecting his flying form instead of concentrating on getting food, a seagull is ostracized by the rest of the flock.

More concerned with the dynamics of his flight than with gathering food, Jonathan is scorned by the other seagulls.

Because he spends so much time perfecting his flying form instead of concentrating on getting food, a seagull is ostracised by the rest of the flock.

More concerned with the dynamics of his flight than with gathering food, Jonathan is scorned by the other seagulls.

無数のかもめの群れが、われがちに食物のきれはしをついばんでいる。食べるため、生きるためのその騒ぎをよそに、ただ一羽、飛ぶ練習に夢中になっているかもめがいた。ジョナサン・リヴィングストンだ。なによりも飛ぶことが好きだったのである。やがて彼は、つぎつぎと新しい高度の飛行技術を習得していった。群れを追放された一羽のかもめの生き方を通して、自由な精神を貫き、ありのままの自分でいることの大切さを、文章と写真で描き出した名作。