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Peaceful Warrior
The Graphic Novel
By Millman, Dan & Winegarner, Andrew
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-93207-348-5
- Publisher
- HJ Kramer
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 17, 2011
The author of 13 self-help books since Way of the Peaceful Warrior was published in 1980, Millman has inspired droves of people to create better lives for themselves. Yet however inspiring those books continue to be, the road from "basically true story" (as the source text claims) to graphic novel is a bumpy one. Dan, the author's namesake and the narrator of this fable, is a college student and aspiring Olympic-level gymnast wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onJune 17, 2011 | LJXpress
The author of 13 self-help books since Way of the Peaceful Warrior was published in 1980, Millman has inspired droves of people to create better lives for themselves. Yet however inspiring those books continue to be, the road from "basically true story" (as the source text claims) to graphic novel is a bumpy one. Dan, the author's namesake and the narrator of this fable, is a college student and aspiring Olympic-level gymnast wh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2010
Gr 9-Up This graphic adaption of Millman's 1980 book, which has generated additional books, self-help courses, and a film, is semiautobiographical. As a college student and gymnast, Dan is wandering through Berkeley one night when he encounters a gas-station attendant who resembles a man appearing in his dreams. He is intrigued with this individual, whom he calls Socrates. The stranger appears to have extraordinary mental and physical capabilities and begins to instruct Dan in "the way." After an accident crushes a bone in Dan's leg, Socrates appears at ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
