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Mark Laxer

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Born

in New York, The United States

Website

http://www.monkeybible.com

Genre

Science, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

Influences

David Quammen, Edward O. Wilson, Olivia Judson, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas ...more

Member Since

August 2010

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Long ago, Mark Laxer's quest to understand the bigger world landed him in the inner circle of a brilliant, charismatic guru gone mad. After writing Take Me For A Ride and weathering a $30 million lawsuit, Laxer continued the quest by writing The Monkey Bible, which asks science, religion, and mythology what it means to be human. Laxer runs a software corporation, a free monthly storytelling gathering in Washington DC (you're invited!), and a wildlife conservation organization. In 2004, he invented virtual ecotourism. ...more

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My third book...released!

Hi, my third book is now out, it's a nonfiction 32-page graphic novel called Rama Trauma Trump: I Left the Cult and Now Look What Happened. The book is free as a pdf digital download, find at at: www.ramatraumatrump.com Please check it out, tell me what you think.

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	Take Me for a Ride: Coming of Age in a Destructive Cult 3.92 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Monkey Bible: A Modern Allegory; includes The Line, a Companion Music CD by Eric Maring 2.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rama Trauma Trump: I Left the Cult and Now Look What Happened it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Take Me for a Ride: Coming of Age in a Destructive Cult

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“Perhaps the time has come to cease calling it the 'environmentalist' view, as though it were a lobbying effort outside the mainstream of human activity, and to start calling it the real-world view.”
― Edward O. Wilson

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“One planet, one experiment.”
― Edward O. Wilson

tags: environmentalism, science

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