Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student is the 2014 novel by writer and pilot Richard Bach. The first "Illusions" book was published in 1977 and was an international best-seller, telling the story of a pilot who encounters a messiah who has absconded from the "job" of being a messiah. ("Illusions" was the author's followup to 1970's "Jonathan Livingston Seagull".) The sequel is in author Richard Bach's voice, as his "imaginary" literary characters help him in his recovery from his real-life plane crash. After decades of flying without incident, author Richard
Jane Livingston curated a show of John Alexander's works at the Smithsonian in 2008. Livingston is the author and co-author of numerous books and catalogs. Her work on "The Art of Richard Diebenkorn" (1997) helped produce a book that collected the most important works of Richard Diebenkorn, who had been under-represented in publishing. Jane Livingston Jane Shelton Livingston (born 12 February 1944 in Upland, California) is an American art curator. From 1967 to 1975, Livingston was curator of 20th-century art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She was editor of the Richard Diebenkorn "Catalogue Raisonné" and now works as an