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"The House of the Four Winds" is a 1935 adventure novel by the Scottish novelist John Buchan. It is set in the fictional European country of Evallonia in the early 1930s, and explores the influence of some Scottish visitors in the toppling of a corrupt government - and the reinstatement of a monarchy. This text is a must-read for anyone who has enjoyed its prequel, "Castle Gay", or any of Buchan's writing, and it would make for a worthy addition to...
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"Blessings from the Four Winds" is a combination of western, historical, romance fiction story-telling creative non-fiction since it inspired by the life of a real person, the author's great-grandfather. As a young man, he worked as a cowboy on cattle drives, driving herds from Waco, Texas to Dodge City, Kansas. It was during one of these cattle drives that he happens upon a beautiful Indian girl bathing in the Red River in Indian Territory. Set in...
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Get the Summary of Kristin Hannah's The Four Winds in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Texas, 1921. A time of abundance. The Great War is over, the bounty of the land is plentiful, and America is on the brink of a new and optimistic era. But, for Elsa Wolcott, deemed too old to marry in a time when marriage is a woman's only option, the future seems bleak. Until the night, she meets Rafe...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Kristin Hannah's The Four Winds
Elsa Wolcott and her family live through the unrelenting harshness of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression in Kristin Hannah's novel The Four Winds (2021). Elsa unexpectedly gets pregnant and quickly married in one of the worst times of the twentieth century. She becomes a farmer, has two kids, learns the difficulties of surviving as a single mother, and struggles with unending...
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An essential tool for all reading groups! No book club should be without this companion to Kristin Hannah's bestselling novel, The Four Winds. This comprehensive guide includes useful background to the novel, a full plot summary, discussion of themes & symbols, detailed character notes, thought-provoking discussion questions, and even a quick quiz. Study Guides for Book Clubs are designed to help you get the absolute best from your book club meetings....
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When Ross Heaven, a psychologist and ex-pharmaceutical industry consultant, embarks on a shamanic apprenticeship in the rainforests and mountains of South America his intention is to unlock the secrets of San Pedro, the mescaline cactus that has been, used as a sacrament and teacher plant in Peru for millennia, and to learn about love and healing. What he finds is more remarkable, painful, enriching, liberating and extraordinary than he could have...
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With our environment, homes and food becoming increasingly toxic, it is more important to practice natural cleansing methods now than any time in history. The information contained in this book is essential to reestablishing and maintaining good health. Cleansing is one of the oldest and most revered natural healing practices. It is also one of the most misunderstood. This is the first book to take a comprehensive approach to cleansing and detoxification...
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From childhood, Molly Bell Redwine was taught by her charismatic, domineering mother that "family is everything." But no one warned Molly that family can change unexpectedly. In rapid succession, her husband of more than twenty years abandons her for a younger woman, her mother dies, and her Atlanta clan scatters to the four winds. Molly is set adrift in a heartbeat. With her old world crumbling, Molly takes refuge with a friend on Martha's Vineyard,...
13) Merman Gianni
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Continuation of the fairy tale "Kingdom of the Four Winds". The fairy tale was written based on the script for the cartoon
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The Four Winds is a series of stories by Anne Conley of God's archangels: Uriel---the archangel of destiny, Rafael-the archangel of healing, Gabriel-the messenger, and Michael-the angel of war. Watch as each one defeats the evil, known as Damien, who thinks he's entitled to their brides and become human in the name of love.
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The Toltecs
What made it possible for the Toltecs to achieve their unparalleled greatness?
A figure exists who, since he is inextricably linked with Toltec life, may give us a clue. This is Quetzalcóatl. His historical reality seems to be established without doubt, since his qualities as leader are many times mentioned.
Toltec Wisdom
Quetzalcóatl may be viewed as a metaphysical concept and spiritual icon as the feathered serpent symbolizing...
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All hope is not lost! Mithril might be scattered to the four winds for now, but its members continue to work toward the same goal. While Tessa concocts a plan to strike back at Amalgam, Hunter conspires to create a new ace machine to turn the tide. Meanwhile Sousuke-even with few allies, limited resources, and a body riddled by mortal wounds-remains determined to free Kaname from Leonard's clutches. Can these disconnected factions meet up and begin...
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Wind dancers volume 5
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The Wind Dancers-Kona, Brisa, Sumatra, and Sirocco, are back with four more full-color illustrated titles sure to delight the imaginations of horse-loving little girls everywhere.
The four Wind Dancers are a team, they're family. That is, until Kona, the leader of the quartet, who might just be a little competitive, decides to break up the foursome for a soccer game with the real-life horses, because winning at all costs is what matters. Or does...
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Imagine a world where everything is connected, where people work together for the mutual benefit of all living things. Imagine a world full of abundance, love, and prosperity, not driven by scarcity and fear. This is the world of Ayni (AY-Nee), and the people of the Andes have lived this way for hundreds of years.
Join Erin Lucero on her personal journey to inter-connectedness. Following the teachings of yoga and shamanism, she shed the fears and...
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The gods, heroes, and monsters of Greek mythology come wondrously alive in this second volume of Bernard Evslin's award-winning series
Book two of Bernard Evslin's extraordinary work opens with the story of Hercules, the strongest man on Earth. Son of a mortal woman and Zeus, feared and hated by Zeus's wife, Hera, Hercules is condemned to twelve labors in which he must fight the world's most terrifying monsters. It seems that the world's mightiest...
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The world of Man is over.His time has come.The blazing inferno that was mankind has been extinguished, and the remaining sparks have been scattered to the four winds. One man stands between an evil as old as time, and its complete conquest of Earth.The Blackwolf has been charged with protecting the dying light. In a desperate battle, against a timeless adversary, surrounded by madness and death – a small knot of humanity, along with some very unexpected...
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