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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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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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One dozen daughters volume 1
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First edition.
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"Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Valdemar series and romantic fantasies like Beauty and the Werewolf and The Fairy Godmother. JAMES MALLORY and Lackey have collaborated on six novels. Now. these New York Times and USA Today bestselling collaborators bring romance to the fore with The House of Four Winds. The rulers of tiny, impoverished Swansgaard have twelve daughters and one son. While the prince's future is assured,...
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"From Kristin Hannah, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone, comes an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras-the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens...
15) Home again
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From the New York Times bestselling author The Four Winds, a moving, powerful novel about the fragile threads that bind together our lives and the astonishing potential of second chances
“A tender, beautifully told story of emotional growth, forgiveness [and] the possibility of miracles.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Madelaine Hillyard is a world-famous heart surgeon at the top of her game....
“A tender, beautifully told story of emotional growth, forgiveness [and] the possibility of miracles.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Madelaine Hillyard is a world-famous heart surgeon at the top of her game....
16) Comet weather
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A contemporary tale of four fey sisters: Bee: the practical one, still living in the family home of Mooncote in Somerset. Stella: vowed never to return to Mooncote following a row, but that was then... Serena: a single mother and fashion designer living in Notting Hill, increasingly uncertain of her relationship with rock singer boyfriend Ben. Luna: the youngest, living out of a horse-drawn van while she follows the Gypsy Switch, the route of horse...
17) Up island
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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,...
18) 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
19) Richard III
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Believed to have been written in 1591, William Shakespeare's "Richard III" is one of the bards first plays, the first installment in a tetralogy of plays which includes "Henry IV, Part I," "Henry IV, Part II," and "Henry V." One of the longest of Shakespeare's plays and consequently rarely performed unabridged, "Richard III" is the story of the Machiavellian rise to power and subsequent short reign of King Richard III of England. The play begins with...
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Surrounded by Highlander brothers and cousins, Shauna MacLeod is used to big and burly men thinking they're in charge. The visiting American ship captain is a breath of fresh air and a welcome distraction from her daily duties at the MacLeod dock office, even if his past seems to hold more secrets than the sea.
Captain Robert Henderson has his share of complications waiting for him when he returns to New Orleans, so he knows he needs to stay away...
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