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The Wyndham Legacy
Catherine Coulter
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The first novel in Coulter's acclaimed Legacy trilogy.
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A Story of Balance.......2007-08-18
I've read this book several times now and each time I do, I see more clearly how brilliant it is. The first time I read it, I will admit, I was turned off by the first cousins thing, but Ms. Coulter was a historian before she was ever an author so I'll trust her when she says that it was acceptable at this point in history. What drew me back to the book, and has continued to do so, is the fact that these two characters 'need' each other. Marcus is quick to passion and never thinks before he speaks, in anger or in jest. In direct contrast to this we have The Duchess, who never speaks and never shows emotion; a defense mechanism that starts when she finds out as a child that she's been lied to about her father. The journey of these two bringing balance to one another is a treasure. The antics of their friends and family provide a wonderful burst of comic relief to the sometimes turbulent courtship of the two main characters. If you started this book and haven't finished I highly recommend that you give it another try. The story of how these two unhealthy extremes come to finally find a healthy middle-ground is funny, poignant, and will have you rereading it again and again.
Good plot, but Abuse by Lead charcter is horrid.......2007-07-21
After finishing reading this book, I found I did like it overall. The story twists kept me quite interested. However, a lot of this book was very painful to read. The story revolves around "Duchess" the bastard daughter of the 7th Earl of Chase, who learns at an early age to show no emotion, to hold her anger inside, and to portray a calm exterior at all times. When her half brothers both die and then eventually followed by her mother and then father; her 1st cousin Marcus, becomes the 8th Earl of Chase. However due to her father's bitterness, part of which was over the death of her mother for whom he had finally married, the will is put in such a way that Marcus gets nearly nothing, and Duchess becomes his heir - unless they marry. Marcus, an extremely proud and arrogant man takes off to France and is eventually found by Duchess who tricks him into marriage. His rage continues for most of the book, abusing Duchess both verbally, emotionally and sexually - it was very hard to read. The story line itself was very interesting which kept me reading - the intrigue of missing family treasure, the quirks of the American Wyndhams, the colorful scheming servants. When Marcus does eventually begin to show love and kindness after attempts are made on Duchess' life; the book becomes a great pleasure to read. I'm not a fan of books full of fluff either, but the way Marcus treats Duchess for most of the book makes you almost want to cry or throw the book across the room. The horrid abuse is what leads me to the 3 star rating; otherwise it would have been a 4 or 5.
Not a romance novel.......2006-10-04
I've tried a several Catherine Coulter novels and all have the same theme: 1980's style bodice rippers where sex hurts (bloody, painful, rapist stuff), heroes are villainous cads, and heroines just take the abuse until they turn into abusers themselves.
This book is no different. There's the incestuous relationship of Marcus and Josephine being 1st cousins. Marcus acting like a complete cad flaunting his mistresses and showing absolutely no regard for anyone besides himself. Love scenes that are abusive, painful acts of rape. And of course no story that could possibly resemble a love story.
Why Coulter's books sell is beyond me. She writes like a masogynistic man insulting the feminine ideal of love. Her novels always make me feel sick.
Everything but Romance.......2006-07-13
This was my first novel by this author and without-a-doubt she is a natural storyteller. First the reader is introduced to the main characters when they are children. "The Duchess" is the illegitimate daughter of an Earl and Marcus is her cousin. Years later, after the unexpected death of her mother and father in rapid succession, Marcus and the the Duchess are forced to work things out between them as is the stipulations in her father's will.
I enjoyed the story and much of the banter, but overall it seemed too incestuous. In addition, the couple had masochistic tendencies; Marcus verbally insulted the Duchess, but she was outright violent and even raped him by today's standards. I don't understand why reviewers are harsh on Marcus's character ~ obviously a double standard at work here.
This story had a bit of everything for the reader: crime, humor, loyalty, love, sex, etc. but it did not have romance. There were many charming encounters, but nothing I could look back on and feel it was a romantic moment.
Just O.K..........2006-05-24
Wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. Marcus & the Duchess gave me many laughs but there wasn't really anything that made me want to keep going. There was a couple mysteries going on in the book & I didn't figure out who the villain was but I would've like better cliffhangers & more action. I was hoping to hear in the end that the 2nd mistress was made up but that never happened so I'm assuming that she was legit. Oh well! I hope the next 2 in this series are better then the first.
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3 massmarket paperbacks.
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The Wyndham Legacy - The Earl of Chase's illegitimate daughter Josephina Cochrain, nicknamed "the Duchess" by her antagonistic cousin Marcus Wyndham because of her precocious self-possession, unexpectedly becomes both legitimate and an heiress upon her father's death. His nephew Marcus receives the title but little else; Josephina inherits most of the money but will lose it all unless she weds her obnoxious cousin. *** The Nightingale Legacy - It's 1814, and the young, long-haired, brooding Lord Chilton, Frederick North Nightingale, who briefly appeared in The Wyndham Legacy, is on his way from his Cornish castle, Mount Hawke, to London when he stops at an inn for the night. There, he meets the smart, beautiful and feisty 19-year-old Caroline Derwent-Jones, who has just escaped Roland Ffalkes, her lecherous, inheritance-seeking guardian, and is en route to the Cornish home of her aunt, Eleanor Penrose. North protects Caroline from Ffalkes, who shows up unexpectedly, but she departs before the nobleman can tell her that her aunt, whom he knew, has been murdered. North and Caroline soon meet again, though, and before long he accepts her proposal of marriage-much to the horror of his three misogynist male servants, appalled that the union will break the long-standing tradition of no women living at Mount Hawke.*** The Valentine Legacy - Refusing to marry James Wyndham, the man she has loved secretly for years, outspoken, naive Jessie Warfield escapes to England and the estate of James's cousins? and a life as a "nanny." However, when James comes to fetch her, a group of delightful meddlers make certain that they end up neatly married instead. Old secrets, a pirate's legacy, and a cast of wonderful characters are part of this funny, lively, and occasionally mysterious story that provides a satisfactory conclusion to Coulter's "Legacy" trilogy
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Lord Wyndham's Legacy
Vickie Marie Taylor
Manufacturer: 1st Books Library
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Book too short for really good reading........2005-05-26
I read this book but it was really too short for really good reading. The author could of put more feeling into the characters thinking ability and interactions. It was ok to read, but I could not think this was really a romance. Not enough sensual highlights for me.
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Legacy Trilogy (3 Book Set): the Wyndham Legacy / the Nightingale Legacy / the Valentine Legacy
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Joanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed Wild Hunt.
No worries. No pressure. Nevermind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams.
And if all that's not bad enough, in the three years Joanne's been a cop, she's never seen a dead body -- but she's just come across her second in three days.
It's been a bitch of a week. And it isn't over yet.
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Joanne Walker has three days to learn to use her shamanic powers and save the world from the unleashed Wild Hunt. No worries. No pressure. Never mind the lack of sleep, the perplexing new talent for healing herself from fatal wounds, or the cryptic, talking coyote who appears in her dreams. And if all that's not bad enough, in the three years Joanne's been a cop, she's never seen a dead body--but she's just come across her second in three days. It's been a bitch of a week. And it isn't over yet.
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Urban Shaman.......2007-09-18
Got this in the mail yesterday and started reading. Darn near finished it in one read. This is really well done and sucks you in from the first paragraph. Don't you just love a woman with a smart mouth?
Unique read.......2007-08-23
I found C.E. Murphy's Urban Shaman to be quite unique. Joanne Walker AKA Siobhan Walkingstick is heading home after her mother's funeral. She sees a woman being chased by a pack of dogs towards a man with a knife. Despite jet lag and the fact that she'll most likely be fired from her job as a mechanic in the Seattle police department, she hops into a cab and races out to rescue the woman.
I wasn't sure I was going to like the story at first, but it grew on me. I liked the fact that her heroine isn't some overly beautiful petite woman. Joanne is a tall, not skinny lady and seems like a regular person. She just doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut. The cab driver, Gary, becomes her sidekick in this adventure. They have a wonderful banter back and forth as he can see her inner beauty even if she can't. The possible romantic tension between Joanne and her boss is realistically handled.
The book fuses Celtic and American Indian mythologies competently without being preachy. I've added her next two books to my wish list.
Need a good pick me up?.......2007-08-23
Just what the title says, I needed a quick pick me up and it's a quick read too. A little rough around the edges, but good! Looking forward to the next book.
Urban Shaman (The Walker Papers, Book 1).......2007-07-29
This series was alright. I think that it was a little to much and overboard sometimes. I did like the concept, but was a little to much to take. I have read all three of the books, and again it was alright.
Action And Drama.......2007-07-16
Action-packed with a really fun heroine. I've never read a book quite like this and I enjoyed it very much. My only complaint is that sometimes the metaphysical battles were a little hard to follow. All around great read though!
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Powerful little book.......2007-08-02
This is an amazing little book by an amazing man. I found much in it that felt utterly familiar, and many new wonderful things which I'm pondering, trying, and incorporating into my daily shamanic practices. Some of them I'd already been doing, or had been heading that direction anyway. The teachings and methods described here go hand in hand with much Celtic shamanic practices and teachings that I've been reading elsewhere. Subtle, and an alternative to improperly coopting Native American spirituality practices.
Urban Shaman Works.......2007-07-14
Urban Shaman is a great book with a lot of very interesting, effective techniques. I have applied several of the techniques contained within this book to my life and have been surprised at just how truly effective this stuff is.
The seven laws as taught in this book as well as some of the exercises are very useful to know...and very effective when used.
Anyone can take something useful from this book if they actually apply the techniques before judging their worth. This book is a definite must read for anyone who is interested in a spiritual approach to improving their life.
The world is what you think it is.......2005-09-10
The author is a shaman and huna philosopher.
Huna is an ancient philosophy going back 2,000 years, and contains many self realization techniques, including the unification of the three selves, removing emotional blocks and fears, and manifesting your goals. There is also an energy practice which uses the power of focus.
This book goes through the 7 rules of the Huna Philosophy, explaining them in some detail. It is an ancient belief system, and also an amazing self improvement system which I wholeheartedly recommend.
The world is what you think it is i.e there is no reality only perception. There are no limits. Energy flows where attention goes are three of the rules.
There are many self help books out there which focus on individual concepts, which seem new, yet are all contained within this philosophy, which is over 2,000 years old. I am thinking of books such as the Power of Intention, and the Power of Now, Unlimited power.
In addition the concepts of the conscious, subconscious, and superconscious or universal mind, have been around for thousands of years, yet only since the early 1900s with the writings of those such as Carl Jung have these ideas become more widely accepted.
This philosophy does enable you to combine your three selves, and clear emotional blocks and limiting beliefs for improved effectiveness.
There are excellent healing practices and visualizations within this book. Many of our illnesses spring from our unresolved emotions, whereas much of western medicine treats the symptom not the cause. I believe energy practice is very important for focus, as energy flows where attention goes.
Many other philosophies share common roots with this one. One of the main differences is this a can do not a can't do philosophy. To use one of the beliefs, there are no limits. If you buy this book your journey is only beginning because you will want to learn more.
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Saved my Life.......2004-09-28
I have to give this book five stars because it is not loaded with down to earth practical exercises but because it had one bit about "instant healing", which I have labelled "it never happened" technique and which came very hand when half of my face became paralyzed and when doctors told me that I'll just have to accept it and that it may even get worse over time. The paralysis was bad enough that I couldn't even speak coherently (I'd have to hold my lips with my hand in order to make an understandable sound), nor could I eat properly due to lack of sensation and because I couldn't move the muscles of my mouth. It was simply unacceptable to me to live like that, so I remember the technique from this book. I also got Serge Kahili King's video "Instant Healing".
I have adapted that "it never happened" techniques with NLP Time-Line technique and spend few days running the new pattern in my mind re-living my life from before the event until the present moment as if my face was always normal and it never became paralyzed. It was not INSTANT healing - but it took ONLY FEW DAYS for my face to become completely normal and to function perfectly. My friend said that that he was utterly amazed as he watched the transformation on my face returning to normal - he said it was just like witnessing a miracle. Yeah, our minds are truly miraculous.
Outstanding Book!.......2004-01-21
This is an extremely well written book full of excellent material and techniques. I cannot recommend it enough! Easy to read, but thorough in covering the subjects. I found it a joy to read.
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You dont have to dance to understand this great work........2005-12-31
This woman has helped me before and today reviewing her work she has helped me all over again. I hadn't looked at this book in years 'til today...wanting to review a book for you all I traced my finger over a shelf and this book called to me. When i was pouring over things she taught me about myself and about fathers and mothers and how the body lives a life of it's own and is sometimes left without nurture...how long since you had a great massage? me...forever it seems.
This book is about our relationship to life and self and other. It is about Gabrielle finding her wings, and about teaching dance to people in halfway houses and in mental institutions,as well as Americas royalty...movie stars and the like and to so many others. It is exploration and it is warm. She guides us through some very theraputic exercises (mental) that urge on our healing from the past,if your family dynamic was (like so many of us) not quite ideal, then you may find a lot of help in this wonderful book. Dance is not a qualifyer...but she may cause you to want to...dance. Or to just let your spirit soar.
Ever hear of a horse wisperer? She whispers to your soul.
A Rich Tapestry.......2003-04-06
Reading this book was something like a dance. I moved in readily to embrace her passionate stories and images of dancing, recognizing the value that dance can have for me in letting my body express how it feels. Then, I found myself withdrawing, as Roth began telling me how to experience the world, what labels and definitions to apply to my emotional experience and how I should go about knowing myself. Yet, I was drawn toward her again to discover many pearls of wisdom embedded in the passages of this book. Overall, this book was for me a rich tapestry of life experience and collected wisdom which encouraged and stimulated me to reflect on my relationship with my body and my own psychological reality.
Roth's most vital message, in my judgment, is of the body's role in coming into relationship with the unconscious. Most depth psychologists emphasize the intra-psychic realm, the work to be done within the psyche to develop a strong connection between the ego and the Self. Yet, here is a person whose way of individuation is through the body and she contributes her awareness of this path with great passion and energy. For people who exist at some distance from their bodies, Roth's stories and descriptions of dancing into relationship are food for renewal.
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Amazon Healer: The Life and Times of an Urban Shaman
Marlene Dobkin De Rios
Manufacturer: Prism Press
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ASIN: 1853270768 |
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The work of Amazon folk healer don Hilde incorporates a modern spiritualistic perspective into the traditional healing arts of the region. Medical anthropologist Marlene Dobkin De Rios examines don Hilde's methods in relation to folk tradition and modern research on the immune system. She finds that many traditional techniques stimulate the production of endorphins-natural painkillers that stimulate the body's own healing powers.
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no title.......2005-11-12
Slim volume (164 pp.) about a healer in Pucallpa, Peru. Actually he is her father-in-law. Not terrific, since she reports on all this psychic healing at face value, without really tieing it to any substantive facts. These people all believe in witches and evil causing them bodily harm as a way of pushing off the problem to somebody else, much as we are so prone to lawsuits. I do think there is a definite connection between mental soundness and physical well-being. These Peruvians seem to view the world they live in as full of evil witches and people who wish them harm. Does jungle living make people so paranoid? There probably is something in psychic energy being able to heal, and people's auras telling of their illnesses; but this author does not really have enough empirical data.
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Maps to Ecstasy initiates us into the five sacred rhythms inherent in all our actions and illuminates the five life cycles that lead us to enlightenment. We awaken our latent shamanic powers as we reconnect to primal knowledge through exercises, dance, song, poetry, meditation, theater, and ritual discovering how shamanic principles can be incorporated here and now in our contemporary, urban lives. Gabrielle Roth shows us how to turn our lives into art and how to discover the dancer, singer, poet, actor, and healer within.
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- Watch for Me on the Mountain (Originally Published As : Cry Geronimo)
- What We Keep
- Windfall (2 Novels in 1)
- Wolf's Hour
- A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul: 101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit
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