Voices on the Wind, A Novel about Hope and Perseverance

Mark of the Lion: A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure As the . from the powerful message of strength, perseverance, hope, and peace from in the story, for it to be regarded as a proper historical novel (I hope that's the.
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The Adrenal Reset Diet. These Schools Belong to You and Me. Deborah Meier and Emily Gasoi. The Spy and the Traitor. Run for Your Life. The Hacking of the American Mind. Top 10 New York City. Top 10 San Francisco. The Bodies in Person. Tahl Raz and Beth Comstock. Adeena Sussman and Chrissy Teigen. I struggled with lack of accuracy to the point of frustration at times, but then I have an eye for detail. As a inspiration, though, series is very good. It paints brilliantly the serenity and peace of walking with the Lord and wakes the desire for a change of heart.

All in all, I found series both inspiring and entertaining. I would recommend it to anyone eager to read Christian fiction, but without expectation to learn history in the process. Consider it fiction, coincidentally set in a world, resembling antic Europe. By Patricia Holden on September 1, I have read some fictional works that are based on Christian Worldviews that were alright, but this series was the best I've come across yet and had been intensely researched by the author.

It was based in the period of time after Christ had ascended, the New Testament was still in letter form [some still not written yet], being shared among the home churches in Rome, Corinth, Ephesus, to name a few. Jerusalem was being conquered by Rome, torn down brick by brick and so many Jews and Christians as well as others were taken captive; many were crucified and even fed to the lions and otherwise slaughtered. Blood ran freely and suffering was great. The Apostle John was still living in Ephesus and was the leader of a home based church there. Most of the other Apostles had already been martyred.

Gladiators [captured enemies of Rome], wealthy Romans living like kings that owned many slaves that were nothing more than chattel, property bought, sold, abused and often outright murdered, was the rule of the day. The decadent Senators and rulers were living like kings, lying in tricliniums, gorging on food that was served on silver platters of exotic delicacies like hummingbird tongues. Tyrants and horrid rulers, temples to many pagan gods and for idol worshipers, temple prostitutes, were everywhere.

There is much in this story that is not for the faint hearted, so beware. It is a captivating read and was so real I felt I was there. It brought the times and characters up close and personal and often brought tears to my eyes. I became enchanted with many of the characters. Highly recommend this book! By Lil Schem on September 6, Francine Rivers is one of my favorite authors, and the Mark of the Lion series is my favorite narrative by her. The Mark of the Lion series is historical fiction, and Rivers is a master of this genre. She does extensive research and has an excellent eye for even the smallest of details.

At the same time, Rivers has the skill to bring her fictional characters to life in the reader's mind and heart. I bought this set for my husband, and he really enjoyed it as well!

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By Joyce A Croul on January 22, I don't think I've ever been so emotionally involved with a book before. I was so disturned ny the way the people of Rome lived. I knew they were mean but aftr reading this first 2 books it certainly makes the first 6 books of the New Testement come alivr. The letters that St.

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Paul wrote to the Christians are made come alive. Thinking of Paul being held in a tiny cell not having the pleasure of writing his own letters he had other apostles write for him as he dictated. By reading this boos it is a wonder Paul was so loving, caring. But nothig is impossible if you are a child of God. One person found this helpful.

By Amazon Customer on January 18, This author was recently recommended to me. One of seven children born to sustenance farmers who grew maize and tobacco, his childhood was often interrupted by drought and hunger. After seeing windmills on the cover of an 8th-grade science book, he set out to build his own machine using scavenged parts from a scrap yard. His first windmill was made from PVC pipe, a tractor fan, an old bicycle frame, and tree branches, and powered four light bulbs and charge mobile phones.

A second windmill pumped water for a family garden. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Exclusive Essay Read an exclusive essay by Bryan Mealer. Average customer rating 4. William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was a mystery. When famine hit his village, he was forced to drop out of school and eat only one meal a day. Although I go to a private school, I had always taken education for granted.

This memoir gave me the realization of the importance having the privilege of having an education everyday. Although I feel like that all of the time, it was nothing compared to the suffering in Malawi at the time. William was restricted to one meal a day, about five handfuls each time. When I go home, my happy family awaits and there would be enough food to feed the entire family. I was appalled as I read the description of the people William encountered; bellies, feet, and faces swelled with fluid like ticks filling with blood.

Living on the opposite side of the world as Malawi, the news of these famines had only been news until I read this. In the midst of the famine, William Kamkwamba was still yearning for an education; he started to go to the small local library, where he first read about windmills.

He had the brilliant idea that using the magic of the windmill, he would be able to bring to his small village something only 2 percent of the population could enjoy: William Kamkwamba only had a limited amount of resources, so he repeatedly searched the scrapyard for his materials. He continued to persevere and he ended up creating a windmill, bringing pride and joy to his village. In this memoir, William Kamkwamba proved to us the strong will to never give up and to continue chasing dreams.

If you like memoirs, learning about growing up in Africa, and want to be inspired, read this book! It's fabulous- great for teens and adults. Growing up in Malawai, William Kamkwamba listened to his grandfather's tales of men with magic who cursed people and leopards who ate them.

Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Creating Currents of Electricity & Hope

He listened well, because he knows how to weave a tale himself in relating his own journey from farming to creating his own technology. The early part of young Kamkwamba's story portrays a carefree existence with friends. School wasn't taken seriously, even if he wanted to do well, and family are good people who clearly love and like each other. Famine slowly but inevitably strangles their dreams and claims its victims.

There is a particularly difficult passage regarding an animal who adopts Kamkwamba that is very hard to read. But he does not spare himself in relating it. The famine goes for years; survival is hardly guaranteed.

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It affects reader interest -- writing about the famine appears to be the author's main point for pages and pages instead of the contraption he created -- and also affects diffident student Kamkwamba's chances of being able to stay at school. But a sympathetic librarian lets him read about electricity and engineering.

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And that makes all the difference. It is in the telling of how he creates an electricity-producing generator, using such items as pipeline, a seriously broken down bicycle and paper clips, that Kamkwamba shines in telling his story. His success, and how his village reacts to what he's done, are delightful, even though they also are the parts most consciously written for a Western audience.

His subsequent international acclaim isn't half as exciting. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a story for anyone who needs to see that anything is still possible these days, regardless of how little a person has or how unconnected to a network of people who make things happen. Kamkwamba explicitly states he hopes others who struggle will hear of what he has done and know they are not alone. Kamkwamba's philosophy is simple: This book should be required reading in every school in America, starting in middle school.

If you are a teacher with a unit on Africa, please add this to your curriculum. William's story starts when he is a teenager and is simply told but it speaks volumes. He's my new hero. The book deals with so many subjects - family, poverty, governmental corruption, creativity, hope, AIDS, overcoming incredible hardship, ingenuity, perseverance, but it is not preachy.

I highly recommend it for everyone 12 and older. Even if you don't usually read nonfiction or memoirs, I still think that you'll love this book for the writing, the story, and because of William Kamkwamba. William tells the story of his childhood in the small agricultural village in Malawi. From the the general bias towards magic and superstition over science, the crippling impact of the drought, and the isolation and difficulties that William, his village, and Malawi, the obstacles that they face are huge and clear. Reading the book, I first thought that my experiences in the "Third World" helped me understand the William's life from the superstition to the the impact of the drought and the opportunistic price gouging during the famine.

But that interpretation fails to give enough credit to William and his book.