Published: Jan. 16, 2012
Words: 89959 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

A RETURNING WIND is an odyssey into the heart of the human spirit.

Extended description

A RETURNING WIND is a spiritual odyssey, a modern-day Siddhartha story seen through the eyes of a man who has betrayed his connection with nature and wants to get it back. Lyle is working for an unethical firm in Boston that manufactures genetically modified organisms. After he suffers a nervous breakdown, Lyle moves to rural Arizona with his long-term girlfriend. While exploring the untouched arid landscape, he reflects on his career, his tattered environmental conscience, and his perplexing family history. He tries to "tune in" to nature, even hoping to rekindle the ways of the ancient Anasazi Indians. Is he delusional? His girlfriend thinks so. As it turns out, however, Lyle will undergo a profound transformation with the help of a former Buddhist monk who drinks a bit, his brother Nathan, owner of The Bookworm’s Happy Nook, and nature itself.

Tags

new age, buddhism, freedom, new fiction, acceptance, enlightenment, balance, contemporary fiction, spiritual fiction, great fiction, siddhartha, buddhist thought

Available ebook reading formats

Single purchase gains access to all formats. How to download ebooks to e-reading devices and apps.

Format	Full Book	Sample First 10%
Online Reading (HTML, good for sampling in web browser)	Buy	View sample
Online Reading (JavaScript, experimental, buggy)	Buy	View sample
Epub (Apple iPad/iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions, others)	Buy	Download sample
PDF (good for reading on PC, or for home printing)	Buy	No sample available
RTF (readable on most word processors)	Buy	No sample available
LRF (Use only for older model Sony Readers that don't support .epub)	Buy	Download sample
Palm Doc (PDB) (for Palm reading devices)	Buy	Download sample
Plain Text (download) (flexible, but lacks much formatting)	Buy	No sample available
Plain Text (view) (viewable as web page)	Buy	No sample available

Reviews

Log-in to write a Review   Log-in to add a Video Review

Review by: robert epstein on Feb. 19, 2012 :
well written ... Very interesting , but will appeal only to a select reader.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Reason for report:
— Select a reason — Book is or contains spam Book infringes copyright Same content is published elsewhere with different author (for ex., by private-label rights) Duplicate Incomplete work (such as sample or serial) Should be marked adults-only Category is inappropriate Poorly formatted Nudity or other inappropriate content on cover Nudity or other inappropriate visual content in book Inappropriate erotica content Cover image is improper Content is inappropriate Other violation of Terms of Service Other reason not shown above.

Additional details: