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From the #1 internationally bestselling author comes a sweeping epic that chronicles the history of the world through the destiny of a mysterious blue stone . . . "Sweeping epic about the history of humanity . . . Wood crafts vivid sketches of ordinary women who triumph over a prescribed destiny . . . packs them with historical details that should keep readers interested." --"Publishers Weekly "Ambitious . . . both thoughtful and playful . . . intelligent and entertaining." --"San Jose Mercury News "In each era, Wood creates genuine, engaging characters whose stories are fascinating." --"Library Journal Millions of years ago, a meteorite fell to earth and a beautiful blue stone shattered from it. One hundred thousand years ago, a girl named Tall One found the crystal on the African plain---and it formed her destiny, as well as the destiny of generations to come. From ancient Israel to imperial Rome, medieval England, fifteenth-century Germany, the eighteenth-century Caribbean, and the nineteenth-century American West, the destiny of the stone and the history of the world unfold. Each story is full of the betrayals and obsessions of the human heart, and the quests of the human spirit. In "The Blessing Stone, Barbara Wood has both told the intimate details of her characters' lives and created a sense of the epic sweep of human history.

East San Jose Carnegie Branch Library - The East San JosÃ© Carnegie Branch Library is a Carnegie library in San Jose, California, USA. It opened in 1908, and is the last Carnegie library in Santa Clara County still operating as a public library.

West San Jose, San Jose, California - West San Jose is the westernmost neighborhood in San Jose, California. The Lynbrook High School area of West San Jose is bound to the north by Bollinger Road, to the east by Lawrence Expressway, to the south by Prospect Road, and to the west by De Anza Boulevard.

San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road - The San Francisco & San Jose Rail Road was a railroad incorporated on August 18, 1860 and consists of 49.5 miles of track running the San Francisco Peninsula from San Francisco, California to San Jose, California.

San Jose Repertory Theatre - The San Jose Repertory Theatre (or San Jose Rep, or, locally, just Rep) was founded in 1980 as the first resident professional theatre company in San Jose, California, USA. Artistic Director Timothy Near's vision of reaching the ethnically diverse San Jose population was highlighted by opening the newly built new permanent home of the Rep with the West Coast premiere of Thunder Knocking on the Door by African American playwright Keith Glover, with a Rep-commissioned score by Michael Butler ...

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Culinary Arts San Jose California - Culinary Arts San Jose California California Pop-Up Book The California Pop Up Book is a creative exploration of the cultural history of California through 3-D pop-ups, pullouts, booklets, culinary arts san jose california and narratives. The California Pop Up Book is produced jointly the Los Angeles County Museum of Art culinary arts san jose california and Universe Publishing on the occasion of the LACMA exhibition Made In California: Art, Image, culinary arts san jose california and Identity 1900- ...

San Diego County Public Library - San Diego County Public Library California Pop-Up Book The California Pop Up Book is a creative exploration of the cultural history of California through 3-D pop-ups, pullouts, booklets, san diego county public library and narratives. The California Pop Up Book is produced jointly the Los Angeles County Museum of Art san diego county public library and Universe Publishing on the occasion of the LACMA exhibition Made In California: Art, Image, san diego county public library and Identity 1900- ...

Alternative California Jose Medicine San - Alternative California Jose Medicine San West San Jose, San Jose, California - West San Jose is the westernmost neighborhood in San Jose, California. The Lynbrook High School area of West San Jose is bound to the north by Bollinger Road, to the east by Lawrence Expressway, to the south by Prospect Road, and to the west by De Anza Boulevard. Rose Garden, San Jose, California - The Rose Garden neighborhood in San Jose, California, is an upper class residential area, with significant commercial ...

K. Wells near Brownsville, Texas - Marine military march, instrumental piano from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Fred Perry (fiddle) and Glenn Carver (guitar) on June 6, 1939 at the home of Beal D. Taylor near Medina, Texas - Marine military march, instrumental piano from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Ace Johnson on April 26, 1939 at Clemens State Farm near Brazoria, Texas - "Lost Train Blues" fiddle and guitar song from the Northern Rio Grande; performed by Mr. Romero, age 50, of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico - courtship song of vagrant Mexican cotton-pickers from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by George Miller in 1897, collected by Alice Cunningham Fletcher and Francis La Flesche - "My Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes" barbershop quartet song from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by José Suarez on April 26, 1939 at his ranch home near Pipe Creek, Texas - "Cotton-Eyed Joe" a fiddle tune from the Library of Congress' John and Ruby Lomax 1939 Southern States Recording Trip; performed by Fred Perry (fiddle) and Glenn Carver (guitar) on June 6, 1939 at his ranch home near Pipe Creek, san jose library.