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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play.
First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes…
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The Fourth Turning is an analysis of why history seems to repeat in cycles.
Strauss and Howe look at the two-beat cycle of Spiritual Awakening following by Political Crisis and root it in a four-generation pattern of youths reacting against their parents and their own circumstances. The analysis suggests that now (2023) we are deep into the Crisis of our saeculum, and can expect a reordering of the fundamental socio-political deal along with a large public sacrifice.
Let us hope that we can avoid the wars that have accompanied some Crises (e.g., the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War…
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The Victorian mansion, Evenmere, is the mechanism that runs the universe.
The lamps must be lit, or the stars die. The clocks must be wound, or Time ceases. The Balance between Order and Chaos must be preserved, or Existence crumbles.
Appointed the Steward of Evenmere, Carter Anderson must learn the…
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