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East Wind is an income sharing, egalitarian community of people living and working together in the beautiful hills of the Missouri Ozarks. We hold our land, labor, and resources in common. We place great value on cooperation, nonviolence, and direct democracy. Ultimately, we seek to maintain and continually improve this decades strong, living example of what can happen when people see that working together for a common purpose makes life easier and more fulfilling.

We maintain a small community library which over 50 years has accumulated an impressive amount of books and resources of various kinds. We now have a wide range of material, either for learning or entertainment. There is a large concentration of science fiction and fantasy novels and other fiction. Our community also has a collection of non-fiction with readings on the sciences, philosophy, and arts as well as practical guides on gardening, beekeeping, and other agricultural pursuits.

And if you are interested in learning in-depth about intentional communities and their history, you will find a much greater concentration of books on that subject here than in most conventional public libraries.