In 1989, driven by a dream and the memories of her own past, Christina Noble travelled 6,000 miles to Vietnam, a country of great beauty where the terrible legacy of war was still being felt. Against extraordinary odds she opened the Christina Noble Children's Foundation, providing medical aid and schooling. Through this Foundation the street children could find safety and new beginnings under the protection of 'Mama Tina'. In this vivid and moving book Christina's story continues with the amazing tale of what she and her Foundation have achieved. She takes us from the streets of Saigon to the children's prisons of Mongolia. Finally she returns to Dublin where she is greeted by the president of Ireland herself. A staunch campaigner for children's rights, for Christina there are no frontiers, only a world filled with children reaching out.
Christina Nobel's story is one of bravery and resilience in the face of deprivation and abuse on a scale most would find unimaginable. Her childhood in the Dublin slums barely merits the name: after the early death of her mother the family is split apart, their alcoholic father unable to care for them. Christina is sexually abused and later escapes from an orphanage only to become a destitute on the streets of Dublin. At sixteen she is pulled into a car by four men and raped repeatedly. Later, driven to near insanity by overwork and a violent husband, she finds in a dream the will to fight back. Yet this is no vision of luxury and self-indulgence; instead Christina's hope lies in a determination to work among the street children of Vietnam. And here the most extraordinary part of her story begins. To these needy children 'Mama Tina' became, and remains to this day, an irrepressible, unorthodox and staunch champion.
The author recounts her experiences traveling with the Gaddi, a Himalayan shepherding people, and shares her impressions of their culture."--Publisher's description
Ardkinglas is a 45,000-acre estate in Cairndow, a beautiful area of the Highlands at the head of Loch Fyne. Sir Andrew Noble, the author'sgreat-grandfather, bought the estate in 1905 and his family have run it ever since. The estate has become famous throughout Scotland andbeyond for the Loch Fyne Oyster Bar, founded by Christina Noble's brother, Johnny. This book is not just about the Nobles but the communityArdkinglas has become, the people who make and have made it and the story of how they have lived and worked. This is not a nostalgicmemoir of the Noble family, a Downton Abbey saga of life in 'The Big House'.Christina Noble's aim is to try to capture the feeling of what it was like for all of the community, employers and employees, to live on a classic Highland estate during the twentieth century. It is a vivid tale, built up from letters and household diaries covering some periods and estate journals covering others. More recent decades are coloured by the personal memories of the author and many others who lived there, whose voices have been carefully recorded for this book. Ardkinglas: The Biography of a Highland Estate is illustrated throughout with pictures of the people who called Ardkinglas home, the places they knew and the activities which occupied them. As their stories are told, some key questions emerge. A Highland estate in the modern world: what is it for? What keeps it going? Who gets the benefit?
A blonde Irish woman sits in an ice-cream parlour on Le Loi Street singing, a crowd of Vietnamese street children around her, their eyes riveted on her smiling face... Christina Noble knows the pain and loneliness of being left outside the door - of having no door of one's own to walk through, for she was once a street-child herself, alone on the streets of Dublin. When she told the story of her early life in her bestselling autobiography Bridge Across My Sorrows she had no idea that it would prove a catalyst for so many others who had suffered childhood pain and rejection, or that it would inspire them to take the first courageous steps towards self-acceptance and their own self-healing. In 1989, driven by a dream and by the memory of her own past, she travelled 6,000 miles to Vietnam, a country of great beauty where war has left a terrible legacy. Against extraordinary odds she opened the Christina Noble Children's Foundation, a haven of food, beds, medical aid and schooling where the street children of Saigon can find safety and new beginnings under the protection of 'Mama Tina'. In this vivid and moving book Christina's compelling story continues with the amazing tale of what she and her Foundation have achieved. She takes us from the streets of Saigon to the Children's Prisons of Mongolia. A staunch campaigner for children's rights, for her there are no frontiers, only a world filled with children reaching out. Finally she returns to Dublin, where the former street orphan is officially and proudly greeted by the President of Ireland herself.
By the time Christina was four years old she had experienced her first kiss at the mouth of a relative and although young, she knew that there was something quite different about it. Not really thinking about it, and also having the attention span of a gnat, Christina pushed this encounter out of her mind until it happened again when she started Kindergarten and this time it came with a touch. Having been taught by her mother not to let anyone touch her in her private areas, she was still a confused child because although it felt wrong, the tingling sensation that came with it made her want to feel it again. So she kept quiet.Rather than open her mouth and ask for help, after being told numerous times by her mother if she continued to act out she would be placed in a home, she made it her mission to get put out just so this very thing could happen.“By His Stripes” details the life of Christina and the decisions she made secretly crying out for help that lead to her being a teen mom, a high school dropout and later heavy drug user suffering in domestic violence relationships. As you read the story of her life, like the Book of Esther, you will see the hand of God over her life, even when she didn't acknowledge Him.The journey brings us to today, where she is an awesome woman of God using her past mistakes to educate and inform others that it is not over until God says it is over and that “By His Stripes”, she is healed.
No job. No heat. The wrong shoes. The wrong clothes. Discover if true love can be far behind. Imagine having always lived in Washington, D.C., and suddenly being stuck in Portland, Maine, for a year. With the pipes freezing---inside the house. And a husband who seems to have his eye on a hiking-booted L.L.Bean femme fatale rather than you. Not to mention the mother-in-law from hell who never fails to let you know that you leave much to be desired. That's Sophie Quinn's life. Lucky for Sophie (an unassertive type who's always favored daydreams over day planners), her new life is about to throw in her lap some weird and valuable opportunities to trample down her fears and transform her prospects for happiness. And true love just might come knocking on her door.... For any woman who has ever had to confront the landlord about the heat, for any woman who has ever longed for impractical shoes instead of sturdy winter boots, for any woman who has ever been in the wrong place at the right time, Snowed In will have you laughing, crying, and rooting for Sophie Quinn.
Following the first two books of the "Christina" book series, both of which became bestsellers, the third book is now available. The first two books told the beginning of Christina's story: the extraordinary circumstances of her birth, her childhood and youth, and the beginning of her work in public up until spring 2018.The third book consists exclusively of Christina's own words, compiled from her seminars and interviews in 2018 and 2019. Christina tells us who we human beings really are, why conditions on Earth today are as they are, and which positive direction global development can take. She gives us confidence and hope for a future of inner and outer peace, and nourishes our feeling that, despite all the gloomy predictions, all will be well in the end.Further topics in Book 3 are: individual increase in vibration; purification of the soul; our body being and cell communication; our spiritual team; the great game of forgetting; karma and creative power; a school for heart-based learning; trust in your own heart feeling; the evolution of love; spiritual networking; childlike joie de vivre and playfulness.
DEA agent Bryan Tyke hates weddings. He hates them even more when he's forced to travel to a hot as hell beach resort to watch his best friends say I do, while acting happy about it. He isn't happy. If those two want to buy into happily ever after, good for them. That isn't in the cards for Tyke. It hasn't been since he joined the army years ago and lost everything. That is, until the woman he’s never forgotten shows up as a bridesmaid and puts herself into immediate danger. Kenna McCord has bigger issues than running into the gruff, sexy guy who broke her heart. Someone is stealing from wedding guests, including her late mother's sapphire ring, and Kenna needs to find the thief ASAP. Reluctantly, she agrees to let Bryan use his skills and resources to help with the investigation, knowing full well it will lead to nothing but frustration and more broken promises. Unfortunately, there’s still something between them and it can’t be denied... Each book in the Under Covers series is STANDALONE: *On Her Six *In Walked Trouble *The Man I Want to Be
Andy the Tree Man is about the different adventures of a man who loves trees and makes a living cutting them down. This book is a great learning tool and adventure story of a man who cuts trees. It is a true story and inspiration for all children. Andy the Tree Man is a new beginning of a series of great adventure stories.
It's often tiring to continue working all the time when you don't have any motivation to work. Procrastination then ends up becoming a factor in your working habits without you realizing it. You feel like there's too much work that you have to finish, but you have too little time to finish them all. At the end of the day you just feel tired and worn out. You're not getting the right amount of sleep that you need and if anything, you feel as if you haven't accomplished much throughout the day. That's why this book will give you the basic tips and tricks on how to be more productive. It will give you methods on how to organize your life for the better. Pretty soon, you'll be able to sleep without a care in the world and you'll be able to wake up the next day with a smile on your face.
The author tells of her journey to Saigon in 1989 to help the city's street children, a journey motivated by her own impoverishment and abuse as an orphan in Dublin, and the facilities she created there. 35,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.
Henry and the other animals are excited to welcome a new friend to Farmer Kate's barnyard, but Gertie the Goat isn't telling them the truth. When everyone learns the truth about Gertie, she suddenly realizes how important it is to be honest.
Even knee-deep in planning her wedding, Faith Hunter finds herself distracted by the town scrapbook she was commissioned to create. Eden¿s oldest mystery, the founding family¿s exodus nearly a hundred years ago, remains unsolved. When a search through the family¿s abandoned mansion leads to the uncovering of bones on the property and ex-boyfriend Steve Davis announces a surprise heir has staked a claim, Faith is determined to dig up the truth left behind. Meanwhile, family friend Wyatt Buford asks Faith to look into his deadbeat father¿s disappearing act and his connection to the murder. Her quest for answers unearths secrets past and present that some would prefer stay buried at any cost. Faith¿s resolve to present the facts and nothing but about Eden¿s history could lead to her own future being cut short.
Fifteen year old Caryn Tobin is willing to sacrifice her life to save the world, and to atone for her part in the death of a friend. Kai Garrett will risk everything to discover his past and why he was abandon. When their paths join, they form an unlikely friendship that could change everything. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Do you suffer from fear? Do you feel like your dreams will never come true because of your fears? Are you afraid of failure, success, sickness, job loss, financial troubles, death? Defeat Fear Forever addresses those very issues in nine progressive chapters. Warning: Don't buy this book if you are not willing to change the way you think and act. Don't buy this book if you are not truly willing to do what it takes to defeat fear--for real and forever. There are things in this book that will more than likely challenge what you have always been taught. However, if you are willing to apply the messages in this book to your own life, you will start to see victory. You will even start to see miracles. What are you waiting for? Don't you think it's time for some real change?
Critically acclaimed author of In the Wake, "Christina Sharpe is a brilliant thinker who attends unflinchingly to the brutality of our current arrangements . . . and yet always finds a way to beauty and possibility" (Saidiya Hartman). A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake. In a series of 248 notes that gather meaning as we read them, Christina Sharpe skillfully weaves artifacts from the past—public ones alongside others that are poignantly personal—with present realities and possible futures, intricately constructing an immersive portrait of everyday Black existence. The themes and tones that echo through these pages—sometimes about language, beauty, memory; sometimes about history, art, photography, and literature—always attend, with exquisite care, to the ordinary-extraordinary dimensions of Black life. At the heart of Ordinary Notes is the indelible presence of the author’s mother, Ida Wright Sharpe. “I learned to see in my mother’s house,” writes Sharpe. “I learned how not to see in my mother’s house . . . My mother gifted me a love of beauty, a love of words.” Using these gifts and other ways of seeing, Sharpe steadily summons a chorus of voices and experiences to the page. She practices an aesthetic of "beauty as a method,” collects entries from a community of thinkers toward a “Dictionary of Untranslatable Blackness,” and rigorously examines sites of memory and memorial. And in the process, she forges a brilliant new literary form, as multivalent as the ways of Black being it traces. 4-color art throughout
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