Bøger af Barry Childs

And the Children Shall Lead Us: How a self-sustaining business model is transforming rural African villages through loveIn 1998 Barry Childs returned to Tanzania, where he had spent his childhood as the son of a British agriculturalist. He was about to turn 55 years of age and wondered how things had turned out for the African children he had played with some decades before, only to realize that most of them had died. The shocking gap in life expectancy spurred him to take early retirement and spend the rest of his days developing an economic model that could transform prospects for some of the most deprived people in the world.The result was Africa Bridge, a sustainable and cooperative agricultural business model founded in 2000. Over the two decades of its growth, it has been adopted by 37 villages in western Tanzania, transforming living standards and prospects for thousands of families, confirmed by independent research. This vindicates the vision of Barry and his colleagues who believe that sympathy is not enough to overcome poverty, action is required, and that love is a verb.By helping the most disadvantaged, Africa Bridge performs much needed divine work, letting the poorest of the poor know they are loved. There is no higher calling.Archbishop Desmond Tutu, writing in 2005'Founded on love, ingenuity, and dedication, Africa Bridge's impressive success gives the lie to the lazy assertions that the problem of poverty is unsolvable.' Dr Heath Prince, research scientist at the Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources 'What Africa Bridge is doing for the orphans, those living in difficult conditions, is what Mwalimu Nyerere [founding President of Tanzania] was trying to achieve. He was trying as much as possible to ensure that living conditions for all Tanzanians were improving.' Mathayo Mwakagamba, Tanzanian architect, friend of Africa Bridge. 'Read this book and stay in touch with its message: ordinary people can do extraordinary things. We are all capable of living fuller and better lives.' Dr Carl Larson, Professor Emeritus, and past Dean of Social Sciences, University of Denver

RUBICON is the story foreshadowing the next September 11th attack; you want your government leaders to read before the next attack.RUBICON, a cybersecurity thriller, is an epic battle of good versus evil where Xander Ridge and Paul Ross are locked in a fight to control the ultimate cyberweapon -hospitals collapse -planes fall from the sky -power and communication grids collapse -financial markets and economies plummet -the fate of the world to hangs by a final thread on the precipice of Armageddon on the hope that Xander Ridge vanquishes Paul Ross.Imagine that you awoke to sporadic power outages, traffic backing up behind failing traffic control lights, the trains stop running, and a series of bizarre news podcasts sharing odd stories of chaotic financial markets and empty bank accounts. You roll over, snatch up your phone -the battery almost depleted, and check your bank account -your money is gone. Your stomach snarls and pits as the fear grips you. The phone goes dark.A sinister force helps Iranian agents avenge the assassination of General Soleimani by murdering American and British deep-cover spies and coordinates global cyber-attacks -leaving the world with one hope: Xander Ridge. Only Xander can stop Ross and his axis of evil.Paul Ross and his evil partners unleash hell with asymmetrical warfare bringing the world to Hell's precipice. With the world on the precipice of Armageddon, the American President presses Ridge into service to defeat Paul Ross.Paul, jealous and spiteful of Xander's success, holds firm that he is the preeminent cyberweapon designer. Paul Ross will stop at nothing -to destroy Xander's life and business to steal Rubicon. Ross brings the fight to Ridge. Ross drags Ridge through hell-ceaselessly attacking Ridge's conviction to secure Rubicon.Ross is incapable of producing a Rubicon-esque cyberweapon. Ross must force Ridge to use a version to steal Rubicon's code. Ross unleashes a cyberattack crashing a commercial airliner. After the crash, Xander realizes that Ross wants Rubicon at any cost.Ross poisons Amelia, Xander's terminally ill daughter, with a dastardly cyberattack altering the chemical makeup of the IV fluids and medicines. Ross tries to crash Xander's plane. Unable to kill Ridge, Ross unleashes the cyberweapon on civilian aviation -spinning the world into terror. Upping the pressure on Ridge, Someone orders an attack on Xander's home, endangering the Ridge family.Xander must come to terms that he must use Rubicon to stop Paul.RUBICON is the story that you want to read before the world goes dark.