Bøger af Ellen Richardson

Losing My Virginity is the unusual, frequently outrageous autobiography of one of the great business geniuses of our time. When Richard Branson started his first business, he and his friends decided that "since we're complete virgins at business, let's call it just that: Virgin." Since then, Branson has written his own "rules" for success, creating a group of companies with a global presence, but no central headquarters, no management hierarchy, and minimal bureaucracy.Many of Richard Branson's companies--airlines, retailing, and cola are good examples--were started in the face of entrenched competition. The experts said, "Don't do it." But Branson found golden opportunities in markets in which customers have been ripped off or underserved, where confusion reigns, and the competition is complacent. And in this stressed-out, overworked age, Richard Branson gives us a new model: a dynamic, hardworking, successful entrepreneur who lives life to the fullest. Family, friends, fun, and adventure are equally important as business in Branson's life. Losing My Virginity is a portrait of a productive, sane, balanced life, filled with rich and colorful stories:

Delilah Morgan and her co-worker Norma Davis's lives are turned upside down when their employer, an infamous radio show host and gossip columnist Cassandra Clark (CC), is involved in a near-fatal car accident. As a result of the accident, Delilah is forced to take over CC's show and becomes a target for a mysterious caller who repeatedly calls CC on the air to talk about her personal problems. Before Delilah can learn the truth about the caller, who apparently played a big role in CC's life, CC dies under mysterious circumstances. The police rule CC's death a suicide, but neither Delilah nor Norma believe it and are determined to find out what really happened to the talk show diva. The search for CC's killer plunges them into a world of secrets, lies, and unanswered questions. They realize the killer could be closer than they think and they could be the next targets.

Human beings do not want to die; we spend infinite resources to sustain life, without regard to cost or quality. And yet we do die. Facing terminal illness and unprepared for death, we can feel abandoned by both secular and faith based institutions, whose focus on restoration can fall short of the wisdom and grace needed to embrace a holy death as a part of life. Ellen Richardson hopes to change things by offering stories from her work in hospice and palliative care, and the rich resources of the church¿s Scripture and tradition, to create safe space for exploring questions we carry about dying. Her book is intended for individual readers, and to be used in group, workshop, or retreat settings within the church, so that practices of prayer and healing can become once more a source of comfort and strength, not simply tools of defiance against illness and weakness. No amount of faith will buy immortality for earthly bodies, but death need not be a time of failure and isolation. Holy Dying helps us lay claim to our scriptural stories as hard teachers of our mortal heritage.

Scenen er bygget, publikum strømmer til, og mikrofonerne er tændt … Det er blevet tid til Fagerø Musikfestival! Elly, Tash og Sierra har lavet et band og er med i konkurrencen om at optræde på den store scene, hvor festivalens tophemmelige hovednavn også skal optræde. Men så opdager pigerne, at festivalen er i fare for at gå helt i vasken – og det er kun dem, der kan redde den! Fjerde bind i pigeserien til alle fans af "Min søster, vampyren".

Spøgelser – de findes jo ikke, vel? Eller ... Elly, Tash og Sierra er pludselig ikke så sikre mere. En aften ser de et mystisk lys komme fra kirkegården. Pigerne beslutter sig for at undersøge sagen nærmere. Er øen hjemsøgt af spøgelser, eller er der mon noget endnu mere uhyggeligt på spil?Tredje bind i pigeserien til alle fans af "Min søster, vampyren".

Elly får tre nye veninder ved et superhemmeligt midnatsmøde i et klubhus højt oppe i et træ. Og pludselig begynder solen for alvor at skinne over hendes sommerferieø! Elly, Sierra, Tash og Tashs frække hund, Mojo, udforsker øen sammen og falder over et mysterium, som både trækker tråde tilbage i tiden og truer deres venskab …Første bind i pigeserien til alle fans af "Min søster, vampyren".

Elly, Tash og Sierra er strandet på en øde ø!En storm har sat en stopper for deres søgen efter hvalerne omkring Fagerø, og nu er de skibbrudne. De har kun Mojo som selskab, og deres eneste mad er en chokoladekage og en pose chips. Vil de blive fundet, eller skal de gøre klar til en kold og ensom nat på den øde ø?Andet bind i pigeserien til alle fans af "Min søster, vampyren".