Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree's survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could become without the ash's familiar branches protruding from limestone scars and chalky cliff faces. The trees' grave prognosis takes on a personal resonance when, in the course of writing this book, Lisa is diagnosed with a brain tumour. While she receives treatment, and learns to walk and talk again, Lisa finds solace once more in the natural world. She continues to research her beloved forests, which once sheltered a wealth of flora and fauna, seeking out the possibilities that modern science might provide for their survival. Taking us from the lowlands of Norfolk to northernmost reaches of the British Isles, Lisa's book is a celebration of the deep cultural and historical significance of the ash. As Lisa contemplates her own mortality, and the trees' likely fate emerges, Epitaph for the Ash offers up a rallying cry to treasure these remarkable woodlands while we still can, before it is too late.

Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal

Samson, Lisa

HARPER/COLLINS

The ash tree has long been an integral part of the British landscape, its familiar branches protruding from limestone scars and chalky cliff faces.But tragically ash dieback, a disease from mainland Europe, now poses a serious threat to the trees survival. And their grave prognosis took on a personal resonance when, while writing this book, Lisa Samson was diagnosed with a brain tumour, forcing her to contemplate her own mortality while the trees likely fate emerged.Taking us from the lowlands of Norfolk to the northernmost reaches of the British Isles, Epitaph for the Ash offers up a rallying cry to treasure these remarkable woodlands while we can, before it is too late.

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Fourth Estate

She is heir to her father's wine fortune, amassed over a generation of labor in the vineyards of Champagne, France. But while the vast holdings of the family estate belong to Sylvie de Courcey, her future does not. Her betrothal to the handsome Count Rene de Boyce has been planned from childhood -- an arrangement Sylvie knows nothing of . . . until her heart has been given to another man. Even as Sylvie struggles with a wrenching choice between love and loyalty, a deeper secret tightens its invisible tendrils in a stranglehold on both families. Rooted in French underworld, its fruit quickly ripens into murder, extortion, and betrayal. One person stands between Sylvie and the evil that closes in on every side: the man Sylvie loves most, and cannot afford to love at all. Set in France, England, and Scotland in the mid-1800's, Indigo Waters weaves romance, suspense, unforgettable characters, and surprising twists in a novel of unquenchable faith. Indigo waters is the first book in the Shades of Eternity series by Lisa Samson. Filled with the splendor and romance of historical Europe, these well-crafted novels trace one family's journey of faith in the lives and loves of its members in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Look for the upcoming book two, Fields of Gold, at your favorite Christian retailer.

Indigo Waters (Shades of Eternity Series #1)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Zondervan

Physical deformity mars both Elspeth, daughter of David Youngblood, the late earl of Cannock, and her governess, Miranda Wallace and prejudices David's uncle who arrives to claim the estate

Fields of Gold (Shades of Eternity Series #2)

David Youngblood, now a believer, marries the only woman who has ever truly loved him and tries to clear a friend of murder.

Crimson Skies (Shades of Eternity #3)

In Love Mercy: A Mother and Daughter's Journey from the American Dream to the Kingdom of God, having lived a life of plenty in suburban America, Lisa Samson and her eighteen-year-old daughter, Ty, thought they were traveling to Africa to minister to the people and chronicle the AIDS crisis devastating the continent. Their trip, they assumed, would be missional, merciful, giving. Instead, they experienced a life-changing, soul-rattling journey. As mother and daughter are confronted with incidents of child prostitution, preventable illness, poverty, oppression, abuse, and death so prevalent it leaves no time to mourn … their journey takes a decidedly different tack. Love Mercy confronts us directly with the AIDS crisis in Africa―in particular Swaziland, which has the highest AIDS rate in the world and where the average life expectancy is thirty-two years of age. Offering two unique perspectives, Lisa and Ty share the questions they encountered on their journey and tell the stories of those they met along the way―from the children themselves, to adult AIDS victims, to the compassionate mercy-givers who seek every day to alleviate their suffering. Smiles in a place of aching sadness. Mercy in a place of heart-wrenching poverty. Two people transformed by God in ways, and places, they never expected, discovering that even in a land riddled with heartache … Christ’s love and redemption are ablaze.

Love Mercy: A Mother and Daughter's Journey from the American Dream to the Kingdom of God

Samson, Ty

Community & Culture

In Lisa Samson's moving novel, the wife of a popular televangelist discovers a family secret that threatens to destroy her marriage and her husband's ministry.

Songbird

FaithWords

The World's Visual Reference System T makes a traditional genuine leather family Bible into an exciting devotional tool. The promises and miracles of the Bible plus the messianic prophecies to the first and second Advent are indicated with visual symbols throughout. Brief introductory facts are listed at the beginning of each book. Classical biblical art from the great master artists and a complete 16-page registry to record family traditions, events, and genealogical records for keepsake and legal records. Also includes a Chronology of Biblical Events, Where to Find It in the Bible, and a calendar of Daily Bible Readings.

Antique Family Bible: King James Version

Religion & Spirituality

Metanoia Films

Christian Books & Bibles

Thomas Nelson. Inc.

We all know that we should ask now, before it's too late, before the stories are gone forever. But knowing and doing are two different things. Cynthia Hart, author of Cynthia Hart's Scrapbook Workshop, shows exactly how to collect, record, share, and preserve a family member's or a friend's oral history in this practical and inspirational guide. The Oral History Workshop breaks down what too often feels like an overwhelming project into a series of easily manageable steps: how to prepare for an interview; how to become a better listener; why there's always more beneath the surface and the questions to ask to get there; the pros and cons of video recording, including how your subjects should dress so the focus is on their words; four steps to keeping the interview on track; how to be attentive to your subject's energy levels; and the art of archiving or scrapbooking the interview into a finished keepsake. At the heart of the book are hundreds of questions designed to cover every aspect of your subject's history: Do you remember when and how you learned to read? Who in your life showed you the most kindness? What insights have you gained about your parents over the years? Would you describe yourself as an optimist or a pessimist? In what ways were you introduced to music? What is the first gift you remember giving? If you could hold on to one memory forever, what would it be? When the answers are pieced together, a mosaic appears―a living history.

The Oral History Workshop: Collect and Celebrate the Life Stories of Your Family and Friends

Hart, Cynthia

Parenting & Relationships

Workman Publishing Company

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Books by Samson, Lisa

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Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal

Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal

Indigo Waters (Shades of Eternity Series #1)

Fields of Gold (Shades of Eternity Series #2)

Crimson Skies (Shades of Eternity #3)

Love Mercy: A Mother and Daughter's Journey from the American Dream to the Kingdom of God

Songbird

Songbird

Antique Family Bible: King James Version

The Oral History Workshop: Collect and Celebrate the Life Stories of Your Family and Friends