Discover reading, one of the most marvellous adventures anyone can have.
(with apologies to Lloyd Alexander)
Welcome to my Book Library
I have launched this site to make my books freely available to anyone who wants to read them.
NOTE:
Categories
My books are listed on the BOOK LIBRARY page in alphabetical order of the book title. They are also grouped into the categories which are described in the panels below. A book may belong to more than one category.
Adventure Stories (for Children of all ages)
Children’s stories, like nursery rhymes and Aesop’s Fables, often have a moral or significant event underpinning them. Christina’s children’s books follow the same pattern. And, whilst the moral or underpinning event might not “slap you in the face”, it is still there, cocooned in adventures informed by life experiences.
F.Y.I.
‘F.Y.I.’ books give the interested reader ‘basic’ information about certain topics in what are known as Complementary Therapies, as well as Counselling and Astrology.
What comprises ‘basic’ you may ask? Well, ‘basic’ means simply offering a grounding in the subject/s and is meant to offer interesting information – hence the category name ‘For Your Information’.
It is NOT a qualification to practice in that whichever subject you read. However, should you wish to become qualified in any of the subjects, then that path is for you to follow and you will undoubtedly find out that becoming ‘qualified’ covers a lot more depth and width in the subject than is offered here, and could take several years.
Having said that, the ‘basic’ information given can be used by the individual to work on themselves – to help themselves and this at times is all that is wanted.
How-to …
‘How to …’ books do just that – they show/guide/offer advice in various topics. Books thus far in this category are:
Me! Write? Reight…
Writing Your Own Mémoires aka Life Stories
Healthy Balanced Eating & Lifestyle
Future books in this category will be in the same vein – they’ll show, guide and offer advice
Self Growth
I personally see ‘Self Growth’ as different to Self Development and Self Improvement.
To me, Self Development implies a process to achieve a person’s full potential whether that be in their professional or personal life. Self Improvement, again to me, is the act of learning new things, on your own, in order to make you a more skilled or able person.
‘Self Growth’ is how you can help the ‘organismic self’ – or ‘real self’ (ie who you really are deep, deep down inside). In some quarters, the ‘real self’ is often referred to as the ‘inner self’.
Books in this category are aimed at helping the ‘organismic self’ to grow gently and positively. Books penned thus far are:
Daily Dose of Emotion Medicine
Positive Affirmations
House of ‘Selfs’.
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Which e-book reader should I use?
As long-time Kindle users, Christina and I have had little experience of other e-book readers. So when Christina decided to make her books available in epub format, we spent some time searching for a suitable alternative to Kindle. Christina is using the Atticus app to prepare her epub files and we wanted to make sure…
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My name is Christina Elvin and this is the story behind this website …. From the mid-1990s until I retired at the end of the first decade of this century, I practised in the UK as a psychotherapist and trainer. In the early 2000s, I documented, and published in hard copy, some of the knowledge…
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