Product Description

`Fast, funny, and inspiring too ... Isabel Losada is a writer who can change lives' —Joanna Lumley

`Sometimes you just have to do something, don't you? Sometimes an injustice comes along and you think "No, this cannot be", and rather than just turn off the TV, you know it's time to act.' So begins Isabel Losada's extraordinary For Tibet, with Love in which she explores whether it's possible for an ordinary person to change the world, just a little… Isabel demonstrates, falls for a monk in Nepal, gets sick in Tibet, upsets BP, faces some hard truths, starts a company, irritates the Chinese Ambassador, falls from a great height, keeps her bra on, breaks the law, and captures headlines worldwide.

And then she meets the Dalai Lama.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38621 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-06
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Synopsis
'Sometimes you just have to do something, don't you? Sometimes an injustice comes along and you think 'No, this cannot be', and rather than just turn off the TV, you know it's time to act'. So begins Isabel Losada's extraordinary "For Tibet with Love" in which she explores whether it's possible for an ordinary person to change the world, just a little, and if something so serious can be achieved with joy in one's heart. From visits to Nepal and Tibet, to meetings with the Chinese ambassador and Tibetan awareness-raising groups, Isabel single-handedly hatches a stunning PR coup involving Nelson's Column, a 15 metre banner and a base-jumping parachutist that captured headlines worldwide. And then she meets the Dalai Lama Warm and funny, moving and thought-provoking, the astonishing "For Tibet with Love" celebrates the fact that we can make a difference.

About the Author
Isabel Losada is an actress and television producer. Her previous books are 'New Habits' and the international bestseller 'The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment'.

Customer Reviews

a wonderful and inspiring story told with humour
These types of books always run a risk of becoming self-righteous, naive and overly romanticicing a cause. Ms. Losada perfectly avoids this with humour, honesty and empathy in her fighting for the Tibetan cause.

The often contradictory reflections on what a person can do for others, our bigger causes, are ever-present; in that way, it is indeed a guide (or rather, and inspiration?), and the author is modest, aware of her limits, and honest about the hurdles and problems faced.

Although the story about Ms. Losada's admireable determination to do something about Tibet is the best thing of this book, I also greatly enjoyed learning about Tibet, something I know very little about, except the usual about the Chinese and the Dalai Lama. But I must admit, that after reading the book, written with such contagious passion, I would love to visit Tibet!

Remember what life is about...
This book is strategically placed on the end of my bookshelf, so that I can reach it easily whenever I want to re-read the many passages I've highlighted. It contains many inspiring thoughts and actions and encourages you to have the same. Along with world adventures and some very funny moments. It also has a political voice, and opened my eyes to the injustices faced by the people in Tibet, very timely in the year of the Beijing Olympics. This book inspired me to do many things...travel, try and have compassion and understanding (not always easy),look after yourself as well as others, and also to have a picture of HH the Dalai Lama up on my wall!

Gripping , sensational
I loved this book as Isabel made a journey that is also on my wish list! While it is written with humour and sensitvity it gave an insight into the life of the tibetans and heightened my awareness of the problems they face.
It is a thought provoking book that I couldn't put down and that has also inspired me to do something to change the world.