Read & reflect

Free books to read and reflect on

Explore faith, compassion and the histories of Shan State through these books. All are available as free PDF and EPUB downloads.

Easy-read bereavement series

Bereavement, life & caring

Three free books by Stuart Corlett about grief, mortality and caring for others, shaped by 25 years of cross-cultural work in Thailand and Shan State.

Includes workbooks for churches, clubs, small home meetings and personal reflection.

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Still Missing YouOne Life, Well LivedSeeing Someone Else’s Pain

Explore the ideas behind the work: practical compassion in The Shape of Love, the history of Shan journeys in Before They Were Migrants, and the fictional family story of A Distant Light. Download any book free, with no email sign-up.

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Legacy by Stuart Corlett

Easy reading · First edition

Legacy

Helping what you love carry on · By Stuart Corlett

A hopeful guide to the people and causes that matter to you, and how a gift in your will could help that care continue. Includes the author’s foreword, ten chapters and reflection questions with space to write after every chapter.

Free PDF and EPUB · Published by Circuit International

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Academic edition

The Shape of Love

By Stuart Corlett

A detailed examination of Christian witness, community agency and development, drawing on the Gospels, Shan State history and research. Includes notes, a bibliography and Rob Kilpatrick’s foreword.

English · PDF: 209 pages · 3.7 MB · EPUB: 1.8 MB

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Illustrated history · Research draft

Before They Were Migrants

By Khun Luang Yod

A brief history of Shan State and the journeys to Thailand. Maps, photographs and references illuminate the lives and histories behind the word “migrant”. This research draft includes notes on sources still requiring review.

English · PDF: 76 pages · 3.6 MB · EPUB: 12.0 MB

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Historical fiction

A Distant Light

By Stuart Corlett

A Shan family saga of home, exile, memory and return. A fictional family’s story unfolds through more than a century of upheaval in Shan State and Myanmar.

English · PDF: 931 pages · 5.2 MB · EPUB: 3.5 MB

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