Things were different in 1963. No cell phones, and for that matter, no phones in many places in Mexico. But the various locations, attractions and people who populated areas now vastly overgrown with condominiums, business and industry, beneath all that is the foundation of a culture that was quaint, colorful and well worth visiting. Join three college students serious and curious for adventure. For those of you who have lived in or traveled in these parts of Mexico, this book will have special remembrances.

This story is about an American couple who desperately want to have children but have been unsuccessful for fifteen years of marriage. They are now looking into adoption. He is a hydroelectric engineer under contract in south central India to refurbish a power station that anticipates reopening following the monsoon season. He is introduced to various situations that are completely alien to him. When his wife arrives, they are encouraged to attend a gendercide conference in Mumbai. However, she is abducted from the airport in a ruse that is related to the Bollywood mentality. After much...

A 21st Century remarkable ghost story involving a modern family in an unpredictable visit to rain swept Holland near the town of Delft. This is the stuff on which dreams are made. This story is a gentle reminder of important things that dictate our lives, and how things change over generations.

Existem mentores na vida de todos. Muitas vezes eles sao influencias sutis, que nao sao percebidos ate uma determinada fase da vida. Aqui esta uma historia do tipo. Um professor, conselheiro, assessor e amigo para diversos artistas ao redor do mundo que seguiram seus passos em projetos e programas mesmo sem uma recompensa ou compensacao decente. Seu retorno acontece por meio de um momento culminante em sua vida, que celebra a volta de todo o seu investimento ao longo de decadas. Este e um conto encantador que deriva de experiencias reais sobre o valor da amizade, da diligencia e do...

They were married Following his graduation from Yale College of Business and against the wishes of his parents, Zebulon Montgomery wedded his strawberry blond French beauty whose life had been so upside down. Their relationship had developed through an astonishing series of letters written between them for a year, and blossomed upon their eventual meeting in the Boston commons. In spite of tradition, what was supposed to be, and what was expected, Zeb married Gamine and set about a career in farming the land she had inherited. Overwhelmed by much of the technology of the beginning of the...

The dreams, desires and plans of anyone are captured in this gentle impressionistic Tapestry of Pas De Deux. The discipline, sacrifice, education and skill necessary in any vocation are merely that which prepares one for launching into a career in it. It is in living it that your skill is brought into fruition. In this dance for two, the circumstance of one puts restrictions on the ability to reach for the dreams established. The other launches completely into a remarkably successful career but without the joy and satisfaction of being complete. Only in the unfolding of one's experiences is...

The Trinity River Watershed is a fictional collection of short stories about experiences and people who live in this part of Texas. It is a visual representation of various things American - a rhythm unmistakably pulsing through various folk inhabiting this part of the world, but many themes are universal to humanity. A strong aesthetic voice found in each of the fictional accounts in this collection offers the strengths, limitations, dreams and shortcomings of people in genuine exposition - geometric and bold. See who you can recognize in your life from these tales. It is hoped that through...

Blema's life was coming apart Why did all this have to happen to her, especially now? The rain from the typhoon was falling heavily in the warm black night and as the sheets of water cascaded off the corrugated metal portico of the Sari Sari, she could think of only one thing -- she had to get home to her grandmother Lola. Her job, her boss, her so-called step mother, her apartment in Pasig City -- everything seemed to be caving in on her. Emotion piled upon emotion until she fought back a sob in her throat and felt the hot tears pushing up into her eyes. The bus was late headed for...

Heather Walden's worst fears were overwhelmed. The pernicious headaches that she had been experiencing were finally diagnosed; incurable brain-stem cancer along with an inoperable cranial tumor. She was given a year to live Take this journey with Heather, her devoted husband Chris and three children as she confronts her mortality and the normal issues of family and relationships, plodding with certain inevitability toward life's conclusion and step into glory. Dealing with her children having broken bones, not being chosen as high school cheerleader, the usual childhood illnesses, holidays...