Sixty-four-year-old Dan OHalloran, a once-renowned national sports broadcaster, has made some poor decisions regarding friends, finances, and alcohol. Now a reporter at a local television network in California, he finds himself unemployed, fired from his job for coming in late, being unkempt, and hungover. But his boss, a friend, offers him a chance at renewal. OHalloran moves to Carmel, where he attacks his fresh start with a positive outlook. Hes intrigued when he meets Magda, his beautiful, young neighbor. She confides in OHalloran, telling him about her questionable family history, a possible connection to the mafia. Magda doesnt know if shes in hiding or just an ordinary person living in a lovely little house in Carmel. As a friend, he agrees to accompany her to Italy so she can begin to sort out the details of her past. What they learn surprises them. As Magda comes to terms with her new reality, tragedy strikes.

The political and social turmoil of the twentieth century took Magda Nachman from a privileged childhood in St. Petersburg at the close of the nineteenth century, artistic studies with Léon Bakst and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin at the Zvantseva Art Academy, and participation in the dynamic symbolist/modernist artistic ferment in pre-Revolutionary Russia to a refugee existence in the Russian countryside during the Russian Civil War followed by marriage to a prominent Indian nationalist, then with her husband to the hardships of émigré Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s, and finally to Bombay, where she established herself as an important artist and a mentor to a new generation of modern Indian artists.

"Examines the life and poetry of Magda Portal, a major figure in Latin American revolutionary politics. Includes a selection of poems available for the first time in English translation"--Provided by publisher.

The importance of J. M. Coetzee in the development of twentieth-century fiction is widely recognised. His work addresses some of the key issues of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: the relationship between postmodernism and postcolonialism, the role of history in the novel, and the question of how the author can combine an ethical and political consciousness with a commitment to the novel as a work of fiction. In this study, written in 1998, Dominic Head assesses Coetzee's position as a white South African writer engaged with the legacy of colonialism. Through close readings of all the novels, Head shows how Coetzee inhabits a transitional site between Europe and Africa, and it is from this position that his more general concerns emerge. Coetzee's engagement with the problems facing the postcolonial writer, Head argues, is always enriched by his awareness of a wider literary tradition.

It was in a Coffee Shop, it narrates the day to day activities of the students of one of the best schools in Mexico, especially two groups of students; the soccer team players and the cheerleaders. This story reflects the efforts, dedication, sacrifice and love that these athletes inject to the school semester to achieve their goals and dreams. In the development of the first quarter of the year between the young adults raises the affection and love precisely inside of a beautiful café on the outskirts of the school.

'Few story tellers can integrate Benig Mauger's rich understanding of psyche and spirit. This book will take you on a journey that will enrich you forever. I loved it.' Donna Eden, co-author, The Energies of Love In The Soul & the Sea, Benig Mauger interweaves depth psychology with spirituality to present a new model of healing. Inspired by the sea and land around her home, Mauger draws from her own life experiences as a Jungian therapist and spiritual teacher to illustrate how connection to nature and the spiritual world can heal emotional wounds. In a time of spiritual awakening, emotional healing must move beyond psychology to be effective. As both a guide and a creator of a new portal for healing, The Soul & the Sea reads like a story as it charts the journey to healing through nature and spirit while serving as a tool for emotional healing and soul growth, showing us how to connect to our inner healer.