Eli Sorensson is happily boarding a plane bound for India: to take a new job, and as he says himself "to live in truth" - although he, himself, finds it difficult to explain exactly what he means. But, once installed in the Pink City of Jaipur, he not only discovers that the Future holds plenty of entanglements, but his Past doesn't seem willing to let him go, either. A timeless tale of romance and murder set in modern India and the American Midwest.
The famous streets of Las Vegas have gone quiet: the crowds of eager visitors replaced by darkness, silence, and dust. When the Visitors arrived, unheralded and unfamiliar, they met with world leaders and held press conferences: assuring everyone of great things to come. But - for some reason - Noah Webster didn't believe a word of it. He found a hiding place in the mountains secure enough to protect him, and has worked his way back into the city to discover that he might possibly be the only person remaining in Las Vegas - possibly the only person in America - possibly the only person in the world.This is knowledge he does his best to cope with until ... someone else turns up. But certainly not kind of person he'd hoped for - just as she's not very impressed with him, in the beginning.A record of human survival. A tale of religious faith coping with disaster. An unusual kind of love story. A road trip into the unknown."True Understanding" - the Great American Novel revisited.
Magda Gering has just returned from a cruise with her husband, Micah - but now a widow, minus that same Micah, and with an idea that would make life so much better and more comfortable for her friends: women she's known since high school. It's not a new idea. It's even been the subject of a famous movie. But so simple that even a bunch of old ladies living in a small town can do it. At least they should talk about it. Which is why Magda has called this meeting....
There's a certain amount of urgency added to an investigation when lots of money is at stake - in this case, the largest lottery payout in Florida history. Charley Comstock got the money. But his first cousin (and sole heir) is convinced that Comstock is dead, and that the money belongs to him. For private investigator Jean-Marie Beauvais the matter is simple: how to prove that someone who's avoided social contact most of his life is alive...or dead.
An actual baseball game, played on September 2, 1915 is used to explore the "dead ball" era and to highlight the lives of two Hall of Fame pitchers - Christy Mathewson and Grover Cleveland Alexander - who started the game.
The bells of the church outside the apartment of Adam and Kali Storch ring every Sunday morning. But this Sunday they seem to have special meaning. Today is the day that they begin they've been hoping for: the day the race revolution begins. No one else seems ready to take the first step, and - day by day - matters are getting worse. Kali knows where they can get automatic weapons, and Adam has composed a manifesto - a call to arms for the oppressed. The time is Now: and - since one place is as good as another - they can start at the mall.
