Bruce E Weber: 9 books

In this eclectic collection of twelve stories Bruce E. Weber brings together humility and arrogance, spirituality and aggression, innocence and harsh lessons to illuminate the human experience, that the lighter and darker sides seldom exist in a vacuum and that serendipity and irony often play major...

As with all of Bruce Weber’s short story books, the settings for these tales span the globe, from the leafy suburbs of Scarsdale, New York to the steamy jungles of Laos, from the desert canyons of the Southwest to tiny villages in northern France, and from a stuffy apartment in Tel Aviv to the banal...

The settings for these stories range from the steamy riverbanks of Thailand to the hallowed halls of classical music, from the torrid deserts of the southwest to the streets of Boston, from the mountains of Montana to dusty villages in India, and from a snooty club for the rich to the potholed streets...

Link Porter is an Iraq war veteran suffering from agoraphobia. He’s terrified of open spaces, bright lights, loud noises, and crowds. He spends his days holed up his tiny darkened apartment, reading psychology textbooks and endlessly psychoanalyzing himself But Link Porter comes to realize...

Father Gerry Gowan is wrongly accused of embezzling church funds. In disgrace, he is sent to St. Martin’s, a rundown parish in a violent, crime ridden barrio the local police refer to as The Swamp. He’s bitter about this assignment, till he learns that St. Martin’s is an outpost of desperately...

These are NOT tales of love, loss and redemption.Whether they meet in a café in Paris or a bar in Saigon, a remote village in Thailand or a trendy bistro in Brooklyn, the characters in these stories have no interest whatever in the eternal spiritual verities.Their pursuits are entirely earthly, and their troubles really begin when they get what they want.

This is the story of Frank Coyle, a veteran police officer who never meets his monthly quota of parking tickets, has never fired his service weapon, and who believes that putting anyone but violent criminals in jail is cruel and unusual punishment.He has compiled the lowest arrest record of...

Queer Media Images: LGBT Perspectives presents fifteen chapters that address how the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered communities are depicted in the media. This collection focuses on how the LGBT community has been silenced or given voice through the media. Through a study of queer media...

Case studies and analyses investigate how collaborative response to crisis can enhance social-ecological resilience and promote community reinvention. Crisis—whether natural disaster, technological failure, economic collapse, or shocking acts of violence—can offer opportunities for collaboration,...