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Alfredo Trani is a retired Italian-American Professor of Physics. He lives with his wife in the town of Positano, on the Amalfi coast of Southern Italy. Born in Rome, Alfredo was baptized Roman Catholic and grew up in that faith. In his retirement, however, he develops agnostic feelings as he meditates on the meaning of life on earth and in the...

Of all known character flaws of the human race, some of them tend to be accepted as being part of who we are, rather than being rejected as undesirable traits. Such flaws as narcissism, egotism, arrogance and conceit may irk friends and colleagues, and reduce chances of success. Similarly procrastination, anxiety, shyness and diffidence may...

An early-retired executive from Montreal is on a mission to discover his Italian roots. He flies to Rome as a first step towards what will become a series of personal discoveries that will change his persona and his life forever. Through it all he divorces his wife in Montreal, meets the love of his life in Rome, and marries a much younger woman...

A sentimental chance meeting between a woman-doctor and a concert pianist unleashes passionate love at first sight, along with a series of emotional highs and lows that brings into question different aspects of love, each with its own set of demons. The story revolves around a grand piano and takes the protagonist on a roller coaster of dramatic...

“The Russian Oligarch” is the fourth novel in a pentalogy that includes: The Libyan Affair, The Casablanca Connection, The Mexican Seduction and The Chinese Manuscript. The five stories are based on the business experience of the author in those countries during turbulent years that saw and major changes in international affairs.
The author was...

This is a set of five stories chronicling the author’s business career. Each story describes specific issues - good, bad and ugly - related to five different companies, including Nortel Networks, Spar Aerospace, Sovcanstar (a Russian-Canadian Joint Venture), Image Processing Systems and Networks Sciences International, all operating in the...

A former chief executive of an Italian corporation, well known to the upper class of society in Venice and in Milan, is deeply depressed and suicidal after a series of business and personal setbacks. He is about to commit the final act when he is rescued by an imaginary angel who predicts better days and persuades him to return to his world.
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A high-level court case on business corruption is linked to a political conflict in West Sahara. Two brave women with diverse cultural assets risk their lives and play havoc with a senior executive of a multinational corporation. Their intimacy evolves into a threesome of passion and deceit, with clandestine activities fraught with danger. The...

A young lady from Belgium is on a tour of Mexico when she meets a businessman from Miami and falls for him in a one-night stand. Months later she reconnects with him in an attempt to understand her feelings but discovers a new part of herself and a new beginning in her life. Her mother’s past reveals things she never knew and puts her on a...

Seven stories of sexual encounters in different situations and in different places have one common thread: they all define our constant need for emotional pleasure, whether physical or spiritual. They show that no matter how strong our moral compass is, it can still be swayed by unexpected opportunities to cheat for personal gratification. They...

Gene Toner, a western businessman, gets involved in a web of intrigue and passion as he tries to help a well known older dissident get his memoir published in the West. The dissident is a former professor of history with connections at the top of the political spectrum. He is accused of instigating the student march on Tiananmen Square in 1989...

This is a set of four short stories about romantic love and raw sex. It deals with sexually frustrated beautiful women in different societal situations, all based in Vienna. The historic and artistic character of the city inspires sentimental and romantic needs in the mind of some married women that are too often dead or difficult to find in...