Books tagged: culture clashes

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Marathon Wimp...a radio play    by Joe Novara
Price: $0.99 USD. 5230 words. Published on August 15, 2010. .

Based on my Young Adult enovel, Ragazzo Quest, this play follows an Italian girl as she runs a Chicago Marathon with her look-alike American cousin's boyfriend. Gina tries to prove she is as tough as her cousin but gets left behind at the wall only to discover another guy has her back. A study in cultural diversity, this story crisscrosses the ocean only to find that all's fair in love and races.
In The Hands Of Time    by Ainy Rainwater
Price: $4.99 USD. 77950 words. Published on September 8, 2010. .

Jason's new crew, Sien, is a visionary with disturbing visions---ill-suited for a small ship, which becomes even smaller when they pick up a family from Earth. Are her visions connected to the murder of a religious fanatic on Zan or to the overbearing McGraths and their enigmatic daughter? What Jason and Sien discover on the not-so-routine mapping assignment must be unraveled before time runs out.
Mexican Autumn    by John Howard Reid
Price: $3.99 USD. 94310 words. Published on March 18, 2011. .

These inter-related short stories are set in a small Mexican fishing village, Bahia de los angeles--a real place in Baja California, 350 miles from the USA border. As the villagers largely depend upon American tourists for their income, many stories deal with the resulting clash of cultures. Dominating Bahia, a treacherous mountain, Tricky Devil, almost pushes the village into the Sea of Cortez.