Goa is breathtakingly beautiful in August. Every tree, bush, sapling and rice field stands in its amazing green glory. The rivers, ponds and the Arabian Sea simply brim with awesome beauty. Paula sat in her grandmother's teak rocking chair in her balcao, or porch. She was in her forties. Yet her fair, square face was beautiful despite the few wrinkles it accommodated. She watched the huge bulldozer raze through the grand palatial house of the Mirandas. Her heart sank and her mind was a whirlpool. The bulldozer mercilessly rampaged over the house which once commanded the attention of the entire village called Benfica. Charmingly narrated, A Matter of Time is a memoir, full of simple episodes that might have been experienced by any child who grew up in a Goan village in the 1980s. Yet, at another level, it gives a picture of the stark reality of how much the topography of most Goan villages has changed over the last few decades... how the lifestyle has changed from simple rural living to a 'modern' one.

Charming short stories and reminiscences with Goan sap.

These memoirs highlight powerfully the agony and the ecstasy of a religious vocation and the call to priestly ministry. Through real-life experiences, Fr. George, who is widely known as an engaging storyteller, shares his journeys and discoveries. The narrative covers his childhood and family upbringing, growing up Catholic in India with its multi-cultural and multi-religious landscape and all the joys and challenges of becoming a priest and living the priestly life as an immigrant, international priest in the United States of America. "I am where God wants me to be" is Fr. George's life defining 'aha' moment, which enables him to love being a priest and to conclude that Everything is Grace.

In this volume of poetry, Dr. Antonio Gomes invites the reader to an imaginative journey in finely crafted verse that traverses numerous stages of life, contrasting moods, diverse continents, the compelling faces of love, singular moments in personal history and that of his patients, and the many-splendored dances of life and death. The distinctive art of Vamona Navelcar (Ganesh), adds a unique touch of magic to the evocative words of the medicine man

A very detailed look at the art and architecture of the Jesuit buildings in Goa, once the headquarters of the Portuguese empire in the East. Among the buildings studied are the Colegio de S. Paulo Velho (1541-1578), the male and female catechumenates (1550s), the hospital for indigenous people (1551), the noviciate (1556 1664), the orphanage (1558), the first church of S. Paulo Velho (1541-1560), the second church of S. Paulo Velho (1560 1579), the Bom Jesus (1594-1605), the Colegio de S Paulo Novo (1610-1620), the colegio do Espirito Santo in Salcete, the Colegio de Santo Inacio, Rachol (1606-09), and the recreation site at Santana.

'It was a bright and sunny morning. Moustafa announced that his small family had to move to another oasis....' A charming story set in the Arabian desert, amidst a camel family. The star of the story is the baby camel.

IN ENGLISH: When the Great Mother Earth suddenly decides that She's had enough of the human being, it is Puck, the pixie, who takes up the role of convincing Her of the value of man. Man is valuable because the history of the Earth is written in our stories. Puck sets out to prove this with the help of 13 magical pens, travelling through Goa collecting stories during three nights. That's how long Mother Earth gives him before she destroys man forever. Will Puck achieve his task? Discover the roots of ancient civilizations, the foot marks of contemporary cultures and the pockets of time present in one of the most fascinating regions of India.

When the Great Mother Earth suddenly decides that She's had enough of the human being, it is Puck,the pixie, who takes up the role of convincing Her of the value of man. Man is valuable because the history of the Earth is written in our stories. Puck sets out to prove this with the help of 13 magical pens, travelling through Goa collecting stories during three nights. That's how long Mother Earth gives him before she destroys man forever. Will Puck achieve his task? Discover the roots of ancient civilizations, the footmarks of contemporary cultures and the pockets of time present in one of the most fascinating regions of India.

A German photo-journalist offers an interesting insight into contemporary religion in Goa. Rich in photographs. Interesting insight into contemporary religion in Goa Rich in photographs.

Capt. Rebello has been writing since his school-days, and happens to be the nephew of the pioneers who ran the Konkani weekly 'Cine Times' in Bombay. His earlier novel Memories of Another Day, published in 2008, is set in Eastern Europe, after the 1999 sinking of an oil tanker off the Atlantic coast and the Bay of Biscay in France, causing an economic loss of $500 million. The fleet owner abandoned three other vessels with hundreds of seafarers on board in Montenegro. His next book, now being worked on, is set amidst seamen, and is to be called 'Cruise the Horizon' about the hardships faced in a supposedly cheerful cruise line industry.