Bøger af David Unger

"When a terrible earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, chef Josâe Andrâes knew he needed to help. Within a few hours of the disaster, he had gathered friends, they flew to the island, and they began cooking rice and beans for the hungry locals. This trip changed the life of the successful chef and led him to found World Central Kitchen, a disaster-relief organization that has fed more than 200 million people affected by natural disasters, the COVID pandemic, and war"--

In My Eyes, You Are Beautiful is a coming-of-age novel, that narrates the life of an Indigenous young woman. It depicts the transformation of Olivia Padilla Xuc, an illiterate six-year-old picking coffee in the Guatemalan countryside as she becomes a liberated, powerful woman working in Mexico City. Through Olivia's deeply moving narrative, we explore the possibility of change and growth of an indigenous woman as she delve into issues of racism, economic opportunity and self-worth - the vital themes that first nation people confront globally while they try to better themselves in societies convinced of their worthlessness. Against an historical period of armed conflict, turmoil and conflict, Olivia Padilla is funny, intense, imaginative, alternately serious and playful. Her courage allows her to explore her sexuality in Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba and Italy as she builds a satisfying, independent life few people could have considered possible.

The ninth instalment of the popular 'Lesson' series - featuring therapist, professor, and reluctant sleuth David Unger, PhD. David's chakras are stimulated when he takes a skeptical step into the unknown. He's been hired for support at the Santa Monica Whole Life Expo - bad juju is expected, and positive therapeutic auras are required. Murder soon spoils the cosmic karma, and with the posse on hand to spice up the mystic mix, David's sleuthing leads him to places he's never been before, and most likely won't return to. But David is distracted - Nova, the Love Doctor, puts the 'oo' in his personal woo-woo, and when a psychic foretells of romance in his future, he all but enters a different dimension. ¿ David's special brand of voodoo-therapy-magic has never been more at home, but can he overcome his super Nova distraction for long enough to unmask the killer before anyone else gets hurt?

Based on a true, ripped-from-the-headlines story, The Mastermind is a voyage into the noir heart of present-day Guatemala.

Set in strife-torn Guatemala City in the early 1980s, this sophisticated, quasi-comedic tale depicts the decline and near-fall of a prominent Guatemalan Jewish family.

Three days in the life of Samuel Berkow, a German Jew escaping Nazi Germany by boat in 1938 to Guatemala.