Gunnar Alutalu: 10 books

A significant segment of the world’s literate population prefers their reading material in short, zippy, punchy sections. This collection of literary tidbits is deliberately disorganized in an effort to hold the reader’s attention. Should the reader find a particular story devoid of interest,...

The Second World War brought destruction, suffering and insecurity to millions. Much has been written about this period in history. This book looks at that time from the viewpoint of a growing boy. It is an account of his observations and feelings, joys and sorrows, his adventures and mis-adventures,...

This is a collection of sixty short stories. A few are inter-connected, the majority are individual subjects. Many are humorous. These are fictional tales, although at times based on everyday happenings, prejudices and wishful thinking. No offence is meant to be given to anyone. Let it be taken for...

A cruise boat and her passengers become electro-magnetized after undergoing bombardment by unusually powerful rays emanating from a sun undergoing abnormal sunspot activity. After docking in the harbour of Le Havre, France, the city is visited by this strange electricity. Environmental changes occur....

The question was: What to do with all this money? It was a substantial sum and its source had been rather unexpected. Carole had a suggestion…

A branch on a wire fell down, --- The wire that powers the town. That branch from a tree Indeed did break free And started this story renown. This story, I feel, I must tell While still I remember it well. It was all in the papers, The tricks and the capers. In turbulent times did folks dwell…

Due to forces beyond human control, motorized traffic stops world-wide. Governments react by taking control of available resources, imposing temporary rationing, enacting new laws, providing incentives and encouragement to new commercial enterprises. The former fossil-fuelled economy needs to be replaced...

The time is late nineteenth century. The place is a Nova Scotia coal mining community in Canada. A visionary young man inherits the mine and takes daring steps in breaking with the long-accepted confrontational management-labour relations traditions. Despite becoming the target of censure by his contemporary...

A natural disaster leads to an unnatural emergency situation on a pleasure cruiser headed for the European Continent. Helpless and not expecting rescue, the ship’s crew and passengers are forced to fall back on their own resources for survival. This is a story of how they manage to do it and the...

These are the early years of the twentieth century. Immigrants from many parts of the world take up the Canadian Government’s offer of free land on the prairies. Among them are the Dustlanders and Kumbacks from Oklahoma and the Londoners from England. This is a tale of their struggles, deceptions, discoveries and triumphs. Romantic entanglements are unavoidable.