Alphonse

Alphonse
Author: Carl Sever
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2017-06-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1943006253

After twenty years of riding the rails, Alphonse has earned a reputation for being a kindhearted soul always ready to help. When he helps the Sadlers, a young couple seeking a better life in small-town 1950s Indiana, he doesn’t intend to stay. But stay he does, keeping a close eye on the Sadlers and their two young sons—and an even closer eye on the town’s new priest, Father Brennon. On the surface, Brennon seems perfect for the job—but Alphonse crossed paths with him years earlier in the railyard jungle, and he knows better. Brennon doesn’t recognize Alphonse, but Alphonse has never forgotten Brennon . . . or his crimes. So when Brennon assigns the Sadlers’ son, Francis, who is now thirteen, the thankless task of cleaning and maintaining the church’s bell tower—work that often continues into the night—Alphonse immediately grows suspicious. Soon, he discovers that his worst fears have come to pass, and he races to find a way to protect Francis and reveal the truth to the Sadler family.

Alphonse Merrheim

Alphonse Merrheim
Author: N. Papayanis
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9400951558

This is apoliticalbiography ofAlphonseMerrheim, asignificant leader of the Conf6d6ration G6n6raledu Travail(CGT)intheyears between 1904 and 1923 and the most important member of the Federation of Metalworkers during the sameperiod. Hewas born inthe Nord in 1871 and becameaworkeratanearlyage, firstinmetallurgythanintextiles and finally once more in metalworking. In his ideologicalevolution hepassed through asocialistpoliticalpartyandthenconvertedtorevolutionarys- dicalism. In his peculiar fusion of theory and practice, Merrheim represented a form of revolutionary syndicalism that helps define the characteristics of that movement. He believed, alongwithother revo- tionary syndicalists, that one day a workers' general strike would ov- throw capitalism. But the syndicalist movement wouldpreparethat ev- tualitybystrengtheningtheworkersthrough socialreformsandbycreating their class consciousness through education. Merrheim, however, p- ticipatedsothoroughly intradeunionactivityandstudiedtheorganization of capitalistindustry so carefullythat he cametoemphasizetheprepa- tions for such a generalstrike much more than thestrikeitself. The test of his attitude cameon theeve of, during, and immediately afterWorld War I; for contrary tothe demands of certain militant and revolutionary workerswhobelievedthatthethreatofwar andthenthedislocationcaused by the war demanded a revolutionary response, Merrheim persistently stressedthe dangers ofsuch anaction before the adequatepreparation of the workers. Hissteadfast refusaleventorespondtothestrikeactions of some ofhisown metalworkers in 1919 indicates the central contradiction between hisrevolutionary theory and reformistpractice. This book examinesindetailMerrheim'sevolution fromarevolutionary to areformer. Insodoingit alsoshedslightonanequallysubstantialtopic, namely, howacertaintypeofworkerrespondedtoindustrializationinthe late nineteenth and earlytwentiethcenturies. Merrheim is an interesting figure, too, becauseofhispositioninthelabormovement, foritrepresents a unique focalpoint forthestudy oflaborhistory. Merrheim enteredthe Frenchlabormovement in the 1890s and remainedactiveinituntil 1923. During that periodhewas, successively, alocalunion leader, co-secretary xii of a nationallaborfederation, and animportant figurewithinthe CGT. Never thesecretary-generaloftheCGT, hewasneverthelesstheconfident of thesecretary-generalfrom 1909, L6on Jouhaux.

The Alphonse Courrier Affair

The Alphonse Courrier Affair
Author: Marta Morazzoni
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2012-02-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1448130247

Alphonse Courrier possesses all the might reasonably make a man content: a prosperous ironmonger's business and a position of respect in his Auvergne village, a dutiful, coolly beautiful wife who runs an irreproachable household, two healthy sons, and a hidden mistress - "the ugliest girl in the village but probably the happiest". Prying eyes and wagging tongues, however, are the life force in a small community, and though Courrier thinks he can play the village gossips with the same skill he brings to the card table, life has a way of dealing the hand you least expect ...

Alphonse the Alpaca and Antony the Anaconda

Alphonse the Alpaca and Antony the Anaconda
Author: Alistair Campbell-Edwards
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2016-10-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524594210

This story is about two great friendsAlphonse, an alpaca, and Antony, an anaconda. Alphonse and Antony live with a family. Oswald is the father, Vicky is the mother, and they have three children: Andrew, Charlotte, and Harriet. Antony helps Alphonse arrange a hot-air ballooning holiday, and the story portrays Alphonse, his alpaca friends, and their adventures in a small seaside town in Wales called Aberystwyth. As the alpacas enjoy their holiday, Oswald (a hotel manager) has the challenge of rescuing his career and, in doing so, reviving the fortunes of the Grand Hotel in Cheltenham.

Delphi Complete Works of Alphonse Daudet (Illustrated)

Delphi Complete Works of Alphonse Daudet (Illustrated)
Author: Alphonse Daudet
Publisher: Delphi Classics
Total Pages: 3760
Release: 2021-12-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1801700362

A master of French Naturalism, the nineteenth century novelist Alphonse Daudet is chiefly remembered today as the author of sentimental tales of provincial life in the south of France. Unlike his fellow Naturalists, Daudet upheld that the world in its diversity was misrepresented by novelists that concentrated only on its bleaker aspects. He is celebrated for his objective interest in external detail, as well as his compassionate personality and his reverence for the mystery of all things and individuals. Daudet tempers his satire with pity, drawing comparisons in style to the works of Dickens and Maupassant. For the first time in publishing history, this eBook presents Daudet’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Daudet’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 16 novels, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare short stories available in no other collection * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Easily locate the stories you want to read * Includes a selection of Daudet’s rare non-fiction – available in no other collection * Features the memoir penned by the author’s son – discover Daudet’s literary life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Tartarin Trilogy Tartarin of Tarascon (1872) Tartarin on the Alps (1885) Port Tarascon (1890) The Novels Little What’s-His-Name (1868) Artists’ Wives (1874) Fromont and Risler (1874) Jack (1876) The Nabob (1877) Kings in Exile (1879) Numa Roumestan (1880) The Evangelist (1883) Sappho (1884) The Immortal (1888) Rose and Ninette (1892) The Little Parish Church (1895) The Support of the Family (1898) The Shorter Fiction Letters from My Mill (1869) The Monday Tales (1873) Robert Helmont (1874) La Belle Nivernaise (1886) The Siege of Berlin (1891) Arlatan’s Treasure (1897) La Fedor (1897) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Non-Fiction Letters to an Absent One (1871) Between the Flies and the Footlights (1894) The Memoir Memoir (1898) by Léon Daudet Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

The World of Alphonse Allais

The World of Alphonse Allais
Author: Alphonse Allais
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2015-07-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0571306098

In one of his Independent pieces Miles Kington once referred to a volume of Edward Lear's limericks translated into French. Not an easy task, you might think, and in translating Alphonse Allais into English, Miles Kington set himself a similar challenge. He carried it off with panache. As Max Harrison said in The Times, '... has done a difficult job well, even preserving some of Allais's puns'. Alphonse Allais has been described as the greatest humorous writer ever. In the words of Lisa Appignanesi, 'Allais was a consummate absurdist. From an ordinary phenomenon, simple sentiment or situation, he would logically deduce the looniest, most macabre and most unexpected result ... His humour kept all Paris, high and low, waiting breathlessly for the paper which would carry his next tale ...' On first publication, in 1976, Clive James in the Observer said 'Allais has been dead 70 years but his mocking tone ensures him a permanently relevant after-life'. And John Sturrock in the New Statesman, 'Allais stands, along with Jarry, at the head of the most dazzling and highly educated tradition of French humour, as witty as it is whimsical'. Faber Finds offers this rare book as a tribute not only to Alphonse Allais but also Miles Kington, two great humorists in tandem.

Alphonse, There's Mud on the Ceiling!

Alphonse, There's Mud on the Ceiling!
Author: Daisy Hirst
Publisher: Candlewick
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020-04-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536211176

Lovably rambunctious monster siblings Natalie and Alphonse are excited to go camping in the wilds of nature — without leaving their apartment. Most of the time, Natalie and Alphonse like living in an apartment on the seventh floor. They have bunk beds to drive, a big green chair to hide behind and yell “Raaaar!,” sunflowers on the balcony to water, and almost enough hallway space for tumbling. But when they pretend to be wiggly worms crawling across the jungle . . . SHFLWUMP! Ow! That is not a good game for indoors! How can they explore the joys of nature in the middle of the city? In a playful ode to cooperation and imagination, award-winning picture-book creator Daisy Hirst presents a third adventure starring two relatable — and resourceful — siblings.