Three Sardines on a Bench

Three Sardines on a Bench
Author: Michaël Escoffier
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780980671124

Three Sardines on a Bench is a humorous and fantastic children's picture book. The story centres around three eccentric sardines sharing their views on the world; pontificating on strange matters and purporting to know things that the sardines obviously know nothing about. The sardines begin to even baffle themselves with some of life's unanswered questions. This small, quirky and precocious book reminds us of the importance of broadening our horizons, seizing life's every moment and not wasting time.

The Nicolas Le Floch Affair: Nicolas Le Floch Investigation #4

The Nicolas Le Floch Affair: Nicolas Le Floch Investigation #4
Author: Jean-François Parot
Publisher: Gallic Books
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2010-03-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1906040559

Adapted for television in France, the fourth of the Nicolas Le Floch mysteries sees the protagonist accused of murdering a socialite - with whom he was about to end a stormy affair. 'Parot succeeds brilliantly in his reconstruction of pre-revolutionary Paris' The Times Paris, 1774. Commissioner Le Floch's stormy love affair with socialite Julie de Lasterieux has run its course. But before Nicolas can formally end the relationship, Julie is found murdered in her bed, a victim of poisoning. For now, he retains the confidence of even the King, who sends him on a secret intelligence mission. But a plot is afoot to implicate Nicolas in Julie's death, and he is soon fighting to uncover the perpetrators and clear his name.

Benches

Benches
Author: Janet Watts
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2013-04-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1291378510

Novel in an eccentric style in the first person and in the present tense. Nancy a retired dentist has an adventure around about the canal. There is family conflict - good and evil.The evile is about drugs running. TNancy shelters a teenager who is pregnant and running away from her grandmother.

Monarch of the Square

Monarch of the Square
Author:
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2014-10-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0815652968

A master of the short story form, Muhammad Zafzaf is one of Morocco’s greatest narrative writers. This anthology, the first collection of his work translated into English, is a tribute to the remarkable influence he exerted on an entire generation of Moroccan storytellers. Zafzaf’s stories are set within a variety of contexts, each portraying a slice of life, a simple struggle for survival in a challenging world that is changing at a rapid pace. Narrative time is reduced to a single glimpse in these stories, full of irony, sarcasm, and sympathy. He covers all aspects of Moroccan life, from remote rural villages to modern cities. The stories in this collection explore the various myths, beliefs, and traditions that operate within Moroccan culture, questioning them from a distance in an easy, conversational manner that is the hallmark of Zafzaf’s style.

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Author: Douglas Adams
Publisher: Del Rey
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2008-12-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307497909

Now celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! “A madcap adventure . . . Adams’s writing teeters on the fringe of inspired lunacy.”—United Press International Back on Earth with nothing more to show for his long, strange trip through time and space than a ratty towel and a plastic shopping bag, Arthur Dent is ready to believe that the past eight years were all just a figment of his stressed-out imagination. But a gift-wrapped fishbowl with a cryptic inscription, the mysterious disappearance of Earth’s dolphins, and the discovery of his battered copy of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy all conspire to give Arthur the sneaking suspicion that something otherworldly is indeed going on. God only knows what it all means. Fortunately, He left behind a Final Message of explanation. But since it’s light-years away from Earth, on a star surrounded by souvenir booths, finding out what it is will mean hitching a ride to the far reaches of space aboard a UFO with a giant robot. What else is new? “The most ridiculously exaggerated situation comedy known to created beings . . . Adams is irresistible.”—The Boston Globe