Showing results for "Iris" in Short Stories

An alarming telephone call, in which the phrases “it’s life and death” and “the table with the yellow irises” are whispered, causes Hercule Poirot to rush to the luxuriant restaurant Jardin des Cygnes, desperate to stop an impending murder and find the person behind the voice on the...

Welcome to the world of Droll Tales, in which reality is a mutually agreed-upon illusion and life is painful, paradoxical, beautiful, and brief. With an oddball cast of characters who reappear in various guises throughout these interrelated stories, Smyles reveals an off-kilter world overlapping this one. And in giving us a tour of this enchanted, sometimes absurd place, with its own workings and ways of expression, she gives us a new way to understand our own.

We all need innovative ideas - das meint zumindest der Trainer in der Geschichte "English for dogs". Und während Christina in "Restaurant" über ein ganz spezielles Etablissement staunt, blamieren die vierbeinigen Hauptdarsteller in "Flirtcrasher" ihre Zweibeiner bis auf die Knochen. Was wir mit unseren Hunden erleben und wie wir von ihnen noch das eine oder andere lernen können, wird in acht herrlichen Kurzgeschichten im ersten Bellotristik-Sammelband "Learning by DOGing" treffend beschrieben. Geschichten, wie sie nur mit Hund(en) passieren.

James Brooks, the Chief of Staff to the President, is hoping for some downtime to rekindle his connection with his wife, Ashley, amidst the challenges of raising their young children. However, his plans quickly go awry when he takes over parenting duties for their mischievous two-year-old daughter, Avery. What starts as a simple task soon spirals into a series of humorous and heartwarming moments that define the chaos of family life during the holiday season.