After losing her high tech job in Paris, Alice Wunderland dreams of a new, unemployment-proof career as English teacher and decides to dedicate a year to training for France's prestigious competitive exam; After all, she reasons, how hard can it be for an educated American to pass a test in English? She enrolls at the Sorbonne, but her Arizona English fails to impress. Even Shakespeare's English falls short. Only one English will do: Sorbonne English! Even while learning this new language, Alice vows to investigate: Why devise an English exam that few native speakers can pass ? Could this explain why French schoolchildren rank last for English skills in Europe? Is it true that Frenchness is a question of formatting? If so, can a foreigner even one with French nationality ever become truly French? As riots break out in France among the children of immigrants, Alice cannot help but wonder: could there be any connection between her bewildering experience and theirs? A hilarious, hair-raising insider's look at the esoteric world of French Education. (Harriet Welty Rochefort --author of French Toast).

Sorbonne Confidential

Biographies & Memoirs

Laurel Zuckerman

Community & Culture

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A murder... a new planet mankind desperately needs... a thousand-year old conspiracy... What really awaits us on Eden? In a world beset by political turmoil, environmental collapse, and a predatory new religion, a recently discovered planet, Eden, is our last hope. But two missions have already failed to return. Blake and his crew lead the final attempt to bring back good news. Meanwhile back on Earth, Eden Mission analyst Micah Sanderson evades assassins, and tries to work out who he can trust, as he struggles in a race against time to unravel the Eden Paradox. Characters whose inner lives inform their decisions. -SF author Gary Gibson. A good story, well told. - SF agent John Jarrold. This is Orson Scott Card quality material at half the price and double the words. Hard to beat that. (Amazon reviewer). The reader is pulled into an all too real future, with memorable men and women leading the way. An excellent story, leaves the reader craving more. Lydia Manx, Piker Press First novel in The Eden Trilogy

The Eden Paradox

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Kirwan, Barry

Thrillers & Suspense

For some, Paris is home, for others, merely a dream. For Gaston, it is a bench, the anchor of his life. For Sue, a romantic city filled with scandalous, dark-eyed men, for Frank an all-consuming fire, for Mme Santinelli a ghost she'd hoped to forget.  By turns humorous, bittersweet, historical or surreal, each of these carefully selected stories invites us to explore a different facet of Paris. BEST PARIS STORIES brings together the winning short stories of the 2011 Paris Short Story Contest with works by Jeannine Alter, Bob Levy, Lisa Burkitt, Nafkote Tamirat, Marie Houzelle, Jo Nguyen, Julia Mary Lichtblau, Mary Byrne, Marie Houzelle, Jane M. Handel, and Jim Archibald.  BEST PARIS STORIES were selected by distinguished judges Elizabeth Bard, Cara Black, Janet Skeslien Charles, Charles and Clydette De Groot, Penelope Fletcher, Nicola Keegan, Anne Korkeakivi, Diane Johnson, Robert Stewart, Heather Stimmler-Hall, and Charles Trueheart in collaboration with Paris Writers News.

Best Paris Stories

Literature & Fiction

Jeannine Alter

Jim Archibald

Lisa Burkitt

Mary Byrne

Jane M. Handel

Marie Houzelle

Bob Levy

Julia Mary Lichtblau

Jo Nguyen

Nafkote Tamirat

Short Stories & Anthologies

First contact did not go well. Survivors are fleeing Earth, into a hostile galaxy where alien intelligence and weaponry rule. Can a deserted planet offer refuge? Or will the genetically engineered Alicians finish the job started on Eden? While Blake fends off attacks, Micah seeks allies, but his plan backfires, and humanity finds itself on trial for its very right to exist. This stunning sequel to The Eden Paradox launches us into political intrigue and an intergalactic war of survival. Praise for Eden's Trial Lightning fast. New worlds and new enemies entwined with the main characters nearly as closely as their lovers - Lydia Manx, Piker Press A Science Fiction thriller with terrific images and revelations -Gary Gibson, author of The Shoal Sequence What I love about this sequel is that the scale explodes to include multifarious alien races and civilizations with ancient scores to settle -Author and screenwriter Gideon Roberton An exciting ride into an expanded universe. Kirwan strikes a great balance of keeping the story riveting while delving deeper into characters development - Mark DeNicuolo, FAA, USA Eden's Trial is the second book in Barry Kirwan's four-part space opera, The Eden Paradox Series.

Eden's Trial

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

TITA is a seven-year-old French girl whose fierce originality threatens to make her an outcast from the only world she knows - that of 1950s southern France. As her small wine producing town vibrates to age-old rituals on the verge of slipping away, Tita finds refuge - and a future - in books. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR TITA Marie Houzelle is a master of the first-person narrative. In Tita she has created a strange, utterly original child whose deadpan certainties are a beguiling invitation to readers of all ages. Like Louise Fitzhugh's classic Harriet the Spy, the story is powered by a precocious and independent loner whose observations and reports are both charming and moving. Tita is a remarkable debut.- Katharine Weber, author of Triangle and True Confections The best book I read this year. Witty, wry, and clever, Tita s young voice captivated me from the first page. Tita poignantly portrays small-town life as well as the end of the Catholic church s grip on France, revealing cracks in society that a decade later become the riots of 1968. A rare novel written in English that gives a real taste of French culture. I cannot recommend it enough! - Janet Skeslien Charles, author of Moonlight in Odessa Like opening the door to a secret garden, TITA transports the reader straight into life in a small town in the south of France during the 1950s, as seen through the eyes of a precocious seven-year-old heroine not soon to be forgotten. Houzelle's prose is unfailingly deft and refreshing. This book is a delight! - Anne Korkeakivi, author of An Unexpected Guest

Tita

Literary

"Chock full of humor, Drifting Too Far From the Shore is a beautiful story that makes you feel like you have been transported back to small town America." - Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump Readers will fall in love with Muddy "Charlotte" Rewis, a sassy yet reserved southern woman who has a cane and ain't afraid to use it. Muddy believes she is in her last days and longs to reunite in heaven with her deceased husband, Claude, But when Muddy's grandson shoots out a neighbor's front window, an old friendship is renewed, and troubling mysteries irresistibly revived. Full of humorous moments, Drifting Too Far from the Shore is a wonderful story of small town American South and of making the most of life.

Drifting Too Far From The Shore

Reddick, Niles

Humor & Satire

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