Monsieur Pamplemousse Aloft

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749018764

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Monsieur Pamplemousse Aloft by Michael Bond Pdf

The Channel Tunnel is all very well as a mundane means of crossing La Manche but there are those who still believe in airships as the luxury transport of the future. In a rare spirit of entente cordiale, the governments of France and Britain agree to a trial run, and plan a grand inaugural flight involving their heads of state. But - quelle horreur! - the organisers have overlooked the most important part of every French occasion - the food and the wine. Honour is at stake and a desperate call for help goes out to Le Guide, France's most distinguished gastronomic publication. Monsieur Pamplemousse, ex Surete sleuth turned food inspector, is called on to rectify matters.The assignment gets off to an inauspicious start. As he nears the launch site in Brittany, Monsieur Pamplemousse's 2CV is run off the road by a carful of decidedly ungodly nuns. And the lady trapeze artist who rescues him clearly has something other than the evening's acrobatics preying on her mind. When an old friend cuts him dead, he suspects the worst...

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749017811

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Monsieur Pamplemousse by Michael Bond Pdf

Bond's charming food inspector and part time detective has a tricky task in sampling the appalling cuisine of the Hotel du Paradis. Tricky due to the fact that it's run by his Director's formidable aunt, and intriguing given the tales of the effect of the hotel's food on it's gues

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749018719

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Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Cure by Michael Bond Pdf

When France's leading gastronomic guidebook decides to launch itself into the expanding health farm market, its Director decides Monsieur Pamplemousse is the man for the job: overweight, underactive, with a blood pressure count that threatens to shoot off the top of the scale.So the former Surete detective finds himself banished to the punitive regime of the Chateau Morgue, a Pyrenean health clinic from which a number of damning reports have already emerged, centred largely on its shady-sounding owner, Herr Schmuck.The Chateau Morgue fulfils Pamplemousse's grimmest expectations; obligatory dawn snow tramps, rock-hard beds and meals comprised solely of muddy spa water. And it also provokes his deepest suspicions. Why does a hearse pay such frequent visits? What is going on in the astoundingly luxurious Tower Block? And what is the significance of the delicious parcel of sausages sniffed out by Pamplemousse's indispensable bloodhound, Pommes Frites? With Pamplemousse and Pommes Frites on the trail truth is finally revealed - but not before their sleuthing stamina has been tested to its absolute limits...

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749016210

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Monsieur Pamplemousse & the Tangled Web by Michael Bond Pdf

Monsieur Pamplemousse and his trusty dog, Pommes Frites are called into Le Guide's offices early one morning and presented with a string of Leclercq's plaintive conundrums - all relating to his mobster uncle-in-law. These include a letter about a juicy steak turned brisket, a dead restaurant owner and a giant truffle delivered by post . With all these seemingly random problems at hand, Pamplemousse attempts to unravel each but it quickly proves impossible as they overlap and tangle at every turn - usually making him look the fool.

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749018917

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Monsieur Pamplemousse Stands Firm by Michael Bond Pdf

According to the Director of Le Guide, France's premier gastronomic companion, it is high time his inspectors moved with the times and opened their ranks to the fairer sex. And who better to oversee their initiation than Monsieur Pamplemousse?However, when the Director, normally a model of rectitude, hints that on no account must the trainee be allowed to make the grade, Monsieur Pamplemousse is suitably outraged. His indignation lasts only until he hears her name. The Director is right. The lady in question is known to be utterly unscrupulous in the use of her considerable physical charms and her permanent engagement would cause unrest amongst the other inspectors, not to mention their wives.But there are other problems. Having blackmailed the Director into taking her on, why is she so insistent on staying at the Hotel des Dunes; an out-of-the-way establishment in the Gironde, unremarked even by the Camping Club of France, let alone by any of the major guides? Certainly not because of the food, as Monsieur Pamplemousse dejectedly discovers.And why, having created a scene because she didn't get the room she wanted, should one of her first acts be to photograph the dismal interior of the hotel?When Monsieur Pamplemousse's ever-faithful bloodhound Pommes Frites is seen ambling back to the hotel carrying a suspiciously large jambon, Monsieur Pamplemousse realises that once again he must stand firm against the forces of crime...

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749018863

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Monsieur Pamplemousse Rests His Case by Michael Bond Pdf

Ever eager to expand the influence of France's leading gastronomic guidebook beyond her native shores, the Director of Le Guide has been cultivating a useful transatlantic connection in the form of a certain Mrs Van Dorman. Ex-parfumier, presently a publishing magnate and, in her spare time,a fan of private-eye novels, Mrs Van Dorman has deserted the relative safety of La Grande Pomme to accompany a group of crime writers to a recreation in Vichy of a banquet given by Alexandre Dumas before he started work on yet another sequel to The Three Musketeers. And who better to escort her than Monsieur Pamplemousse, Surete sleuth turned top-rank gourmet? Monsieur Pamplemousse himself could think of a number of more suitable candidates, especially when it becomes apparent that the assignment involves a grand entry dressed as d'Artagnan, mounted on an uncomfortably rampant black charger. But when cyanide turns out to be a surprise ingredient of the murder tour it is soon clear that Monsieur Pamplemousse - aided by the unerring nose of bloodhound Pommes Frites - is the only man for the job...

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749017910

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Monsieur Pamplemousse On the Spot by Michael Bond Pdf

When one of five restaurant-owning brothers vanishes into thin air, Monsieur Pamplemousse's detective skills are called into play. A delicious blend of gastronomic delight, teasing mystery, and pure comedy.

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-01-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749017866

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Monsieur Pamplemousse & the Secret Mission by Michael Bond Pdf

Critic/sleuth Pamplemousse has a lot on his plate when he investigates a terrible and strangely popular hotel.

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749018818

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Monsieur Pamplemousse Investigates by Michael Bond Pdf

The annual launch of Le Guide, France's most prestigious restaurant companion, is always a red-letter day for its publishers. The year the Director has a particularly momentous announcement to make: the inauguration of the Golden Shock Pot Lid, a unique commendation to the best restaurant in France, awarded not according to the vagaries of mere human inspectors such as Monsieur Pamplemousse, but by the immaculate calculations of Le Guide's latest acquisition - a Poulanc DB23 mainframe computer. However, there is many a slip 'twixt Stock Pot and Lid and when the ceremonial 'Entry' button is pressed the resultant print-out is a travesty of everything Le Guide stands for. All too clearly, someone has nobbled the programme. With only days to go before publication, it falls to Monsieur Pamplemousse to investigate the mystery. Accompanied by his ever-faithful hound Pommes Frites, he is soon up to his ears in a bizarre world of bytes, rams and nibbles, and pitted against a foe who has but one aim in life: to heap disgrace on Le Guide, and in so doing bring about the downfall of Monsieur le Directeur himself...

Author : Janet G. Husband,Jonathan F. Husband
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 793 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780838909676

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Sequels by Janet G. Husband,Jonathan F. Husband Pdf

A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Allison & Busby
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780749012403

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Monsieur Pamplemousse Afloat by Michael Bond Pdf

The garlic-laden winds of change are blowing through the vineyards of Burgundy. Under threat from the increasing use of pesticides is the helix pomotia: the humble snail, the main ingredient for escargot Bourgignon. Meanwhile, on the Canal de Bourgogne, Monsieur Pamplemousse is lecturing a group of international wine buffs on the fruits of the region, a task from which he is distracted by a Marilyn Monroe look-alike. It turns out that skulduggery among the vines will be the least of Monsieur Pamplemousse's worries.

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780674244573

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From Here to There by Michael Bond Pdf

A wise and insightful exploration of human navigation, what it means to be lost, and how we find our way. How is it that we can walk unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction? Come up with shortcuts on the fly, in places we’ve never traveled? The answer is the complex mental map in our brains. This feature of our cognition is easily taken for granted, but it’s also critical to our species’ evolutionary success. In From Here to There Michael Bond tells stories of the lost and found—Polynesian sailors, orienteering champions, early aviators—and surveys the science of human navigation. Navigation skills are deeply embedded in our biology. The ability to find our way over large distances in prehistoric times gave Homo sapiens an advantage, allowing us to explore the farthest regions of the planet. Wayfinding also shaped vital cognitive functions outside the realm of navigation, including abstract thinking, imagination, and memory. Bond brings a reporter’s curiosity and nose for narrative to the latest research from psychologists, neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, and anthropologists. He also turns to the people who design and expertly maneuver the world we navigate: search-and-rescue volunteers, cartographers, ordnance mappers, urban planners, and more. The result is a global expedition that furthers our understanding of human orienting in the natural and built environments. A beguiling mix of storytelling and science, From Here to There covers the full spectrum of human navigation and spatial understanding. In an age of GPS and Google Maps, Bond urges us to exercise our evolved navigation skills and reap the surprising cognitive rewards.

Author : Michael Bond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Large type books
ISBN : OCLC:1280884160

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Monsieur Pamplemousse and the Secret Mission by Michael Bond Pdf

Author : Europa Publications
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1857431790

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International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004 by Europa Publications Pdf

Accurate and reliable biographical information essential to anyone interested in the world of literature TheInternational Who's Who of Authors and Writersoffers invaluable information on the personalities and organizations of the literary world, including many up-and-coming writers as well as established names. With over 8,000 entries, this updated edition features: * Concise biographical information on novelists, authors, playwrights, columnists, journalists, editors, and critics * Biographical details of established writers as well as those who have recently risen to prominence * Entries detailing career, works published, literary awards and prizes, membership, and contact addresses where available * An extensive listing of major international literary awards and prizes, and winners of those prizes * A directory of major literary organizations and literary agents * A listing of members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Author : Mitzi M. Brunsdale
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313040887

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Gumshoes by Mitzi M. Brunsdale Pdf

The enormous explosion of crime fiction over the last decade means that more people are looking for a good mystery than ever before. This dictionary of fictional detectives helps readers learn about the series in which their favorite detectives are featured. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on roughly 150 fictional detectives, which provide information about the works in which the detective appears, the locales in which the detective operates, the detective's investigative methods, and other important information. Helpful bibliographical citations direct the reader to other interesting works. The volume closes with a selected, general bibliography; various appendices; and an extensive index. The enormous explosion of crime fiction over the last decade means that more people are looking for a good mystery than ever before. Many of the most popular mystery books appear in series, and these series feature carefully developed detectives.