Paul Nizon, geboren 1929 in Bern, lebt in Paris. Der »Verzauberer, der zur Zeit größte Magier der deutschen Sprache« (Le Monde) erhielt für sein Werk, das in mehreren Sprachen übersetzt ist, zahlreiche Ehrungen und Auszeichnungen, u. a. 2010 den Österreichischen Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur.
On the Scent of a Continent: Memories of Africa—a young, recent college graduate brought up and educated in the United States finds himself travelling on his first business trips through Africa on behalf of a Swiss-based multinational fragrance corporation, encountering, and doing his best to cope with situations, people, and challenges that he never imagined, and learning lessons that he did not even know were there to learn. At the same time, a travel memoir and a coming-of-age story,
Sammy Shark is a sad little shark. He loves baseball, and his wish is to play baseball on his birthday. Sammy Shark cannot play baseball because a glove won’t fit a fin.
With ingenuity, hard work, and a lot of fun, his friends will make Sammy Shark’s birthday wish come true.
Following soon will be Sammy Shark and Friends Book 2, Suzy Seagull and the Way Home, Sammy Shark and Friends Will Help a New Friend, Suz