Librarian’s note: this entry relates to the collection of short stories titled, “The Thirteen Problems.” Entries for the individual stories can be found elsewhere.

The Tuesday Night Club is the name for a varied group of guests who challenge each other to solve recent crimes. It begins one evening when the group gathers at Miss Marple’s house and the conversation turns to unsolved crimes. The case of the disappearing bloodstains; the thief who committed his crime twice over; the message on the death-bed of a poisoned man which read ‘heap of fish’; the strange case of the invisible will; a spiritualist who warned that ‘Blue Geranium’ meant death. Now pit your wits against the powers of deduction of the ‘Tuesday Night Club’. But don’t forget that Miss Marple is present. Sometime later, many of the same people are present at a dinner given by Colonel and Dolly Bantry. Another set of six problems. Even later there’s a thirteenth. Can you match Miss Marple’s performance?

The 13 stories are: 1. The Tuesday Night Club, 2. The Idol House of Astarte, 3. Ingots of Gold, 4. The Bloodstained Pavement, 5. Motive v. Opportunity, 6. The Thumbmark of St. Peter, 7. The Blue Geranium, 8. The Companion, 9. The Four Suspects, 10. A Christmas Tragedy, 11. The Herb of Death, 12. The Affair at the Bungalow, and 13. Death by Drowning. Readers should also check out each of these entries.

Cristina Cabrejas Artola has been heavily involved in raising the profile of the Arab world ever since she moved to Dubai. This book is an example of her determination to make the King’s Parade in Dubai, an event based on global peace, a dream come true. This unique event mirrors the streets of Spain on 5th January, welcoming the kings and their lavish entourage arriving from the far and distant desert.

The Three Musketeers

A group of men, including the narrator, is listening to the Time Traveller discuss his theory that time is the fourth dimension. Finally, the Time Traveller produces a miniature time machine and makes it disappear into thin air. The next week, the guests return to find their host stumble in, looking disheveled and tired. They sit down after dinner, and the Time Traveller begins his story.

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

رواية خيالية عالمية يملك فيها البطل قدرة خارقة على الاستماع إلى أحاديث الآخرين ومعرفة مخططاتهم خلال فترة نومه! فيتمكّن من الانتقال واكتشاف العديد من الأسرار. ويعود سبب هذه الظاهرة إلى ما فعله والداه خلال صغره، فماذا فعلوا؟ وكيف سيتعامل مع هذه القوة الخارقة؟