The Beach Book by Melcher Media (Waterproof Paperback)

 This book is entirely water-proof!

Living in splendid isolation on the shores of Kenya, a blind hermit finds that his knowledge of poisonous seashells can save lives--forcing a haunting reckoning...Paradise turns out to be a mixed blessing when a crafty old businessman retires to Miamoi Beach...A young globetrotter winds up stranded in a Thailand beach shack, determined to shed the baggae of his Western identity....

In these and seven other stories, The Beach Book gathers a seminal selection of fiction set on beaches around this big blue globe. Internationally acclaimed authors like Gabriel Garcia Marquez and  Isaac Bashevis Singer, as well as emerging voices such as Anthony Doerr and Frederick Reiken, have all written eloquently about the sea's siren song. Why does the beach seem to promise nothing short of paradise on earth?