Published in 1907 `That Affair at Elizabeth' is a detective novel set in turn of the century New York City. When bride-to-be Marcia disappears just hours before her wedding, friend of the groom Lester decides to turn detective as he tries to track down the bride and uncover the mysterious reason behind her disappearance. An intriguing classic mystery novel from renowned author Burton E. Stevenson. Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962) was an American author and librarian. Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Stevenson went on to study at Princeton University, where he worked as a correspondent for the New York Tribune. He was Director of the Chillicothe Public Library - a post which he held for 58 years. Stevenson joined the WWI war effort, setting up a library at Camp Sherman in Ohio which held 40,000 works across 22 branches. As Director of French operations for the Library War Service in 1918 he also established the library which would go on to become the American Library in Paris. He was author of numerous books and anthologies including `The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet' and `The Home Book of Quotations'. He died in 1962 in Ohio at the age of 89.

Published in 1907 `That Affair at Elizabeth' is a detective novel set in turn of the century New York City. When bride-to-be Marcia disappears just hours before her wedding, friend of the groom Lester decides to turn detective as he tries to track down the bride and uncover the mysterious reason behind her disappearance. An intriguing classic mystery novel from renowned author Burton E. Stevenson. Burton Egbert Stevenson (1872-1962) was an American author and librarian. Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Stevenson went on to study at Princeton University, where he worked as a correspondent for the New York Tribune. He was Director of the Chillicothe Public Library - a post which he held for 58 years. Stevenson joined the WWI war effort, setting up a library at Camp Sherman in Ohio which held 40,000 works across 22 branches. As Director of French operations for the Library War Service in 1918 he also established the library which would go on to become the American Library in Paris. He was author of numerous books and anthologies including `The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet' and `The Home Book of Quotations'. He died in 1962 in Ohio at the age of 89.

What would you give for a conversation with Socrates? Vladimir Korolenko's short story `The Shades' is as close as it gets. It follows a conversation between Socrates and Eldipias as they discuss themes such as the truth, the nature of the one, true God, as well as the eternal topics of life and death. A masterful exploration of how the fear of changing one's beliefs can lead to the loss of truth, this is an essential read for anyone interested in philosophy. Korolenko's intimate manner of discussing 'big topics' is similar to the lighthearted nature of NBC's 'The Good Place'. Vladimir Korolenko (1853-1921) was a Ukrainian-born Russian short-story writer, an open critic of the Tsarist regime, and later an anti-Bolshevik. His writing boasts harsh, hostile and powerful descriptions, as he investigates the simple lives of even simpler people. The most notable of his work is "The Blind Musician" (1886), alongside numerous short stories, mostly based upon his own experience of exile in Siberia.

Où se situe la frontière entre la norme et la folie ? Existe-t-il un chemin de retour et un possible bonheur quand on est habité par tant de démons ? « ... Car il existe une norme. Des limites à ne pas dépasser. On n'étale pas ainsi ses états d'âme sans indisposer ceux qui ont choisi de mettre un couvercle sur la marmite. Qui bout pourtant. Dans leurs corps apparaît ce qu'ils ont cru cacher à jamais. Les maladies sont d'indiscrets bavards qui révèlent malgré nous les peines non consolées, les colères non entendues, les peurs tellement grandes que nous n'avons jamais osé les nommer. Ceux qui souffrent ainsi dans leur chair ont droit à toute la compassion. Alors que toi et les autres, qui n'avez pas réussi à enfouir votre douleur dans les fibres de votre corps, vous suscitez l'impatience comme le fait un enfant qui pleure, inconsolable, sans que l'on sache pourquoi. » Inspirée par les conversations entretenues avec une personne psychiatrisée, l'auteure poursuit son exploration de la psychose, jusqu'à puiser dans sa propre folie. _________________________________ Un texte exquis qui met en images les rapports humains et leurs pièges. Un récit et des poèmes éloquents et denses, qui révèlent les non-dits derrière la souffrance psychique et ses manifestations souvent incomprises. Dans son témoignage, Anna Louise Fontaine montre, vécu à l'appui, l'existence de la folie dans chacun de nous... Elle nous fait voir combien cette folie nous confronte aussitôt qu'elle nous pousse hors des balises, comme chez ceux qu'on appelle les « fous ». L'auteure pose un regard critique sur la société, ses normes, ses institutions qui restreignent l'expression de soi et travaillent à étouffer l'individu, sa souffrance aussi bien que sa créativité. La lecture de cet ouvrage ouvre les yeux sur les aberrations de la société et ses injustices, les évidentes comme les occultes. Un plaidoyer qui incite à la réflexion et à l'action, à dénoncer l'imposture et à devenir plus humain, plus vrai.