Dr. Frederick Baedeker, born in Germany in 1823, earned a doctorate in philosophy, became a successful business man and educator, then founded a high-class school in Weston-super-Mare, England, to where he emigrated, married, and settled into a prosperous life. But at age forty-three, Baedeker attended a series of evangelistic meetings about which he said, "I went in a proud German infidel, and came out a humble, believing disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ."Through aristocratic con...

Ne dérangez pas les morts...Le Dr Quirke ne parvient pas à se détendre. En vacances dans le Pays basque espagnol avec son épouse, il croise au détour d'une rue une femme qui ressemble étrangement à une amie de sa fille portée disparue depuis plusieurs années. Tout le monde la croyait morte. Et si April était en vie ?Pour tirer l'affaire au clair et lever le voile sur l'identité de cette mystérieuse étrangère, le Dr Quirke fait venir à Saint-Sébastien sa fill...

Ne dérangez pas les morts...Le Dr Quirke, médecin légiste dublinois, est en vacances avec son épouse, la désarmante Evelyn, au Pays basque espagnol. Incapable de s'adonner au farniente, il se livre à l'étude des autochtones. Lorsqu'il aperçoit un visage familier, celui d'une femme portée disparue et supposée morte depuis bien longtemps, il se demande si son imagination ne lui joue pas des tours.Se mettant en tête de tirer l'affaire au clair, il demande à sa f...

In January 1889, as London constables hunted for Jack the Ripper and theaters around the world presented theatrical renditions of the Jekyll and Hyde story, Jackson, Michigan, Police Captain Jack Boyle searched for the murderer of Mary Latimer. This book follows Captain Boyle to the bordellos of gaslight-era Detroit--populated by madams, pimps, prostitutes and gamblers. It describes the investigation that led him to a pharmacist that prowled the streets, akin to a real-life Jekyll and Hyde...

Bienvenue dans le noir Dublin de Benjamin Black – alias le grand John Banville – et de son double, l'irascible et irrésistible Quirke...Rebelle, indépendante, un goût pour les hommes peu conventionnel... Dans la société dublinoise conservatrice, patriarcale et ultracatholique des années 1950, April Latimer, jeune interne en médecine, laisse dans son sillage comme un parfum de scandale. Quand Phoebe Griffin, sa meilleure amie, découvre qu'elle a disparu, elle redout...

Dean Latimer has a reputation for staying cool under fire and being handy with both his fists and guns. So, when the US marshal needs him to help a lady prove her brother innocent of a murder charge he is the perfect man for the job. Baxterville though is run by three crooked men with gunslingers backing their play and when Latimer tries to save the innocent man he ends up accused of murder and running for his life. But Dean Latimer didn't earn his good name by being meek. When it comes to...

This volume is the only collected edition of poems by Jean Toomer, the enigmatic American writer, Gurdjieffian guru, and Quaker convert who is perhaps best known for his 1923 lyrical narrative Cane. The fifty–five poems here — most of them previously unpublished — chart a fascinating evolution of artistic consciousness.The book is divided into sections reflecting four distinct periods of creativity in Toomer’s career. The Aesthetic period includes Imagist, Symbolist, and o...

Some where....just beyond the fog of reality exists the Kingdom at the end of the world . It is to this place that my friends visit....and in this particular story that friend is Nickolas.......I could tell you all about the story here I suppose but for now lets just say...My friend Nickolas was a unique kind of human being who went on a fantastic journey.