Fyodor Dostoevsky Notes from Underground was first published in January and February of 1864 as the featured presentation in the first two issues of The Epoch, Dostoevsky’s second journal of the 1860s. The novel was written at one of the lowest points of Dostoevsky’s career. His first journal, Time, had recently failed, his new journal was threatened with failure, his wife was dying, his financial position was becoming ever more difficult and embarrassing, his conservatism was eroding his popularity with the liberal majority of the reading public..
There’s no question that downtown Los Angeles has solidified its reputation as an exciting culinary hotspot, a place where ambitious chefs with cutting-edge concepts set up shop and classic restaurants just keep getting better. But it wasn’t that long ago when the Central City had to fight for its share of foodie respect. When diners venture Downtown, it’s a sure bet that a culinary adventure is sure to follow...
Ideas That Shaped Mankind: A Concise History of Human Thought
Ideas That Shaped Mankind flows from internationally respected historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto’s views on the notion that man’s capacity to produce ideas in itself brings about sweeping changes in the world. This ability, seen most profoundly in individual, startling moments of genius—or equally startling moments of chance—is what separates humans from the animals and allows humans to re-imagine the world in ever more complex designs.
We always thought of ourselves as being at the center of the Universe and at rest. It was not until very recently that Copernicus explained how our Earth is orbiting the Sun and that the Sun, not the Earth, is at the center of our solar system. Today’s theories such as Einstein’s special and general relativity, still believe that we and our galaxy, are at the center of the Universe. In fact, relativity with its “cosmological principle” claims that any observer on any galaxy in the Universe can consider him or herself at the center and at rest.
What is Clare Wingate doing? One minute she’s suffering in the bridesmaid dress from hell, and the next...she’s waking up beside Sebastian Vaughan, her girlhood crush turned sexy, globe-hopping journalist. Somewhere between the toast and the toss of the bouquet she’d got herself into a whole lot of trouble...
