Celebrating the one-hundredth anniversary of Andrey Bely's Petersburg, this volume offers a cross-section of essays that address the most pertinent aspects of his 1916 masterpiece. The plot is relatively a simple one: Nikolai Apollonovich is ordered by a group of terrorists to assassinate his father, the prominent senator, Apollon Apollonovich Ableukhov. Nevertheless, Bely's polyphonic, experimental prose invokes such diverse themes as: Greek mythology, the apocalypse, family dynamics, psychology, Russian history, theosophy, revolution, and European literary influences. Considered by Vladimir Nabokov to be one of the twentieth century's four greatest masterpieces, Petersburg is the first novel in which the city is the hero. Frequently compared to Joyce's Ulysses, no novel did more to help launch modernism in turn-of-the century Russia.

Fluency in any language begins with mastery of its verbs, and Barron's 501 Verb books are the world's top verb reference guides. 501 Russian Verbs presents: The most commonly used verbs in the featured language Full conjugations in an easy-to-read chart format Helpful expressions and idioms for travelers Hundreds of example sentences demonstrating verb usage The most commonly used 501 Russian verbs are arranged alphabetically in a table format, one verb per page with English pronunciation and translation. Verbs are fully conjugated and presented in all forms. The book's additional features include common idioms with example sentences to demonstrate verb usage and a grammar review.

Die IBM Deutschland, gr613te Tochter des internationalen Unternehmens IBM, beging am 30. November 1985 ihr 75jahriges Jubilaum. Dieses Ereignis gab Anla13 fUr einen Festakt in Stuttgart, dem heutigen Sitz des deutschen Unternehmens, sowie einen Empfang in Berlin, dem Griin- dungsort der Firma DEHOMAG, der deutschen Hollerith- Maschinen Gesellschaft, aus der spater die IBM Deutschland hervorging. Neben diesen Feierlichkeiten fand ein Techniksymposium in Verbindung mit einer Technik- ausstellung in der Nahe des IBM Werkes Mainz statt, einer der gr613ten deutschen Fertigungsstatten der Datenver- arbeitungindustrie. Zielsetzung dieses Techniksymposiums war es, die viel- faltigen technischen Leistungen der IBM Deutschland einem geladenen Kreis von Ingenieuren, Wissenschaftlern und Technikern aus Hochschulen, Industrie und Beh6rden vorzutragen. In einem Uberblick iiber die Spannweite der technischen Aufgaben und der erzielten Ergebnisse heute und in den vergangenen Jahren sollten auch zukiinftige Entwicklungen und bevorstehende Veranderungen ange- sprochen werden. Der hier vorliegende Tagungsband dieses Symposiums dokumentiert 75 Jahre Technikgeschichte der IBM Deutschland. Er ist dariiber hinaus aber auch als Aufzeich- nung wesentlicher Beitrage der Entwicklung der Datenver- arbeitung in Deutschland zu verstehen. Dabei wird die VI Vorwort Verzahnung der technischen Disziplinen wie Mechanik, Halbleitertechnik, Magnetplattenspeicher, Kommunika- tionstechnik usw. ebenso deutlich wie die der Entwick- lungsschritte von Forschung, Entwurf, Produktion und Qualitatssicherung. Die Vortrage zeigen aber gleicher- maBen die ausschlaggebende Bedeutung der internationalen Zusammenarbeit auf allen Ebenen. Fiir die Teilnehmer des Symposiums sei am Rande vermerkt, daB die vorliegenden schriftlichen Ausfiihrungen iiber den Inhalt der Referate hinausgehen, die aus Zeitgriinden knapper gehalten waren.

This book is for all who have experienced love and yearning in their lives, who are able to smile through tears and conceal the sufferings of their souls behind that laughter. Yearning for Paradise follows the hero who finds his lost love and together they begin the path of return to the Garden of Paradise and at-one-ment with the once forsaken Lord. From medieval to modern times, from Mexico and Moscow to Mississippi, this magical mystery tour defies the boundaries of time and space. Mikhail Morgulis shows us how in our search to be reunited with the Father that love can conquer all. Yet it is we who must make that effort to do good and battle evil in this life. For the novel reminds us of the words of John F. Kennedy: "asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth, God's work must truly be our own."

A killer without remorse, burning with pride, and having the time of his life, Zachary Marshall is unstoppable-until Detective Jonas Peters unexpectedly arrives in the midst of one of Marshall's heinous crimes. After a bank robbery goes from bad to worse and leaves three dead-including a little girl-Marshall finds himself the target of the most intensive manhunt Riverside, California, has ever witnessed.

Detective Peters becomes frustrated and half-crazed as the case falters due to lack of clues and evidence. Ordered to take a vacation from the department before he drives all the other detectives crazy with his constant tirades, he reluctantly agrees. But an innocent remark to the media changes the entire scenario-now the pursued has become the pursuer.

Detective Peters takes this homicide case especially hard, having seen his own young daughter murdered during a bungled convenience-store robbery years earlier. The pain of the darkness is too deep, and the spirits are waiting to remind him; they will not forgive him, and he cannot forgive himself. There will be no rest until Marshall is caught.

From a Dan Brown expert, a handy, reader-friendly guide to 33 critical topics covered in "The Lost Symbol," including photos, illustrations, and reference links for further exploration.

There's so much information and so many facts contained in Dan Brown's thrilling new page-turner that many readers need a quick reference guide to the history, geography, art and architecture, cryptology, science, people and places in the novel. Professor Beyer, who has taught seminars and produced on-line texts to Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels & Demons," started to work on this "Lost Symbol" companion guide three years ago in anticipation of its subject matter.

The seven sections are organized by theme and follow the plot of the story:

* People and Places: from Robert Langdon to the mysterious Smithsonian Museum Support Center

*The District of Columbia: the creation and design of Washington, D.C., and its Masonic influences

*Art and Architecture: from the "Apotheosis of Washington" to the Obelisk and Pyramid

*Cryptology: from Kryptos to magic squares

*Modern Science: from Noetics to modern-day physics

*Freemasonry: from origins and Founding Fathers to its symbols (including the significance of the number 33)

*The Secret Teachings: from The Hermetic Tradition to Bacon and "The Bible"