Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyRaskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt

But why must they go on this journey

a gulf separates the children of Aristotle from the descendants of Confucius

During her later years Anaïs Nin lectured frequently at universities throughout the USA

steely discipline

they soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one

the Magnum Opus of Bruno Schulz

Jakab argues that there really is a way for ordinary investors to beat the pros: by refusing to play their game

Zauner's voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage

Steinbeck uncovers profound and often unsettling truths both about war and human nature

pitiless and yet also eerily familiar

We begin to access the power and potency that comes from trusting the silence underlying all thoughts and experiences

The book's child narrator grows up navigating issues of race