.... and physically, this loss hit him hard. This tragedy greatly affected Dostoevsky, who became secluded and isolated. He turned his anger inside himself, and suffered greatly thoughout his childhood for it. With lack of a father figure to guide him, Dostoevsky was raised by his mother in a devoutly religious home. However, Dostoevsky could not understand how a compassionate God could exist in a world of such great suffering. He soon turned his back on religion and was led astray of his mother's teachings. The anger that he felt towards God for taking his father away from him is evident in the character Raskolnikov. Raskolnikov, like Dostoevsky, does .....

.... scheme. His early life was spent the training period for his rise to political power; his middle life was devoted to the obtaining and consolidation of power, and his death was the final contribution to studies of power and its affect on man kind. The Early Life of Julius Caesar is a classical study of the history of power and wealth in early Rome. Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC. His father belonged to the prestigious Julian clan. His uncle by marriage was Gaius Marius, leader of the Populares which supported agrarian reform and was opposed by the reactionary Optimates. Marius saw to it that Julius Caesar was appointed flamen dialis which is a .....

.... in New York City. 1830 Family moves to Albany, N.Y. 1832 father dies. 1839 First proffessional work appears in newspaper. 1840 Travels in the midwest and gets the experience to write The confidence man. 1841 Sails to the pacific where he hears the tails of the killer Mocha Dick. 1842 Deserts and lives with the natives of nukuheva. He is later rescued by the whaler Lucy Anne. 1843 Ships for boston aboard the native vessel for the U.S. White-Jacket was based upon this experience. 1846 Publishes typee. 1847 Publishes Omoo 1849 Feb. 16: His son, Malcom melvelle is born. 1850 Publishes white jacket. Moves to Arrowhead farm in Pittsbur .....

.... the future of Apple Computer, Inc. Steve Wozniak also designed the Apple II, the first ready made computer and one of the most popular ever made. It was a complete computer with keyboard and power supply. After he retired from Apple, Steve returned to the University of California at Berkeley and got his bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Computers. At the age of 25 he was worth over 100 million dollars. He was fascinated by the effects of computers. He was also amazed that a computer could take your ideas and translate them into information. He and Wozniak created the printed circuit board for the Apple I compu .....

.... of chance gives them a surprisingly contradictory sense of ease. Critical to the emergence of a significant art scene in Los Angeles in the second half of the 1950s, the 75-year-old artist has lived in Northern California since 1959 and this was his only second solo show in an L.A gallery in 30 years.”These days, L.A. is recognized as a center for the production of contemporary art. But in the 1950s, the scene was slim -- few galleries and fewer museums. Despite the obscurity, a handful of solitary and determined artists broke ground here, stretching the inflexible definitions of what constitutes painting, sculpture and other media. Among these avant-gar .....

.... sometime in 1954 by stepping on a land mine. In the time of World War I the standard camera used by war photographers was the medium-sized bellows extended Graflex with four by-five inch plates. This camera, being fairly large made making candid shots and maneuvering in dangerous situations impossible. Later the 35 mm Leica allowed Capa to do these things. The camera allowed him to be inconspicuous and have a large capability of movement. With this camera he was able to jump into battles to take pictures that no one else was ever able to take. One of the main things that tried to capture were the emotions of his subjects. He always tried to portray things s .....

.... Boston. Then in 1825 he entered Harvard Divinity School and preached for three years. At the age of 29 he resigned for ministry, partly because of the death of his wife after only 17 months of marriage. In 1835 he married Lydia Jackson and started to lecture. Then in 1836, he helped to start the Transcendental Club. The Transcendental Club was formed for authors that were part of this historical movement. Emerson was a big part of this and practically initiated the entire club. As we know he was already a major part of the movement and know got himself involved more. Many people and ways of life throughout his career including Neoplatonism, the Hindu religio .....

.... known on the scene. This historical backdrop of Germany in the 1930's reveals a country knee-deep in economic depression, and as would well be expected, the climate was ripe for a new leader. Adolf Hitler made his presence known in the form of a Messiah rather than a political leader, offering his countrymen not only economic but political salvation as well as the kind of cultural magnificence which he truly believed in, i.e. the Aryan race. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, the son of Alois, a customs official, and Klara Hitler. He was not a successful student, and his earlier years are said to have been charact .....