This book presents a revolutionary metaphysical framework that redefines consciousness through the intentionality of time, proposing that the subconscious operates via two distinct hemispheric systems that generate reason, meaning, and our fundamental relationship with reality.Building upon Husserl's foundational concepts, this work introduces the "intentionality of time" as a central principle for understanding consciousness beyond traditional biological limitations. The book prop...

A new interpretation of the Age of Enlightenment through the lens of music, institutions, and marketsThe birth of public concerts changed Europe’s cultural landscape by introducing sacred music to secular spaces. The Concert spirituel in Paris is a landmark in this Enlightenment transition: the first long-lasting concert series, it began in 1725 with performances that mostly featured sacred music composed for the royal chapel in Versailles. By the time the Concert ...

"The most important, most influential and most perfectly realized Russian novel written in the 20th century." ― The New York Times Book ReviewSet in 1905 in St. Petersburg, a city in the throes of sociopolitical conflict, the novel follows university student Nikolai Apollonovich Ableukhov, who has gotten entangled with a revolutionary terrorist organization with plans to assassinate a government official—Nikolai's own father, Apollon Apoll...

Characteristic Features• Includes nearly 4,000 linear partial differential equations (PDEs) with solutions• Presents solutions to numerous problems relevant to heat and mass transfer, wave theory, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, elasticity, acoustics, electrodynamics, diffraction theory, quantum mechanics, chemical engineering sciences, electrical engineering, and other fields• Outlines basic analytical methods for solving various problems in science a...

The NPR reporter offers an "engaging and enlightening" window into late-90s Cuba, "from the cafes in Havana to the mysterious lairs of Santiago de Cuba" ( Kirkus Reviews).For NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu, reporting from Cuba on the eve of Pope John Paul II's 1998 visit was an opportunity to understand the realities of life in a country that has long been the subject of stereotypes and misconceptions. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba was t...

Written at the height of Stalin's first "five-year plan" for the industrialization of Soviet Russia and the parallel campaign to collectivize Soviet agriculture, Andrei Platonov's The Foundation Pit registers a dissonant mixture of utopian longings and despair. Furthermore, it provides essential background to Platonov's parody of the mainstream Soviet "production" novel, which is widely recognized as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century Russian prose. In addition to an overview of ...

Washington’s eight years of preparing Ukraine and its armed forces for war with Russia was a mistake of historic proportions, due to its misperception of American military power based on its 1991 Gulf War victory against a minor military player. Washington believed its own propaganda about crippling sanctions on Russia, about the viability of its Ukrainian proxy army, and the economic and military weakness of Russia, spelling doom for the American empire and its “rules-based order”. By 202...

A "brilliant" novel of Elizabeth Bathory, the notorious sixteenth-century Hungarian aristocrat who bathed in the blood of virgins ( St. Petersburg Times).Turmoil reigns in post-Soviet Hungary when journalist Drake Bathory-Kereshtur returns from America to grapple with his family history. He's haunted by the legacy of his ancestor, the notorious sixteenth-century Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who is said to have murdered more than 650 young virgins and bathed ...

What if letting go…felt safer, hotter, and more freeing than you ever imagined?Discover the Thrill of Surrender:Five Steamy Lesbian BDSM Stories Where Trust Turns Desire into Pure EcstasyPowerful women. Willing surrender. Consent that makes every moment electric.If you crave stories where dominance and tenderness walk hand in hand, this collection was written for you.Dear wonderful reader,You know that quiet ache — the one t...

Fight aging, build strength, and achieve whole-body health in just 30 minutes a day, once or twice a week, with these 30 strength training exercises based on science and mindfulness practices—for people of all ages and activity levels.The mixed messages we’ve received about exercise, aerobics, and mental and physical fitness are all misleading...or at least incomplete. Clinical research shows that we lose muscle mass as we age, and that preventing muscle loss throu...

Something is seriously wrong with the economy, the financial system and ultimately, our way of life. You're probably reading this because, well, you feel the same way.Perhaps you're worried about one specific scenario (the death of the banking system, hyperinflation or something else) but then again, maybe you're not able to identify specific threats. Instead, you just feel "something" is wrong. You feel it deep down inside and it haunts you.Rightfully so, in my opinion!

Hyper-Segmented MarketingUsing Machine Learning to Target Micro-TribesBy Andrei BrilliantesMass messaging is dying. Micro-tribes are where attention still lives.Average buyers do not exist. Audiences cluster into micro-tribes with distinct language, fears, and proof needs. Hyper-Segmented Marketing is a practical guide to defining, validating, and using focused audience groups with responsible machine-learni...