The complete online text of The Precipice by Ivan Goncharov.

The Russian novelist Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov (1812-1891) is one of the great realists of Russian literature. His novel "Oblomov" is a classic of Russian fiction. Ivan Goncharov was born of a well-to-do family. Although the family background was of...

Although Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifetime, he is now best remembered for one novel, Oblomov (1859), an indisputable classic of Russian literature that in its artistic stature and cu...

Precipice Daniel Pollock Council of Logistics Management, Oak Brook, IL, 1997 ISBN 0-595-17208-3 ($29.95, 468 pages) Available on the Web at http://www.iUniverse.com In 1978, professors William Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga joined forces to write Murder at the Margin under the pseudonym Marshall...

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With a chance to make a statement, the Cincinnati Bengals backed down and went for a field goal. Their demur decision said it all.Hines Ward caught a pair of touchdown passes, and the Pittsburgh Steelers turned Marvin Lewis' conservative coaching decision into the pivotal moment...

With a dearth of great beaches for swimming, West Kauai is my favorite place to simply chill out. I think vacationers to the islands often spend too much time charging around seeing sights and filling up the days. Instead, they should be doing what they...