The complete online text of The Whirlpool by George Gissing.

George Robert Gissing was a thoroughly earnest and amazingly prolific writer, producing twenty-two novels, many works of nonfiction, and more than a hundred sketches and tales during his twenty-six-year career (the exact number of his stories is still un...

Although he was once best known as the author of a volume of essays, The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (1903), George Gissing is now recognized as one of the important novelists of the late Victorian period. His reputation rests on the long series of...

Although George Gissing would have denied being a book collector and obliquely did so in his semiautobiographical The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (1903), the last book he published in his lifetime, evidence that he had the turn of mind and habits of...

BRIAN WESLEY * Company: Whirlpool * Education: Tennessee State University / Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Majored in Accounting (BBA) and General Management/ Strategy (MBA). * Landed the job through: Executive Recruiter at Whirlpool * My...

Leaders, pay attention! When Brian Wesley and his colleagues from Whirlpool look for future coworkers they keep their eyes open for bright, intelligent, and motivated individuals. They put a strong focus on candidates with leadership potential. Ability to bring in new ideas is...

Barry Bonds needed a physical and mental break in a big way. The slumping slugger was scratched from San Francisco's starting lineup Monday night, letting him rest his aching legs and giving him time to focus on something besides his latest funk at the plate.He...

Some people come to Las Vegas to enjoy the clear skies and warm days. But at a new spa that opened at Caesars Palace, there is a treatment room where it snows all year long.Welcome to Qua's Arctic Ice Room, where "snow" gently descends from...