Chaos surrounds us. Seemingly random events -- the flapping of a flag, a storm-driven wave striking the shore, a pinball's path -- often appear to have no order, no rational pattern. Explicating the theory of chaos and the consequences of its principal findings -- that actual, precise rules may govern such apparently random behavior -- has been a major part of the work of Edwar...(展开全部)

Oberon, having resumed the throne, organizes an assault on the Courts of Chaos. Oberon plans to repair the Primal Pattern at the cost of his life, and offers the throne to Corwin with Dara as his Queen. Corwin refuses and is tasked to bring the Jewel of Judgment across the shadows to the battle that will ensue after the pattern is redrawn. He sets off along the black road and i...(展开全部)

Amber, the one real world of which all others – including our own Earth – are but Shadows...<br /><br />For untold millennia, the cosmic Pattern sustained order in Amber and all the known worlds. But now the forces of Chaos have succeeded in disrupting the Pattern, unleashing destructive forces beyond measure... forces meant to reshape the universe.<br /><br />To save Amber, Co...(展开全部)

This is a brilliant study of the nature of love in modern society. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that the nature of love is changing fundamentally, creating opportunities for democracy or chaos in personal life.

诺曼·吉瑞德（Norman J. Girardot），1943年生，原为圣玛利亚大学神学系教授，现任美国理海大学宗教研究所杰出教授；国际知名哲学、艺术学、宗教学学者，曾任国际比较史学杂志《宗教史》编辑。一直致力于中国宗教传统尤其是道教的研究与教学。其他研究领域包括流行宗教运动，中国思想史，比较宗教学，宗教与非主流艺术的关系等。撰写、评介、编辑及翻译相关著作多部，其中《道教与生态：宇宙景观的内在之道》（2001，主编）及《朝觐东方：理雅各评传》（2002，独著，此书获得美国费正清汉学研究奖，美国宗教学优秀奖）已译成中文与广大中国读者见面。 译者简介：蔡觉敏，女，北京大学古代文学博士，天津外国语大学副教授。发表论文有《〈水浒传〉与道家道教》、《生命困局、思想与文学的相近与不同——庄子与屈原异同浅论》等论文几十篇，与人合作编辑《道家道教与湖南》一书，著有《...(展开全部)

Myth and Meaning in Early Daoism examines some of the earliest texts associated with the Daoist tradition (primarily the Daode jing, Zhuangzi, and Huainanzi) from the outlook of the comparative history of religions and finds a kind of thematic and soteriological unity rooted in the mythological symbolism of hundun, the primal chaos being and principle that is foundational for t...(展开全部)

In this new study, Andrew Abbott presents a fresh and daring analysis of the evolution and development of the social sciences. "Chaos of Disciplines" reconsiders how knowledge actually changes and advances. Challenging the accepted belief that social sciences are in a perpetual state of progress, Abbott contends that disciplines instead cycle around an inevitable pattern of cor...(展开全部)

安德鲁·阿伯特(Andrew Abbott，1948—)，当代最富声望的社会学家之一，芝加哥大学社会学杰出讲席教授，美国艺术与科学院院士。研究领域涵盖行业和职业研究、历史社会学、社会理论与社会科学方法论。曾任芝加哥大学社会科学部部长和社会学系主任、《美国社会学刊》和《工作与职业》主编，并曾任社会科学历史学会会长。