A labor of love and enthusiasm as well as deep scientific knowledge, Right Hand, Left Hand takes the reader on a trip through history, around the world, and into the cosmos, to explore the place of handedness in nature and culture. Chris McManus considers evidence from anthropology, particle physics, the history of medicine, and the notebooks of Leonardo to answer questi...(展开全部)

- Why are most people right-handed? Do left-handers behave differently from right-handers? - Why is the heart on the left-hand side of the body? - Why is each side of the human brain so different? - Why do the British drive on the left? Why do European languages go from left to right, while Arabic ones read the other way? - Why do clocks go clockwise? - What is the relationship...(展开全部)

The unholy alliance of the Political Right and the Religious Right threatens to destroy the America we love. It also threatens to generate a popular aversion to God and religion by identifying religious values with a pro-war, pro-business, pro-rich, anti-science, and anti-environmental stance. Over the past few decades, the Republicans have achieved political dominance by f...(展开全部)

Listen. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary'. The Sanctuary of the Redeemers: vast, desolate, hopeless. Where children endure brutal cruelty and violence in the name of the One True Faith. Lost in the Sanctuary's huge maze of corridors is a boy: his age uncertain, his real name unknown. They...(展开全部)

His name is Cale. They told him he could destroy the world. Maybe he will . . . The Sanctuary of the Redeemers is a desolate place - a place where hope and joy are not welcome. Most of its occupants have been brought here as young boys, against any will they might have once had. They cower under the terrifying regime of Lord Redeemers whose cruelty and violence have one sin...(展开全部)

Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter's inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the co...(展开全部)

厄休拉•勒古恩 ( Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929— 2018) 美国幻想文学大师、文学家，“奇幻小说三巨头”之一，被称为“科幻小说女王”。 厄休拉•勒古恩，一生获奖无数。她共获得6次雨果奖、6次星云奖、21次轨迹奖，还曾获美国国家图书奖、世界奇幻奖、卡夫卡奖、 号角书奖、纽伯瑞奖、小詹姆斯•提普翠奖等多项重量级奖项，更获得美国科幻奇幻作家协会“大师”称号、《洛杉矶时报》“罗伯特•基尔希终身成就奖”等荣誉。2000年，美国国会图书馆将她列为作家与艺术家中的“在世传奇”。2014年，她获得美国文学杰出贡献奖。 西方文学评论家将她列为“美国经典作家”，日本作家村上春树也对她推崇备至。 勒古恩，一个明明是传奇，却不愿被称为“传奇”的作家。她说：“我讨厌被称为‘传奇’，我站在这里，是个有血有肉的人。”

译者简介： 石门居士，常用网名“石门居士”、“残雪”，浙江杭州人，现于加拿大攻读电脑科学博士。10岁左右起成为推理小说读者，偏爱欧美古典推理作家，业余时间从事推理小说的推介和翻译工作。

The fourth novel follows Corwin and the remaining princes of Amber as they use their superhuman powers to defeat their brother-turned-traitor.Returning to Shadow Earth to investigate a threat against his life, Corwin discovers that the Jewel of Judgment has been stolen by his traitorous brother, Brand, who plans to use the gem to reshape the universe.

罗杰•泽拉兹尼，美国国宝级科幻奇幻作家，在这两大领域均达到了极其罕见的巅峰状态。 在三十多年的创作生涯中，他一共摘取了六次雨果奖、三次星云奖和两次轨迹奖，留下了五十五部长篇和一百五十余个中短篇。1963年，他的作品被编入“著名科幻小说殿堂”，并于2010年入驻“科幻小说 名 人堂”。 他率先倡导科幻小说写作要从心理学、社会学和语言学三方面考虑，打破了太空冒险科幻一统天下的局面，被誉为“新浪潮”的领军人物。在泽拉兹尼的作品中，他创造性地将科幻、奇幻融为一体，将神话、宗教与科幻奇幻有机结合，每一个设定都如教科书般精确，营造出独特的世界观。他的科幻作品中有奇幻的瑰丽恣肆，奇幻作品有科幻的严谨设定。因此，他被视为“那个时代最伟大的科幻奇幻作家”。 在1970年代，泽拉兹尼开始倾力打造他的奇幻名篇《安珀志》，历时20年，终于得以完成这部奇幻历史上的里程碑式作品...(展开全部)