What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. As superintendent Battle discovers, it is all part o...(展开全部)

What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. As superintendent Battle discovers, it is all part o...(展开全部)

Through sheer determination and courage, Kahn has researched the nature of concrete in the form of precast, cast in place or blocks. Each of his renowned works in exposed concrete, such as the Yale Art Gallery, the Richards Laboratories, the Bath House, the Salk Institute, the National Assembly, the Kimbell Museum, the Exeter Library and the Yale Center for British Art, is itse...(展开全部)

Through sheer determination and courage, Kahn has researched the nature of concrete in the form of precast, cast in place or blocks. Each of his renowned works in exposed concrete, such as the Yale Art Gallery, the Richards Laboratories, the Bath House, the Salk Institute, the National Assembly, the Kimbell Museum, the Exeter Library and the Yale Center for British Art, is itse...(展开全部)

琼•狄迪恩（1934- ） Joan Didion 美国作家，当代美国文化偶像，公认的嬉皮士年代时代记录者。其写作尤其是非虚构取得了惊人成就：《向伯利恒跋涉》一书成名，由此引领了美国的新新闻主义运动，影响至今，辐射包括好莱坞在内的整个美国文化界。其他代表作有《蓝夜》《奇 想之年》等。 狄迪恩于2005年获美国国家图书奖；2007年获美国国家图书基金会年度奖章；2013年获美国政府授予的美国国家人文奖章，奥巴马为其颁奖，授奖词称：“（琼·狄迪恩是）几十年来，美国政治和文化最尖锐、最被尊敬的观察家。” ———————————————————————— 何雨珈 自由译者，译有《鱼翅与花椒》《再会，老北京》《丹麦女孩》《川菜》《东北游记》等作品。

尼克·克罗斯利（Nick Crossley），英国曼彻斯特大学社会学教授，讲授“流行音乐社会学”“身体与社会”“社会学方法论”“社会网络分析”等课程，曾任社会学系主任，就众多社会学论题著书立说。近期论著涉及音乐世界、音乐社会学、社会网络分析、关系社会学，同时关注复杂理论在真实世界中的应用。发表学术论文70余篇，著有《声响、样式和颠覆之网：利物浦、伦敦、曼彻斯特和谢菲尔德的朋克和后朋克世界，1975-1980》（2015）、《理解社会运动》（2002）等。 刘军，博士，西安交通大学社会学系教授、博士生导师。研究方向为关系社会学、社会学方法论。出版专著《法村社会支持网络》（2006）、《整体网分析》（2014）、译著《两种传承：社会科学中的定性与定量研究》（2016）、《社会网络分析手册》（2018）等著作10余部，学术论文近50篇。近期研究富含“意义”...(展开全部)

Towards Relational Sociology argues that social worlds comprise networks of interaction and relations. Crossley asserts that relations are lived trajectories of iterated interaction, built up through a history of interaction, but also entailing anticipation of future interaction. In addition, he demonstrates how networks comprise multiple dyadic relations which are mutually tra...(展开全部)