The predicament of all life is uncertainty. 
 While humans have had to deal with chaos since ancient times, only recent has science recognized it as a fundamental force in the universe. 
 Chaos, theory, originally used to understand the movements that create thunderstorms, raging rivers, and hurricanes, is now being applied to everything from medicine to warfare to social dynamics and theories about how organizations form and change. Chaos is evolving from a scientific theory into a cultural metaphor. As a metaphor it allows us to query some of our most cherished assumptions and encourages us to ask fresh questions about reality. 
 Our modern society has been obsessed with conquering and scientifically controlling the world around us. However, chaotic, nonlinear systems--such as nature, society, and our individual lives--lie beyond all our attempts to predict, manipulate, and control them. Chaos suggests that instead of resisting life's uncertainties, we should embrace the possibilities they offer. 
 In this groundbreaking new book, John Briggs and F. David Peat unfold seven lessons for embracing chaos in daily life: 
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<li>Be Creative: how to engage with chaos to find imaginative new solutions and live more dynamically </li>
<li>Use Butterfly Power: how to let chaos grow local efforts into global results </li>
<li>Go with the Flow: how to use chaos to work collectively with others </li>
<li>Explore What's Between: how to discover life's rich subtleties and avoid the traps of stereotypes</li>
<li>See the Art of the World: how to appreciate the beauty of life's chaos </li>
<li>Live Within Time: how to utilize time's hidden depths </li>
<li>Rejoin the Whole: how to realize our fractal connectedness to each other and the world</li>
</ol> If you ever felt your life was out of control and headed toward chaos, science has an important message: Life is chaos, and that's a very exciting thing.

Seven Life Lessons of Chaos: Timeless Wisdom from the Science of Change

Health, Fitness & Dieting

F. David Peat

John Briggs

Alternative Medicine

Harper

Crime and Punishment in England, 1100-1990: An Introductory History

This is the first single-volume introduction to the national history of crime and punishment.

David Vincent

Angus McInnes

Science & Math

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

FRACTALS

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Thames&Hudson

Newcastle under Lyme, 1173-1973

[Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council]

A story about love and death in Chicago during the age of prohibition, this novel was originally published in 1928 and out of print for nearly 50 years. Set in a boarding house on the north side of Chicago, the novel follows Marry Javlyn, a newspaperman who has just arrived from Iowa; Jo Ruska, a switchboard operator; and Abe Wise, a gangster on the lam. Marry and Jo fall in love, but when Marry is lured away by a glamorous newspaper culture critic, he descends into a Gomorrah of speakeasies, patronage jobs, and dingy art studios. Despite family secrets revealed, betrayed loyalties, and a violent climax, Marry still has a chance in the end for redemption. With an original, rollicking plot and memorable characters, the story stands as an authentic and invaluable artifact of an era long distorted beyond recognition by sensationalism and stereotype.

FIRE and FORM on the KONZA PRAIRIE

Prairie Light Studio Publishing

What if you never had to worry about having enough cash to pay your team members? What if you took home a regular paycheck from your gym? What if you really could help people get healthy AND earn that retirement-worthy windfall? You are already physically fit. Now it s time to get to financially fit. Too many gym owners use their love of fitness as an excuse not to focus on money. The problem is, when they put profitability on the backburner, most of them end up closing their gym doors. In his new book, Profit First for Microgyms, John Briggs adapts the simple cash flow method revealed in Mike Michalowicz s bestselling book, Profit First, to help you become profitable from your very next deposit. Using humor and true stories about his clients and his own microgym, Briggs offers a step-by-step plan to help transform your microgym into a profitable business that is worthy of the legacy you want to leave behind.

Profit First for Microgyms: A Simple System for Healthy Cashflow

Business & Money

Industries

Cherry Creek Press

The 3.3 Rule: The New Workday Standard of Creating More by Working Less

Business Culture

History Of The Rise Of The Mahomedan Power In India: Translated From The Original Persian Of Mahomed Kasim Ferishta

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