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Joop van Hezik Reconsidering Utopia
i have simply asked for permission
Joop van Hezik brings philosophy to life, in more ways than one. He shows that the ideology of `economic growth is the basis of our modern societies and economies, and even of our sustainable development policies. In this ideology people and nature seem to be merely instruments for economic growth. This results in destruction and the failure of sustainable development policies at all geographical levels. As Van Hezik clearly demonstrates, we need utopian thinking to reflect on the real values of...
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Engels | 221 pagina's (ePub, 0,9 MB) | Studio nonfiXe, Vught | 2014
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Joop Hazenberg Next Europe
how the EU can survive in a world of tectonic shifts
"The EU is in deep trouble. As the eurozone crisis keeps raging on, the European dream lies shattered on the ground. Euroscepticism and nationalism are on the rise, tens of millions are unemployed, Great Britain is heading for the exit door, while Russia flexes its muscles and the Middle East burns. Is there any hopeful future for the European Union? Are we going to lose the race with the BRICS? Will Europeans ever truly engage with the EU institutes in Brussels? Next Europe gives some compelling...
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Engels | 64 pagina's (0,7 MB) | Fosfor, Amsterdam | 2014
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Pascal Borry | Gert Matthijs The human recipe
understanding your genes in today's society
A smart and witty guide to all you want to know about human genetics. Human genetics is not the playground of science alone. Genetics concerns all of us, for we all have DNA, genes, genomes, and chromosomes. Our genes determine partly our appearance and our behaviour, our talents and our health risks. The authors of The Human Recipe use humour to explain what we understand about human genetics. With anecdotes and topical examples, they demonstrate how genetics affects our everyday lives. What if...
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Engels | 232 pagina's (PDF, 3,7 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Sophia Amoruso #Girlboss
Persoonlijk relaas van een Amerikaanse zakenvrouw over hoe zij een zeer succesvolle webshop voor kleding begon; met tips om zelf een succes van je leven in zakelijk opzicht te maken.
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Engels | 238 pagina's | Portfolio Penguin, New York | 2015
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Vincent Icke Gravity does not exist
a puzzle for the 21st century
Every scientific fact was born as an opinion about the unknown - a hypothesis. Opinion gradually becomes fact as evidence piles up to support a theory. But what if there are two theories, each of which has produced a myriad of things that correspond perfectly to the phenomena but can't be combined into one? One theory replaced the mystery of gravity with a precise model of space and time. The other theory replaced the mystery of matter with a description of quantum particles. As we understand our...
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Engels | 89 pagina's (ePub2, 1,5 MB) | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2014
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Lorenza Clifford Interview others
"Interviewing prospective job candidates can be a real challenge, and sometimes the interviewers are just as nervous as the interviewee! If you are new to interviewing and need to learn some essential skills, Interview Others is the book for you. Full of advice on how to get the best from others and from yourself, it covers everything from preparing for an interview, to dealing with different types of interview situations, to the right (and wrong) questions to ask, to making a job offer. This book...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Richard Van Emden Boy soldiers of the Great War
"The youngest soldier who fought in the Great War is believed to have been just twelve years old. Many thousands of other boys are known to have faked eye tests, inflated their small chests and stood on tiptoes to bluff their way into a war of unforeseen horror. How and why so many under-aged boys were able to get to the battlefields is a complex mystery of World War I, and until Richard van Emden's classic account, largely unexplored.Boy Soldiers of the Great War tells for the first time the incredible...
Engels | 416 pagina's (5,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Hugh Barker Hedge Britannia
"Creations. Fromformal garden features to emphatically rustic barriers, Hugh exploresour hedges in all their diversity. Hedge Britannia offers a wittyinsight into the history of hedges and the way they relate to ourculture as well as our landscape. Hugh travels the breadth of Britainmeeting fellow enthusiasts who range from horticultural experts to theBrixton man who lovingly cultivated a whale-shaped hedge and ran intotrouble with the local council."
Engels | 336 pagina's (13 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Michael Mansfield Memoirs of a radical lawyer
"A radical lawyer with an unparalleled commitment to his clients, driven by anger at injustice and hypocrisy, intelligent, handsome and dynamic, Michael Mansfield has been tearing down the citadels of arcane legal conventions for more than forty years. Unafraid of rejection or failure, Michael has taken on the most difficult and challenging cases of our times and despite the odds, won plenty. In Memoirs of a Radical Lawyer Michael dissects many of them, revealing his motivations, meticulous approach...
Engels | 512 pagina's (2,3 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Keith Jeffery MI6
"A groundbreaking book, this unprecedented study is the authoritative account of the best-known intelligence organisation in the world. Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of espionage, the two world wars, modern British government and the conduct of international relations in the first half of the twentieth century, MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 is a uniquely important examination of the role and significance of intelligence in the modern world."
Engels | 864 pagina's (8,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Emma Smith Maidens' trip
"In 1943 Emma Smith joined the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company under their wartime scheme of employing women to replace the boaters. She set out with two friends on a big adventure: three eighteen-year-olds, freed from a middle-class background, precipitated into the boating fraternity. They learn how to handle a pair of seventy-two foot-long canal boats, how to carry a cargo of steel north from London to Birmingham and coal from Coventry; how to splice ropes, bail out bilge water, keep the engine...
Engels | 240 pagina's (0,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Niki Segnit The flavour thesaurus
"Ever wondered why one flavour works with another? Or lacked inspirationfor what to do with a bundle of beetroot? The Flavour Thesaurus is thefirst book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair.The book follows the form of Roget's Thesaurus. The back section lists,alphabetically, 99 popular ingredients, and suggests classic and lesswell known flavour matches for each. The front section contains anentry for every flavour match listed in the back section and isorganised into 16 flavour themes such...
Engels | 400 pagina's (0,8 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Carolyn Burke No regrets
"Edith Piaf was one of the most greatly loved singers of the twentieth century. From the start of her exceptional career in the 1930s, her waif-like form and heart-wrenching voice endeared her first to the French, then to audiences around the globe. As she moved from her youth singing in the streets to the glamour of the Paris music-halls, Piaf formed lasting friendships with such figures as Maurice Chevalier, Jean Cocteau and Marlene Dietrich; she wrote many of her own songs, aided the Resistance...
Engels | 304 pagina's (5,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Suzanne Braun Levine The woman's guide to second adulthood
"Second Adulthood is a new stage of life for women over fifty. The first generation of socially emancipated women have reached an important frontier; they have fulfilled all their roles - daughter, wife, mother, career woman. Yet with longer life expectancy and better health they have no intention of retiring from the world. At the same time these women are experiencing an often bewildering array of physical readjustments: their brains experience a growth very similar to that in adolescence, they...
Engels | 272 pagina's (2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Jimmy Burns Barça
"Founded in 1898, FC Barcelona or Barça, is the world's biggest and best-loved football club. Barça has more than 500 local fan clubs spread across the world, while its championship matches attract a global TV audience. Former players include such legendary figures as Kubala, Maradona, Cruyff, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Lineker, and Barça has been managed by greats such as Helenio Herrera, Cesar Menotti and Bobby Robson. The club's honorary members include Pope John Paul II and opera star José Carreras....
Engels | 384 pagina's (4,7 MB) | Bloomsbury Paperbacks, [London] | 2014
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Philip Dwyer Citizen emperor
"Napoleon's legend is so persistent that it confounds the historical reality in the popular imagination. He himself contributed much towards the construction of his own myth, from his youth even until after he fell from power, when, while in exile, he dictated his memoirs to a group of disciples who took down his every word in the hope that his version of history would prevail. Such were Napoleon's skills as a chronicler that much of the legend is still unquestioningly accepted...'This second volume...
Engels | 816 pagina's (3,5 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Manage teams successfully
"Managing just one person can be difficult enough, but pulling together a team of people can be tricky even for experienced leaders. This book helps you create an effective team that can really get things done. It helps you form a good team in the first place, deal with tensions that may arise, communicate well, and motivate team members towards your overall goal.Most of us have to work with other people for some or most of our day. If you're a project manager in particular, you'll need to be able...
Engels | 96 pagina's (0,2 MB) | A&C Black Business Information and Development, [London] | 2014
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Chitrita Banerji Eating India
"In Eating India, the award-winning writer Chitrita Banerji takes us on a thrilling journey through a national food formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations and conquests. In mouth-watering prose, she explores how each wave of newcomers brought innovative new ways to combine the subcontinent's rich native spices, poppy seeds, saffron and mustard with the vegetables, fish, grains and pulses that are the staples of the Indian kitchen. Along the way, she visits traditional weddings, tiffin rooms,...
Engels | 3,2 MB | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Sultan bin Muhammad al- Qasimi My early life
"With insight the dramatic palace coups in his own country and the neighbouring emirate of Ras al-Khaimah and the struggles for power during the formation of the United Arab Emirates. Revealing fascinating and untold parts of"
Engels | 320 pagina's (2,2 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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Erik M. Conway | Naomi Oreskes Merchants of doubt
"The U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on such areas as public health, environmental science, and issues affecting quality of life. These scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers.Merchants of Doubt tells the story of how a loose-knit group of high-level scientists and scientific advisers,...
Engels | 368 pagina's (2,4 MB) | Bloomsbury Publishing, [London] | 2014
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