Wat als vrije wil een illusie is? In Determined daagt neurobioloog Robert Sapolsky een van onze diepst verankerde overtuigingen uit: het idee dat we zelf verantwoordelijk zijn voor onze daden. Op heldere, vaak verrassend lichtvoetige wijze laat hij zien hoe ons gedrag voortkomt uit een complexe wisselwerking van biologie, omgeving en toeval – factoren waar we uiteindelijk geen controle over hebben.

Aan de hand van inzichten uit de neurowetenschappen, psychologie en evolutiebiologie ontmante...

Ze zijn met veel. Bijna 1,5 miljoen in Vlaanderen, ruim 3 miljoen in Nederland: vrouwen van 50 en ouder. Vintage meisjes – veelzijdig, krachtig en allesbehalve in één hokje te stoppen.

Hun levens zijn verschillend, hun keuzes uniek. Maar één ding hebben ze gemeen: het verlangen naar mentale veerkracht, verbinding en betekenis. Want ouder worden staat niet automatisch gelijk aan innerlijke rust.

Het ideale recept voor een gezonde geest op latere leeftijd? Dat bestaat uit een evenwichtig...

One of four titles in Thames & Hudson’s innovative new ‘Big Idea’ series, this intelligent, stimulating book assesses the connections between gender, psychology, culture and sexuality, and reveals how individual and social attitudes have evolved over the centuries.

A timely re-examination of the pros and cons of legalizing drug use.

In Keeping the Love You Find, renowned relationship therapists and New York Times bestselling authors, Harville Hendrix Ph.D. and Helen LaKelly Hunt Ph.D., will help guide you on the single life.

Filled with wisdom and compassion, Keeping the Love You Find will help get your next relationship off to the best start and keep your love strong for a lifetime!

Security Studies: An Introduction, 4th edition, is the most comprehensive textbook available on the subject, providing students with in-depth coverage of traditional and critical approaches and an essential grounding in the debates, frameworks, and issues of the contemporary security agenda. This new edition has been completely revised and updated, to cover major developments such as COVID-19, the rise of populism, climate change, China and Russias place in the world, and the Trump administra...

Focusing on the continued terrorist threat by jihadist groups, such as Al Qaeda and ISIS, and homegrown violent far-right and far-left extremists in the West, Terrorism and Counterterrorism investigates this form of political violence in a historical and contemporary context. In this comprehensive and highly readable text, renowned expert Brigitte Nacos clearly defines terrorism’s diverse causes, actors, and strategies; outlines anti- and counterterrorist responses; and highlights terrorism...

In 2014, the declaration of the Islamic State caliphate was hailed as a major victory by the global jihadist movement. But it was short-lived. Three years on, the caliphate was destroyed, leaving its surviving fighters - many of whom were foreign recruits - to retreat and scatter across the globe.

So what happens now? Is this the beginning of the end of IS? Or can it adapt and regroup after the physical fall of the caliphate? In this timely analysis, terrorism expert Colin P. Clarke takes sto...

Six years ago, I woke up shaking in a hotel room with my sense of reality shattered. Colours were distorted, the walls seemed to breathe and shadows felt like threats. I thought I was going to die. This marked the beginning of a year-long mental breakdown. Nothing worked - not antidepressants, not therapy, not yoga. I was too far gone... until I wasn't.

This is the story of my journey from the brink of suicide to a semblance of stability, purpose and, crucially, hope. I only got here...

Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives

Imagine a world where your phone is too big for your hand, where your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body, where in a car accident you are 47% more likely to be seriously injured, where every week the countless hours of work you do are not recognised or valued.

If any of this sounds familiar, chances are that you're a woman.

Invisible Women shows us how, in a world largely built for and by men, we are systemati...