Urban Literacy. Reading and Writing Architecture bespreekt hoe literatuur waardevolle inzichten biedt in de manier waarop mensen plekken beleven, gebruiken en verbeelden. Urban Literacy stelt dat we juist in romans en gedichten Lefebvre's concept van 'geleefde ruimte' aantreffen: ruimte dus die ervaren en 'geleefd' is door gebruikers en die herinneringen en verbeeldingen oproept. Dit boek stelt daarom literaire benadering voor die gebruik maakt van instrumenten uit de literatuur, voor onderz...

The Fokkens are well-known, both in our own country and internationally. In their previous work we got acquainted with ‘the garden gnome’, and learned about other exciting details from their sex room. In this book the ladies leave nothing out, allowing the reader to learn about Holland’s most famous neighborhood: the Red Light District. With their stories they enlighten us about, for instance, the ‘Bon Bon eater’, ‘Pimmetje the Runner’, ‘the Fucker’, and ‘the Turd’.

This dissertation argues that the floods following extreme precipitation result not
only from very heavy rainfall but also from the significant impact of human activities on natural water systems. While most literature emphasises that the increasing magnitude of storm rainfall extends beyond the original protection standards of hydrologic facilities in highly populated delta cities. Based on the knowledge of urban morphology, this study analyses how human systems have affected the transform...

This volume examines whether contemporary parliaments use foreign and comparative law in the legislative process. The research reports covered in this book apply the same methodological approach, focusing on the information

apparatus available to the legislators and on the rules and practices that regulate the drafting and approval of bills. Subsequently, it examines

several examples of recent legislation in which foreign law has been taken into consideration: in an explicit or implicit way, ...

Feel like the world is passing you by as you rush through anotherworkday? Like you never have enough energy to manage the team you'resupposed to be leading? Like you can't even accomplish yourself whatyou set out to achieve?What you need is focus. Focus is at the core of effective leadership,but cultivating it has become daunting in our age of globalization,fast technological change, and environmental challenges. As a leader,you need tools to navigate these unknown territories. One of the mos...

Since it was first published in 2000, hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug's guide to understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it's one of the best loved and most recommended books on the subject. It's a core foundational book that every Web designer must internalise to make their designs truly effective.

In this substantially revised edition, Steve return...

'Like most people I lived for a long time with my mother and father. My father liked to watch the wrestling, my mother liked to wrestle; it didn't matter what'This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts.

At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves. Innovative, punchy and tende...

This is the first philosophy textbook in moral psychology, introducing students to a range of philosophical topics and debates such as: What is moral motivation? Do reasons for action always depend on desires? Is emotion or reason at the heart of moral judgment? Under what conditions are people morally responsible? Are there self-interested reasons for people to be moral? Moral Psychology: A Contemporary Introduction presents research by philosophers and psychologists on these topics, and add...

Church historians have long known and appreciated Christianity's global history. Until recently, however, introductory textbooks on the history of Christianity focused almost exclusively on Europe and North America. Robert Bruce Mullins's A Short World History of Christianity, by contrast, offers a panoramic picture of the history of Christianity in its Western and non-Western expressions.

It tells the story of the early church in the Greek East as well as the Latin West; of Christianity's sp...