New Contemporary Chinese, a complete textbook series, is tailored for adult learners of the Chinese language. The series includes four volumes, with each volume consisting of a Textbook, an Exercise Book and the corresponding Teacher's Book, Supplementary Reading Materials, Testing Materials, Character Writing Workbook, and multimedia teaching resources. Volume 1 and Volume 2 each contains a Character Book. New Contemporary Chinese aims to develop the learners' comprehensive abilities of list...

The Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law comprises a collection of articles written mainly by Hungarian authors, covering developments in the field of international law and EU law, and progress in the domestic implementation and application of these fields of law. The thematic chapter of Vol. 11 (2023) deals with the past, present, and future of Union citizenship, while the Anniversary section is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the International Law...

De Key bij Telephone Business. Deze leerstof biedt intensieve en systematische training in vaardigheden op het gebied van het zakelijk telefoneren voor mbo, hbo, bedrijfscursussen en zelfstudie. Het boek bevat een scala aan realistische en interactieve oefenvormen, varierend van kennistoepassing tot negotiating skills (cases). Naast de taaluitingen die specifiek zijn voor nagenoeg elk (telefoon)gesprek wordt aandacht besteed aan de belangrijkste telefoonsituaties van zakelijke aard.

The World is Storytelling offers a fresh perspective on the ancient art of storytelling. Co-authored by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, coaches and colleagues at Storytelling Centre Amsterdam, this book takes readers on a fascinating journey

through the theory and practice of storytelling in our modern world.

Whether you‘re interested in job creation, language learning, conflict resolution, or simply enjoy folk tales, this book is a snappy, engaging, and insightful exploration o...

During the 1880s, five ambitious artists, Vincent van Gogh, Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Emile Bernard, and Charles Angrand, ventured to the suburbs northwest of Paris to paint along the river Seine. Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: Along the Seine is the first publication to investigate these artists’ motivations for leaving the city to paint the suburbs and the profound influence that Asnières, clichy, and the surrounding areas had upon their revolutionary approaches to color and brushstrok...

As cutting-edge technologies continue to reshape the landscape of health care, we are faced with profound ethical and legal dilemmas on our journey towards a brighter future. This book invites you to develop your critical thinking skills in relation to a number of themes in bioethics and law, including our duties to care for each other, for nonhuman animals, and for the nonhuman world.

Topics include embryo research, abortion, end of life care, research ethics, cloning, and genetic engineerin...

‘Megaliths’ is an indispensable resource for anyone curious about the deep-rooted mysteries of our ancient past and our shared human experience. It is the story of Europe, which began 10,000 years ago, but also the story of humanity.

After 21 guidebooks on monumental structures from the Late Stone Age, the Mythical Stones series, it was time for a comprehensive work. This epic tale begins with early farmers who migrated from the Middle East through Anatolia to Europe, in search of fertile...

Als er iets is wat Marianne absoluut niet wilde dan is het een boek over haar en mijn werk. Aangezien ik wat anders over dit soort zaken denk en het noodzakelijk vond om haar te gedenken is deze uitgave toch tot stand gekomen. – André Toet

‘Fuck design, let’s dance’ omvat het oeuvre van ontwerpers Marianne Vos en André Toet. Het is een overzicht van hun individuele werk, opdrachten die zij gezamenlijk deden en ontwerpen die zij maakten onder het door hun opgerichte ontwerpbureau Sam...

Wards of State: In the Netherlands, minors who have been placed under state supervision or have been removed from their home environment at the order of Youth Care are what we call wards of state.

Youth care in the Netherlands is a market that is driven by perverse incentives, as this book makes clear. A market where expansion and money take precedence over the welfare of young people. A world in which truth and the best possible care are not of paramount importance.

The research concerns t...

“IT is often evaluated based on hard skills. The resilience of architecture, the amount of coding languages you master, how many years of experience the tech department has. These aspects form the pit of the cherry. They are important, but none of them bring innovation. Soft skills do. Innovation grows when people learn from each other, work together and challenge each other. Soft skills are the cherry’s nutritious, sweet flesh that brings all the birds to the yard.”

Anneke Keller create...