Virusses, war, climate, inflation, poverty and loneliness make people feel insecure. In these troubled times, there is more interest than ever for what is truly important in life: happiness, hope and love. What does science teach us today? Are we still allowed to strive towards happiness? And how do we do that? Leo Bormans asked the same question over and over again to a hundred professors all over the world: established names and young up-and-comers. Every scientist briefly summarises their ...

In Multispecies Dialogues Eva Meijer develops a new understanding of the concept ‘dialogue’, which includes embodied, material and spatial interaction. Meijer does not do this alone: each chapter of the book is devoted to a dialogue, or set of dialogues – with street dog Olli, a community of former lab mice, amphibian neighbours, the North Sea, and many other beings. Taking multispecies dialogues seriously is a way to do justice to more-than-human agency and to become more worldly in a ...

The yearbook offers an international, interdisciplinary, innovative platform for scholarly research in the field of contextual Biblical interpretation. Embracing contextuality as a catalyst for interpretation, the Yearbook is dedicated to fostering interpretations of Biblical texts.

In our globalized world, a unique type of intercultural encounter has emerged: that between the speaking body and the foreign language. From Vladimir Nabokov and Maxine Hong Kingston to Yoko Tawada, writers have vividly captured the tensions and possibilities of this encounter—where tongues are “murderous” and words become feasts. Accented Speech in Literature, Art, and Theory offers an analysis of speaking, writing, and performing with an accented tongue. Through an evocative blend of ...

The two little legs of the H, entangled with fiery tongues and other body parts - represent 'Horny'. The B, formed by two little birds lovingly interlocking their beaks - stands for 'Lovebirds'. The 'Alphabet of Love' by illustrator Sanny Winters is world-class. Her love for letters and for love itself come together in her new book, where her illustrations are interspersed with excerpts from world literature. Armed with nothing but red, black, and white - and tons of inspiration - she transfo...

Find the UBO!

Anti-money laundering is constantly evolving. As part of mandatory client due diligence, AML-regulated institutions must identify the ultimate beneficial owner (UBO). Legal entities need to know who their UBOs are, and AML-regulated institutions must investigate their client's UBOs and report discrepancies to the Dutch UBO register. This book sets out 100 common structures, serving as examples of who are considered UBOs and on what basis registration in the UBO register should t...

The identification of ceramic imports within prehistoric and historic assemblages has long been the primary indicator for identifying connections between different sites and regions. Yet this has fostered a presence/absence diagnosis for contact between different communities. Approaches such as post-colonial perspectives and network analysis, which focus on the nature of the connections, are now beginning to offer more meaningful ways of considering past interactions. These approaches can bri...

In this practitioner course, you will not only deepen your understanding of a highly efficient and lightweight methodology, but also engage with a positive philosophy of advanced project management practices.

The focus is on creating value for stakeholders, following sustainable principles, and adhering to ethical standards.

The course is designed around three key objectives:

• To provide you with an in-depth understanding of PM² within the broader context of project management.

• To bui...

In this book, the authors draw upon their extensive experience in small and medium sized organizations to provide a ‘practical and application-oriented path’ to address the many challenges in the world of IT service management. Their approach is based upon the FitSM framework, distinguishing 82 concise requirements. It draws upon the ISO/IEC 20000 standard and the COBIT and ITIL frameworks. These requirements help organizations see through the details into what is important.

The author�...

If you don't know these, you don't really know Dutch

You've memorized grammar rules, built a solid vocabulary, and can hold a decent conversation. But when native speakers laugh at a phrase you don't understand—or use an expression that makes no literal sense—you suddenly feel like an outsider again.

Because authentic Dutch isn't just learned. It's lived—through proverbs and idioms.

In HOW TO SPEAK DUTCH - Master Dutch Expressions, you'll discover the colorful expressions that Dutch peo...