It is the paradox at the heart of the Dutch Republic: how could a state emerge from resistance to political slavery and subjugation by a foreign power, only to become a colonial empire that promoted slavery all over the world? Slavery and the Dutch State shows how the modern Dutch state and its predecessors were complicit in colonial slavery. It describes the roles of various actors, such as enslaved people, administrators and merchants in the Netherlands and the colonized societies. More tha...

The concept of ‘serendipity’ is traditonally associated with ‘luck’, ‘chance’ or ‘good fortune’, but the reality paints a very different picture and facts suggest otherwise: serendipity is not ‘luck’—our ‘unused braincapacity’ turns out to be our greatest cognitive power. The idea that the unconscious is the internal ‘AI supercomputer’ of the human mind, offers a fascinating perspective. Our unconsciousness operates beneath the surface, outside of our conscious a...

This document is the TOGAF Standard — Introduction and Core Concepts. It has been developed and approved by The Open Group, and is part of the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition.

This document introduces the standard, including an executive overview of Enterprise Architecture, a description of how the standard is organized, and a summary of core concepts. It also contains the material common to the individual documents that comprise the standard, such as the definitions, as well as document refer...

This document is a compilation of two documents within the TOGAF® Standard. It has been developed and approved by The Open Group, and is part of the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition.

The two documents in this set are:

1. TOGAF Standard — Architecture Content

This document describes the TOGAF Content Framework and a structured metamodel for architectural artifacts, the use of re-usable Architecture Building Blocks (ABBs), and an overview of typical architecture deliverables.

2. TOGAF Standar...

This journal helps you with your path of growing by doing something different, something new in your life. This book contains a detailed explanation about speaking the right words, using visualization, and writing in order for you to flourish and rise to higher levels. Besides the 14-day journal, it also includes an extended version of 14 days for those who really want to see something different and something new in their lives.

For centuries, England’s counties have been imagined as fixed, ancient, clearly defined units. Yet their real history is far more complex. The Making of England’s Counties uncovers the true evolution of shires and counties, from Anglo-Saxon origins and medieval jurisdictions to the patchwork of liberties, counties corporate, exclaves, and peculiar boundaries that endured into the modern era.

Drawing on legal, administrative, and cartographic history, the book shows why no single 'standard...

STORIES ABOUT HOW

THE WORLD EXPOS OF 1855–1937

SHAPED PARIS,

FROM ITS ARCHITECTURE TO CULINARY INVENTIONS,

AND WHERE TO FIND THE TRACES

A Paris travel guide and history book about how the World Expos of 1855-1937 shaped the city, from its architecture to its (culinary) customs

Paris is the physical memory of seven World Expos that took place in the city from 1855 to 1937. These Expos left behind monuments like the Eiffel Tower, the Musée d'Orsay, the Grand and Petit Palais... But many tra...

A richly illustrated book about the largest, most precious, and most famous doll’s house of the 17th century New photographs reveal every detail of this remarkable miniature home The doll’s house is one of the highlights of the Rijksmuseum’s exhibition At Home in the 17th Century (October 2025 – January 2026) At the end of the seventeenth century, in the vibrant city of Amsterdam, the wealthy Petronella Oortman commissioned a doll’s house. Crafted by the most skilled artisans from ...

Managers today seem to have to be jacks of all trades. Delegating, co-operating,

motivating, planning and even keeping up to date with developments as

well as taking training courses: this is what is expected of managers today.

But who can possibly do all these things at the same time?

Coen Dirkx and Anton van den Dungen show us which skills you need to be a

manager, how to obtain these skills and how to put them into practice without

becoming completely snowed under. Using models, recommenda...