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In Philadelphia, Frank Cowperwood, whose father is a banker, makes his first money passing by an auction sale, he successfully bids for seven cases of Castile soap, which he sells to a grocer the same day with a profit of over 70 percent. Later, he gets a job in Henry Waterman & Company, and leaves it for Tighe & Company. He also marries an affluent widow, in spite of his young age. Over the years, he starts misusing municipal funds with the aid of the City Treasurer.

In 1871,...

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 ...

Why do so many organisations struggle to let their high potentials truly shine? The Talent Trap: How to Spot and Sculpt Hidden Potential offers a fresh and practical approach to detecting, developing, and deploying talent with more impact and more humanity. With the P.A.C.E. method as your compass - not a rigid model, but a flexible framework - you'll learn to recognise the potential that conventional and more fixed career programmes often overlook, and create the conditions for people to gro...

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...

Inflation, rising student debt, a housing crisis, and post-pandemic recovery... Today’s students and young professionals face major financial challenges. Often called the ’unlucky generation’ (pechgeneratie), many struggle to make ends meet while studying. But what if you could take control of your finances and thrive despite these challenges?

In this comprehensive guide, Franklin Seute—Mechatronics engineer, best-selling author, and founder of Living Rich as a Student—delivers prov...

Why is it that in France one finds a disproportionally larger number of statues of the Black Madonna than in other countries? Why is she found here preferably in power places in a landscape with an increased energy level? Why is it that in France the character of the Black Madonna is closely related to Mary Magdalene?

To these questions, this book holds the answers. It traces the path of the Dark Mother from the primal Black Venus from prehistoric times along the Celtic and Oriental Black God...

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...