Wherever you are right now, there’s a good chance that an object in your vicinity is connected to the stories told in this book. The phone in your pocket, the chair you’re sitting on, or the shirt you’re wearing – they likely travelled to you on a large container ship, which burned bunker fuel. Alternatively, petroleum-based substances were likely used in their production, which involved the generation of waste oils. We rarely talk about waste oils or bunker fuel, yet they are essenti...

What was the brilliant invention which allowed founder Gerard Adriaan to establish the name Heineken? Ever heard of a wooden horse, or a yeast-pitching egg? Why brewery employees delivered ice rods? Did you know that there is an old Dutch master in the Heineken collection? And where the initials H.P. stand for?

With its treasure trove of stories, this richly illustrated book graces the coffee or, more aptly, the beer table! Remarkable facts, colourful anecdotes, and poignant portraits sketch ...

No one was supposed to find Sobibor ever again. In 1943, when the Nazis shut down the death camp, they destroyed the gas chambers. To cover up pits where they buried their victims’ ashes, they planted trees.

But their attempt to totally erase the camp failed. The marshy ground in an Eastern Polish river valley still held the victims’ last possessions, rusty and buried beneath the soil. From 2007 on, archaeologists dug up tens of thousands of objects on the former camp terrain. Traces in ...

Awarded a Golden medal from the Axiom Business Book Awards in the Business Theory category and shortlisted for Management Book of the Year

Organizations are currently in a new economy. They are either being disrupted or causing disruption. Continuity is no longer a given. Only one law applies: Strategy = Execution, because a strategy is only as brilliant as its execution. Strategy execution is the last competitive advantage, and strength, speed and agility in execution are more important than...

Dit is het tweede deel van de Basic Lines boeken door Theo Barten.

In deze boeken combineert hij zijn liefde voor architectuur en de Klare-Lijn techniek in een serie van 75 tekeningen: Architecture with a Twist. Het onderwerp is meestal een bekend gebouw met een ironische toevoeging. In onmogelijke situaties die een vervreemdend effect creëren, wordt alles met liefde voor detail getekend. Een gebouw is een getrouwe weergave van het echte werk, een auto is altijd van een bepaald merk. Juist ...

This book presents a remarkable collection of letters from Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880-1962) and her governess, Elizabeth Saxton Winter (1855-1936), an Englishwoman. The earliest letters are those of a child, sent to Miss Winter when she was on holiday in England, but after Wilhelmina's education was finished in 1896 and she had no more need of a governess, she continued to write to Winter weekly. Her long letters cover a wide range of subjects: including her perspective on peop...

Over the last four decades, Greece has been an active, positive and multi-dimensional participant in the process of European integration – initially in the European Economic Community (EEC) and then in the European Union (EU). The course over these 40 years, however, has not been without obstacles. The economic crisis in the 2010s has undoubtedly been the most turbulent period in Greece’s relation with the EU. Yet, despite such difficulties, over these four decades the balance is certainl...

Polenta als vloerkleed, jodelende cowboys, het zijn maar een paar voorbeelden van de onderwerpen die de normaalste zaak van de wereld zijn in het universum van de Engelse tekenaar Glen Baxter.

In New Ways with Vegetables zijn de beste tekeningen in drie afdelingen bijeengebracht: culinaire uitspattingen, cowboys en culturele uitstapjes. Baxters tekeningen zijn onmiskenbaar grappig door de unieke combinatie van zijn kleurrijke potloodstijl en het kenmerkende Britse understatement in de ondersc...

This book on water and climate change goes beyond the usual and predictable analyses, by bringing religion and values into a discussion that is often dominated by technocratic solutions. The three case studies of Jakarta, Cape Town, and Amsterdam demonstrate the challenges of water management in urban areas and the role religion can play in addressing them. With representatives from science, politics, economics, and religion, as well as young voices, the book stimulates a values-driven dialog...

This book is entirely devoted to the research performed over the years into Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, an icon of Western European art.

Vincent van Gogh’s *Sunflowers* are seen by many as icons of Western European art. Two of these masterpieces – the first version painted in August 1888 (The National Gallery, London) and the painting made after it in January 1889 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam) – have been the subject of a detailed comparison by an interdisciplinary team of experts. The pict...