In 1876 zag de Amsterdamse Werkliedenvereniging Patrimonium het levenslicht. De vereniging werd opgericht om een volksbeweging in gang te zetten tot behoud van Nederland als orthodox-protestantse natie. Later werd Patrimonium vooral bekend als een van de grootste woningcorporaties van Nederland. Na de jaren zestig kreeg de secularisatie ook vat op Patrimonium, maar het christelijk-sociaal denken bleef van invloed. Zo nam Patrimonium aan het eind van de jaren negentig het beheer van de verpaup...

Er is vandaag de dag sprake van een opmerkelijke heropleving van de belangstelling voor de zeventiende-eeuwse Nederlandse filosoof Benedictus de Spinoza. En dat niet alleen binnen de academische filosofie, maar vooral ook daarbuiten. Hij is opgenomen in de canon van de Nederlandse geschiedenis. Zijn naam duikt geregeld op in de media, in politieke discussies, in debatten over de verhouding godsdienst en politiek, over de multiculturele samenleving, over tolerantie en vrijheid van denken. Daar...

Een piano of een vleugel kopen? Tipboek Piano en vleugel vertelt je alles wat je weten moet om een goede keuze te maken. Ook onderhoud, stemmen en accessoires komen uitgebreid aan bod. Ruim dertig pianisten, pianostemmers, technici, docenten en andere kenners werkten mee aan deze handige gids. Geschreven in glasheldere taal, volop ge

'You've never heard of The Tales of Beedle the Bard?' said Ron incredulously. 'You're kidding, right?' (From Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) Published by the charity Lumos in association with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is the first new book from J. K. Rowling since the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Tales of Beedle the Bard played a crucial role in assisting Harry, with his friends Ron and Hermione, to finally defeat Lord Voldemort....

Interest in citizenship has never been higher. But what does it mean to be a citizen of a modern, complex community? Why is citizenship important? Can we create citizenship, and can we test for it? In this fascinating Very Short Introduction, Richard Bellamy explores the answers to these questions and more in a clear and accessible way. He approaches the subject from a political perspective, to address the complexities behind the major topical issues.

Discussing the main models of citizenship...

Anthony Kenny's engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era.The Rise of Modern Philosophyis the fascinating story of the emergence of the great ideas and worldviews of modern thought. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Kenny's book introduces us to some of the world's most original and influential thinkers.

Performed variously as escapist fantasy, celebratory fiction, and political allegory, The Tempest is one of the plays in which Shakespeare's genius as a poetic dramatist found its fullest expression. Significantly, it was placed first when published in the First Folio of 1623, and is now generally seen as the playwright's most penetrating statement about his art. Stephen Orgel's wide-ranging introduction examines changing attitudes to The Tempest, and reassesses the evidence behind the variou...

Discover the secrets of world-class leadership!When it comes to refined service and exquisite hospitality, one name stands high above the rest: The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. With ceaseless attention to every luxurious detail, the company has set the bar for creating memorable customer experiences in world-class settings. Now, for the first time, the leadership secrets behind the company's extraordinary success are revealed.

The New Gold Standard takes you on an exclusive tour behind the sce...

This textbook is aimed at the majority of students, who need to quickly acquire a concise overview of soil science. Many current soil science textbooks still cater for a traditional student market where students embark on three years study in a narrow discipline. The growth in modular degree schemes has meant that soil science is now often taught as self-standing unit as part of broad based degree program.

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Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law, and the Ampere-Maxwell law are four of the most influential equations in science. In this guide for students, each equation is the subject of an entire chapter, with detailed, plain-language explanations of the physical meaning of each symbol in the equation, for both the integral and differential forms. The final chapter shows how Maxwell's equations may be combined to produce the wave equation, the basis for th...