Constantijn Huygens was a poet, composer and connoisseur of art and the classics. He was also secretary and confidant to three princes of Orange for 62 years. Hofwijck was also the place where Constantijn’s son Christiaan spent a significant part of his life. Christiaan Huygens was a member of the Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge and became one of the greatest inventors and scientists.

At the end of his life, at Hofwijck, he wrote Cosmotheoros, his magnum op...

Prometheus was punished by the supreme god Zeus for giving to mankind the Olympic fire with which they learned to think and feel. He was chained to a cliff in the Caucasus, where, to make matters worse, he was visited daily by an eagle who ate part of his liver. At night, however, his liver grew back. We now know that the liver can regenerate, but were the ancient Greeks aware of this quality?

The myth of Prometheus has been a source of inspiration for many visual artists over the centuries....

WAT HEBBEN EEN CLINICLOWN, MEUBELMAKER, UITVAARTVERZORGENDE EN TOILETJUFFROUW MET ELKAAR GEMEEN?

Dat ze hiervoor totáál ander werk deden! In dit boek vind je veertien moedige en rake verhalen over het maken van een carrièreswitch. Kriskras door leeftijden, opleidingsniveaus en vakgebieden heen. Wat ging er vooraf aan het moment waarop ze dachten: Ik ga het gewoon doen? De één switcht na dertig jaar lang ongelukkig te zijn geweest in haar baan, de ander doet gewoon en belandt in allerlei...

Step into the unsettling world of Shirley Jackson with a collection of her finest, creepiest short stories, revealing the queen of American gothic at her mesmerising best. This selection includes 'The Lottery', Jackson's masterpiece and one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century. 'An amazing writer ...

If you haven't read her you have missed out on something marvellous' Neil Gaiman

Essential lessons in hospitality for every business, from the former co-owner of legendary restaurant Eleven Madison Park.

Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, EMP was named the best restaurant in the world.

How did Guidara pull off this unprecedented transformation? Radical reinvention, a true partnership between the kitchen and the dining room and memo...

Principles of Yacht Design has established itself as the standard book on the subject for practising designers, naval architecture students, discerning boat owners as well as the boatbuilding industry as a whole. The fifth edition is completely revised and expanded. It examines every aspect of the process of yacht and powerboat design.

The new edition includes new findings from recent research in aero and hydrodynamics, as well as covering the most recent changes to building standards. The au...

This publication aims to the first port of call on any question on international insolvency law for specialists, such as practitioners, judges and scholars. The book also serves as a useful guide for those who are rather new to the subject, including legislators and students. International Insolvency Law Part II contains an extensive treatment of the EU Insolvency Regulation (2015/848), which came into effect in 2017. This Regulation builds on the Insolvency Regulation 1346/2000 and has furt...

Deze monografie biedt een integrale behandeling van de beperking van de bestuursbevoegdheid. Daarbij passeren diverse fundamentele vennootschapsrechtelijke leerstukken de revue. Er is daarnaast aandacht voor de wijze waarop beperkingen kunnen worden vormgegeven en de grenzen die daarbij in acht moeten worden genomen. Een soortgelijke monografie is niet eerder verschenen. De bevoegdheid van het bestuur om de vennootschap en de met haar verbonden onderneming te besturen, volgt uit zijn taakopd...

This publication aims to be the first port of call on any question on international insolvency law for specialists, such as practitioners, judges and scholars. This first part of the 5th edition offers global perspectives on key themes within cross-border insolvency law. International Insolvency Law Part I contains an extensive treatment of cross-border insolvency law. The publication covers four key themes. Chapter I starts with a detailed account of topics which nearly always emerge from c...

Dit Asser-deel vormt het sluitstuk van de drie delen gewijd aan het internationaal privaatrecht. Met een integrale behandeling van het internationaal vermogensrecht is de titel van grote waarde voor juristen die als advocaat, bedrijfsjurist, rechter of anderszins betrokken zijn bij de internationale rechtspraktijk. Asser 10-III Internationaal vermogensrecht vormt het sluitstuk van de drie delen gewijd aan het internationaal privaatrecht. Deze titel voorziet in een integrale behandeling van h...