Jonge kinderen staan op een heel eigen wijze in de wereld. Ze zijn nieuwsgierig en vol verwondering. Door te spelen en te onderzoeken, in een actieve interactie met andere kinderen en volwassenen, verwerven ze nieuwe inzichten en vaardigheden en leren ze zichzelf en de wereld om hen heen steeds beter kennen en begrijpen.In dit boek staat de eigenheid van jonge kinderen centraal. Een eigenheid die vooral is te herkennen in de nieuwsgierigheid en verwondering die peuters en kleuters laten zien ...

Tristes Tropiques begins with the line 'I hate travelling and explorers', yet during his life Claude Levi-Strauss travelled from wartime France to the Amazon basin and the dense upland jungles of Brazil, where he found 'human society reduced to its most basic expression'. His account of the people he encountered changed the field of anthropology, transforming Western notions of 'primitive' man. Tristes Tropiques is a major work of art as well as of scholarship.

It is a memoir of exquisite bea...

THE LIFE-CHANGING BESTSELLER - OVER 1.5 MILLION COPIES SOLD'A deeply compassionate guide to self-care - simple and profound' Sir Kenneth Branagh'If you want to free yourself from anxiety and stress, and feel truly at ease with yourself, then read this book' Ruby WaxAuthoritative, beautifully written and much-loved by its readers, Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world has become a word-of-mouth bestseller and global phenomenon. It reveals a set of simple yet powerf...

The 10th anniversary edition of the classic guide to handling life's toughest conversationsWhat is a difficult conversation?Asking for a pay rise, saying 'no' to your boss or spouse, confronting a friend, apologizing. We all have conversations that we dread and find unpleasant. But can we develop the skills to make such situations less stressful and more productive?Based on fifteen years of research and consultations with thousands of people, Difficult Conversations pinpoints what works.

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With over 14,000 translations, including everyday idioms and expressions, Essential Hindi Dictionary is the perfect tool to support your Hindi learning. This updated edition has a new page design, a guide to usage, and insights fromthe author to help you learn and remember new words and phrases.

The inspiring, life-changing bestseller by the author of LEADERS EAT LAST and TOGETHER IS BETTER.

In 2009, Simon Sinek started a movement to help people become more inspired at work, and in turn inspire their colleagues and customers. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, including more than 28 million who've watched his TED Talk based on START WITH WHY -- the third most popular TED video of all time.

Sinek starts with a fundamental question: ...

Contemporary Issues in Human Resource Management is uniquely holistic in its approach to advanced HRM and takes the reader logically through a wide variety of practical issues and functions that affect HR practitioners. Topics addressed include competition and choice, people and skills, regulation and public policy, social trends, engaging people, managing an international workforce, and developing and implementing HR strategies. It is an essential one-stop resource that clearly evaluates the...

This title is split into three parts. The first part deals with the basics of meeting and greeting communications, the second looks at problem solving and verbal communications. Finally part three deals with team work, and managing your boss, your customers and yourself.

Dit boek verstrekt elementaire informatie die nodig is bij het theoretisch beschouwen van processen en onderdelen van processen ten behoeve van de procesindustrie. Daarnaast zijn ook gegevens uit de praktijk van alledag opgenomen. Onderwerpen die aan de orde komen zijn:

- Wiskunde.

- Natuurkunde.

- Scheikunde.

- Procestechniek.

- Procesbeheersing.

- Werktuigbouwkunde.

- Elektrotechniek.

- Milieutechniek.

- Bedrijfskunde.

- Onderhoud.

Telephone Business biedt intensieve en systematische training in vaardigheden op het gebied van het zakelijk telefoneren voor mbo, hbo, bedrijfscursussen en zelfstudie. Het boek bevat een scala aan realistische en interactieve oefenvormen, varierend van kennistoepassing tot negotiating skills (cases). Naast de taaluitingen die specifiek zijn voor nagenoeg elk (telefoon)gesprek wordt aandacht besteed aan de belangrijkste telefoonsituaties van zakelijke aard.