The impact of the embodied cognition thesis on the scientific study of film.The embodied cognition thesis claims that cognitive functions cannot be understood without making reference to the interactions between the brain, the body, and the environment. The meaning of abstract concepts is grounded in concrete experiences. This book is the first edited volume to explore the impact of the embodied cognition thesis on the scientific study of film. A team of scholars analyse the main aspects of f...

A system reset seems imminent. The world's financial system will need to find a new anchor before the year 2020. Since the beginning of the credit crisis, the US realized the dollar will lose its role as the world's reserve currency, and has been planning for a monetary reset. According to Willem Middelkoop, this reset will be designed to keep the US in the driver's seat, allowing the new monetary system to include significant roles for other currencies such as the euro and China's renminbi.

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Spraaktaal Kids is een methode voor psycho-educatie voor kinderen met TOS. Toch staat TOS niet centraal. Want de taalontwikkelingsstoornis is maar een heel klein stukje van het kind. Voordat met een kind gesproken wordt over TOS, wordt er samen met het kind gewerkt aan identiteitsontwikkeling. Kind en volwassene zoeken samen naar taal voor dagelijkse gebeurtenissen en ervaringen. Met behulp van de plaatjes, de stickers en de woorden uit Spraaktaal Kids benoemen ze dingen, gedachten, wensen, g...

This major new text on the theory and practice of public management moves away from descriptive accounts of its evolution to provide a systematic treatment of the key paradigms of public management today. It examines their competing outlooks, values, tools and assumptions and - using a wide range of examples from different areas of management around the world - their implications for practice. The text sets out three contrasting 'logics' for management - performance, professionalism and polit...

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have sha...

Written in a clear, readable style with a wide range of explanations and examples, this must-have dictionary reflects recent changes in the fields of statistics and methodology and has been updated with 500 new terms

For courses in introductory statistics. the Art and Science of Learning from Data Statistics: the Art and Science of Learning from Data, Fourth Edition, takes a conceptual approach, helping students understand what statistics is about and learning the right questions to ask when analyzing data, rather than just memorizing procedures. This book takes the ideas that have turned statistics into a central science in modern life and makes them accessible, without compromising the necessary rigor. ...

Para jóvenes y adultos que quieran conocer la cultura española a través de su historia, política, economía, manifestaciones artísticas y costumbres. Nivel B1 - B2 del MCER. La nueva edición incluye las soluciones a las actividades con explicaciones para poder ampliar algunos temas y abordar diferentes puntos de vista. Ideal para cursos de lengua y civilización y clases de cultura y conversación. Incluye también doce audiciones descargables que ayudan a explotar las actividades del l...

Grammatica di base dell'italiano is een innovatieve benadering van de Italiaanse grammatica. Het is de eerste methode die de principes van de cognitieve grammatica toepast en daarom het ideale hulpmiddel voor een duidelijk inzicht in de grammatica. De methode is geschikt om zowel zelfstandig als klassikaal gebruikt te worden. Met meer dan 300 oefeningen, verklarende illustraties en representatieve voorbeelden wordt de uitleg verduidelijkt. Ook bevat het boek de oplossingen van de oefeningen.