Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? This title states that contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes.

A fresh and innovative perspective on urban issues and creating sustainable cities

In The 15-Minute City: A Solution for Saving Our Time and Our Planet, human city pioneer and international scientific advisor Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home.

This book tells the story of an idea that spread from city t...

The first ever global overview of philosophy: how it developed around the world and impacted the cultures in which it flourished, now in paperback.

Nvidia is the darling of the age of artificial intelligence: its chips are powering the generative-AI revolution, and demand is insatiable. For all the current interest and attention, however, Nvidia is not of our time. Founded more than three decades ago in a Denny's in East San Jose, for years it was known primarily in the then-niche world of computer gaming. In fact, the company's leather-jacketed leader, Jensen Huang, is the longest-serving CEO in an industry marked by near constant turmo...

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARAN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION, AND THE FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe trillion-dollar battle for the resources to power our future. Oil and gas defined the twentieth century.

When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action. The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done.

The 162nd edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the finest sports writing of the year and covers cricket from all over the globe, making it the cricketers' bible worldwide.

Erik Scherder leest. Veel. En hij zou nog veel méér willen lezen. En ook eens iets anders dan wetenschappelijke studies (hoe interessant ook), want hij merkt dat lezen hem uitdaagt, energie geeft, slimmer maakt, stimuleert. En Scherder is Scherder: dat wil hij natuurlijk voor iedereen! Hersenen willen lezen biedt inzicht in de belangrijkste wetenschappelijke bevindingen op het gebied van lezen. Daarnaast vertelt Scherder enkele mooie anekdotes over bijzondere lezers. Lees Scherder. Maar voo...

Ida Gerhardt (1905-1997) was de grande dame van de Nederlandse poëzie. Maar ze is ook de schrijver van levendige teksten, die ze heeft uitgesproken bij prijsuitreikingen en presentaties van haar dichtbundels. Tijdens archiefonderzoek voor haar Gerhardt-biografie ontdekte Mieke Koenen fascinerende lezingen die de dichteres heeft gehouden, onder meer op scholen en voor een Zutphense kunstkring.

In Plant, mens, dier is een twintigtal teksten voor het eerst samengebracht. Uniek is de rede die Ge...

Von den mittelalterlichen Sangern und Epikern uber Martin Opitz, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich Schiller und Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, uber Heinrich Heine, Georg Buchner und Bertolt Brecht bis Gunter Grass, Martin Walser, Uwe Tellkamp, Herta Muller und Ursula Krechel. Alle namhaften Schriftsteller sind erfasst: Die Literaturgeschichte fangt Lyrik, Roman, Prosa und andere literarische Gattungen und Stroemungen im Spiegel der Epochen ein, zeigt die Autorinnen und Autoren, ihr Schaffen un...