Assuming an advanced civilisation possessed the capability to travel interstellar distances at a velocity of 0.1% of the speed of light, it could potentially establish colonies throughout the Milky Way Galaxy within a span of approximately 100 million years. This duration, while significant, is comparatively brief in light of the galaxy’s estimated age of over 13 billion years. And yet we see and hear nothing. The Universe seems empty and dead. However, given the possibility for the rapid g...

Are you struggling with money as a student? Do you want to improve your personal finances and live with less financial stress? Well then this is a book for you! My name is Franklin and I'm a 22-year-old international student living frugally in the Netherlands. I firmly believe that every student can manage their money effectively so they can have the freedom to do whatever they want with what they have.

It’s not about how much money you make, but how much money you need that makes a differen...

This book is about how to win as an organization.

A winning culture is one of the biggest assets a company can have. Trained in ‘winning’ at the Royal Military Academy in the Netherlands, Erik Hiep started his career as an infantry officer during the Cold War. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, he pursued a business career and took an MBA from the University of Glasgow.

As a business consultant, Erik has worked ‘boots on the ground’ for clients in more than 30 countries on four conti...

A compact architectural history of Manhattan with six walks that guide readers along New York's most glamorous street

Two authorities on popular culture reveal the ways in which art can enhance mood and enrich lives - now available in paperbackThis passionate, thought-provoking, often funny, and always-accessible book proposes a new way of looking at art, suggesting that it can be useful, relevant, and therapeutic. Through practical examples, the world-renowned authors argue that certain great works of art have clues as to how to manage the tensions and confusions of modern life. Chapters on love, nature, mo...

A groundbreaking handbook which evaluates the role of social work research in the context of national and international societies

The first monograph on the work of celebrated and influential Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu Wangechi Mutu’s remarkable body of work touches on such issues as sexuality, ecology, politics, and the rhythms and chaos that govern the world. Her

The most exciting rising stars in contemporary art whos who and whats next featuring 107 artists born since 1980, as chosen by a new generation of art experts and leaders

This stunningly illustrated survey brings together more than 100 of the most innovative and interesting contemporary artists working across all media and spanning the globe. These are tomorrows art superstars as chosen by the future leaders of the art world: the curators, writers, and academics with their fingers on the p...

Dutch finger foods. Essential expressions. Integrating into society. Nine things non-Dutch kids love about living here in Holland. Things the Dutch invented. All that and more in this pocket-sized book that is a fun, entertaining, and informative introduction to life in the Netherlands.

With this book in your bag, you will learn about what the Dutchdo, eat, think, say and expect – and the quirky customs behindthem. It is not your traditional introduction into a new society: no ‘Be sure to...