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...

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

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...

The latest edition of the bestselling guide to running a successful gallery, told from the expert perspective of art-world insiders

Piet Oudolf's personal account of his celebrated career in the context of the evolution of his own garden.