If money cannot buy happiness, what drives people to participate in a lottery? And what effect does (almost) winning have on someone’s life, or that of the people around them? Cécile Hupin and Katherine Longly set out to compare dreams with reality by giving a voice to those who won or came close to winning a jackpot, for better or for worse. Their stories form a reflection of our society, our aspirations, our beliefs, and our fraught relationship with money. All of the personal accounts t...

Geert Wilders speelt het politieke spel als geen ander. Wat zit er in zijn trukendoos? Hoe gebruikt hij taal om zijn kiezers te overtuigen? In Kopvoddentaal analyseert neerlandicus Robbert Wigt de slimme strategieën en scherpe retoriek waarmee de PVV-leider de Haagse politiek al meer dan twintig jaar naar zijn hand zet en in 2023 de verkiezingen won. Wigt, die eerder ook het taalgebruik van Mark Rutte ontrafelde, laat zien hoe politieke taal werkt, welke technieken Wilders gebruikt en waardo...

Toonder vertaald is het tweede boek in de serie 'Taal en wereld van de Bommelsaga'. Hierin komen een aantal Bommelverhalen aan bod die vertaald en als boek gepubliceerd zijn in het Duits, Fries, Gronings, Twents, Latijn en Spaans. Duidelijk wordt wat het betekent om teksten van een dergelijke taalvirtuoos te vertalen. Bovendien komt de vertaling van Toonders beroemde en nog immer zeer actuele verhaal De bovenbazen - Los Altos Mandos aan bod, aangevuld met fragmenten uit andere Bommelverhalen.

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This bestselling text by Charles Barber, with updating contributions from Joan C. Beal and Philip A. Shaw, recounts the history of the English language from its remote ancestry to the present day.

Used as a standard by students and teachers in learning Chinese for morethan three decades, the best-selling Reading and Writing Chinese has beencompletely revised and updated! Reading and Writing Chinese

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Celebrate Jungkook, the once-in-a-generation talent at the center of BTS, in this illuminating look into the forces that have made him a global icon.

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