For an undergraduate introductory level course in humanities. An introduction to the world's major civilizations. This Fourth Edition is an introduction to the world's major civilizations-to their artistic achievements, their history, and their cultures.

Through an integrated approach to the humanities, Arts and Culture offers an opportunity to view works of art, read literature, and listen to music in historical and cultural contexts. In studying the humanities, we focus our attention on wor...

For one-semester, undergraduate-level courses in Optoelectronics and Photonics, in the departments of electrical engineering, engineering physics, and materials science and engineering. This text takes a fresh look at the enormous developments in electo-optic devices and associated materials-such as Pockels (Lithium Niobate) modulators.

Social media has come to deeply penetrate our lives: Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and many other platforms define many of our daily habits of communication and creative production. The Culture of Connectivity studies the rise of social media in the first decade of the twenty-first century up until 2012, providing both a historical and a critical analysis of the emergence of major platforms in the context of a rapidly changing ecosystem of connective media. Such history is needed to understand h...

For courses in options, futures, and derivatives.

To be financially literate in today's market, business students must have a solid understanding of derivatives concepts and instruments and the uses of those instruments in corporations. The Third Edition has an accessible mathematical presentation, and more importantly, helps students gain intuition by linking theories and concepts together with an engaging narrative that emphasizes the core economic principles underlying the pricing and use...

In religious studies, theory and method research has long been embroiled in a polarized debate over scientific versus theological perspectives. Ronald L. Grimes shows that this debate has stagnated, due in part to a manner of theorizing too far removed from the study of actual religious practices.

A worthwhile theory, according to Grimes, must be practice-oriented, and practices are most effectively studied by field research methods. The Craft of Ritual Studies melds together a systematic the...

An accessible guide for all teachers and trainee teachers in FE. It considers what is means to teach Higher Education courses in Further Education and how an HE environment can be created in an FE setting.

In dit boek past Eliyahu Goldratt de TOC (Theory Of Constraints)-principes toe op projectmanagement. Hij doet dit in de vorm van een roman, een benaderingswijze die in 'Het doel' al bijzonder effectief bleek. 'De zwakste schakel' is een vlot geschreven business-roman die gaat over hoe projecten succesvol kunnen worden afgerond, binnen de gestelde tijd en het budget en zonder compromissen.

The first four editions of the Dutch edition of Sales Management have been received with great enthusiasm both in higher education and in industry. There seems to be a great need for a complete and practical textbook, tailored to the sales practice. The international edition of this popular book is now available, edited with a European perspective.

De laatste decennia is de Nederlandse vastgoedbranche sterk geprofessionaliseerd en is de uitdaging van de taxateurs van onroerende zaken groter dan ooit tevoren. Was het vroeger nog mogelijk voor de taxateur zich te beroepen op ervaring en kennis, tegenwoordig vraagt de klant om uitgebreide analyse en onderbouwing. De taxatieleer is dan ook sterk in ontwikkeling. Taxatierichtlijnen en- technieken ontwikkelen zich in hoog tempo. Deze nieuwe editie van 'Taxatieleer vastgoed' beschrijft alle be...

Wie ben je werkelijk? Wat maakt jou uniek? Hoe kun je je leven leiden op een manier die bij jou past? Het Human Design-systeem gaat ervan uit dat je mogelijkheden en grenzen al vastliggen op het moment dat je geboren wordt. Ben je op emoties gericht of handel je juist heel zakelijk? Ben je een ondernemer of kun je beter afwachten tot je ergens voor gevraagd wordt? Wat is jouw unieke rol in het grotere geheel?Aan de hand van je geboortedatum en -tijd geeft het Human Design-systeem je een handl...