Alles weten over je instrument, van aanschaf tot onderhoud? Tipboek Viool en altviool vertelt het je allemaal. Van hoe je de klank van je instrument kunt bijsturen tot hoe je je haarlint harst of een strijkstok or nieuwe snaren kiest, en nog veel meer. Het boek brengt je de gebundelde kennis en ervaring van meer dan dertig violisten, vioolbouwers, strijkstokkenmakers, docenten en andere deskundigen. In glasheldere taal, zowel voor beginners als voor gevorderde spelers - en zelfs profs zijn er...

Herodotus is not only known as the `father of history', as Cicero called him, but also the father of ethnography; as well as charting the historical background to the Persian Wars, his curiosity also prompts frequent digression on the cultures of the peoples he introduces. While much of the information he gives has proved to be astonishingly accurate, he also entertains us with delightful tales of one-eyed men and gold-digging ants. This readable new translation is supplemented with expansive...

David Hume is the greatest and also one of the most provocative philosophers to have written in the English language. No philosopher is more important for his careful, critical, and deeply perceptive examination of the grounds for belief in divine powers and for his sceptical accounts of the causes and consequences of religious belief, expressed most powerfully in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and The Natural History of Religion. The Dialogues ask if belief in God can be inferred ...

For 5000 years shipping has served the world economy and today it provides a sophisticated transport service to every part of the globe. Yet despite its economic complexity, shipping retains much of the competitive cut and thrust of the “perfect” market of classical economics. This blend of sophisticated logistics and larger than life entrepreneurs makes it a unique case study of classical economics in a modern setting.

The enlarged and substantially rewritten Maritime Economics u...

This accessible guide to the Gospel and Letters of John introduces readers to key issues arising from historical, literary, and theological approaches to the Johannine literature, also discussing the methodological rationale underlying each of these approaches. After introducing the reader to the development of the narrative structure of the book, the message (theology) is discussed in detail, with the aim of introducing the reader to the interrelatedness of the multiple theological ideas in ...

Clear, student-friendly introduction to the technical concepts and policies of contemporay governance.

This book dispells the common misconceptions in maths and helps teachers inspire a succesful understanding and engagement of number learning

"Hoe ben je in de 21e eeuw een goede ouder? Hoe krijg je een gezonde band met je kind? Hoe beleef je plezier aan je kind en aan de opvoeding?

Op deze en andere vragen geeft dit boek antwoord. Het is bedoeld voor ouders met een kind tussen de 0 en 6 jaar, om hen te ondersteunen bij de opvoeding. Ook hulpverleners, medewerkers in de kinderopvang, leerkrachten van groep 1 en 2, en artsen kunnen er hun voordeel mee doen.

De auteurs geven aan wat er nodig is voor een veilige relatie tussen ouder e...