Van Praag gaat in 'Slecht Zicht' verder op de weg die hij is ingeslagen in zijn boeken 'God en Psyche', 'Het Verstand te Boven' en 'Net Voorbij de Rede': de vrijmoedige, maar respectvolle interpretatie van en beschouwingen over het Godsbegrip, de Bijbel en daarin figurerende personen.

Hij voert in dit boek een jonge Judeeër ten tonele, Amos geheten, levend in de eerste helft van de eerste eeuw, die op zoek is naar zijn identiteit. Amos gaat hiervoor de discussie aan met vertegenwoordigers va...

'Geloof laat een Muur vallen' vallen is een uniek document waarin een van de grootste politieke omwentelingen van de vorige eeuw een persoonlijk gezicht krijgt.

Onder het totalitaire, atheïstische DDR-regime groeide de Oost-Duitse lutherse predikant Christian Führer (1943-2014) uit tot een van de bekendste leiders van de tegenbeweging. Zijn Nikolaikerk in Leipzig werd het scharnierpunt naar de geweldloze 'Wende'. Zijn memoires geven inzicht in deze cruciale periode en schetsen een fascinere...

How can a company that has never turned a profit have a multibillion dollar valuation? Why do some start-ups attract large investments while others do not? Aswath Damodaran, finance professor and experienced investor, argues that the power of story drives corporate value, adding substance to numbers and persuading even cautious investors to take risks. In business, there are the storytellers who spin compelling narratives and the number-crunchers who construct meaningful models and accounts. ...

Food Science and Technology, Second Edition is a comprehensive text and reference book designed to cover all the essential elements of food science and technology, including all core aspects of major food science and technology degree programs being taught worldwide. The book is supported by the International Union of Food Science and Technology and comprises 21 chapters, carefully written in a user-friendly style by 30 eminent industry experts, teachers, and researchers from across the world...

Known for his game-changing approach tocooking with vegetables, Jeremy Fox first madehis name at the Michelin-starred restaurantUbuntu in Napa Valley. Today he is one ofAmerica's most talked-about chefs, celebratedfor the ingredient-focused cuisine he servesat the Los Angeles restaurant, Rustic CanyonWine Bar and Seasonal Kitchen. In his first book,Fox presents his food philosophy in the formof 160 approachable recipes for the home cook.On Vegetables elevates vegetarian cooking,using creative...

The electrical power supply is about to change; future generation will increasingly take place in and near local neighborhoods with diminishing reliance on distant power plants. The existing grid is not adapted for this purpose as it is largely a remnant from the 20th century. Can the grid be transformed into an intelligent and flexible grid that is future proof? This revised edition of Electrical Power System Essentials contains not only an accessible, broad and up-to-date overview of altern...

Examines humanities and social sciences around the idea of postmodernism. This book leads the reader on an exhilarating tour encompassing the end of Marxism, the enchantment of fashion, symbolism about sex and the body, and the relations between economic exchange and death.

The SAGE Handbook of Small Business and Entrepreneurship offers contemporary chapters on all aspects of this rapidly-evolving discipline. Contributions from the best international scholars explore Entrepreneurship as an academic field, investigate its key current debates and consider its future directions.