Ruim 350 jaar hebben vele duizenden Nederlandse schepen de route naar en van de Indische archipel bevaren. Spiegelretourschepen van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (in de periode 1602-1799), fregatten en barken

van diverse Rotterdamse zeilvaartrederijen in de negentiende eeuw en van de Rotterdamsche Lloyd, met haar indrukwekkende stoomsschepen van de jaren dertig van de twintigste eeuw en haar in 1947 in de vaart gebrachte vlaggenschip Willem Ruys. De Rotterdamsche Lloyd en de Holland-Am...

Frans Weisz is een van de belangrijkste Nederlandse filmmakers. Hij verwierf faam met onder meer 'Het gangstermeisje', 'De inbreker', 'Charlotte', 'Havinck', 'Leedvermaak' en de televisieseries 'Bij nader inzien' en 'Op afbetaling'.

Tijdens het maakproces hield Weisz logboeken bij, met daarin niet alleen zakelijke notities. Hij schreef ook over de soms diepe dalen waar hij doorheen ging.

Weisz neemt in zijn notities geen blad voor de mond. Hij blijkt een passievol en bijgelovig regisseur, e...

With the rise of multi-core architecture, parallel programming is an increasingly important topic for software engineers and computer system designers. Principles of Parallel Programming, written by well-known researchers Calvin Lin and Lawrence Snyder, focuses on the underlying principles of parallel computation, explains the various phenomena, and clarifies why these phenomena represent opportunities or barriers to successful parallel programming. This book is ideal for an upper-level unde...

From the latest vaccination evidence, recommendations, and protocols . . .

to new vaccine development and the use of vaccines in reducing disease, Plotkin's Vaccines, 8th Edition, covers every aspect of vaccination. Now completely revised and updated from cover to cover, this award-winning text continues to provide reliable information from global authorities, offering a complete understanding of each disease, as well as the latest knowledge of both existing vaccines and those currently in re...

Steeped in honey, Juventius,

your golden eyes, and as sweet too

when I press my lips to them -

three hundred thousand kisses

is not close to enough

For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known - yet there's a rich literary tradition of Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond this handful of stories. Here, the poet Seán Hewitt and painter Luke Edward Hall collect together, for the first ti...

Introducing the ultimate resource for AP® Calculus students and teachers - Sullivan and Mirandas Calculus for the AP® Course, fourth edition. This student-friendly book has been specially designed to align with the College Board AP® Calculus Course and Exam Description (CED).

What sets this edition apart is its comprehensive coverage of every Big Idea, Mathematical Practice, and Student Skill outlined by the College Board. It also incorporates the revised pedagogy of the Enduring Understan...

Now featuring an expanded range of examples of critical discourse analysis in action, and across a wide variety of disciplines, and two new chapters on multimodality and social media, this book continues to provide readers with a sophisticated and nuanced treatment of discourse studies from experts in the field

Understanding Careers focuses on the most current issues and emerging ideas in the field and relates these to everyday practice through plenty of examples and case studies.

An enormously accessible account of the key philosophical ideas that have informed geographical research. A complete student guide to the theories, methodologies and histories of both human and physical geography.

Outlines the key principles and skills involved at each step of the marketing research process, providing readers with targeted, practical solutions to a range of issues and equipping them with the tools they need to overcome the common pitfalls of designing research projects.