'Cross Cultural Competence' serves as a comprehensive, practical, and workshop-based program that allows facilitators and organizational change agents to help organizations and people develop cross cultural skills and global competence. The book is grounded in the most rigorous and relevant theories, research, and learning methods and makes them easily accessible and fun to apply. Rich with exercises, case studies, survey instruments, and tools, it is based on the authors' extensive experienc...

The Organic Chemistry of Biological Pathways was written for an audience of advanced undergraduates and graduate students who want a deeper understanding of the chemical reactions that take place in living organisms. The authors assume readers have a background in organic chemistry at the level of the typical two-semester college course. Although enzymes are crucial to biological reactions, the authors’ focus always remains on the reactivity patterns of the substrate molecules and on the or...

This new Sogang Korean series is an updated version of its predecessor with the following changes:

- new Grammar textbook

- Information on social and cultural context updated and modernized

- New illustrations and more effective layout

- Complete guide for Korean language learning, covering grammar, reading, speaking, listening and writing

Description of the original Sogang Korean series:

The objective of this book is to assist readers to improve their communication skills in the Korean langu...

In Philosophy of Mind, Brain and Behaviour wordt het begrip 'cognitiefilosofie' voor het eerst in Nederland op de kaart gezet als een combinatie van de Angelsaksische en de fenomenologische philosophy of mind. Onderwerpen op het snijvlak van filosofie, sociale en neurowetenschappen komen aan bod, zoals sociale cognitie, persoonlijke identiteit, het lichaam-geestprobleem en theorieën over bewustzijn, emoties en vrije wil. Om een breed academisch publiek te bedienen, verschijnt dit boek in het...

Dit overzicht van stedenbouw in Nederland, bij verschijnen al een klassieker, is nu weer beschikbaar. Het laat zien hoe de Nederlanders vanaf het einde van de achttiende eeuw de steden. De op water gebaseerde infrastructuur werd vervangen door een uitgebreid spoorwegennetwerk en later door snelwegen. Het platteland werd geherstructureerd om zo de landbouwproductie op te voeren en vervolgens herontwikkeld tot ruimte voor suburbane agglomeratie.Deze publicatie is een bloemlezing van plannen, en...

Jan Schoonhoven (1914-1994) became world-famous with his sculptural reliefs and works on paper. For nearly 40 years, Schoonhoven worked on developing his reliefs (made of papier-mâché, paper and cardboard) alongside his job as a civil servant at the Dutch Post Office.

For the first time, this monograph places Jan Schoonhoven in an international context, as an active and influential player in the European post-war developments in art. The early years are covered in detail: the influences of, ...

The autobiographical book You've Got to Have the Guts is the moving account of a quest for happiness.

Esther Radstaak-Brookman (1967) was diagnosed with a germ cell tumor at the age of twelve. After two years of serious illness she healed.

These days Esther is a pharmacist assistant, married and has a healthy daughter. When her daughter was almost twelve, all the traumatic experiences that Esther had to endure when she was young emerged more vividly than ever. Due to all the emotional trauma ...

This volume is a follow-up to the conference 'Constitutional Review and Democracy' organized from 24 to 25 November 2013 at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. The conference was convened as part of the ongoing project 'Constitutionalism and Rule of Law in the Nation-State Building - the Case of Serbia'. The aim of this volume is to shed new light on the complex relation between democracy and judicial review of constitutionality. The book starts off with some general and theoretical a...

On October 1st 1934 Willem P.J. Pompe (1893-1968), Professor of Criminal Law at Utrecht University between 1928 and 1963, founded the 'Criminological Institute' (Criminologisch Instituut) within the Faculty of Law of Utrecht University. Pompe initiated a rather influential academic movement, based on multidisciplinary cooperation between jurists, criminologists and psychiatrists. This academic movement is commonly referred to as 'the Utrecht School', which had its heyday in the 1950s.

In 197...

Introduction to the history of Roman law and its institutions.Throughout its history, Europe has been influenced by Roman culture, a culture with a strong sense of society and highly legal-minded. Hence, Roman law is of major importance in European thinking. It was the first subject to be taught at university and it remains tightly interwoven with all layers of European civilisation. This book provides an introduction to the history of Roman law and its institutions, as they developed from An...