Van 1998 tot 2011 deden Martin Bakker en Frank van Empel in en voor de provincie Noord-Brabant onderzoek naar attitudes, technologieën en methoden van besluitvorming die een duurzame ontwikkeling van economie, ecologie en samenleving naderbij brengen. Ze combineerden een uitgebreid literatuuronderzoek naar concepten met participatieve observatie en daaraan gekoppelde experimenten in de praktijk. Hun bevindingen brachten ze samen in een matrix en een werkmethode die (stads)regio's en provinci...

Het leven is een spel - het ultieme spel! Dit spel kan voor jou alsdeelnemer heel prettig en zinvol zijn, maar ook heel unfair en zinlooslijken. Voor veel mensen is deze tijd er een van snelle veranderingen engrote verwarring. Er is veel onduidelijkheid over wat onze opdracht in ditspel is en in hoeverre we invloed op het spel kunnen uitoefenen.Aan de hand van het concept 'Life-theGame' kun je meer inzicht krijgen injouw mogelijkheden om succes te behalen. Gezonder, gelukkiger en zinvollerlev...

For second and third year introductory communication systems courses for undergraduates, or an introductory graduate course. This revision of Couch’s authoritative text provides the latest treatment of digital communication systems. The author balances coverage of both digital and analog communication systems, with an emphasis on design.

Students will gain a working knowledge of both classical mathematical and personal computer methods to analyze, design, and simulate modern communication s...

This darkest and most colorfully grotesque of Charles Dickens’s novels swirls around one of his most beloved and unsullied heroes, the orphan Oliver Twist.

One of the most swiftly moving and unified of Dickens’s great novels, Oliver Twist is also famous for its re-creation—through the splendidly realized figures of Fagin, Nancy, the Artful Dodger, and the evil Bill Sikes—of the vast nineteenth-century London underworld of pickpockets, thieves, prostitutes, and abandoned children. Vict...

Tells the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is haunted by three spirits and learns the true meaning of Christmas has had.

A problem-based introduction to phonetics, with over three hundred exercises integrated into the text to help the student discover and practice the subject interactively. It assumes no previous knowledge of the subject and highlights and explains new terms and concepts when they are first introduced. Graded review questions and exercises at the end of every unit help the student monitor their own progress and further practice new skills, and there is frequent cross-referencing for the student...

English Unlimited is a six-level (A1 to C1) goals-based course for adults. Centred on purposeful, real-life objectives, it prepares learners to use English independently for global communication. Through universal topics and activities, and a focus on intercultural competence as a 'fifth skill', this international coursebook helps learners become more sensitive, more effective communicators.

Teaching natural, dependable language, and with CEF goals at its core, it brings real life into the cl...

This primer on legal reasoning is aimed at law students and upper-level undergraduates. But it is also an original exposition of basic legal concepts that scholars and lawyers will find stimulating. It covers such topics as rules, precedent, authority, analogical reasoning, the common law, statutory interpretation, legal realism, judicial opinions, legal facts, and burden of proof.

In addressing the question whether legal reasoning is distinctive, Frederick Schauer emphasizes the formality an...

This book helps bridge the gap between the theory of evaluation and its practice, giving students the specific skills they need to use in different evaluation settings.

Responding to the growing need for integrative practice and the recent explosion of CBT, this book objectively compares and contrasts CBT and person-centred approaches. It subsequently shows how counsellors can incorporate relevant cognitive and behavioural skills into their work without betraying their humanistic values.