Korte, waargebeurde, soms inspirerende, verhalen over een Joodse gemeenschap in Zeeland die zich na de herbouw van de synagoge in 1994 langzaam weer opricht en vorm geeft.

Exegeten en homileten van naam bieden grondige uitleg van sleutelteksten van en over Petrus en geven inzicht in de huidige stand van het Petrusonderzoek.

Een visser met Galilees accent wordt de founding father van de Sint-Pieter. Volgens de evangelies maakte hij de eerste tussenstappen van Galilea naar Judea. Het boek Handelingen van de apostelen ziet hem niet veel verder komen. Zijn eindbestemming in Rome is pseudepigrafisch en apocrief.

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We leven in een visueel tijdperk. 90% van alles wat we online delen is beeld. Dat is niet vreemd, want plaatjes trekken onze aandacht, zo is ons brein geprogrammeerd. Je kans op succes is dus vele malen groter als je je visueel kunt uitdrukken. Simpele tekeningen zijn een krachtig middel om anderen te inspireren of overtuigen, om iets te verkopen of uit te leggen of om je visuele denkkracht in te zetten om nieuwe oplossingen te bed...

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Sixth Edition has been considered essential reading by instructors, students and practitioners of computer design for over 20 years. The sixth edition of this classic textbook from Hennessy and Patterson, winners of the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award recognizing contributions of lasting and major technical importance to the computing field, is fully revised with the latest developments in processor and system architecture.

The text now features exam...

"A quintessential work of technological futurism." - James Surowiecki, strategy + business, "Best Business Books 2017 - Innovation"

From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our lives

Much of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion. In this fascinating, provocative new book, Kevin Ke...

Our economic welfare and social well-being depend on our mobility. But our means of travel threaten the planet's sustainability. In this innovative text, Luca Bertolini shows how mobility planning - which takes seriously the demands of both urban and transport planning - offers solutions to transport challenges in the 21st Century.

The essay-with its emphasis on the provisional and explorative rather than on definitive statements-has evolved from its literary beginnings and is now found in all mediums, including film. Today, the essay film is, arguably, one of the most widely acclaimed and critically discussed forms of filmmaking around the world, with practitioners such as Chris Marker, Hito Steyerl, Errol Morris, Trinh T. Minh-ha, and Rithy Panh.

Characteristics of the essay film include the blending of fact and ficti...

Coulson and Richardson's Chemical Engineering has been fully revised and updated to provide practitioners with an overview of chemical engineering. Each reference book provides clear explanations of theory and thorough coverage of practical applications, supported by case studies. A worldwide team of editors and contributors have pooled their experience in adding new content and revising the old.

The authoritative style of the original volumes 1 to 3 has been retained, but the content has bee...

The Books That Shaped Art History provides an invaluable roadmap of the field by reassessing the impact of the most important texts of art history published during the 20th century. Each of the sixteen incisive chapters, focusing on a single book, is written by a leading art historian, curator or one of the promising scholars of today. In bringing these cross-generational contributions together, the book presents a varied and invaluable overview of the history of art, told through its most en...

How is our language affected by our ethnicity, gender, and region? How are our conversations and other interactions structured? How does society view and regulate language? How do we use language to present ourselves to others? In this revised and updated second edition of the popular What Is Sociolinguistics? Gerard Van Herk explores these and other intriguing questions about language, how we use it, and its relationships to society. Van Herk guides the reader on a tour through the major iss...