“This book is an enrichment for the standing debate about Europe and should be published and widely read and discussed.” – Boudewijn R.A. Bouckaert

Reflections on Democracy in de European Union, with a foreword by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, is a unique volume that offers an interdisciplinary approach on EU democracy, law and politics from economic, juridical and philosophical perspectives. It is divided in three parts and deals with EU’s contemporary challenges, its historical d...

‘The great-grandfather I never knew has gradually become closer to me as I read what was written about him and discovered the circumstances in which he must have lived and worked. It has become Jos’s story, following his path from budding architect to the one who has the age I have now. For me it also became an act of looking back.’

Architect Jos Viérin (1872-1949) played a prominent role in the reconstruction of the Destroyed Regions. After World War I, it was decided to reconstruct i...

Boekbinden is een eeuwenoud ambacht dat vraagt om technische vaardigheid en ruimte geeft aan kunstzinnige invulling. Het is ook een heerlijke hobby waarin je je vaardigheden geleidelijk ontwikkelt en steeds beter in staat zult zijn om unieke dingen te maken.

Met deze uitgave leer je de eerste beginselen en maak je kennis met materialen, gereedschap en enkele technieken. Aan de hand van korte beschrijvingen en verduidelijkende afbeeldingen begin je met een eenvoudig aantekenboekje en bind je o...

We leven in een dynamische tijd, waarin we jaarlijks en soms dagelijks allerlei dingen om ons heen in sneltreinvaart zien veranderen. Deze veranderingen doen zich niet alleen voor in ons dagelijks bestaan, maar vertalen zich vaak direct in de omgeving, waarin we ons bevinden, ons huis, onze straat, de buurt waarin we wonen evenals de stad en de gebieden buiten de stad. Behalve de veranderingen die het landschap momenteel ondergaat, als gevolg van het de omschakeling van fossiele energie en du...

‘Sneller!’ gilde Tess. ‘Ze komen eraan!’ In de verte verschenen de eerste wolven aan de rand van het woud. Zenuwachtig probeerde Daan de ontsteker opnieuw aan te koppelen aan de sneeuwscooter. ‘Het lukt niet!’ ‘Toe!’ Tess staarde in paniek naar de donkergrijze dieren. Ze telde minstens tien stuks. In het kader van een uitwisselingproject zullen Tess en Daan twee maanden schoollopen in het Sint-Antoniuscollege in het Russische Sint-Petersburg. Nog voor hun vertrek horen ze in d...

A completely updated and expanded comprehensive treatment of VHDL and its applications to the design and simulation of real, industry-standard circuits.

This comprehensive treatment of VHDL and its applications to the design and simulation of real, industry-standard circuits has been completely updated and expanded for the third edition. New features include all VHDL-2008 constructs, an extensive review of digital circuits, RTL analysis, and an unequaled collection of VHDL examples and exerci...

Talent management is a central element of managerial discourse and organisational practice. This short-form book provides a succinct overview on the state of research on talent management. The authors set out the key themes, arguments, trends and future research trajectories of talent management, highlighting major works in the field.

As a research topic with a fragmented body of knowledge, pluralistic perspectives are summarised, while workforce differentiation emerges as a central element. ...

Kassin/Fein/Markus' SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 11th Edition, brings chapter concepts to life through a unique emphasis on current events in sports, music, entertainment, technology, social media, business, world politics and more. Combining scholarship with real-world illustrations, it helps you understand the field of social psychology through engaging connections to everyday life. Integrating both classic and emerging research, the text delivers comprehensive coverage of social cognition and applic...

We are at the beginning of the sustainability era. The biggest challenge of our generation is to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. For this we must be willing to understand and change the root causes that create these challenges in the first place.

The system itself needs to change. But how to do that?This ground-breaking book Changing the Game reveals the missing insights and strategies to actually achieve system change. The authors Lucas Simons and André Nijhof bring decades of re...