Otto Adang is op veel terreinen actief geweest: vanuit de biologie en de etiologie belandde hij in het onderzoek naar geweld en het handhaven van de openbare orde. Hij schreef ruim tweehonderd publicaties op het terrein van politie- en veiligheidsstudies, sociale psychologie en criminologie in relatie tot maatschappelijke veiligheid, gevaarbeheersing, ordehandhaving en toepassing van het politiële geweldsmonopolie. Zijn jarenlange inzet in het politieonderzoek leidde ertoe dat hij zich ook i...

Het Event Safety Institute (ESI) bestaat tien jaar. ESI stelde zich bij oprichting ten doel om de aanpak van evenementenveiligheid in Nederland een flinke stap vooruit te brengen. Eén van de manieren om dit te doen is door frequent blogs te publiceren op de website van ESI, welke eens per maand verschijnen in de digitale Event Safety Update. Dit boek bundelt de blogs die in de eerste tien jaar van ESI zijn geschreven. Herinnert u zich de monstertruck in Haaksbergen? De risico’s en de aanpa...

The 50th Anniversary edition of the ground-breaking, worldwide bestselling feminist tract. ‘The Female Eunuch retains that power of transformation; it asserts the possibility of creativity within female experience’ Guardian

A bold, stylish look at the global rise of Korean culture and style in the words and images of those shaping and living it.

K-pop, K-fashion, K-drama, K-beauty: over the last decade, K-style has exploded onto the global scene. What is behind this phenomenon? Where does K-Style go from here? Make, Break, Remix: The Rise of K-Style makes no attempt to define or categorize, instead celebrating the eclectic, multi-faceted nature of K-Style and its home city of Seoul.

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This retelling and explanation of over eighty myths is interspersed with bold and vibrant pictures, with the wide range of contributors offering a distinctly global range of expertise. Includes the stories of Pandora's Box, King Midas, and Pyramus and Thisbe.

For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it, with a foreword by Edmund White.

Finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, presented by The Publishing Triangle

Tor.com, Best Books of 2019 (So Far)

Harper's Bazaar, The 20 Best LGBTQ Books of 2019

The Advocate, The Best Queer(ish) Non-Fiction Tomes We Read in 2019

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'The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful.'

These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary sensation.

Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Bal...