Een verzameling leefregels die aangeven hoe je zo gelukkig mogelijk kunt leven in een wereld waarin ‘geluk en genot louter hersenschimmen zijn, terwijl daarentegen het lijden en de pijn reëel zijn en zichzelf direct kenbaar maken zonder de illusie en de hoop nodig te hebben’.

De winnaars van de Amsterdamse Architectuur Prijs 2011 (de Gouden A.A.P.) zijn de Liberaal Joodse Gemeenschap Amsterdam en SeARCH, respectievelijk de opdrachtgever en architect van de Synagoge aan de Zuidelijke Wandelweg. Dit is maandagavond 16 mei tijdens een feestelijke bijeenkomst bekend gemaakt. Wiel Arets (winnaar van de vorige editie) hing de gouden medailles om bij Bjarne Mastenbroek & Uda Visser (SeARCH) en Luc Stranders (LJG).De Amsterdamse Architectuur Prijs wordt toegekend aan arch...

Central to this dissertation are client driven housing management from housing associations in The Netherlands and the empowerment effects this management has on its tenants. The central issue includes what client driven housing management is (definition), in which ways this can be devised, what the envisioned effects are and which effects this management successfully accomplishes. These are answered using seven sub-questions. The focal point of this research shifts from an exploration of all...

Dit boek probeert fundamentele vragen in een groter verband te plaatsen. Onderzoek liet zien dat tal van vragen over het heelal nog niet of beperkt zijn beantwoord. Een oude controverse tussen Einstein en Bohr, God dobbelt niet, heb ik getracht in een eigentijdse context te plaatsen. Waar gaat het om? Op begrippen als causaliteit, toeval en waarschijnlijkheid, hebben filosofische opvattingen grote invloed. Kan het niet anders, of wordt het denken op een gezonde manier gestimuleerd? Het is nie...

Assuming no prior knowledge of biology and building upon previous editions, Biological Psychology third edition uses everyday experiences to explain complex concepts in an interesting and highly accessible way. This is complemented by a range of inventive pedagogical features and extensive full-colour illustrations to stimulate interest and help students to develop and test their understanding. Online resources accompanying the text can be found at www.pearsoned.co.uk/toates These include vid...

Based on research conducted by investigative teams at the University of Iowa, this book provides linkages between the three standardized languages recognized by the American Nurses Organization (NOC, NIC, and all of the 2009-2010 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses). It also features a chapter on clinical decision making.

Dialogue is a many-sided critical concept; at once an ancient philosophical genre, a formal component of fiction and drama, a model for the relationship of writer and reader, and a theoretical key to the nature of language. In all its forms, it questions ‘literature’, disturbing the singleness and fixity of the written text with the fluid interactivity of conversation. In this clear and concise guide to the multiple significance of the term, Peter Womack: outlines the history of dialogue ...

Research design is fundamental to all scientific endeavors, at all levels and in all institutional settings. In many social science disciplines, however, scholars working in an interpretive-qualitative tradition get little guidance on this aspect of research from the positivist-centered training they receive. This book is an authoritative examination of the concepts and processes underlying the design of an interpretive research project.

Such an approach to design starts with the recognition ...

Why are some countries rich and others poor? In 1500, the income differences were small, but they have grown dramatically since Columbus reached America. Since then, the interplay between geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. The industrial revolution was Britain's path breaking response to the challenge of globalization.

Western Europe and North America joined Britain to form a club ofrich nations by pursuing fou...