Politiek moet je niet uitsluitend aan politici overlaten. Daar zijn onze problemen namelijk te complex voor. Vooral een veelkoppig monster als klimaatverandering vraagt om een veelkoppige aanpak. In dit vlammende betoog laat Eva Rovers zien dat burgers cruciaal zijn voor het oplossen van de grootste uitdagingen van deze tijd.

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‘Eva Rovers geeft een doordacht en overtuigend inkijkje in hoe burgers met elkaar een sleutelrol kunnen spelen om de klimaatverstoring aan te pakken.’

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Groepsplan Gedrag is een praktisch boek voor leraren en begeleiders in het primair onderwijs, die gedragsproblemen in de klas willen voorkomen en aanpakken.

In het onderwijs is veel behoefte aan goed onderbouwde theorie in combinatie met praktische tips. Ondertussen blijft het onderwijs voortdurend in beweging, verschijnen er nieuwe onderzoekspublicaties over gedrag van kinderen in de groep, en blijven de evaluatierapporten vanuit de overheid over passend onderwijs elkaar opvolgen.

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The bestselling international classic on storytelling and visual communication "You must read this book." - Neil Gaiman Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics is a seminal examination of comics art: its rich history, surprising technical components, and major cultural significance. Explore the secret world between the panels, through the lines, and within the hidden symbols of a powerfu...

*Once again a New York Times bestseller! First the original edition, and now the new Final Edition* An essential new edition revised and updated from cover to cover of one of the most important books of the last two decades, by Nobel Prize winner Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein More than 2 million copies sold Since the original publication of Nudge more than a decade ago, the title has entered the vocabulary of businesspeople, policy makers, engaged citizens, and consumers everywhere. ...

Software Defined Networks: A Comprehensive Approach, Second Edition provides in-depth coverage of the technologies collectively known as Software Defined Networking (SDN). The book shows how to explain to business decision-makers the benefits and risks in shifting parts of a network to the SDN model, when to integrate SDN technologies in a network, and how to develop or acquire SDN applications. In addition, the book emphasizes the parts of the technology that encourage opening up the network...

The professional programmer's Deitel (R) guide to Java (R) 9 and the powerful Java platform Written for programmers with a background in another high-level language, this book applies the Deitel signature live-code approach to teaching programming and explores the Java (R) 9 language and APIs in depth. The book presents concepts in fully tested programs, complete with code walkthroughs, syntax shading, code highlighting and program outputs. It features hundreds of complete Java 9 programs wit...

Research Methods: The Basics is an accessible, user-friendly introduction to the different aspects of research theory, methods and practice. This third edition provides an expanded and fully updated resource suitable for students and practitioners in a wide range of disciplines including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. It is structured in two parts - the first covers the nature of knowledge and the reasons for doing research, the second explains the specific methods used...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

'No sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes ...'

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has in...

A haunting Modernist masterpiece and the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's Oscar-winning film Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness explores the limits of human experience and the nightmarish realities of imperialism. Conrad's narrator Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz: dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. Travelling upriver to the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obs...

Mark Twain once observed, A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on. His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas–business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others–struggle to make their ideas stick. Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Made to Stick, accomplished e...