A compassionate, hilarious tour of the United States explores the quirky side of life in America, from airline food to tax returns, from the perspective of a world traveler who has lived abroad for two decades. By the author of A Walk in the Woods. Reprint.

This is a collection of short stories which bring to life the sounds and smells of Mexico - with breathtaking range and authority, whose characters give life to the varied life on both sides of the Mexican border. From a young girl revealing secrets only an eleven-year-old can know, to a witch woman circling above the village on a pre-dawn flight, the women in these stories offer tales of pure discovery, filled with moments of infinite and intimate wisdom.

In addition to its thorough coverage of DSP design and programming techniques, Smith also covers the operation and usage of DSP chips. He uses Analog Devices' popular DSP chip family as design examples.

Rekenwiskundedidactiek verhoudingen, procenten, breuken en kommagetallen 2e druk is een boek van Marc van Zanten uitgegeven bij ThiemeMeulenhoff bv. ISBN 9789006955378

Verhoudingen, procenten, breuken en kommagetallen hebben van alles met elkaar te maken. Tegelijkertijd zijn ze ook verschillend van elkaar. Dit deel van de driedelige serie Reken-wiskundedidactiek beschrijft deze domeinen in hun onderlinge samenhang. Aan bod komt vooral hoe je basisschoolkinderen greep kunt laten krijgen op dez...

Management of Risk: Creating and Protecting Value offers a benefits and value-focused approach to risk management, giving practical guidance on effective risk management, applicable across all regions, industries and sectors.

M_o_R® 4 (aka MoR 4) is the latest edition of Management of Risk – a must-have certification for roles where managing risk is inherent, including portfolio, programme, project, business change and risk management professionals. Management of Risk (M_o_R®) 4 has a spe...

"VONNEGUT IS GEORGE ORWELL, DR. CALIGARI AND FLASH GORDON COMPOUNDED INTO ONE WRITER ... A ZANY BUT MORAL MAD SCIENTIST." - TimeKURT VONNECUT is a master of contemporary American literature. He is the author of eighteen highly acclaimed books and dozens of short stories and essays. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as "a true artist"* with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Gre...

We will spend up to 120,000 hours at work in our lifetimes.

But how do we best use those hours? And how do we adapt to today's working world?

'Life has questions. They have answers' New York Times

From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Designing Your Life

With this innovative and deeply empowering book, all of us can find answers to these challenging questions. It offers a fresh understanding of the politics and psychology of work and, by sharing the 'design thinking' principles th...

New York Times Bestseller'Fascinating and deeply disturbing' - Yuval Noah Harari, Guardian Books of the Year 'A manual for the 21st-century citizen... accessible, refreshingly critical, relevant and urgent' - Federica Cocco, Financial Times A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life - and threaten to rip apart our social fabricWe live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whet...

Deze herziene uitgave van de succesformule “Mens in de Hoofdrol” brengt Participatief Drama nog meer tot leven voor professionals die met deze krachtige methodiek aan de slag gaan.