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economie

In de economische theorie wordt vaak uitgegaan van een consument, een producent of een overheid die verschillende keuzemogelijkheden tegen elkaar afweegt om zo tot de beste beslissing te komen. Zo eenvoudig is net meestal niet, want economisch handelen wordt ook beïnvloed door allerlei instituties, organisaties, vaste gewoontes en gedragscodes. Bovendien is er vaak sprake van onvolledige informatie en gedragen de economische actoren zich niet altijd rationeel. Juist al...

Wat is stotteren en wat zijn de oorzaken van stotteren? Stotteren is in wezen een eenvoudig probleem. Klanken worden herhaald en verlengd. Meer dan menigeen denkt is stotteren erfelijk bepaald, maar aanleg leidt echter niet meteen tot stotteren. Er zijn uitlokkende factoren voor nodig, zoals spanning, leef- en spreeksnelheid en extra belemmering in de taal of spraak, Stotteren zet de spreker, de luisteraar, de omgeving en therapeut ook aan tot zelfreflectie.

In Kinderen die stotteren wordt bes...

Met de meeste kun je goed opschieten, maar sommige kun je echt niet volgen. Anderen kunnen echter prima met ze overweg. Hoe kan dat en wat kun je eraan doen? Persoonlijke effectiviteit geeft je inzicht in jezelf en in de drijfveren van anderen. Dit boek biedt je tevens handvatten voor je persoonlijke ontwikkeling en voor het omgaan met - voor jou - &#8216;lastige&#8217; mensen.<br>Aan de hand van aansprekende voorbeelden behandelt dit boek de drijfveren van gedrag, en de twaalf ...

Business Statistics is a student-friendly book written to encourage first year business students to understand (and enjoy!) their first experience of statistics. Each topic is well illustrated, with worked examples, tutorial sheets, supplementary exercises, and computer worksheets in SPSS, Minitab and Excel - all with answers provided.

Gives an account of the emergence of progressive religious thinkers and organisations on the 'religious left'. This book offers an analysis of the cultural roots, key ideas and organisational structures of this faith, assessing its significance in the changing moral and religious landscape of contemporary western society.

The Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades. Attracted by the simplicity and clarity of his writing, readers of all ages and backgrounds have found in Professor Gombrich a true master, and one who combines knowledge and wisdom with a unique gift for communicating his deep love of the subject.For the first time in many years the book has been completely redesigned. The illustrations, now in color throughout, ...

Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir.

Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally,...

The classic translation of the cornerstone work of western philosophy Plato's Republic is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy. Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, it is an inquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation other questions are raised: what is goodness; what is reality; what is knowledge; what is the purpose of education? ...

Self-consciously staging itself in the psychotherapy sessions of a disturbed young man, Peter Shaffer's Equus is a shocking exploration of the limits of faith, of the intersecting worlds of the sacred and profane, and of the paltry value of a 'mundane' life, published in Penguin Modern Classics. When a deranged boy, Alan Strang, blinds six horses with a metal spike he is sentenced to psychiatric treatment. Dr Dysart is the man given the task of uncovering what happened the night Strang commit...

THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION ‘WINNER OF WINNERS’ CHOSEN AS SERVICE95 BOOK CLUB'S BOOK OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST 2023 ‘A literary masterpiece’ DAILY MAIL ‘An immense achievement’ OBSERVER ‘A gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayal’ TIME In 1960s Nigeria, three lives intersect. Ugwu works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic lover, the lecturer.

And Richard, a shy Englishman,...