The People’s Republic of China began the 21st century with a new-and-improved public relations approach that was meant to counter anxieties about China’s role in the world while simultaneously showcasing the leadership’s policies to a domestic audience. Crucial to this communication strategy have been networked spectacles: elaborate mass event, designed to reconfigure organisations, ideas, and the relations between people.

In "Staging China", Florian Schneider analyses large-scale projec...

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Hoist the colours! Sadistic seagulls, intoxicated Elves and moody mermaids await on the horizon – and there is much, much more to feast your eyes on in this new edition of Pirates, Peaches and P-values. All who wish to learn statistics with transparency, precision and light-heartedness: look no further and come aboard, like the 1600 students that preceded you. This ship is taking its ambitions to the next level, with breathtaking visuals, engagin...

The subject of "international extradition" is not independently taught in legal education programs around the world, and still extradition remains today the most significant form of mutual assistance in criminal matters between States. This book provides a concise and clear description of extradition law and procedure based on a number of key principles and concepts (double criminality, rule of speciality, assurances) drawn from domestic extradition statutes, bilateral and multilateral treati...

Early Settlers of the Insular Caribbean: Dearchaizing the Archaic offers a comprehensive coverage of the most recent advances in interdisciplinary research on the early human settling of the Caribbean islands. It covers the time span of the so-called Archaic Age and focuses on the Middle to Late Holocene period which - depending on specific case studies discussed in this volume - could range between 6000 BC and AD 1000. A similar approach to the early settlers of the Caribbean islands has nev...

The early-modern Venezuelan Caribbean did not lure seafarers with the saccharine delights of cane sugar but with the preserving qualities of solar sea salt. In this book, the historical archaeological study of this salty commodity offers a unique entryway into the hitherto unknown maritime mobilities and daily lives of the seafarers who camped at the saltpans of Venezuelan islands from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries, cultivating and harvesting the white crystal of the sea.

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Note: This pocket book is available in the following languages: English, German, Dutch.

This pocket guide is based on the PMBOK® Guide Sixth Edition. It contains a summary of the PMBOK® Guide, to provide a quick introduction as well as a structured overview of this framework for project management. This pocket guide deals with the key issues and themes within project management and the PMBOK® Guide as follows:

- Key terms and definitions in the project management profession

‘- A short ...

De '(New)Nordic Style' is hier om nooit meer weg te gaan. De rijke Scandinavische materialen, pure kleuren en uitgesproken grafische stijl blijken tijdloos.

Toch vervallen velen in clichés en is het niet makkelijk die verstilde schoonheid helemaal te evenaren.In dit boek legt Katrine Martensen-Larsen stap voor stap en aan de hand van verschillende moodboards, thema's, materialen, licht-, meubel- en vloerbekledingskeuze uit hoe je je eigen Scandinavisch interieur creëert.

Een visueel krachti...

The series provides a mirror; it questions our routine ways of looking and interpreting the world. In an all-consuming landscape of social media, impressions and opinions, it is wise to take some time to listen silently to your own talents and ideas.

In Lilliput the focus is on opening the mind, detecting frames and filters that so easily put us on the wrong footing. A world behind the façade and so full of possibilities.

Creativity is a leap of faith over imagined walls. There is the int...

The Hague, multi-ethnic and multilingual city par excellence, is a veritable linguistic goldmine. For all that, nobody knows how many languages are spoken there. Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade decided to find out by seeking out its speakers and interviewing them about their native languages. Doing so not only taught her a great deal about all the languages she encountered – ranging from Russian to Finnish and Frisian, and a wide variety of languages in between – but also made her discover ...