'Jezus, een mensenleven' is het reisverslag van een persoonlijke zoektocht. In de loop der jaren heeft Cees den Heyer zich in verschillende publicaties beziggehouden met vragen betreffende de betekenis van het leven en sterven van Jezus. Daarbij is duidelijk geworden dat zijn visie op de man uit Nazareth gaandeweg fundamenteel is veranderd.

Den Heyer heeft afscheid genomen van klassieke dogma's. In het persoonlijk nawoord in 'Jezus, een mensenleven' schrijft hij onder meer dat Jezus geen god...

Lineaire Algebra met uitwerkingen is een boek voor de tweedegraads lerarenopleiding wiskunde. De eerste helft van het boek concentreert zich op Vectormeetkunde. In de tweede helft komen essentiële begrippen als lineaire combinatie, basis, lineaire afbeelding, kern, beeldruimte en inverse aan bod. Alle deze, vaak abstracte begrippen worden vanaf het eerste hoofdstuk glashelder uitgelegd, en aan de hand van een groot aantal goedgekozen voorbeelden gedemonstreerd. De bijna 200 volledig uitgewer...

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 - 3 June 1924) was a German-language writer of novels and short stories who is widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. His work, which fuses elements of realism and the fantastic, typically features isolated protagonists faced by bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehen-sible social-bureaucratic powers, and has been interpreted

as exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity. His best known work...

The new edition of a comprehensive introduction to a rapidly developing field, combining developmental data with theory.

An updated edition of the classic book on digital storytelling, with a new introduction and expansive chapter commentaries. I want to say to all the hacker-bards from every field—gamers, researchers, journalists, artists, programmers, scriptwriters, creators of authoring systems... please know that I wrote this book for you."— Hamlet on the Holodeck, from the author's introduction to the updated edition Janet Murray's Hamlet on the Holodeck was instantly influential and controversial when...

Traditionally economists have based their economic predictions on the assumption that humans are super-rational creatures, using the information we are given efficiently and generally making selfish decisions that work well for us as individuals. Economists also assume that we're doing the very best we can possibly do - not only for today, but over our whole lifetimes too. But increasingly the study of behavioural economics is revealing that our lives are not that simple.

Instead, our decisio...

UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, Fifth Edition is today's definitive guide to installing, configuring and maintaining any Unix or Linux system -- including the systems that provide core Internet and cloud infrastructure. Now fully updated for today's Linux distributions and cloud environments, it details best practices for every facet of system administration, including storage management, network design and administration, web hosting and scale-out, automation, configuration ma...

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One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new standard for reporting on poverty” (Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review).

In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle t...

The book is an indispensable companion to all students of biology, but particularly those enrolled in courses concerning experimental design, data analysis, hypothesis testing, research methods, or any practical project work.

Now in its fifth edition, Research Methods for Leisure and Tourism has become the ultimate reference text for both students enrolled in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees and practising managers. This book combines comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods with step-by step guidance through research software including Excel, SPSS and NVivo. Key featuresCoverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methods, ensuring a balanced approa...