If you are a parent or if you have young children or teenagers who are considering a career as a fashion model or if they want to work in the entertainment industry, read this book and keep your children as far away from the fashion industry, Hollywood and other entertainment industries as possible.

In this book Nathalie tells her story as a fashion model who has been celebrated for her striking physical beauty. She did shootings for many prestigious magazines and photographers, and she has b...

Logistics: Principles and Practice is a general introduction to logistics. The specialized field of logistics is growing fast. Fulfilling orders on time is of crucial importance in the modern age of internet economy and just-in-time production.

An African Dutch Management Affair describes thoughtfully and humorously the Sudanese way of doing business. This book reviews management incidents & accidents, and provides valuable insight on leadership training & consultancy. It reflects on intercultural communication & (mis)perceptions, and also on the electoral circus & secession threat in Sudan. It will inspire local businesspeople, managers, governmental officials and NGO-officers to reflect critically on capacity building, bureaucrati...

The background to this collection of papers is formed by the changes in contemporary society. In modern-day western societies it is thought that individualism trumps collectivism. There is change from the paradigm of hierarchy to a paradigm of cooperation. This affects administrative law, which is traditionally top-down, but is slowly accepting and incorporating mechanisms of negotiation and bottom-up involvement of stakeholders and concerned individuals.

The contributors to this volume inves...

Thoko Kaime’s The Convention on the Rights of the Child: A cultural legitimacy critique looks at the protection and promotion of children’s rights through a socio-legal examination of the provisions of the world’s pre-eminent children’s rights treaty, the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The book focuses on this singular question: Does the Convention provide a culturally appropriate framework for the protection and promotion of children’s rights across different cultures? In e...

Het thema van iA#4 is Quantum Architecture.Met tekst bijdragen van Ayssar Arida (Libanon, UK), Ran Berman (Israël), Han Feng (China), Georg Flachbart (Duitsland), Christian Friedrich (Duitsland), Chris Kievid (Nederland), Megan Ng (Hong Kong SAR), Kas Oosterhuis (Nederland), Ivan Redi (Oostenrijk), Dieter Vandoren (België), Pieter E. Vermaas (Nederland). Voor meer informatie zie:De iA-bookzine serie brengt een overzicht van interdisciplinaire bijdragen over het onderwerp 'Interactive archit...