This book deals with the subject of fire safety and the design of fire resistant steel structures for buildings according to Eurocode 3.

• Chapter 1 describes the objectives of fire safety based on the behaviour of a fire and discusses the measures that a designer can take to meet the fire safety requirements found in building regulations.

• Chapter 2 deals with the calculation of the fire resistance of a steel structure. The simple calculation model is suitable for tension members, beams...

This is no ordinary English book.

Encompass: A Journey Into English 2 is the story of two

people embarking on a journey through some of life’s

most compelling and exciting moments, in one of the

world’s most fascinating places, Asia. We follow the story

of Jake and Tim as they venture into new beginnings,

both as a couple and on their own.

Exploring such a diverse and beautiful part of the world

calls for some equally eye-catching illustrations that

bring this journey to life. In this boo...

High sensitivity is a sensitive subject, both literally and figuratively. This is because not everyone is aware of this way of “being”. In fact, many people have wondered for years why they sometimes react so intensely to their surroundings, why they are so concerned about what others think of them. Or why events can affect them deeply, why certain sounds and images annoy them or why they cannot sleep well.

You simply have to learn to live with it, is an often-heard response. It may seem ...

The Amsterdam painter Thérèse Schwartze (1851-1918) was a celebrated portraitist in her time, who combined great talent and technical expertise with a superb head for business. She produced likenesses of the 19th-century Dutch beau monde and members of the royal family in an un-Dutch style, and became a millionaire in the process. She established an international reputation, with countless exhibitions and commissions throughout Europe and the United States.

The apparently effortless brill...

This comparative study investigates court politics in four kingdoms that succeeded the south Indian Vijayanagara empire during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries: Ikkeri, Tanjavur, Madurai, and Ramnad. Building on a unique combination of unexplored Indian texts and Dutch archival records, this research offers a captivating new analysis of political culture, power relations, and dynastic developments.

In great detail, this monograph provides both new facts and fresh insights that contest exi...

For half a century, the Earth has given man dominion over his own reproduction and the reproduction of all animals and plants on Earth. We are therefore indebted to repair the damage we cause. Meat and eggs for consumption are now exclusively produced by artificial insemination and with breeding and incubators. 

Coronavirus, African swine fever, annual Influenza viruses are the result of diseases in animals that can also pass to humans. More than 300 million farm animals in the EU spend thei...

PTSD is an invisible disease ...

That makes it incredibly difficult to live with PTSD.

In this booklet I explain, among other things, what PTSD is like for me.

I also give tips on what you can try in certain situations.

Both for those who have PTSD, but also for their environment.

With this booklet I hope to create more understanding for this incredibly difficult disease.

Hopefully it will help you both understand each other better.

I wrote this book because my mother was looking for a b...