Verslag van de excursie, toegespitst op houtconstructies  in Duitsland

keramiek, beeldhouwkunst

Criminology, Police History, Laws, Criminal Procedures

Er is iets vreemds aan de hand. We waren nog nooit zo rijk als nu. Bedrijfswinsten, vermogens, pensioenpotten: naar bijna alle traditionele maatstaven leven we in uitzonderlijk welvarende tijden. Maar wie beter kijkt, ziet dat steeds minder mensen meedelen in al die welvaart. Ouderen moeten langer door tot hun pensioen. Jongeren hebben het voor het eerst minder goed dan hun ouders. En een woning is in veel steden ook voor de betere middenklasse onbetaalbaar. Zelfs wie zuinig leeft heeft een probleem: sparen kost binnenkort geld. Sander Heijne en Hendrik Noten onderzochten waar het misging met onze economie. Hoe kan het dat vrijwel niemand de groei van de economie nog terugziet in zijn of haar portemonnee? Wat bedoelen onze politici eigenlijk, als ze elkaar feliciteren met een 'goed presterende economie'? De zoektocht bracht ze van premier Rutte tot de oprichters van Uber, naar de boeken van Adam Smith. En van conferenties op Zwitserse bergtoppen tot de achterkamertjes van Den Haag. Vliegend door de tijd ontrafelen ze het systeem en rollen ze van de ene verbazing in de andere. Met als conclusie: de huidige hang naar groei is geen noodzaak, maar het resultaat van een verhaal dat we zijn gaan geloven. Er is niets vanzelfsprekends aan stagnerende lonen of veel te hoge huizenprijzen. Het kan anders: eerlijker en duurzamer. Het is tijd voor een nieuw verhaal, waarin de economie weer voor ons werkt, in plaats van wij voor de economie. Bron : https://www.businesscontact.nl.

Twintig vraaggesprekken met (vnl.) wetenschappers, eerder gepubliceerd in Vrij Nederland en NRC-Handelsblad. Leerzaam, helder geschreven en spannend. En zoveel mogelijk in gewone taal. 

Bees are a fascinating and indispensable group of insects, but many species are in decline, and efforts to help determine distributions and changes in abundance have to date been compromised by a serious lack of identification resources. This eagerly anticipated new addition to the highly acclaimed British Wildlife Field Guides series will unravel the complexities of identification, and is designed to cater for people new to the bee world as well as to more experienced recorders who wish to identify every species accurately. It provides the latest information on the identification, ecology, status and distribution of all 275 species of bee in Britain, Ireland and the Channel Islands.- Written by Steven Falk, professional naturalist and conservationist with over forty years' experience of working with bees- Illustrated with over 1,000 colour and black & white artworks by Richard Lewington, one of Europe's leading insect artists- Stunning photographs of living insects as seen in the wild- 234 up-to-date distribution maps- Comprehensive introduction to bee classification, ecology, field techniques and recording, a full glossary, and information on how to separate the sexes and distinguish bees from other insects- Introductions to families and genera, describing key characters and life histories- Detailed species descriptions covering field and microscopic characters, similar species, variants, flight season, habitat, flowers visited, nesting habits, status & distribution, and parasites & associates- A series of innovative illustrated keys to genera and species, designed to guide the user step by step through the identification process

Met oefeningen en tips voor: het benaderen van dieren, vernieuwende beelden, op reis.

Geïllustreerde richtlijnen voor beginners voor het biologisch telen van groenten, fruit, kruiden en bloemen in bakken op het balkon of terras.

Biografie van de kunstenaar (1872-1944).

Herinneringen van de Nederlandse schilder (1899-1981), die vooral bekend is als portretschilder en ontwerper van postzegels en wandtapijten.

Discusses the many sources and instruments of power, and explains how power is utilized by organizations and businesses and in economics and political and military life.

Americas beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America’s survival in the hands of George Washington.

In this masterful book, David McCullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence—when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper.

Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color; farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the Kings men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known.

Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCulloughs 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American history.

A galaxy of distinguished international economists and historians pit economic history against the shaky assumptions of the classical economic theory of natural growth. Their explanations consider the factors of technology, entrepreneurialism, and paths to economic growth, but each reflects an ideological wave of explanation that has marked the last two hundred years.

From the preeminent Hitler biographer, a fascinating and original exploration of how the Third Reich was willing and able to fight to the bitter end of World War II.

Countless books have been written about why Nazi Germany lost World War II, yet remarkably little attention has been paid to the equally vital question of how and why it was able to hold out as long as it did. The Third Reich did not surrender until Germany had been left in ruins and almost completely occupied. Even in the near-apocalyptic final months, when the war was plainly lost, the Nazis refused to sue for peace. Historically, this is extremely rare.

Drawing on original testimony from ordinary Germans and arch-Nazis alike, award-winning historian Ian Kershaw explores this fascinating question in a gripping and focused narrative that begins with the failed bomb plot in July 1944 and ends with the German capitulation in May 1945. Hitler, desperate to avoid a repeat of the "disgraceful" German surrender in 1918, was of course critical to the Third Reich's fanatical determination, but his power was sustained only because those below him were unable, or unwilling, to challenge it. Even as the military situation grew increasingly hopeless, Wehrmacht generals fought on, their orders largely obeyed, and the regime continued its ruthless persecution of Jews, prisoners, and foreign workers. Beneath the hail of allied bombing, German society maintained some semblance of normalcy in the very last months of the war. The Berlin Philharmonic even performed on April 12, 1945, less than three weeks before Hitler's suicide.

As Kershaw shows, the structure of Hitler's "charismatic rule" created a powerful negative bond between him and the Nazi leadership- they had no future without him, and so their fates were inextricably tied. Terror also helped the Third Reich maintain its grip on power as the regime began to wage war not only on its ideologically defined enemies but also on the German people themselves. Yet even as each month brought fresh horrors for civilians, popular support for the regime remained linked to a patriotic support of Germany and a terrible fear of the enemy closing in.

Based on prodigious new research, Kershaw's The End is a harrowing yet enthralling portrait of the Third Reich in its last desperate gasps.

Why was the European Monetary System in 1992-93 swept by waves of disruptive speculative attacks? And what lessons emerged from that episode as regards the future of the European Monetary Union? This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the causes and implications of the 1992-93 crisis of the exchange rate mechanism. Cogent factual presentation, original theoretical analysis, and an interpretation rooted in theory, make this treatment by three leading economists essential reading to understand the process toward economic and political integration in Europe.

A revelatory look at the decisions that led to the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, drawing on the insights and reassessments of one of the wars architects

Drawing on Goldstein’s prodigious research as well as the interviews and analysis he conducted with Bundy, Lessons in Disaster is a historical tour de force on the uses and misuses of American power. And in our own era, in the wake of presidential decisions that propelled the United States into another war under dubious pretexts, these lessons offer instructive guidance that we must heed if we are not to repeat the mistakes of the past.

This is the story of a political miracle -- the perfect match of man and moment. Franklin Delano Roosevelt took office in March of 1933 as America touched bottom. Banks were closing everywhere. Millions of people lost everything. The Great Depression had caused a national breakdown. With the craft of a master storyteller, Jonathan Alter brings us closer than ever before to the Roosevelt magic. Facing the gravest crisis since the Civil War, FDR used his cagey political instincts and ebullient temperament in the storied first Hundred Days of his presidency to pull off an astonishing conjuring act that lifted the country and saved both democracy and capitalism.

Who was this man? To revive the nation when it felt so hopeless took an extraordinary display of optimism and self-confidence. Alter shows us how a snobbish and apparently lightweight young aristocrat was forged into an incandescent leader by his domineering mother; his independent wife; his eccentric top adviser, Louis Howe; and his ally-turned-bitter-rival, Al Smith, the Tammany Hall street fighter FDR had to vanquish to complete his preparation for the presidency.

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With customary clarity, eloquence, and humor, Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith gets at the heart of what economic security means in The Affluent Society. Warning against individual and societal complacence about economic inequity, he offers an economic model for investing in public wealth that challenges “conventional wisdom” (a phrase he coined that has since entered our vernacular) about the long-term value of a production-based economy and the true nature of poverty. Both politically divisive and remarkably prescient, The Affluent Society is as relevant today on the question of wealth in America as it was in 1958