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"An extraordinary, powerful fable--a marvel."--Alberto Manguel

"Sj�n writes like a man under a spell, filled with enchantment and magic and great wit. He is a rogue of the first order."--Keith Donohue

The year is 1949 and Valdimar Haraldsson, an eccentric Icelander with elevated ideas about the influence of fish consumption on Nordic civilization, has had the singular good fortune to be invited to join a Danish merchant ship on its way to the Black Sea.

Among the crew is the mythical hero Caeneus, disguised as the second mate. Every evening after dinner he entrances his fellow travelers with the tale of how he sailed with the fabled vessel, the Argo, on the Argonauts' quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece.

Sj�n is a celebrated poet, novelist, and songwriter. His novels have been translated into twenty-five languages, and include From the Mouth of the Whale and The Blue Fox (both Telegram Books). In 2005 Sj�n won the Nordic Council Literary Prize, the equivalent of the Man Booker Prize, for The Blue Fox and Best Icelandic Novel for The Whispering Muse. Sj�n has written lyrics for Bj�rk, including for her most recent musical project, Biophilia. He lives in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Victoria Cribb lived in Iceland for many years. She now lives in England, where she is completing a PhD in Old Icelandic literature at the University of Cambridge. Her translations include three novels in collaboration with Olaf Olafsson.

“A palaeontological howdunnit…[Spying on Whales] captures the excitement of…seeking answers to deep questions in cetacean science.” —Nature
 
Called “the best of science writing” (Edward O. Wilson) and named a best book by Popular Science, a dive into the secret lives of whales, from their four-legged past to their perilous present.


Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. They evolved from land-roaming, dog-sized creatures into animals that move like fish, breathe like us, can grow to 300,000 pounds, live 200 years and travel entire ocean basins. Whales fill us with terror, awe, and affection--yet there is still so much we don't know about them. Why did it take whales over 50 million years to evolve to such big sizes, and how do they eat enough to stay that big? How did their ancestors return from land to the sea--and what can their lives tell us about evolution as a whole? Importantly, in the sweepstakes of human-driven habitat and climate change, will whales survive?

Nick Pyenson's research has given us the answers to some of our biggest questions about whales. He takes us deep inside the Smithsonian's unparalleled fossil collections, to frigid Antarctic waters, and to the arid desert in Chile, where scientists race against time to document the largest fossil whale site ever found. Full of rich storytelling and scientific discovery, Spying on Whales spans the ancient past to an uncertain future--all to better understand the most enigmatic creatures on Earth.

Gesture of Balance: A Guide to Awareness, Self-healing, and Meditation by Tarthang Tulku presents topics relevant to daily life that turn the mind to the Dharma: the truths of impermanence; honesty, the starting point for change; taking responsibility; awakening compassion; relaxation and meditation; and discovering and experiencing the natural state of mind. In clear, direct language, Gesture of Balance relates the profound insights of an ancient wisdom tradition to our present situation, showing us how to develop our inner resources and awaken body, mind, and senses to new horizons of experience. Tarthang Tulku speaks to us like a good friend, offering ways to clear away confusion, strengthen self-confidence, and brighten our lives with meaning and joy.
Our best selling title, Gesture of Balance has been used in college classrooms to introduce fundamental Buddhist topics, practices, and perspectives on common human problems. Individuals of any spiritual background can turn to Gesture for comfort and inspiration at difficult junctures of their lives. Gesture can also be reflected upon systematically, paragraph by paragraph, page by page, chapter by chapter, and returned to again and again, each time with greater benefit. Taken to heart, nurtured in the quietude of meditation, these simple statements will open ever richer dimensions of meaning.

On the 12th of July 1995 the Bosnian Muslim enclave of Srebrenica fell. During and after the town's conquest Bosnian Serb troops killed between 3000 and 8000 Muslims. This was the largest single war crime in Europe since the end of World War II, and what made it even more shocking was that it took place under the eyes of Dutch UN troops who were stationed there specifically to prevent such a disaster. Also, there had been clear warnings of a looming bloodbath. How could the massacre have happened and could it have been avoided? These are questions this account tries to answer.

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With enthusiasm and probing intelligence, Colin McGinn (“an ingenious philosopher who thinks like a laser and writes like a dream”–Steven Pinker) embarks on a fascinating philosophical consideration of the allure of movies–what it is we experience when we watch them and what makes them such a universally compelling form of entertainment. McGinn examines how movies work on our minds: how looking “into” the movie screen allows us to imagine the characters portrayed and know their thoughts and feelings . . . how what we see on the screen can seem to recapitulate the workings of consciousness itself . . . how the screen image is ideally suited to capturing both physical and emotional movements, depicting human feeling in all its variations . . . how heightened reality characterizes both film narrative and dreams . . . how our connection to and perception of movies enables us to better understand aspects of our own nature. A fresh, invigorating look into the art of film and the minds of filmmakers and filmgoers,The Power of Moviesis certain to change the way you watch movies. From the Hardcover edition.

In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father. Situating Jefferson within the context of America's evolution and tracing his legacy over the past two hundred years, Hitchens brings the character of Jefferson to life as a man of his time and also as a symbolic figure beyond it.

Conflicted by power, Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and acted as Minister to France yet yearned for a quieter career in the Virginia legislature. Predicting that slavery would shape the future of America's development, this professed proponent of emancipation elided the issue in the Declaration and continued to own human property. An eloquent writer, he was an awkward public speaker; a reluctant candidate, he left an indelible presidential legacy.

Jefferson's statesmanship enabled him to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase with France, doubling the size of the nation, and he authorized the Lewis and Clark expedition, opening up the American frontier for exploration and settlement. Hitchens also analyzes Jefferson's handling of the Barbary War, a lesser-known chapter of his political career, when his attempt to end the kidnapping and bribery of Americans by the Barbary states, and the subsequent war with Tripoli, led to the building of the U.S. navy and the fortification of America's reputation regarding national defense.

In the background of this sophisticated analysis is a large historical drama: the fledgling nation's struggle for independence, formed in the crucible of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, and, in its shadow, the deformation of that struggle in the excesses of the French Revolution. This artful portrait of a formative figure and a turbulent era poses a challenge to anyone interested in American history -- or in the ambiguities of human nature.

Hoeveel?piketpaaltjes? heeft de kantoortijger afgelopen week tijdens een bilat geparkeerd? Welke quick wins zijn er onder laaghangend fruit behaald? En FYI: check ff hoe goed de digivaardige tiener zich op social media redt met een LMFAO op de mislukte dab van de niet zo big pimpin? klasgenoot. LKR! Om van de slimme geheimtaal van de familie Holleeder nog maar te zwijgen. U begrijpt het: we hebben per subgroep een bepaald taalgebruik. Functie en vormgeving, daarin zit het verschil.0Begin 2008 was er een relletje:?de jeugd? zou geen Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands meer spreken. Hun zogenaamde?straattaal? luidde de teloorgang in van onze taal. Maar wat is eigenlijk de definitie van straattaal? Varieert die per cultuur en tijdsgewricht? Wie ontwikkelt, spreekt en verandert haar? En waarom? Jiska Duurkoop deed onderzoek naar straattaal en het ontstaan ervan. Dat levert een dynamisch boek op over streetgangs en taalontwikkeling, over de self-reported speaker en een vertaalapp. Je weet toch!

Uncover the truth under all the BS

In the daily battle for our hearts and minds--not to mention our hard-earned cash--the truth is usually the first casualty. It's time we learned how to see through the rhetoric, faulty reasoning, and misinformation that we're subjected to from morning to night by talk-radio hosts, op-ed columnists, advertisers, self-help gurus, business "thinkers," and, of course, politicians. And no one is better equipped to show us how than award-winning philosopher Jamie Whyte.

In Crimes Against Logic Whyte take us on a fast-paced, ruthlessly funny romp through the mulligan stew of can, folderol, and bogus logic served up in the media, at the office, and even in your own home. Applying his laserlike wit to dozens of timely examples, Whyte cuts through the haze of facts, figures, and double-talk and gets at the real truth behind what they're telling us.

"An incisive philosopher."
--Sunday Telegraph

Voor alle duidelijkheid Infofiche nieuw boek Leerlingen met autisme in het gewoon onderwijs Peter Vermeulen . De krijtlijnen voor een 'autismevriendelijke' school . Verschijnt 10 december 2002 Een leerling met autisme is misschien niet de gemakkelijkste van de klas, maar wellicht wel een van de boeiendste. In dit boek houdt Peter Vermeulen een pleidooi om de uitdaging die normaal begaafde kinderen en jongeren met autisme voor het gewone onderwijs betekenen, aan te gaan. Het boek schetst de krijtlijnen voor een 'autismevriendelijke' school. Aan de hand van voorbeelden uit het gewone onderwijs verneem je wat autisme is en welke de oorzaken ervan zijn. Leerlingen met autisme kunnen in hun gedrag erg verschillend zijn maar delen allen een specifieke manier van waarnemen en informatie verwerken. Vertrekkend van een begrip voor dat 'autistisch denken' behandelt dit boek de verschillende aspecten van een autismevriendelijke onderwijsstijl. De sleutelbegrippen van concrete communicatie, sociale veiligheid, overzicht en voorspelbaarheid worden rijkelijk geïllustreerd met concrete tips. De bijlagen bevatten een aantal voorbeelden van concrete actieplannen voor taken en proefwerken, spreekbeurten en leeruitstappen... Ten slotte is er aandacht voor het omgaan met probleemgedrag, met nadruk op een binnenkantbenadering, en het creëren van een autismecultuur op school. Peter Vermeulen is pedagoog en als autismedeskundige werkzaam bij Autisme Centraal.

Een jongeman in het naoorlogse Amsterdam wordt afwisselend geplaagd door verveling, onbestemde angsten en halfbegrepen verlangens. In deze editie is een brief van Jacques Presser aan de schrijver opgenomen.

Een selectie uit het werk van de Russische dichteres Anna Achmatova (1889-1966). Van haar gedichten verschenen eerder wel wat bloemlezingen in Nederlandse vertaling, maar nooit eerder een zo uitvoerige selectie uit haar werk. Voor onze Russische Bibliotheek maakten vertaalsters Marja Wiebes en Margriet Berg een keuze van ruim driehonderd gedichten, waaronder de beroemde cyclus 'Requiem', en de lange gedichten 'Gedicht zonder held' en 'De zee'.

Een man, die als jongen door een misverstand zijn familie verloor, wordt op verschillende momenten in zijn leven met de schuldvraag geconfronteerd.

Bundeling verhalen over de verguisde Indiase goeroe van geld en seks over zichzelf.

Nieuwe visie op verslaving, waarbij de invloed van de onbewuste emotionele processen een belangrijke plaats innemen in het schijnbaar irrationele gedrag van de verslaafde. Waarom gebruiken mensen verslavende middelen terwijl ze weten dat het slecht voor ze is? Tot voor kort gingen veel mensen ervan uit dat mensen ook bij verslavingsgedrag voor- en nadelen afwegen en dat verslavingsgedrag dus een rationele beslissing is. Maar verslaving is juist beter te begrijpen als irrationeel gedrag.

Schrijver betoogt dat het menselijk gedrag, of wij het nu als normaal beschouwen of als abnormaal, niet louter wordt bepaald door sociale of familiale omstandigheden maar meestal het gevolg is van een verandering in de hersenen.

Adviezen aan ouders en opvoeders van moeilijk opvoedbare kinderen, door de Amerikaanse jeugdpsychiater. 'Wat moet je met zo'n kind!' is een verzuchting die heel wat ouders slaken wanneer zij weer eens worden getergd door onbegrijpelijk of onuitstaanbaar gedrag van hun kind of wanneer dit minder stralend door het leven gaat dan zij hadden gehoopt. Het zou kunnen dat hun kind behoort een van de 5 typen die de auteur van dit baanbrekende werk onderscheid: - het overgevoelige kind - het in zich zelf gekeerde kind - het dwarse kind - het aandachts-probleemkind - het hyperactieve/agressieve kind. Voor elk van deze kinderen geldt dat men als ouder of verzorger, afhankelijk van de situatie, bepaalde dingen moet nalaten en andere juist moet doen. Want het is wel degelijk mogelijk het gedrag van kinderen te bënvloeden en in goede sociale banen te leiden.

Srebenica werd tijdens de oorlog in Bosnië in 1993 uitgeroepen tot 'veilige enclave' waar moslimvluchtelingen werden beschermd door VN-troepen. In 1995 viel de enclave in handen van Bosnisch-Servische troepen, en vond er een massaslachting plaats onder de mannelijke vluchtelingen. Selma Leydesdorff, een autoriteit op het terrein van oral history, reconstrueert deze feiten op basis van de verhalen van de overlevende vrouwen.

De auteur betoogt dat rol die ouders spelen in het leven van hun kinderen overschat wordt en dat de persoonlijkheid van een kind vooral door andere kinderen wordt gevormd. Oorspr. uitgave: The nurture assumption. Why children turn out the way they do (1998).

Joy, sorrow, jealousy, and awe--these and other feelings are the stuff of our daily lives. Thought to be too private for science to explain and not essential for understanding cognition, they have largely been ignored. But not by Spinoza, and not by Antonio Damasio. Here, in a humane work of science, Damasio draws on his innovative research and on his experience with neurological patients to examine how feelings and the emotions that underlie them support human survival and enable the spirit's greatest creations.
" Looking for Spinoza" reveals the biology of our sophisticated survival mechanisms. It rediscovers a thinker whose work prefigures modern neuroscience, not only in his emphasis on emotions and feelings, but also in his refusal to separate mind and body. Together, the scientist and the philosopher help us understand what we're made of, and what we're here for. Based on laboratory investigations but moving beyond those to society and culture, "Looking for Spinoza" is a master work of science and writing.
Antonio Damasio, widely recognized as one of the world's leading neuroscientists, has for decades been investigating the neurobiological foundations of human life. In "Descartes' Error" he explored the importance of emotion in rational behavior, and in "The Feeling of What Happens" he developed the neurobiology of the self. Damasio's new book on feeling and emotion offers unexpected grounds for optimism about our survival and the human condition.

Tekstuitgave met moderne historische inleiding.

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006 Prix du Meilleur Livre tranger, The History of Love explores the lasting power of the written word and the lasting power of love. Published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.

'When I was born my mother named me after every girl in a book my father gave her called The History of Love. . . '

Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness. Believing she might discover it in an old book her mother is lovingly translating, she sets out in search of its author.
Across New York an old man called Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer. He spends his days dreaming of the love lost that sixty years ago in Poland inspired him to write a book. And although he doesn't know it yet, that book also survived- crossing oceans and generations, and changing lives. . .
'Wonderfully affecting...brilliant, touching and remarkably poised' Sunday Telegraph
'A tender tribute to human valiance. Who could be unmoved by a cast of characters whose daily battles are etched on out mind in such diamond-cut prose?' Independent on Sunday
'Devastating...one of the most passionate vindications of the written word in recent fiction. It takes one's breath away' Spectator

A collection of parables and teaching stories from the martial arts traditions of Japan and China that emphasizes their spiritual foundation.

• The teaching stories in this book are based on the lives of martial arts masters and are meant to inspire questions and insights for the student.

• Written for martial artists and anyone interested in Eastern religions such as Buddhism, Zen, and Taoism.

True martial arts should never be confused with simple combat techniques. Rather, martial arts are a way that an individual, after a long and difficult apprenticeship, can gain a profound understanding of the true nature of reality and one's place in it. Over time the apprentice discovers the laws governing the subtle forces of life and realizes that their mastery is only possible after one has mastered oneself. "He who has mastered the Art doesn't use his sword: he compels his adversary to kill himself." This quote from renowned sword master Tajima no Kami perfectly expresses the paradoxical nature of martial arts teachings in China and Japan. These teaching stories are not moral fables; in fact they have nothing to prove. Their purpose is actually to inspire questions and insights that will aid the student to achieve self-realization.

Most of the stories in this book are based on actual events in the lives of martial arts teachers who have achieved legendary status. The almost superhuman abilities of some of the masters described here are evidence of the secret powers that can be wielded by those whose martial arts training is not simply the learning of physical techniques but involves the mastering of the subtle energies of the mind and body. Master of the Art of Archery Kenzo Awa could hit the center of a target even when shooting in total darkness. Assailants of Tai Chi master Yang Lu Chan found their blows did more damage to themselves than to their would-be victim. By reading--and comprehending--the tales in this book, we can acquire the same essential knowledge that these masters had--that extraordinary forces are within the grasp of those who have achieved inner peace and self-mastery.

'If you were gonna rob a bank, and you saw the vault door there, left open, what would you do? Would you wait around?'

Ever since he was a kid, kicking broken footballs on the streets of East London in the shadow of Canary Wharf's skyscrapers, Gary wanted something better. Something a whole lot bigger. Then he won a competition run by a bank- 'The Trading Game'. The prize- a golden ticket to a new life, as the youngest trader in the whole city. A place where you could make more money than you'd ever imagined. Where your colleagues are dysfunctional maths geniuses, overfed public schoolboys and borderline psychopaths, yet they start to feel like family. Where soon you're the bank's most profitable trader, dealing in nearly a trillion dollars. A day. Where you dream of numbers in your sleep - and then stop sleeping at all. But what happens when winning starts to feel like losing? When the easiest way to make money is to bet on millions becoming poorer and poorer - and, as the economy starts slipping off a precipice, your own sanity starts slipping with it? You want to stop, but you can't. Because nobody ever leaves. Would you stick, or quit? Even if it meant risking everything?

This is an outrageous, unvarnished, white-knuckle journey to the dark heart of an intoxicating world - from someone who survived the game.