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Een vrouw die van haar ex-echtgenoot het manuscript van zijn nog niet gepubliceerde roman ter lezing ontvangt, raakt zo in de ban van het verhaal dat ze aan de zin van haar eigen leven gaat twijfelen.

Bundeling van de vier eerste romans over het alter ego van de schrijver, Nathan Zuckerman.

Biografie in stripvorm van de Britse filosoof en wiskundige Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) en zijn speurtocht naar de grondslagen van de wiskunde.

Citaten van filosofen met een korte beschrijving van leven en werk, plus een aanbeveling van welk boek te lezen. 

"America's most interesting and important essayist." --Eric Kandel, Nobel Prize-winning author of The Age of Insight

"[Gerald Weissmann] bridges the space between science and the humanities, and particularly between medicine and the muses, with wit, erudition, and, most important, wisdom." --Adam Gopnik

Embryonic stem cell research. Evolution vs. intelligent design. The transformation of medicine into "health care." Climate change. Never before has science been so intertwined with politics, never have we been more dependent on scientific solutions for the preservation of the species.

Transporting us across more than four hundred years of pivotal moments in science and medicine, Gerald Weissmann distills history's lessons for today's new age of sect and violence: "The Endarkenment." Among others, he lingers with Galileo and his daughter in seventeenth-century Florence, Diderot and d'Alembert in Enlightenment Paris, William and Alice James in fin de siècle Boston, James Watson as the John McEnroe of DNA, and Craig Venter decoding the genome at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Weissmann's message is clear: "Experimental science is our defense--perhaps our best defense--against humbug and the Endarkenment."

Gerald Weissmann (August 7, 1930 - July 10, 2019) was a physician, scientist, editor, and essayist whose collections include The Fevers of Reason: New and Selected Essays; Epigenetics in the Age of Twitter: Pop Culture and Modern Science; Mortal and Immortal DNA: Science and the Lure of Myth; and Galileo's Gout: Science in an Age of Endarkenment.

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From the author of the New York Times Notable Book Tipping the Velvet and the award-winning Affinity: a spellbinding, twisting tale of a great swindle, of fortunes and hearts won and lost, set in Victorian London among a family of thieves.
Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby's household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves-fingersmiths-for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home.
One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives-Gentleman, a somewhat elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a na?ve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud's vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be left to live out her days in a mental hospital. With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways. . . . But no one and nothing is as it seems in this > Dickensian novel of thrills and surprises.
"The New York Times Book Review" has called Sarah Waters a writer of "consummate skill" and "The Seattle Times" has praised her work as "gripping, astute fiction that feeds the mind and the senses." Fingersmith marks a major leap forward in this young and brilliant career.

Het Orpheus chamber orchestra staat model voor een nieuwe managementstijl, waarin teamwork, individuele verantwoordelijkheid en roulerend leiderschap de basis vormen van de ontwikkeling naar een platte organisatie.

Profielschets van een vorst, een heerser, zoals hij zal moeten staan aan het hoofd van een ideale staat, door de Italiaanse geschiedschrijver (1469-1527).

Twee zielen bevat achttien gesprekken met filosofen die vertellen over de kernthema's in hun werk. Ze variëren van het raadsel van God (Gianni Vattino) tot de lof van het huwelijk (julia Kristeva), van beschouwelijkheid (Cornelis Verhoeven) tot het heroische leven (Michel Onfray, Fernando Savater), van het belang van de literatuur (Richard Rorty, Paul Ricoeur) tot de geheime leegte van de democratie (Claude Lefort). Maars, zoals Hans-Georg Gademar in een van de gesprekken zegt, elke filosofische uitwisseling is tegenspraak en begrip tegelijk. En zo kan Charles Taylor in dit boek beklemtonen dat het samenleven van verschillende groepen compromissen vraagt, en Alain Finkielkraut volhouden dat tolerantie nooit de laatste waarde mag zijn. Zo kan Rene Girard erop wijzen dat elke redelijkheid tenslotte botst op geweld en rudiger Safranski spreken over het kwaad aks een onontkoombaar realiteit, terwijl Alvin Plantinga in diezelfde werkelijkheid een vingerwijzing ziet naar God, wiens bestaan voor hem onomstotelijk vaststaat. Twee zielen: die zijn in elk gesprek. En ze zijn niet altijd een van gedachte.

Beschouwing over de ontwikkelingen in het historisch proces en een onderzoek naar de vraagstukken van de menselijke samenleving.

Beschrijving vanuit psychologisch perspectief van de processen die plaatsvinden in een ouder wordend geheugen, in de context van alledaagse ervaringen.

Verslag van reizen naar Afrika, het Midden-Oosten en Azië.

The Bauhaus, the school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919 and shut down by the Nazis in 1933, brought together artists, architects and designers--among them Anni and Josef Albers, Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, Lyonel Feininger, Walter Gropius, Johannes Itten, Vasily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, László Moholy-Nagy, Lilly Reich, Oskar Schlemmer, Gunta Stölzl--in an extraordinary conversation on the nature of art in the industrial age. Aiming to rethink the form of modern life, the Bauhaus became the site of a dazzling array of experiments in the visual arts that have profoundly shaped the world today. Bauhaus 1919-1933: Workshops for Modernity, published to accompany a major multimedia exhibition, is The Museum of Modern Art's first comprehensive treatment of the subject since its famous Bauhaus exhibition of 1938, and offers a new generational perspective on the twentieth century's most influential experiment in artistic education. Organized in collaboration with the three major Bauhaus collections in Germany (the Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, the Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau and the Klassic Stiftung Weimar), Bauhaus 1919-1933 examines the extraordinarily broad spectrum of the school's products, including industrial design, furniture, architecture, graphics, photography, textiles, ceramics, theater and costume design, painting and sculpture. Many of the objects discussed and illustrated here have rarely if ever been seen or published outside Germany. Featuring approximately 400 color plates, richly complemented by documentary images, Bauhaus 1919-1933 includes two overarching essays by the exhibition's curators, Barry Bergdoll and Leah Dickerman, that present new perspectives on the Bauhaus. Shorter essays by more than 20 leading scholars apply contemporary viewpoints to 30 key Bauhaus objects, and an illustrated narrative chronology provides a dynamic glimpse of the Bauhaus' lived history.

A comprehensive monograph on one of the most important and influential artists of our time, accompanying MoMA's major 2012 Cindy Sherman survey

Published to accompany the first major survey of Cindy Sherman's work in the United States in nearly 15 years, this publication presents a stunning range of work from the groundbreaking artist's 35-year career. Showcasing approximately 180 photographs from the mid-1970s to the present, including new works made for the exhibition and never before published, the volume is a vivid exploration of Sherman's sustained investigation into the construction of contemporary identity and the nature of representation. The book highlights major bodies of work including her seminal Untitled Film Stills (1977-80); centerfolds (1981); history portraits (1989-90); head shots (2000-2002); and two recent series on the experience and representation of aging in the context of contemporary obsessions with youth and status. An essay by curator Eva Respini provides an overview of Sherman's career, weaving together art historical analysis and discussions of the artist's working methods, and a contribution by art historian Johanna Burton offers a critical re-examination of Sherman's work in light of her recent series. A conversation between Cindy Sherman and filmmaker John Waters provides an enlightening view into the creative process.

Alfons Mucha is known largely for having originated Art Nouveau, when his poster of the actress Sarah Bernhardt became a legendary icon of the movement. Mucha went on to design hundreds of pieces in the decorative arts field, but later distanced himself from the style he pioneered, devoting his time and energy to painting. This book presents the full array of Mucha's artistic contributions-not only his posters and jewelry designs but also his design for the pavilion of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1900 World's Fair. The book also includes his works on canvas, which include pastels and frescoes, and his magnum opus, The Slavic Epic, a series of 20 paintings depicting the history of his native people. A stunning selection of 700 color illustrations is accompanied with essays that explore Mucha's style and inspirations, his transition away from the decorative arts, and his forays into photography. Fans of Art Nouveau will treasure this dazzling and unique study of the artist and his contributions to design and illustration.

Beschouwing over kunstwerken die betrekking hebben op bijbelpassages en de wijze waarop deze kunnen leiden tot een beter begrip van de bijbel, door de predikante van de Protestantse Kerk in Nederland.

Het geheel andere woordenboek. Voorzien van talloze illustraties voor bijvoorbeeld de namen van onderdelen of soorten, en vele omkaderde rubrieken over woorden die bij één onderwerp spelen. bijvoorbeeld Jazzmuziek, of soorten geneeswijzen. 

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