Janwillem van de Wetering's fourteenth Amsterdam Cops novel finds Grijpstra, de Gier, and the commissaris blackmailed into investigating the mysterious hijacking of a supertanker's entire cargo. The adventure takes them to Key West and to the former Dutch colonies of Aruba and St. Eustatius in searc[...]

Geared toward IT management and business executives seeking to excel in business intelligence initiatives, this practical guide explores creating business alignment strategies that help prioritize business requirements, build organizational and cultural strategies, increase IT efficiency, and promot[...]

The record-breaking, bestselling "Spud" arrives in paperback
JOHN ?SPUD? MILTON takes his first hilarious steps toward manhood in this delicious, laugh-out-loud boarding school romp, full of midnight swims, raging hormones, and catastrophic holidays that will leave the entire family in hysterics[...]

Future Challenges for the Port and Shipping Sector discusses the issues that most influence the future of the maritime and port industries. Important topics covered in this book include: * Maritime trade, future trade flows, evolutions in international trade, shipping capacity and demand * Developme[...]

The landscapes of Adriaen van de Velde are among the very best that the Dutch Golden Age produced, showing great variety and superb draughtsmanship, depicting meadows, Italianate views, beaches, dunes, forests, winter scenes, and portraits in landscape settings. Delicate and carefully composed, his [...]

Longtemps restees dans l'ombre de la bibliophilie des grands lignages aristocratiques de la cour de Bourgogne, les bibliotheques des fonctionnaires au service des ducs de Bourgogne (ca 1420-1520) font pour la premiere fois l'objet d'une etude novatrice qui, a la croisee entre histoire, histoire de l[...]

Das Buch ist bestimmt fur Abiturienten und Studienanfanger, die sich in Mathematik unsicher fuhlen. Damit sie ihre Fahigkeiten auffrischen konnen, liefert der Band das komplette Grundwissen der Mathematik, das fur den Einstieg in ein Universitats- oder Hochschulstudium in den Bereichen Ingenieur- un[...]

Around the world, the number of internationally mobile medical professionals is steadily increasing, posing potential difficulties for the good communication with patients and colleagues that is vital to satisfactory outcomes and personal professional success. Communication Skills for Foreign and Mo[...]

Boka omhandler romansk kunst, som er den første epoken i middelalderkunsten. Den ser på romansk arkitektur i Tyskland, Italia, Frankrike, Spania, Portugal, Storbritannia, Skandinavia og Sentral-Europa. Den tar også for seg romanske skulpturer, kirkeportalen i middelalderen og dens rettshistoriske[...]

Van de Velde s ceramics have been documented as early as 1901/02, when after settling in Berlin he prepared designs for the stoneware manufacturers in the Westerwald on commission from the Prussian Ministry for Commerce, and there is no evidence yet of earlier stoneware works. In Weimar after 1902 c[...]

This is a superbly illustrated series showcasing the best design work from some of the 20th century's finest architects. This engaging new series is dedicated to showcasing the very best in furniture and object design from some of the most important architects of the Twentieth-century. Each title be[...]