Nadat Moessorgski na ’n uitstalling van skilderye van sy gestorwe vriend Viktor Hartmann gegaan het, het hy in 1874 ’n klavierwerk geskryf wat in 1922 deur Ravel georkestreer is en as gevolg van die orkesweergawe beroemd geword het. Philip de Vos het met sy verse die werk gemoderniseer om dit meer toegangklik vir moderne lesers te maak, terwyl dit steeds die gevoel van hierdie klassieke meesterwerk behou. Die prettige en slim Prente by ’n uitstalling beeld die besoeker uit soos hy van die een skildery na die volgende beweeg.

Die versiemaker Philip de Vos en die kunstenaar Piet Grobler skep prettige rympies en illustrasies geïnspireer deur die komponis Camille Saint-Saëns se Le carnaval des animaux (1886). Saint-Saëns se werk is geïnspireer deur leeus, hoenders, muile, skilpaaie, olifante, kangaroes en ander diere. Die werk bestaan uit 14 bewegings wat vir twee klaviere en ’n kamerorkes geskryf is.

Die eerste uitgawe van Karnaval van die diere verskyn in 1998 by Human & Rousseau. Dit word baie goed ontvang en word in Engels, Duits, Italiaans en Nederlands vertaal.

Elmer, die kleurvolle olifant, is ’n kleutergunsteling sedert sy skepping in 1989. Die reeks is bekend aan miljoene, en het al meer as 4 miljoen kopiee verkoop regoor die wereld, in meer as 40 tale. Die subtiele boodskap, dat dit aanvaarbaar is om anders te wees, word gekombineer met die lewendige kleur en astrante humor van die hoofkarakter. Dit is twee dae voor die Elmer Dag-optog – die dag wanneer olifante hulleself met helder patrone versier. Maar Elmer, die veelkleurige olifant, is verveeld en besluit om vir die grys olifante ’n yslike poets te bak.

Kay en haar boetie gaan troeteldierwinkel toe. Hul pappa het gesê hul mag net één troeteldier kies om huis toe te neem. Maar watter een moet hul kies? ’n Hondjie, of katjie, of dalk ’n vis of ’n voël? In hierdie pragtige rymverse wys Dr. Seuss hoe moeilik dit soms kan wees om troeteldierwinkel toe te gaan en slegs één diertjie te kies!

Hier en daar, ja, hier en daar, woon snaakse goed, sowaar! Ontmoet ’n Jing wat sing, ’n Goks wat boks en ander diere met vreemde maniere in hierdie snaakse stories waar teenoorgesteldes, kleure, getalle en allerhande lawwe dinge ontdek word.

De Vos ken die kunste, en die mense agter die kunste, so hy kan heerlik spot met die hogere dinge in die lewe. Die bundel bevat ’n hele vertellings oor bekende figure uit die kunstewereld, soos die Karel Schoeman. Kop op 'n blok is vlymskerp geskryf en die humor (wat dikwels selfspot insluit) is werklik snaaks. Inderwaarheid vorm die teks 'n soort outobiografie van een van die mees geliefde skrywers in Afrikaans.

Die reus Van der Bees is ’n nare ou brompot, en as hy honger raak, dan more en knor die grompot: Hierdie boek geskryf deur Elli Woollard en pragtig geillustreer deur die bekende en bekroonde Benji Davies, vertel die verhaal van die reus wat op soek is na ’n kind vir sy maaltyd. ’n Seun genaamd Jan het ’n ander reus by ’n boontjierank uitoorle – dus, wie sal dan nou beter smaak op ’n reusebord as die klein karnallie.

Op die 15de Mei in die oerwoud van Noel
terwyl Herrie Olifant swem in sy poel
sou hy laat op een middag ’n ietsietjie hoor,
’n klein krieselklankie wat krap in sy oor…

Toe Herrie ’n klein stemmetjie om hulp hoor skree, los hy alles om sy nuwe vriend te red, want of jy groot is of klein is, jy mag van jou laat hoor! Met die snaaksste stories, die dolste diere en die raarste rympies maak Dr. Seuss lees LEKKER!

Dié jongste bundel verse deur Philip de Vos is vir jonk én oud, en getuig opnuut van sy vakmanskap as digter, sy slinkse, aweregse humor maar ook sy fyn waarnemingsvermoë.

Ritme dien as ruggraat vir elke vers, met ’n goeie skeut tong-in-die-kies stuitigheid, maar soms ook met ’n melancholiese, elegiese ondertoon.

Daar is verse oor die Skepping, oor Moses en oor Lot, verskeie oor nig Mara en Maraaia, en ter afsluiting meer as ’n handvol stoute kwatryne.

Met die 10de verjaarsdaguitgawe van hierdie topverkoper potjieboek met flappies kan kinders ’n positiewe les leer oor potjiedissipline.

Muisie is ’n nuuskierige agie wat oral wil inloer. Hy wil selfs in al sy maatjies se doeke loer! Maar wanneer sy maats in sy doek loer, kry hulle ’n groot verrassing. Die grappige vertaling deur Philip de Vos sal kinders van 2 tot 4 jaar hope plesier verskaf!

Commercial Uses of Space and Space Tourism combines the perspectives of academics, policy makers and major industry players around three central themes: the international legal challenges posed by the dramatic changes to the spacefaring landscape; the corresponding legal and regulatory responses to these challenges at the national level; and topical questions of global space governance. Chapters cover emerging activities in commercial spacefaring, including space tourism and space transportation, and identify the regulatory issues that may arise in the absence of a clear boundary between airspace and outer space. By taking a pragmatic, inductive approach, the book aims to breathe new life into the discussion of the air?space boundary, while informing readers about the many exciting recent developments in commercial spacefaring. This book will appeal to lecturers, academics and students in space law and air law, as well as policy makers and industry practitioners involved in the regulation of orbital and suborbital commercial spaceflight, both manned and unmanned. Contributors include: P. De Man, M. Gold, A. Harrington, C. Hearsey, T. Herman, A. Kerrest, J.-B. Marciacq, J.-F. Mayence, W. Munters, D.P. Murray, K. Nyman-Metcalf, L.J. Smith, A. Soucek, J. Stubbs, S. Wood, J. Wouters

'Brain Games For Dogs' is a brilliantly conceived compendium of fun games, tricks and activities that you can enjoy with your dog that will help to stretch and challenge it mentally and allow it to enjoy a top quality workout for the mind.

After attending an exhibition of the work of his late friend Viktor Hartmann in 1874, Mussorgsky composed a piano work which in 1922 was orchestrated by Ravel and then became world renowned. With his rhymes Philip de Vos has modernised this piece by making it accessible to modern readers, whilst still maintaining the feeling of this classic masterpiece. The witty and smart Pictures at an Exhibition follows the visitor as he moves from one painting to the next.

This book bears witness to the current reawakening of interest in Reid's philosophy. It first examines Reid's negative attack on the Way of Ideas, and finds him to be a devastating critic of his predecessors. Turning to the positive part of Reid's programme, the author then develops a fresh interpretation of Reid as an anticipator of present-day 'reliabilism'.
Throughout the book, Reid is presented as a powerful thinker with much to say to philosophers in the twenty-first century. The book will be of interest not only to Reid scholars and historians of philosophy, but also to specialists and students in contemporary epistemology.

This book bears witness to the current reawakening of interest in Reid's philosophy. It first examines Reid's negative attack on the Way of Ideas, and finds him to be a devastating critic of his predecessors. Turning to the positive part of Reid's programme, the author then develops a fresh interpretation of Reid as an anticipator of present-day 'reliabilism'.
Throughout the book, Reid is presented as a powerful thinker with much to say to philosophers in the twenty-first century. The book will be of interest not only to Reid scholars and historians of philosophy, but also to specialists and students in contemporary epistemology.

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Rimpelstories is 'n leesreeks vir die Hersiene Nasionale Kurrikulum in die Intermediêre Fase. Rimpelstories is 'n leesreeks vir die Hersiene Nasionale Kurrikulum in die Intermediêre Fase. Die reeks poog om jong lesers die genot van lees te laat ontdek en hul visuele geletterdheid te ontwikkel deur interessante, boeiende tekste wat ryklik geïllustreer is.

Die tematiese inhoud sluit sensitiewe vraagstukke soos besoedeling, boelies en vigs in, maar dit sluit aan by die leefwêreld van die lesers met humor wat wyd gebruik word.

This book offers insights into the impact of warfare on the founders of Western civilisation, uncovering the overcrowding, plague and civil strife that existed alongside the literature, art and philosophy for which the Classical Greeks are celebrated. The lessons in diplomacy, strategy and tactics that emerged from the Peloponnesian War are still remembered today.

The series of wars between Classical Greece and the Persian Empire produced such famous battles as Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis. This book reveals the social, political and military impact of these wars, drawing on the contemporary writings of Herodotus, author of the world's first 'history'.

This book aims to find a workable interpretation of the non-appropriation principle that is compatible with both the existing international space law framework and the move of the private space industry towards the mining of asteroids and other celestial bodies. It does so by analysing the rules on the use of orbits as limited natural resources as a concrete indication of how space resources can be exploited by one user while respecting the non-appropriation principle and the interests of other users in space. This analysis is complemented by a thorough review of the meaning of property rights in the context of the existing international space law regime. This allows the author to distinguish between the lawful exploitation and unlawful appropriation of resources in a manner that could pave the way for a workable asteroid mining regime that takes into account the needs of individual companies and the international community. Exclusive use in an inclusive environment frames the legal regime of the exploitation of natural resources in outer space as the most pressing example to date of the tension that arises between the rights of a single spacefaring actor and the interests of the broader international community. Though academic in its approach in dealing with one of the most fundamental issues of space law to date, the book has very practical ambitions. By offering a pragmatic interpretation of the space law principles that are likely to remain the legal foundations of asteroid mining for the foreseeable future, Exclusive use in an inclusive environment hopes to inform academics, practitioners and policymakers alike in their future attempts at working out a fair, equitable and effective management regime for the exploitation of natural resources in outer space.

This book aims to find a workable interpretation of the non-appropriation principle that is compatible with both the existing international space law framework and the move of the private space industry towards the mining of asteroids and other celestial bodies. It does so by analysing the rules on the use of orbits as limited natural resources as a concrete indication of how space resources can be exploited by one user while respecting the non-appropriation principle and the interests of other users in space. This analysis is complemented by a thorough review of the meaning of property rights in the context of the existing international space law regime. This allows the author to distinguish between the lawful exploitation and unlawful appropriation of resources in a manner that could pave the way for a workable asteroid mining regime that takes into account the needs of individual companies and the international community. Exclusive use in an inclusive environment frames the legal regime of the exploitation of natural resources in outer space as the most pressing example to date of the tension that arises between the rights of a single spacefaring actor and the interests of the broader international community. Though academic in its approach in dealing with one of the most fundamental issues of space law to date, the book has very practical ambitions. By offering a pragmatic interpretation of the space law principles that are likely to remain the legal foundations of asteroid mining for the foreseeable future, Exclusive use in an inclusive environment hopes to inform academics, practitioners and policymakers alike in their future attempts at working out a fair, equitable and effective management regime for the exploitation of natural resources in outer space.

In 1838, Robert Schumann composed a 13 piece piano work which he entitled Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood). He later added individual titles for each movement, after his wife Clara commented that he sometimes seemed like a child himself. These 13 pieces depict the daily life and experiences of a child, as well as his relationship with his parents and with his own world – as seen from a nostalgic adult’s perspective. Philip de Vos was inspired by both Schumann’s music and titles to write verses of his own.