This Handbook provides readers with an expert overview of the key theoretical approaches to governance and development, covering a broad range of policy areas and domains. Utilising a critical approach to assess issues from a multidisciplinary perspective, the contributions in this Handbook review different social contexts and policy areas, governance arrangements, and processes relating to issues of development. Chapters illustrate at global, regional and national levels how the specific forms of governance impact development and how ongoing trends of development can influence governance concerns. Further insights are also offered regarding the functioning of the state and the transformation of the role of the state in modern society, illustrating the place for governance in future development policies. Researchers in governance and development will find this comprehensive Handbook an excellent resource for their area of specialisation, and scholars in governance, political science, social sciences and economics will be provided with a useful entry point into the literature. Practitioners will also welcome this as an informative read for updating their knowledge and accessing the latest research findings.

The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers. “This is a great guide to the night sky at a great price�Astronomy Now “A handy and straightforward guide.� British Astronomical Association's 'Journal' “an ideal Christmas stocking-filler� The Observatory From the UK’s Number One Astronomy publisher, this is the bestselling stargazing handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the northern hemisphere. With 6 pages for each month covering January–December 2024. This practical guide is an easy introduction to astronomy and a useful reference for seasoned stargazers. Designed for Britain and Ireland but usable anywhere in the world between 40°N and 60°N, covering most of Europe, southern Canada and the northern United States. Advice on where to start looking and a map of dark sky sites to avoid light pollution. Charts for the circumpolar and seasonal constellations. Easy-to-use star charts for each month with descriptions of objects and events to look for in 2024. Positions of the moon, visible planets and eclipses. Includes a section on comets and a detailed map of the moon. Now in three editions: Britain and Ireland; North America; Southern Hemisphere. Written and illustrated by astronomical experts, Storm Dunlop and Wil Tirion, and approved by the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich.

From an internationally recognized integrative physician, a thorough guide to fertility that encompasses all aspects of female well-being to help women prepare their bodies for easy conception, pregnancy, and the delivery of healthy babies.
The increase in environmental toxins, processed foods, and stress, as well as the advancing ages at which couples seek to have children, have made it more difficult for women to conceive. In "Be Fruitful," Dr. Victoria Maizes, an expert on women's health and the executive director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, delivers all the information women and their partners need in order to conceive with ease and confidence, and to bear healthy children.
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Die Bybel Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (NLV) bied ’n unieke balans tussen noukeurigheid, akkuraatheid en lesersvriendelikheid en is reeds baie gewild by duisende lesers.

Die NLV standaard-uitgawes spog nou met ’n verskeidenheid nuwe en opwindende omslae.

• 9 punt lettergrootte
• Dubbelkolom-uitleg
• 8 volkleur-kaarte
• Merklint
• Duimgrepe
• Bladsye goudgerand

Die Bybel Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (NLV) in grootdruk bied ’n unieke balans tussen noukeurigheid, akkuraatheid en lesersvriendelikheid en is reeds baie gewild by duisende lesers.

- 12 punt lettergrootte

- Dubbelkolom-uitleg

- 8 volkleur-kaarte

- Merklint

Hierdie geskenkuitgawe is die ideale manier om die mylpale en prestasies in ’n mens se lewe te vier. Met die volledige teks van die Nuwe Lewende Ver­taling, wat ’n eietydse stem aan tydlose beloftes gee, sal die NLV Geskenkbybel ’n waardevolle ge­skenk wees.

- Gewilde NLV-teks

- 7,5 punt lettergrootte

- Dubbelkolom-uitleg

- Bladsye kleurgerand

- Merklint

Die Bybel Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (NLV) bied ’n unie­ke balans tussen noukeurigheid, ak­ku­raatheid en lesersvriendelikheid en is reeds baie gewild by dui­sen­de lesers.

Die NLV standaard-uitgawes spog nou met ’n verskeidenheid nuwe en opwindende omslae.

- 9 punt lettergrootte

- Dubbelkolom-uitleg

- 8 volkleur-kaarte

- Merklint

- Duimgrepe

- Bladsye goudgerand

Die Bybel Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (NLV) in grootdruk bied ’n unieke balans tussen noukeurigheid, akkuraatheid en lesersvriendelikheid en is reeds baie gewild by duisende lesers.

- 12 punt lettergrootte

- Dubbelkolom-uitleg

- 8 volkleur-kaarte

- Merklint

Hierdie geskenkuitgawe is die ideale manier om die mylpale en prestasies in ’n mens se lewe te vier. Met die volledige teks van die Nuwe Lewende Ver­taling, wat ’n eietydse stem aan tydlose beloftes gee, sal die NLV Geskenkbybel ’n waardevolle ge­skenk wees.

- Gewilde NLV-teks

- 7,5 punt lettergrootte

- Dubbelkolom-uitleg

- Bladsye kleurgerand

- Merklint

Hierdie geskenkuitgawe is die ideale manier om die mylpale en prestasies in ’n mens se lewe te vier. Met die volledige teks van die Nuwe Lewende Ver­taling, wat ’n eietydse stem aan tydlose beloftes gee, sal die NLV Geskenkbybel ’n waardevolle ge­skenk wees.

- Gewilde NLV-teks

- 7,5 punt lettergrootte

- Dubbelkolom-uitleg

- Bladsye kleurgerand

Die Bybel Nuwe Lewende Vertaling (NLV) in grootdruk bied ’n unieke balans tussen noukeurigheid, akkuraatheid en lesersvriendelikheid en is reeds baie gewild by duisende lesers.

- 12 punt lettergrootte

- Dubbelkolom-uitleg

- 8 volkleur-kaarte

- Luukse leer

- Merklint

- Duimgrepe

Vier jaar ná die verskyning van hul eerste kabouterboek, Die lewe en werke van kabouters, ontvang Rien Poortvliet en Wil Huygen ’n dringende boodskap uit Lapland: “Kom! Ons het ernstige sake om te bespreek!”

Só ’n boodskap kan net van kabouters kom – en die ysige winterweer ten spyte, laat die twee vriende nie die sneeu onder hul voete smelt nie. Wat sou die kabouters wou bespreek? En hoe sal mense hulle kan help?

Saam met die outeurs word die leser weggevoer op ’n tog van meer as 3 000 km – oor land met ’n takboekslee, deur die lug in ’n reuseballon en oor die ysvelde van die Noordpool saam met ’n jeti – tot die doel van die kabouters se dwingende oproep uiteindelik aan hulle openbaar word: Dat die mens die aarde gaandeweg verwoes en sal moet briek aandraai as hy hoegenaamd nog sy wonderlike leefwêreld wil behou

What is your home like? Is it big or small? Is it made of concrete, straw, wood or clay? Step inside homes from around world and see how different people live in this engaging series that develops kids' understanding of our diverse global community and their place in it.

n Unieke Studiebybel wat die hedendaagse Christen toerus om die Bybel beter te begryp, maar ook sy daaglikse lewe daarvolgens te rig.

Unieke eienskappe sluit in:

• die Bybelteks van die 1983-vertaling,
• 'n kruisverwysingsisteem,
• verklaringsnotas en aantekeninge, '
• n omvattende tematiese konkordansie en nog baie meer belangrike inligting

Sê die woord “kabouter” en mense dink aan koddige mannetjies met gepunte pantoffels, ondeunde laggies en appelwange wat net in sprokies en kinderverhaaltjies bestaan.

Verder van die waarheid kan dié opvatting nie wees nie: Dis eerder ’n growwe belediging vir regte kabouters, wat hul klein postuur ten spyte, die mens in alle opsigte een oor is.

Ja, kabouters bestaan. Hulle woon en werk en leer en leef hier onder ons neuse – en weet baie meer van ons af as ons van hulle. Vra maar vir Wil Huygen en Rien Poortvliet, wat met dié omvattende boek ’n unieke blik gee op die lewe en werke van kabouters (met die kabouters se toestemming, natuurlik!), en antwoorde vind op vrae wat tot nou toe net in jou verbeelding bestaan het.

Head out on a global shopping trip! Look for clothes in a large store. Buy fresh food at an outdoor market. Discover how people around the world shop for things they want and need in this engaging series that develops kids' understanding of our diverse global community and their place in it.

Improvisation the Michael Chekhov Way: Active Exploration of Acting Techniques provides readers with dozens of improvisational exercises based on the acting techniques of Michael Chekhov. The book features key exercises that will help the actor explore improvisation and expand their imagination through the technique. Exercises that have been successfully taught for decades via the intensive trainings from the National Michael Chekhov Association are now clearly laid out in this book, along with information on how these performance-based techniques can be applied to a script and even provide life benefits. Guidance on how to use the exercises both in a group setting and as an individual is provided, as well as tools for lesson plans for up to a year of actor training. These step-by-step exercises will allow readers to expand their range of expression, discover the joy of creating unique characters, improve stage presence and presentation skills, and find new, creative ways to look at life. Improvisation the Michael Chekhov Way is written to be used both by individual actor practitioners and in group settings, such as Acting or Improvisation courses.

Why are some countries rich and others poor? David N. Weil, one of the top researchers in economic growth, introduces students to the latest theoretical tools, data, and insights underlying this pivotal question. By showing how empirical data relate to new and old theoretical ideas, Economic Growth provides students with a complete introduction to the discipline and the latest research. With its comprehensive and flexible organization, Economic Growth is ideal for a wide array of courses, including undergraduate and graduate courses in economic growth, economic development, macro theory, applied econometrics, and development studies.

Head out on a global shopping trip! Look for clothes in a large store. Buy fresh food at an outdoor market. Discover how people around the world shop for things they want and need in this engaging series that develops kids' understanding of our diverse global community and their place in it.

"A rich study of the role of personal psychology in the shaping of the new global order after World War I. So long as so much political power is concentrated in one human mind, we are all at the mercy of the next madman in the White House." -Gary J. Bass, author of The Blood Telegram The notorious psychobiography of Woodrow Wilson, rediscovered nearly a century after it was written by Sigmund Freud and US diplomat William C. Bullitt, sheds new light on how the mental health of a controversial American president shaped world events. When the fate of millions rests on the decisions of a mentally compromised leader, what can one person do? Disillusioned by President Woodrow Wilson's destructive and irrational handling of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, a US diplomat named William C. Bullitt asked this very question. With the help of his friend Sigmund Freud, Bullitt set out to write a psychological analysis of the president. He gathered material from personal archives and interviewed members of Wilson's inner circle. In The Madman in the White House, Patrick Weil resurrects this forgotten portrait of a troubled president. After two years of collaboration, Bullitt and Freud signed off on a manuscript in April 1932. But the book was not published until 1966, nearly thirty years after Freud's death and only months before Bullitt's. The published edition was heavily redacted, and by the time it was released, the mystique of psychoanalysis had waned in popular culture and Wilson's legacy was unassailable. The psychological study was panned by critics, and Freud's descendants denied his involvement in the project. For nearly a century, the mysterious, original Bullitt and Freud manuscript remained hidden from the public. Then in 2014, while browsing the archives of Yale University, Weil happened upon the text. Based on his reading of the 1932 manuscript, Weil examines the significance of Bullitt and Freud's findings and offers a major reassessment of the notorious psychobiography. The result is a powerful warning about the influence a single unbalanced personality can have on the course of history.

A new translation of Simone Weil's best-known work: a political, philosophical and spiritual treatise An icon of twentieth-century French philosophy, Simone Weil was described by André Gide as 'the patron saint of all outsiders' and by Albert Camus as 'the only great spirit of our time'. In this, one of her last and best-known works, she offers a vision of what human life could be - where the needs of our bodies are met and the needs of the soul, too, are better known and nurtured. Written in 1943, when France was occupied and Weil was working in the offices of the Free France in London, The Need for Roots responds to a plea both timely and timeless: what can satisfy the cry of our hearts for justice? In the same decade that saw the UN Declaration of Human Rights, Weil argues that rights alone are inadequate to the task - and encourages her contemporaries not to repeat the mistakes of the French Revolution and the malaise of modern life. The alternative she offers has intrigued and inspired generations of readers since. Translated by Ros Schwartz, with an introduction by Kate Kirkpatrick.