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When you love someone, how does it feel? And when you desire someone, how is it different? In Mating in Captivity, Esther Perel looks at the story of sex in committed couples. Modern romance promises it all - a lifetime of togetherness, intimacy and erotic desire. In reality, it's hard to want what you already have. Our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion. And often, the very thing that got us to into our relationships - lust - is the one thing that goes missing from them...

Releasedatum: 2012-02-16 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 5,99

“I get so jazzed about the future of feminism knowing that Amanda Montell’s brilliance is rising up and about to explode worldwide.”—Jill Soloway A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us. The word bitch conjures many images, but it is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even before its usage to mean “a female canine,” bitch didn’t refer to women at all—it originated as a gender-neutral word for “gen...

Releasedatum: 2019-05-28 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 11,99

The first free elections in South Africa's history were held in 1994. Within a year legislation was drafted to create a Truth and Reconcilliation Commission to establish a picture of the gross human rights violations committed between 1960 and 1993. It was to seek the truth and make it known to the public and to prevent these brutal events ever happening again. From 1996 and over the following two years South Africans were exposed almost daily to revelations about their traumatic past. Antije Kr...

Releasedatum: 2010-03-30 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

*WINNER OF THE 2017 PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* 'Beautifully written, thought-provoking, and unforgettable ... If you want a good understanding of how the issues that cause poverty are intertwined, you should read this book' Bill Gates, Best Books of 2017 'Essential. A compelling and damning exploration of the abuse of one of our basic human rights: shelter.' Owen Jones Arleen spends nearly all her money on rent but is kicked out with her kids in Milwaukee's coldest winter for years. Doreen'...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-01 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER** Sapiens showed us where we came from. In our increasingly uncertain times, Homo Deus shows us where we're going. 'Spellbinding' Guardian The world-renowned historian and intellectual Yuval Noah Harari envisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deus explores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life. It asks the fundamental questions: how ca...

Releasedatum: 2016-09-08 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

De Belgische schrijver en journalist Matthias M.R. Declercq werd in 2009 een dag naar Urk gestuurd om verslag te doen van een moordzaak. Het dorp fascineerde hem zo, dat hij tien jaar later besluit op het voormalige eiland te gaan wonen, om te doen wat indertijd niet is gelukt: doordringen tot de kern van deze voor de buitenwereld zo onbekende gemeenschap. Declercq woont als vreemdeling in het hart van het dorp en gaat mee vissen, bidden en drinken. Stap voor stap openbaart zich de werkelijkheid...

Releasedatum: 2020-10-10 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 12,99

Hoe is het toch mogelijk dat de mensen waar we overduidelijk niet zonder kunnen - vuilnismannen, politieagenten, verplegers - zo slecht verdienen, terwijl onbelangrijke, overbodige of zelfs schadelijke bankiers, lobbyisten en consultants veel beter boeren? Dit is de vraag waarmee Rutger Bregman en Jesse Frederik de patstelling in het debat over ongelijkheid doorbreken. Aan de hand van oude en moderne denkers, van Aristoteles tot Piketty, laten ze zien dat er niets vanzelfsprekend is aan de verde...

Releasedatum: 2015-12-22 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 4,99

'An indispensable resource for white people who want to challenge white supremacy but don't know where to begin' Robin DiAngelo, author of WHITE FRAGILITY 'It should be mandatory reading ... Buy the book, do the work and then push more copies into the hands of everyone you know' Emma Gannon 'Confrontational and much-needed' Stylist 'She is no-joke changing the world and, for what it's worth, the way I live my life.' Anne Hathaway ___________ Me and White Supremacy shows readers how to dismantle ...

Releasedatum: 2020-01-28 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 5,99

Why do underdogs succeed so much more than we expect? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, no.1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point , Blink , Outliers and What the Dog Saw , takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty. From the conflicts in Northern Ireland, through the tactics of civil rights leaders and the problem of privilege, Gladwell demonstrates ho...

Releasedatum: 2013-10-03 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

*THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER* *OVER HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD* Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives. ' HELL YES. This is one of those books that has the potential to change things - a monumental piece of research' Caitlin Moran Imagine a world where... · Your phone is too big for your hand · Your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body · In a car accident you are 47% more likely to be injured. If any of that sounds familiar, chances are yo...

Releasedatum: 2019-03-07 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

The International Bestseller 'With clarity and compassion, DiAngelo allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to "bad people." In doing so, she moves our national discussions forward. This is a necessary book for all people invested in societal change' Claudia Rankine Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence ...

Releasedatum: 2019-02-07 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

Voor ‘Toen was geweld heel gewoon’ ging Friso Schotanus op zoek naar de roots van het hooliganisme. Ondanks, of misschien wel dankzij de dreiging van dat geweld, heeft het voetbalstadion altijd een magische aantrekkingskracht gehad op veel jongens. Zo waren er wekelijks massale vechtpartijen op de tribunes, spijkerbommen die tussen het publiek ontploften, vluchtende politie; in de jaren zeventig, tachtig en negentig was voetbalgeweld heel gewoon. Schotanus vroeg zich af: Waar komt het geweld...

Releasedatum: 2017-09-04 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,99

Discover Jonathan Safran Foer's eye-opening and life-changing account of the meat we eat. 'Should be compulsory reading. A genuine masterwork. Read this book. It will change you' Time Out Eating Animals is the most original and urgent book on the subject of food written this century. It will change the way you think, and change the way you eat. For good. Whether you're flirting with veganuary, trying to cut back on animal consumption, or a lifelong meat-eater, you need to read this book. From th...

Releasedatum: 2010-03-04 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

In What the Dog Saw Malcolm Gladwell covers everything from criminology to spaghetti sauce to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about ourselves and our world. Looking under the surface of the seemingly mundane, he explores the underdogs, the overlooked, the curious, the miraculous and the disastrous, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an incredible story. What the Dog Saw is Gladwell at his very best - asking questions and finding surp...

Releasedatum: 2009-10-20 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of ‘Americanah’ and ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name. An eBook short. What does “feminism” mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay – adapted from her much-viewed Tedx talk of the same name – by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of ‘Americanah’ and ‘Half of a Yellow Su...

Releasedatum: 2014-10-09 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 3,49

Opmerkingen

1. Why we should all be less self-involved - This book rambles on about a few bad experiences the author had with men. Then it makes the gross mistake of generalizing men. I am truly sorry the writer had to experience this, but I am also convinced that we cannot create a better world by pointing fingers, generalizations and victimhood politics.
2019-06-10

A WALL STREET JOURNAL, WASHINGTON POST, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In this ground-breaking blend of imaginative storytelling and scientific forecasting, a pioneering AI expert and a leading writer of speculative fiction join forces to answer an imperative question: How will artificial intelligence change our world within twenty years? AI will be the defining development of the twenty-first century. Within two decades, aspects of daily human life will be unrecognizable. AI will gen...

Releasedatum: 2021-09-16 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 11,99

'Entertaining and gripping . . . For those at the helm, the philanthropic plutocrats and aspiring "change agents" who believe they are helping but are actually making things worse, it's time for a reckoning with their role in this spiraling dilemma' Joseph Stiglitz, New York Times Book Review 'In Anand's thought-provoking book his fresh perspective on solving complex societal problems is admirable. I appreciate his commitment and dedication to spreading social justice' Bill Gates An insider's tr...

Releasedatum: 2019-01-24 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explains why we are experiencing such destructively high levels of inequality - and why this is not inevitable The top 1 percent have the best houses, the best educations, the best doctors, and the best lifestyles, but there is one thing that money doesn't seem to have bought: an understanding that their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live. Throughout history, this is something that the top 1 percent eventually do learn - too late. In this timely bo...

Releasedatum: 2012-06-28 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Compelling, haunting, tragic stories . . . resonate long after you put the book down' James McConnachie, Sunday Times Book of the Year The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other people wrong? Why is it so hard to detect a lie, read a face or judge a stranger's motives? Using stories of deceit and fatal errors to cast doubt ...

Releasedatum: 2019-09-10 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

The international bestseller 'A manual for thinking clearly in an uncertain world. Read it.' Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow _________________________ What if we could improve our ability to predict the future? Everything we do involves forecasts about how the future will unfold. Whether buying a new house or changing job, designing a new product or getting married, our decisions are governed by implicit predictions of how things are likely to turn out. The problem is, we're n...

Releasedatum: 2015-09-24 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

Sugar. It is killing us. Why do we eat so much of it? What are its hidden dangers? In 1972, when British scientist John Yudkin first proved that sugar was bad for our health, he was ignored by the majority of the medical profession and rubbished by the food industry. We should have heeded his warning. Today, one in four adults in the UK are overweight. There is an epidemic of obese six-month-olds around the globe. Sugar consumption has tripled since the Second World War. Using everyday language ...

Releasedatum: 2012-11-01 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

An updated edition of the Sunday Times Bestseller Britain's best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed and vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa and Athena to Theresa May and Hillary Clinton. Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship wit...

Releasedatum: 2017-11-02 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 3,99

THE CONTROVERSIAL SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Candid, fearless and provocative – the author of American Psycho on who he is and what he thinks is wrong with the world today. Bret Easton Ellis is most famous for his era-defining novel American Psycho and its terrifying anti-hero, Patrick Bateman. With that book, and many times since, Ellis proved himself to be one of the world’s most fearless and clear-sighted observers of society – the glittering surface and the darkness beneath. In White , h...

Releasedatum: 2019-04-18 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 5,99

“A remarkable—and singularly chilling—glimpse of human behavior. . .This meticulously researched book...represents a major contribution to the literature of the Holocaust."—Newsweek  Christopher R. Browning’s shocking account of how a unit of average middle-aged Germans became the cold-blooded murderers of tens of thousands of Jews—now with a new afterword and additional photographs. Ordinary Men is the true story of Reserve Police Battalion 101 of the German Order Police, ...

Releasedatum: 2017-02-28 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 11,99

In Mannen leggen me altijd alles uit maakt Rebecca Solnit duidelijk hoe onze samenleving nog altijd is doortrokken van ongelijkheid tussen de seksen. In het titelessay introduceert ze het verschijnsel dat inmiddels bekendstaat als ‘mansplaining’. Waarom gaan mannen ervan uit dat ze alles weten? En, minstens zo erg, waarom laten vrouwen zich gewillig de mond snoeren? Marja Pruis laat in het voorwoord haar licht schijnen op het fenomeen Solnit. ‘Verhelderend, geruststellend en nog grappig oo...

Releasedatum: 2017-03-17 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,99

'Pink is my favourite colour. I used to say my favourite colour was black to be cool, but it is pink – all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue , and I’m not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue.' In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman ( Sweet Valley High ) of colour ( The Help ) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of t...

Releasedatum: 2014-08-21 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 5,49

'A seminal meditation on race by one of our greatest writers' Barack Obama 'We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation' James Baldwin's impassioned plea to 'end the racial nightmare' in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising a nation and giving voice to the emerging civil rights movement. Told in the form of two intensely personal 'letters', The Fire Next Time is at once a powerful evocation of Baldwin's early life in Harl...

Releasedatum: 1990-01-25 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 8,99

'This book is brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant. Apart from the epilogue, which is idiotic' Jeremy Clarkson 'F*cking brilliant' Sarah Knight AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY THROUGH THE MOST CREATIVE AND CATASTROPHIC F*CK-UPS OF HUMAN HISTORY In the seventy thousand years that modern human beings have walked this earth, we've come a long way. Art, science, culture, trade - on the evolutionary food chain, we're real winners. But, frankly, it's not exactly been plain sailing, and sometimes - just occas...

Releasedatum: 2018-07-26 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 3,99

* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity from Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time. _______________ 'This is the book for every woman trying to place their body on the map of consumption vs control, and every woman who wants to better understand her impulses. It left me much changed' - Lena Dunham 'I read these pages, breathless with recognition, and the thrill of reading a new voice telling ...

Releasedatum: 2021-11-09 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 5,99

In ‘Witte schuld’ bespreekt Elma Drayer identiteitspolitiek in de mediawereld, literatuur, kunst en politiek. ‘In het huidig racismedebat zie ik te veel dat me te weinig bevalt en ik zou niet weten waarom ik daar als witte vrouw beleefd over zou moeten zwijgen.’ Sinds het racismedebat vanuit de Verenigde Staten overwaaide naar Nederland heeft Drayer het in columns en discussies becommentarieerd. Waarom slaat het debat zo aan? Wat is de rol van de sociale media? Ze schuwt de polemiek niet...

Releasedatum: 2019-08-16 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,99

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The ground-breaking exploration of food myths from Tim Spector, creator of the COVID Symptom Study app. 'Hugely enjoyable' Michael Mosley Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? Is there any point in counting calories? Is there any evidence that coffee is bad for us? Through his pioneering research, Professor Tim Spector busts these and many other myths about food. Spoon-Fed explores the scandalous lack of good science behind many diet plans, offici...

Releasedatum: 2020-08-27 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

Door de eeuwen heen is er een ideaal gecreëerd waaraan vrouwen moeten voldoen, van hun kleding tot hun seksleven en de manier waarop ze door mannen behandeld moeten worden, de zogenaamde ‘Echte’ Vrouw. In Echte vrouwen bestaan niet neemt Yasmine Schillebeeckx enkele van die hardnekkige mythes over vrouwen op een kritische en grappige manier onder de loep. Denk aan de mythe dat ‘echte’ vrouwen rondingen hebben of dat een vrouw het over zichzelf afroept als ze aangerand (of erger) wordt, ...

Releasedatum: 2016-03-01 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,99

TRANSLATED BY CONSTANCE BORDE AND SHEILA MALOVANY-CHEVALLIER ANNOTATED AND INTRODUCED BY MARTINE REID 'Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex ' Guardian Simone de Beauvoir famously wrote, 'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. In this groundbreaking work of feminism she examines the limits of female freedom and explodes our deeply ingrained beliefs about femininity. Liberation, she argues, entails challenging traditional perceptions of the social...

Releasedatum: 2014-06-05 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 11,99

De meeste mensen weten wel dat er Nederlandse militairen in Afghanistan zitten, dat kunnen we in de kranten lezen. Maar wat gebeurt daar eigenlijk? Hoe gaat het eraan toe op een militair hoofdkwartier? Wat gaat er door je heen als midden in de nacht het bunkeralarm afgaat, omdat je kamp wordt beschoten? Hoe voel je je als een jochie je toeroept dat je een boerka aan moet trekken? Hoe is het als vrouw om tussen al die mannen te zitten?In Officier in Afghanistan geeft luitenant-kolonel Kleinreesin...

Releasedatum: 2012-05-15 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,99

Now the subject of a film by Richard Linklater, Eric Schlosser's explosive bestseller Fast Food Nation: What the All-American Meal is Doing to the World tells the story of our love affair with fast food. Britain eats more fast food than any other country in Europe. It looks good, tastes good, and it's cheap. But the real cost never appears on the menu. Eric Schlosser visits the lab that re-creates the smell of strawberries; examines the safety records of abattoirs; reveals why the fries really t...

Releasedatum: 2002-04-04 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

Homo’s dragen roze strings, lesbiennes trekken na één date bij elkaar in – inclusief kat. Op 1 april 2001 werd in Nederland als eerste land ter wereld het burgerlijk huwelijk opengesteld voor paren van het gelijke geslacht. Het ‘homohuwelijk’ brengt weliswaar juridische gelijkwaardigheid, maar de clichés rond lhbtiq zijn er nog steeds. Hoe komt dat? Journalisten Jessica van Geel en Robbert Blokland, beiden gelukkig gay getrouwd, vinden dat we te weinig persoonlijke verhalen horen over...

Releasedatum: 2021-04-01 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,99

A classic work of female psychology that uses seven archetypcal goddesses as a way of describing behavior patterns and personality traits is being introduced to the next generation of readers with a new introduction by the author. Psychoanalyst Jean Bolen's career soared in the early 1980s when Goddesses in Everywoman was published. Thousands of women readers became fascinated with identifying their own inner goddesses and using these archetypes to guide themselves to greater self–esteem, crea...

Releasedatum: 2009-10-13 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,49

NOW A NETFLIX SERIES STARRING MARGARET QUALLEY & ANDY MACDOWELL. BARACK OBAMA'S SUMMER READING PICK, 2019. BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK. Educated meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid. A beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in the western world. Includes a foreword by international bestelling author Barbara Ehrenreich. 'My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter.' As a struggling single mum, determined to keep a roof over her daughter's head,...

Releasedatum: 2019-01-24 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 5,49

Meer dan een miljoen Nederlanders heeft de wens om een boek te schrijven. Maar hoe begin je hiermee? In 'Schrijven vanuit je hart' krijg je tips en oefeningen om je droom waar te maken. Zelf een boek schrijven is de droom van veel mensen. Met de tips en oefeningen van Nathalie Goldberg was zelf een boek schrijven nog nooit zo makkelijk. 'Schrijven vanuit je hart' is een gepassioneerde oproep om je diepste gedachten onder woorden te brengen. Het boek is opgebouwd uit 64 hoofdstukken van drie pagi...

Releasedatum: 2018-01-30 € 6,99

In Carpe diem haakt Roman Krznaric in op het feit dat het motto van de Romeinse dichter Horatius nog altijd springlevend is. Maar ‘Pluk de dag’ is ook gekaapt door de consumentenindustrie en de mindfulnessbeweging. Zij hebben het motto vernauwd tot ‘Koop de dag’ en ‘Pluk het nu’. Krznaric wil het tweeduizend jaar oude motto heroveren op zijn kapers. Daarvoor schrijft hij de eerste cultuurgeschiedenis van Carpe diem. Hij laat zien hoe de slogan kan inspireren om je over te geven aan w...

Releasedatum: 2017-05-03 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 12,99

Foreword by Steven Pinker Blending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noise with the instructive iconoclasm of Think Like a Freak, a fascinating, illuminating, and witty look at what the vast amounts of information now instantly available to us reveals about ourselves and our world—provided we ask the right questions. By the end of an average day in the early twenty-first century, human beings searching the internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data. This staggering amount o...

Releasedatum: 2017-05-09 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 10,99

In Voltooid leven spreekt Els van Wijngaarden met ouderen die hun leven ‘voltooid’ achten. Hoewel ze niet terminaal of psychiatrisch ziek zijn, lijden ze aan het leven en hebben ze het gevoel dat ze domweg zitten te wachten op de dood. De oorzaken zijn uiteenlopend: soms lukt het hun niet meer om echt verbinding te maken met de personen om hen heen, alsof ze door een omgekeerde verrekijker naar de wereld kijken. Sommigen voelen zich uitgerangeerd: het leven gaat door, maar zij staan aan de z...

Releasedatum: 2016-11-04 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,99

A nineteenth century French priest discovers something in his mountain village at the foot of The Pyrenees which enables him to amass and spend a fortune of millions of pounds. The tale seems to begin with buried treasure and then turns into an unprecedented historical detective story - a modern Grail quest leading back through cryptically coded parchments, secret societies, the Knights Templar, the Cathar heretics of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and a dynasty of obscure French kings dep...

Releasedatum: 2013-04-30 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 10,99

The Happiness of Blond People by bestselling, multi-award-winning novelist Elif Shafak, author of The Bastard of Istanbul , is a powerful essay on immigration, multiculturalism and the experience of Muslims in Europe - available only as a Penguin Short. "You know, I never understand. How come their children are so quiet and well disciplined?" "Yeah," said the distressed father, his voice suddenly softer. "Blond children never cry, do they?" As Elif Shafak stands in line at the airport, she overh...

Releasedatum: 2011-12-01 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 3,49

An astonishing new work that radically changes how we think about, talk about and understand the vagina - and consequently how we think about women and sexuality - from Naomi Wolf, one of our most respected cultural critics and author of the modern classic, The Beauty Myth . As Naomi Wolf embarks on a life-changing journey to tease out the link between sexuality and creativity, what she discovers is revelatory and exhilarating - a scientifically supported link between the vagina and female coura...

Releasedatum: 2012-09-06 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 3,99

If you want to play the Game, you've got to know the Rules. In his international bestseller The Game, Neil Strauss delved into the secret world of pick-up artists—men who have created a science out of the art of seduction. Not only did he reveal the techniques that they had developed, but he became a master of The Game, and the world's No. 1 PUA, as Style. Now, in this bestselling companion, Strauss reduces three books of life-changing knowledge into a single-volume set. The first book, The St...

Releasedatum: 2012-05-01 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 11,99

Winner of the 2020 British Psychological Society Popular Science Prize Winner of the 2018 Royal Society Science Book Prize . ........................................................................................ Up to the minute brain science from a world class scientist. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains how the adolescent brain transforms as it develops and shapes the adults we become. 'Beautifully written with clarity, expertise and honesty about the most important subject for all of us. I cou...

Releasedatum: 2018-03-22 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 8,49

Op 20 april 1999 richtten twee tieners een bloedbad aan op Columbine High School. Vijftien doden en eenentwintig gewonden. Voor het eerst in de geschiedenis wordt een school shooting live uitgezonden. Sinds die dag wordt iedere school shooting langs de lat van ‘Columbine’ gelegd. Inmiddels hebben een kwart miljoen Amerikaanse jongeren een schietpartij op school meegemaakt. Waarom worden vuurwapens in Amerika nog steeds niet verboden? Waarom is het recht op wapenbezit zo sterk verankerd in de...

Releasedatum: 2019-04-19 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 9,99

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The complete history of the world, from the beginning of time to the present day, based on the beliefs and writings of the secret societies. Jonathan Black examines the end of the world and the coming of the Antichrist. Or is the Antichrist already here? How will he make himself known and what will become of the world when he does? Willl it be the end of Time? Having studied theology and learnt from initiates of all the great secret societies of the world, Jonathan B...

Releasedatum: 2013-05-30 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 3,99

In this completely revised and updated edition of international bestseller WATCHING THE ENGLISH, anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. Now with new survey data to add weight to her original fieldwork findings, and more extensive field-research and experiments to back up earlier observations, Kate Fox has deciphered yet more enigmatic behaviour codes, adding new rules, new subcultures, new chapters and over 100 updates. If you're E...

Releasedatum: 2014-04-24 Genre:Non-fictie > Sociale wetenschappen € 5,49