Het jaar zonder zomerTijdens de natste, naargeestigste zomer in zijn leven deed de samensteller een oproep aan andere schrijvers: breng me donkere, sfeervolle verhalen waarin de horror langzaam opbouwt. Het resultaat leverde deze bundel op.Met verhalen van Guido Eekhaut, Eowen Valk, Frank Roger, Johan Klein Haneveld, Peter De Groot, Ruben De Baerdemaker, Jaap Boekestein, Finn Audenaert, Bruno Lowagie, Mike Jansen, Edward van Egmond, Maarten Luikhov...

Herman Selderhuis as editor of this volume has brought together a team of experts, resulting in a unique approach since each chapter is co-written by a catholic and a protestant author, who have all integrated the latest research results. Each section begins with a brief historiographical overview. The same time, ecclesiastical events are always set within a greater framework of political, social, and cultural developments for which reason each author has taken the liberty to describe its ...

This book features five peer-reviewed reviews on best practices for improving the sustainability of dairy production. The first chapter reviews the main, internationally accepted methods available to evaluate the environmental impact of dairy farming, identify levers of action and set environmental targets.The second chapter considers how dairy farms can manage both energy consumption and water in order to minimise their environmental impacts. The chapter also addresses the issue o...

Summarises current research on pathogenic risks affecting milk and ways they can be controlled on the farm;Reviews ways of measuring and reducing the environmental impact of dairy farming such as better grassland management;Assesses the wider role of dairy farming and how it can be improved in the developing world

Global egg production continues to rise in line with increasing consumer demand, with an estimated 1.6 trillion shell eggs produced each year. However, with consumer expectations surrounding food now higher than ever, the sector must ensure that key aspects of egg quality and safety are optimised at every stage of the supply chain.Advances in improving the safety and quality of eggs reviews the latest research in this area and explores how safety can be optimised at both t...

The tiny new state of the United Provinces of the Netherlands won its independence from the mighty Spanish empire by fighting and winning the Eighty Years' War, from 1568 and 1648.In this long conflict, warfare on water played a much bigger role in determining the ultimate victor. On the high seas the fleet carved out a new empire, growing national income to such levels that it could continue the costly war for independence. Yet it was in coastal and inland waters ...

A highly illustrated study of the battle of Nieuwpoort in 1600, one of the key engagements of the Eighty Years War.The Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance from their Spanish overlords, but it quickly escalated into one of the longest wars in European history. Spain's failed invasion of 1599 and the mutinies that followed convinced Dutch leaders that they now should go on the offensive. This campaign pitted two famou...

Was wäre Griechenland ohne die Ägäis? Das Herz des Mittelmeers versorgt nicht nur die zahllosen Insel der Kykladen, Sporaden oder der Dodekanes mit Leben und Leidenschaft, sondern weit darüber hinaus das Festland und von dort aus weiter nach Europa. Hier, wo das Licht der Sonne die Farbe Blau in ihrer ganzen Herrlichkeit entfaltet, haben wir ein spannendes Panoptikum der Literatur geformt: Kurzgeschichten, Essays, Romanauszüge, Reiseberichte, Lyrik und schmackhafte Kochrezepte. Hier wartet...

The increasing importance of biomass as a renewable energy source has led to an acute need for reliable and detailed information on its assessment, consumption and supply. Responding to this need, and overcoming the lack of standardised measurement and accounting procedures, this best-selling handbook provides the reader with the skills to understand the biomass resource base, the tools to assess the resource, and explores the pros and cons of exploitation.This new edition has been...

The first comprehensive guide to research methods and technologies in psycholinguistics and the neurobiology of languageBringing together contributions from a distinguished group of researchers and practitioners, editors Annette M. B. de Groot and Peter Hagoort explore the methods and technologies used by researchers of language acquisition, language processing, and communication, including: traditional observational and behavioral methods; computational modelling;...

Knowledge has in recent years become a key driver for growth of regions and nations. This volume empirically investigates the emergence of the knowledge economy in the late 20th century from a regional point of view. It first deals with the theoretical background for understanding the knowledge economy, with knowledge spillovers and development externalities. It then examines aspects of the relationship between knowledge inputs and innovative outputs in the information, computer and teleco...

Professor Huizing's brilliant text with Dr. John de Groot's magnificent surgical drawings on functional reconstructive nasal surgery is now available in a new and updated second edition. Maintaining its focus on modern surgical concepts and techniques, the book now also includes state-of-the-art contributions from a team of leading international specialists. From surgical anatomy and physiology to diagnosis of nasal syndromes to step-by-step surgical techniques, Functional Reconstructi...