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Many Americans enjoy doing business in Denmark or working with Danish business partners. But while Denmark is a great place for business - with excellent infrastructure, minimal corruption, and flexible business structures – there are significant differences between working culture in Denmark...

Gå på rov i dit familietræ - Lær din slægt at kende gennem deres efterladte skatte er anden del af første bind i slægtsforsknings-serien Glemte Danskere. Bogen er skrevet af journalist Dorte Kofoed. Bogen er en introduktion til slægtsforskning med konkrete eksempler fra Dortes egen...

Ha ancora senso pensare a un futuro a due, soprattutto per le nuove generazioni, sempre più combattute tra il bisogno profondo di intimità e il timore di dipendere dall'altro? A breve la coppia potrebbe non esistere più. In senso tradizionale è già scomparsa da tempo, ma l'incontro quotidiano con ragazze e ragazzi testimonia quanto sia sempre più complicata l'integrazione tra i bisogni individuali e l'investimento progettuale richiesto da qualsiasi relazione di coppia.

Ergründe die spirituelle Philosophie des Animismus und erlebe, wie alte Naturreligionen unsere moderne Sinnsuche erden. Wenn der hektische Alltag nach Entschleunigung verlangt, nimmt dich diese atmosphärische Reise mit in einen atmenden, bewussten Kosmos. Begreife dich nicht länger als...

Barfield draws on sources from mythology, philosophy, history, literature, theology, and science to chronicle the evolution of human thought from Moses and Aristotle to Galileo and Keats. Saving the Appearances is about the world as we see it and the world as it is; it is about God, human nature...

No livro clássico de sua obra — agora em novo projeto gráfico —, o sociólogo Zygmunt Bauman examina como se deu a passagem de uma modernidade "pesada" e "sólida" para uma modernidade "leve" e "líquida", infinitamente mais dinâmica. Zygmunt Bauman cumpre aqui sua missão de sociólogo...

Bloomsbury presents Waste by Brian Thill, read by Kevin Shen. Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Though we try to imagine otherwise, waste is every object, plus time. Whatever else an object is, it’s also waste—or was...

Descubre la verdad detrás de los «ídolos» que marcaron el pensamiento popular contemporáneo. El mundo occidental los ha exaltado como héroes. Se nos impuso que debíamos admirarlos, celebrarlos e imitarlos. Pero detrás de su fama y el brillo propagandístico, se esconden contradicciones...

The Culture War Discover unparalleled insights into conservative politics and the on-going cultural battles with The Culture War: The Definitive Manifesto for the New Right Guided by Agustín Laje’s sharp analysis and packed with actionable reflections, this book is your definitive guide to...

A busca da África no candomblé é uma importante inflexão e via de acesso ao entendimento crítico da profundidade histórica desse mundo em "criolização" e "mistura" dos novos movimentos sociais da crença e do...

"Journalist Hayley Campbell explores the often hidden world of those who work closely with death, finding compassion in unexpected settings. Campbell’s British accent and matter-of-fact delivery take the listener on a tour of mortuaries, postmortem experimentation, death-mask artistry...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize In this groundbreaking work, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history’s broadest patterns. It is a story that spans 13,000 years of...

Johnson’s monumental history of the United States, from the first settlers to the Clinton administration, covers every aspect of American culture: politics, business, art, literature, science, society and customs, complex traditions, and religious beliefs. The story is told in terms of the men...

This is a provocative and panoramic survey of 2,000 years of English history. Johnson tells the story of how a small nation, living in a geographical backwater, developed unique economic and political institutions, expanded its territory, and saddled upon it the frame of a modern industrial...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Destined to become a modern classic in the vein of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Sapiens is a lively, groundbreaking history of humankind told from a unique perspective. 100,000 years ago, at least six species of human inhabited the earth. Today there is...

An accessible guide to the key milestones in Black history, culture, and society across the globe - from the ancient world to the present Discover the rich and complex history of the peoples of Africa, and the struggles and triumphs of Black cultures and communities around the world. With...

Bloomsbury presents All the Living and the Dead written and read by Hayley Campbell. A gentle book and, like death itself, sometimes an unexpectedly kind one' Neil Gaiman 'This is an absorbing and important book, seeking out stories so many shy away from and telling them with such respect...

‘Fascinating … so enlightening that suddenly maths doesn’t seem so fearsome as it once did’ SIMON WINCHESTER From Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. The story of our...

Tomasello assembles nearly three decades of experimental work with chimpanzees, bonobos, and human children to propose a new framework for psychological growth between birth and seven years of age. Becoming Human places human sociocultural activity within the framework of modern evolutionary theory and shows how biology creates the conditions under which culture does its work.

DE ÆLDRE ER NØGLEN TIL MENNESKETS OVERLEVELSE GENNEM HISTORIEN Få af os forventer, at det er i vores livs efterår, vi sætter det vigtigste aftryk på verden. Men i kulturer på tværs af kloden gør mennesker netop det. Menneskets alderdom er besynderlig. Ingen af de øvrige store...