Jef: 58 books

Remakes are pervasive in today’s popular culture, whether they take the form of reboots, “re-imaginings,” or overly familiar sequels. Television remakes have proven popular with producers and networks interested in building on the nostalgic capital of past successes (or giving a second chance...

Immigration, racism and nationalism have become hotly debated issues in the Western world. This highly original and controversial work focuses on the language used by the vast majority who regard themselves as being open to a multi-cultural society. Using Belgium as a case study and drawing parallels...

The relationship between language and ideology has long been central to research in discourse analysis, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology, and has also informed other fields such as sociology and literary criticism. This book, by one of the world's leading pragmatists, introduces...

Security concerns have mushroomed. Increasingly numerous areas of life are governed by security policies and technologies. Security Unbound argues that when insecurities pervade how we relate to our neighbours, how we perceive international politics, how governments formulate policies, at stake is...

Modeling Uncertainty in the Earth Sciences highlights the various issues, techniques and practical modeling tools available for modeling the uncertainty of complex Earth systems and the impact that it has on practical situations. The aim of the book is to provide an introductory overview which covers...

This book gathers case studies presented at the International Conference on Responsible Research and Innovation in Science, Innovation and Society (RRI-SIS2017). It highlights European initiatives and projects in various domains and contexts, each of which explores how to create guidelines and good...

Jaren geleden, als ik het me goed herinner was dat ergens in 1997, schreef ik de rockopera Jacks Ravage. Ik lag in mijn zetel met een hersenschudding na een motorongeval en schreef het verhaal in een soort van onbewuste trance. Het was slechts enkele weken later dat ik het verhaal per toeval terug...

Frankie wins the first prize in a contest: a round-the-world trip with four friends aboard the Silver Wave. Little do they know that James, their arch enemy, is watching them, patiently waiting to teach Jeremy and his friends a little lesson... But not everything goes as planned.

In the middle of the night, Jeremy receives a phone call from professor Braynard. The world famous inventor is really excited... Jeremy has to go see him immediately, because he just invented something really special! Thanks to his wisdom elixir, children will never have to go to school again. Jeremy tries it and indeed... The elixir works! In no time, the children are in charge...

The Society of Misfit Stories Presents... is a unique periodical of long form fiction published three times a year. Each issue provides an eclectic collection of novelette and novella-length speculative and literary fiction. In this issue: In Hope Endures Where Life Persists, a decades-long...

In de koudste nacht van het jaar sluipt Matti het huis uit, met in zijn tas de wondermooie kempvis Sirius. Het is de lievelingsvis van zijn zieke vader. Sirius moet meedoen aan een vissengevecht, maar Matti weet zeker dat hij dat niet zal overleven. In het grootste geheim volgt hij de weg over het...

This is the first book designed to assist behavioral scientists in the preparation of scholarly or applied research regarding deceptive advertising which will ultimately affect public policy in this area. Because there was an inadequate foundation upon which to build a program of research for this...

This hilarious collection of over 300 puns, one-liners, and classic jokes dedicated to the fun of RPGs is perfect for you share with your fellow gaming compatriots! Why don’t dragons like to eat paladins? They taste lawful. Laugh out loud at over 300 zingy one-liners and eye-rolling...

Ooit waren Lilita s ouders gelukkig samen. Tot haar moeder wegvluchtte en haar vader een torenhoge muur om de stad liet bouwen. Niemand kan er nog in, ook Lilita en haar moeder niet. **Als Lilita twaalf is wil ze weten wie haar vader is. Op de rug van een reuzenschildpad maakt ze een lange reis naar...