Fiction & Non-Fiction 2014 by Uitgeverij Lannoo

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CONTENT

GENERAL NON-FICTION & POPULAR SCIENCE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

The Mega Mind 666 Myths Everyone Believes In 555 Facts You Don’t Really Need to Know Darwin in the News - Me and the Club Profiling Cyber Danger Econoshock 2.0 Birth Day Don’t Touch my Body Borderline Times The World Book of Love The World Box of Love The World Book of Happiness The World Box of Happiness The World Diary of Happiness The World Calendar of Happiness

SELF-HELP • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Become an Optimist! Positive Living from Love Focus Parenting Books Perfect Mothers Do Not Exist Why Teenagers Can Be So Annoying Looking at Girls Love at Work Can I Kiss you Living Together Apart BrainChains Mindfulness Training for Teens Mindfulness Manu Keirse

FICTION • Forgive Me • Code 37

HISTORY & MEMOIRES • Illuminati • Blue Eyes

MANAGEMENT & MARKETING • • • • • •

My Boss Chooses my Talent The Discipline of Pleasure Trendsetting Fashion Management #inthemoment Happy Profit

SPIRITUALITY • The World Book of Faith • Living with the Psalms part II

EDUCATION • Obstetrics

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The Mega Mind Ivan Moscovich • The history of mathematics in 353 puzzles • Created by Ivan Moscovich, celebrated world-wide as one of the leading inventors and creators of visual games and puzzles • Fully illustrated, with beautifully designed and visually compelling puzzles Mathematics have never been so much fun! The Mega Mind takes you on an adventure trip through the magical world of mathematical ideas, presenting 353 brainteasers inspired by the most famous mathematical concepts in history. The book guarantees hours of fun for the whole family, thanks to the wide variety of puzzles and the practical rating system, starting at level 1 (easy) and going up to level 10 (very difficult).

Ivan Moscovich is internationally recognized as one of the most innovative inventors of games and puzzles in the world. His games have been commercialized by major manufacturers such as Hasbro, Mattel and Ravensburger. His books – such as 1000 PlayThinks – The Big Book of Brain Games and his BrainMatic series – have been published in over 12 languages and have sold millions of copies world-wide.

An accessible, beautifully illustrated and imaginative approach to some of the most important ideas in mathemathics. Informative and inspiring, while keeping everything delightfully simple. – Ian Stewart, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick

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666 Myths Everyone Believes In Herman Boel • • • •

Demystifies every false belief in a clear and accessible way A selection of varied themes such as sports, religion and history Attractive, playful design Already more than 12,000 copies sold

Mice are not fond of cheese, sex before the match is always possible, Eskimos do not have a thousand words for ‘snow’ and our earth is not round.

Rest assured, after reading this title you will know the answer to these questions and many more, giving you the last word in any discussion!

Some myths are so persistent that one would almost believe that they were true. 666 Myths Everyone Believes In puts an end to this once and for all.

Herman Boel is a translator and member of the Study Group for Critical Evaluation of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal.

This entertainingly written title explains in an accessible way, but based on the latest scientific research, why each belief is actually false. Are mosquitoes attracted to the light? Was Cleopatra a very attractive woman? Is the Dead Sea the saltiest lake in the world? Will you become stronger if you eat spinach?

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555 Facts You Don’t Really Need to Know Herman Boel • Ideal gift book • Beautifully designed • The sequel of the successful 666 Myths Everyone Believes In

After the success of 666 Myths Everyone Believes In, Herman Boel is back with another surprising book full of funny, interesting but otherwise completely useless facts.

Herman Boel is a translator and member of the Study Group for Critical Evaluation of Pseudoscience and the Paranormal.

An armadillo only gives birth to quadruplets, dolphins sleep with one eye open, nobody can hum while holding his nose, the Philippine flag changes in times of war … These and other facts will help you to keep any conversation going and stun your friends with your knowledge.

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Darwin in the News

Or how evolution still hits the front page every day

Me and the Club

The evolutionary use of social behaviour

Mark Nelissen • The Theory of Evolution in our daily lives • Up-to-date: insights into social problems such as racism, herd instinct and the battle between liberalism and socialism • Mark Nelissen’s books are bestsellers and are internationally successful

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Bestselling author Mark Nelissen shows us how Darwin still hits the front page everyday, dealing with themes as the Strauss-Kahn affair, family tragedies, the economic crisis and so on. Darwin in the News is popular science at its best: scientifically accurate, accessible and humorous. After reading this book, you will not be able to watch the news in the same way again. Humans are hyper social and hyper individualistic beings at the same time. In Me and the Club behaviourist Mark Nelissen explains how those two extremes can coexist. What distinguishes human beings from other kinds of animals? Maybe the largest (and most underestimated) difference is our complex social behaviour. Why do we attach so much importance to status? Is

racism based in our genes? Is selfless friendship a myth? Mark Nelissen takes us on a journey through evolutionary history and shows us how our current social behaviour is still determined by the ‘survival of the fittest’ of our ancestors. Mark Nelissen is a professor in behavioural biology at the University of Antwerp. In his books and lectures he explains the principles of biology to the broad public and really knows how to capture their attention.

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155 x 240 mm | 320 pages ca. 100,000 words paperback French edition available

Profiling Danièle Zucker • Danièle Zucker was trained by the FBI and is one of Europe’s most renowned profiling specialists • Thrilling cases taken from real life • Epilogue by former FBI agent Roy Hazelwood, a profiling pioneer What motivates a serial killer? How does a paedophile think? And what are the motives of a sadist? Learn more about the criminal brain by means of criminal profiles.

Zucker’s book clarifies the art of profiling in a comprehensible way. I have to congratulate her on that. - Roy Hazelwood, former FBI agent and world renowned profiler

Profiling is a complex research method which often leads to the solution of crimes. Profiling starts from the different traces found in a crime scene. They reveal more clues than you would expect. A criminal profile can be based on it.

Danièle Zucker is a doctor in psychology and specialised in forensic psychology. She was trained by Steve Mardigian and Roy Hazelwood, two authorities in the field of profiling, who also worked for the British Scotland Yard and the German Bundeskriminalamt.

For years now profiler Danièle Zucker has been investigating the criminal brain, both based on scientific studies and crime analyses and on interviews with victims and offenders. This book reads like a – sadly true – thriller.

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155 x 240 mm | 216 pages ca. 65,000 words paperback with flaps German rights sold

Cyber Danger Eddy Willems • Eddy Willems is a world renowned security expert • Complete and exciting survey of all cyber threats and practical information to defeat them • Thoroughly based on figures and other revealing facts

Renowned security expert Eddy Willems gives a survey of all online dangers and shows you how to arm yourself against them. Viruses, spam, hacktivism and even blatant cyber wars between countries. Voting, paying bills, ordering tickets online… How safe is it really? How can you outsmart cyber criminals? Read all there is to know about the present, past and future of cybercrime. Eddy Willems has the rare gift to explain a very technical problem and solution in a language that everybody understands, without compromising the correctness of the facts. - Righard Zwienenberg, Executive Committee Member of the IEEE Internet Connections Security Group

One of the few people who combines a thorough knowledge of security and a clear, pleasant and fascinating way of storytelling. - Jeroen Wils, Manager of Bepublic, former chief-editor of Het Nieuws on VTM Eddy Willems is security manager at the German security software supplier G Data Software. He is CEO of several organisations, such as EICAR (European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research) and AMTSO (Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization). Being the almost only ‘security guru’ in the Benelux, he regularly appears in interviews in newspapers and magazines, on the radio and in TV shows.

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Geert Noels

160 x 240 mm | 216 pages ca. 50,000 words paperback with flaps all rights available

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Geert Noels

2.0 Van industriële revolutie naar duurzaamheidsrevolutie

Econoshock 2.0 Geert Noels • The sequel of Econoshock, a book that sold over 60,000 copies • A must-have for everybody who wants to understand the causes of and solutions to the current economic crisis • The path to more well-being, more happiness, less pollution and less stress for everybody In his bestseller Econoshock – 60,000 copies sold – Geert Noels defined six shocks that undermined the world economy. Five years later he even takes it a step further. Not only does he uncover the causes of the current crisis, he also offers a clear and transparent alternative: the radical choice for sustainability in every domain. The impact of this sustainability revolution will be as large as the impact of the industrial revolution and is the only way to preserve our prosperity in the long term. About Econoshock A justified bestseller. The author is blessed with the rare gift to summarise the most various and complex ideas. - Jan Denys, De Morgen

This book is packed with illuminating insights. - Piet Depuydt, NRC A book by a genuine economist who is not afraid to proclaim his opinion, not because he is stubborn but because he is convinced. - Herman Van Rompuy, chairman of the European Union. Geert Noels is the ultimate media specialist when it comes to financial and economic topics. In his bestseller Econoshock he proved to be able to clarify complex content to a broad audience. Econoshock 2.0 was realised in close co-operation with the team of Econopolis.

Econoshock reads like a modern fairy tale. Thoroughly informed and interwoven with sublime examples and illustrations. - Johan Van Overtveldt, Trends Kasteelstraat 97 | b-8700 Tielt | Belgium | t +32-51424211 | f +32-51401152 www.lannoo.com | contact liesbeth.debruyne@lannoo.be or gunther.spriet@lannoo.be

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Birth Day Lieve Blancquaert • Combination of human, hopeful stories and the chance to learn about the world from the comfort of your own home • Gripping stories told from the personal point of view of a respected media personality For this project, the Belgian photographer and journalist, Lieve Blancquaert travels to the four corners of the Earth in search of an answer to the one question we have all asked ourselves already at one time or another: ‘Why do we choose to bring children into today’s world?’ Birth Day is Lieve’s personal quest, displaying a rocksolid faith in a bright future. From Kenya to Kuwait and from the Cambodians to the Eskimos, she witnesses the birth and first months of life of dozens of babies, surrounded by their parents, family and community. The dawning of so many new lives with new dreams, the dawning of so many new stories… The delivery room is a mirror to the world, to the wealth of different cultures, and yet giving birth is also the same for everyone. Lieve inundates herself

in the lives of these children as a woman, mother, journalist and photographer, opens doors and searches for the values and perspectives that mark these young lives. A search for positive answers, without losing sight of reality. Because life is worth the effort. Which is why these ‘mothers of the world’ bring children into the world, 364,501 times a day… Lieve Blancquaert is a Belgian photographer, journalist and television producer. Photography has been her passion since she was a child. She studied Art (film and photography) at the Royal Academy for the Arts in Gent. She has already published a number of successful books and worked on a variety of television programmes. She always zooms in on ‘regular’ people, who are nevertheless ‘very special’ for any number of reasons.

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Don’t Touch my Body Annemie Struyf & Johanna Laurent • A mother and daughter fighting together against one of the biggest crimes against women: female genital mutilation • Gripping personal stories

‘Why?’ I ask the daughter. ‘It’s a tradition’, she sighs. ‘Why?’ I ask the mother. ‘It’s our culture’ ‘Why?’ I ask the father. ‘No man wants an uncircumcised woman.’ ‘Why?’ I ask the circumciser. ‘It’s my job, it’s my duty.’ While shooting her new television programme Via Annemie, Annemie Struyf discovered that many young girls in Kenya are still forced to undergo circumcision. Every day hundreds of girls are mutilated under the most dreadful circumstances.

In order to write the book Don’t Touch my Body, she met several girls who were subjected to genital mutilation and others who had fled their country to escape from it. This book also shows that even in the West, in the greatest secrecy, girls are circumcised … Annemie Struyf is a journalist, a television producer of highly appreciated and much-discussed reports and a writer. She wrote bestsellers such as Ladies First. Johanna Laurent is one of Annemie Struyf’s daughters. She recently graduated as a historian and a journalist.

Indignant about what she saw, Annemie opened her heart to her daughter Johanna, who recently graduated as a journalist. She decided to investigate this practice, only to find out that in her own home country this topic also remains a taboo.

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140 x 220 mm | 200 pages 45,000 words hardcover all rights available English sample chapters available

Borderline Times. The End of Normality Dirk De Wachter • The world through the eyes of psychiatrist Dirk De Wachter: Is everybody borderline? • Comprehensibly written essay by a renowned specialist in the subject • Already more than 35,000 copies sold In our western society borderline symptoms are never far away. We are living in borderline times. Today, borderline is by far the most common diagnosis in psychiatry. Furthermore, the line between patients and nonpatients is constantly becoming finer. Are we all on the path toward illness and dissatisfaction? Psychiatry is the mirror of the world we live in. Dirk De Wachter outlines borderline as a societal presentation of symptoms.

Luckily, there are more encouraging signals, with the prospect of recovery. Our world seems to be on the brink of change: people are actively fighting the symptoms. Bonding, commitment, solidarity and sense of community are crucial values that prevent the current borderline mentality of looming loss of social structures, impulsivity and futility. Dirk De Wachter is a psychiatrist-psychotherapist and heads the department of system and family therapy at the KU Leuven Psychiatric Centre. He is a family therapy instructor and supervisor in different centres both in Belgium and abroad.

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The World Book of

210 x 260 mm | 352 pages ca. 83,000 words full colour illustrations flexicover with flaps German, French, Japanese, Serbian, Korean, Estonian and Russian rights sold full English manuscript available

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The World Book of Love Leo Bormans • A record of world-wide scientific research on love • Full of practical advice • Science presented in an appealing, accessible manner The World Book of Love will take you to the heart of romantic love. What do we know about love? Despite cultural differences, love itself has always existed. It is universal and can take many forms. It is an extremely powerful emotional state. But we all know that the fire doesn’t burn forever. After the world-wide success of The World Book of Happiness, editor in chief Leo Bormans has spent two years studying the international scientific research on love. He succeeded in engaging the most brilliant scientists and unexpected newcomers to describe in their own words what we finally know about love. No butterflies and sunsets. In this book, 100 researchers from 50 different countries share what we know about attachment, passion and commitment; about jealousy, abuse and pressure; from Darwin to science fiction; from hidden secrets to open sex. They explain the system and unveil the mystery. In a global and rapidly changing world

we can all learn from each other. From Asia to America, Europe and Africa. You can find more information on www.theworldbookoflove.com Leo Bormans is a journalist, writer and public speaker. For more than twenty years, he was the chief editor of the school magazines Klasse and Yeti. At present, he travels around the world as the Ambassador of Happiness & Quality of Life. After the international bestseller The World Book of Happiness, his new title The World Book of Love was released last Spring. He is also the author of the successful practice book Word optimist! (Become an Optimist!).

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The World Box of Love A treasure box of love Leo Bormans • An interactive box for those who want to put The World Book of Love into practice • An excellent gift for men and women, couples and singles • Based on a top-selling title 52 beautiful love cards which open like greeting cards, one for each week of the year. A beautiful box with 104 ideas to bring even more love in your life. Each card has one golden tip which is elaborated into two concrete ideas: one to do alone, the other one to carry out with a partner. A summary provides more background information.

Leo Bormans is a journalist, writer and public speaker. For more than twenty years, he was the chief editor of the school magazines Klasse and Yeti. At present, he travels around the world as the Ambassador of Happiness & Quality of Life. After the international bestseller The World Book of Happiness, his new title The World Book of Love was released last Spring. He is also the author of the successful practice book Word optimist! (Become an Optimist!).

All suggestions are based on scientific evidence gathered by 100 love experts from over 50 countries.

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The World Book of Happiness Leo Bormans • A record of world-wide scientific research on happiness • Science presented in an appealing, accessible manner • Already more than 200,000 copies sold worldwide The World Book of Happiness records the conclusions of a unique world-wide project. In this book, 100 experts in positive psychology, from Iceland to South Africa and from China to Australia, share their knowledge about happiness. None of these researchers are affiliated with any kind of philosophy or religion. Their conclusions are evidence-based and the result of life-long research. The World Book of Happiness conveys actual knowledge on the importance of time, money, health, success and climate. On youth, genetics and coincidence. On humour, pain and sadness. On choice, family, relationships and friendships. This revolutionary work does not only deal with individual happiness, but also with the welfare of groups, organisations and countries. This approach offers a globally legitimate vision of happiness. The surprising, inspirational texts and appealing images will make us evaluate our own existence.

The scientific foundations of this book are presented in a well-structured, fluent text. The modern graphic design and beautiful images of The World Book of Happiness make this book a pleasure to read and a wonderful gift. There are a lot of tools, procedures and ideas to help people become happier. And they have proved to work! We just need to make them accessible to everybody. - Dr. José de Jesus Garcia Vega, Mexico Leo Bormans is a journalist, writer and public speaker. For more than twenty years, he was the chief editor of the school magazines Klasse and Yeti. At present, he travels around the world as the Ambassador of Happiness & Quality of Life. After the international bestseller The World Book of Happiness, his new title The World Book of Love was released last Spring. He is also the author of the successful practice book Word optimist! (Become an Optimist!).

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The World Box of Happiness Leo Bormans • The wisdom of 100 happiness experts now collected in a beautiful gift box • This ‘treasure box of happiness’ contains 52 cards, each with two tasks • Work on your own happiness! Everyone starts with a certain ‘set point’ for happiness. And although everyone’s starting point is determined genetically and influenced by the environment one grows up in, we can all increase our own happiness, simply by making an effort! The World Box of Happiness provides the tools to make that effort. On each card the reader will find two tasks that will help him to become a more positive person and obtain a happier life. The second task is somewhat harder to fulfil than the first. The tasks are based on scientific research, which has shown that people are happier, healthier and more successful when they have an optimistic view on life. Keeping in mind the basic elements that increase one’s feeling of happiness; pleasure, contentment and satisfaction in a meaningful life, the tasks invite you to work on your own happiness.

The happiness cards fit perfectly in your wallet and with the magnet that is included, you can also hang them on your refrigerator or your desk. Leo Bormans is a journalist, writer and public speaker. For more than twenty years, he was the chief editor of the school magazines Klasse and Yeti. At present, he travels around the world as the Ambassador of Happiness & Quality of Life. After the international bestseller The World Book of Happiness, his new title The World Book of Love was released last Spring. He is also the author of the successful practice book Word optimist! (Become an Optimist!).

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The World Diary of Happiness The World Calender of Happiness Leo Bormans • • • •

Beautifully designed Experience a moment of happiness every day An inspiring gift for yourself or for those you care about Full of creative advice that can contribute to your happiness

Scientific research demonstrates that writing down one’s positive experiences on a daily basis makes one happier. In fact, people who give the positive things that have happened to them a moment of thought, will achieve a higher understanding of what they should be thankful for. Furthermore, it will ensure that they appreciate the small things in life, instead of considering everything to be obvious. The World Diary of Happiness is a source of inspiration that will get you started straightaway, a precious gift full of ideas to help you become aware of your happy moments more easily. The World Calendar of Happiness provides a collection of quotes from the greatest creative spirits in world history. A special feature of this calendar is that quotes from each of these great minds are given on their

birthdays – from Einstein and Voltaire to Madonna and Steve Jobs. Happiness expert Leo Bormans combines their insights into effective tips for increased happiness. Scientific studies have shown that true happiness lies in sharing, all the more reason to share this advice with your family and friends! Leo Bormans is a journalist, writer and public speaker. For more than twenty years, he was the chief editor of the school magazines Klasse and Yeti. At present, he travels around the world as the Ambassador of Happiness & Quality of Life. After the international bestseller The World Book of Happiness, his new title The World Book of Love was released last Spring. He is also the author of the successful practice book Word optimist! (Become an Optimist!).

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Make your Life Flow Marlies Terstegge Most likely you have already experienced the sensation yourself: you were so focused on a task it made you completely forget time and place. This blissful feeling is called ‘flow’. The theory of flow teaches you to recognise and appreciate your talents and desires. Marlies Terstegge is a mental health psychologist and psychotherapist.

Increase your Self-Confidence Robert Haringsma A high level of self-confidence, says Haringsma, consists of a combination of skills (performance) and a proper sense of worth (talents) – a balance between these two providing stable self-confidence. Robert Haringsma studied psychology. He is currently director of the Institute for Positive Psychology, where he is a trainer and coach for personal development.

Raising toward Happiness Jacqueline Boerefijn and Ad Bergsma Raising toward Happiness makes a resolute choice not to become fixated on what can go wrong, but to concentrate attention on the positive points of your adolescent instead. Jacqueline Boerefijn graduated as Master of Applied Positive Psychology at the University of East London. Ad Bergsma is a psychologist and science journalist.

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140 x 210 mm | ca. 240 pages ca. 35,000 words paperback with flaps French edition available English samples available

Positive The Power of Objectivity, Sincerity and Optimism Patrick & Anne-Marie Demoucelle • A gripping story that will leave no one untouched • Written by inspiring speakers with a large international network • Full of concrete examples and practical exercises

Top consultant Patrick Demoucelle was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the age of 40. At present, he instructs both individuals and companies in the power of positive thinking. Patrick Demoucelle and his wife Anne-Marie developed a successful coaching programme that teaches how to cope with setbacks. This programme is drawn on their personal experiences and insights from positive psychology. In their book Positive, they focus on the three basic skills to become more a positive person in life: objectivity, sincerity and optimism.

‘Each interaction with Anne-Marie and Patrick has been insightful and inspiring to me and I have no doubt that their triple-O approach will inspire countless others.’ – Todd Sherer, CEO of The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research Patrick Demoucelle worked as a consultant for Bain and his wife Anne-Marie worked for Allianz just until Patrick was diagnosed with Parkinson’ disease and their lives completely changed. At present, they are running a successful training centre that offers amongst others motivation and positivism trainings to both individuals and companies.

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Living from Love A path to existential well-being Mia Leijssen • A new view on well-being and happiness based on insights from positive psychology • A unique approach, combining physical, social, psychological and spiritual well-being • Full of practical exercises

Many people seem to be happy with their lives. But nonetheless they can have the feeling something is lacking. Many modern ‘deviations’, such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders and meaningless violence originate from this void.

Existential well-being is a balanced form of attention for various dimensions of human existence. Beauty, goodness, truth and love receive a central position as universal values that make people blossom. - Prof. Dr. Mia Leijssen

Based on the insights of positive psychology, Prof. Dr. Mia Leijssen developed a training in existential wellbeing. This training focusses on balancing the four dimensions of human existence: the physical, social, psychological and spiritual domain. If you succeed in harmoniously connecting all these domains, you will find existential well-being. Living from Love helps its readers by using examples taken from real life and many practical exercises to help you get going.

Prof. Dr. Mia Leijssen is a psychotherapist, doctor in psychology and professor at the KU Leuven. She teaches client-based psychotherapy and professional ethics to psychologists and counsellors.

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Focus The Power of Listening to your Inner Self Erna De Bruijn • Written by an expert in the field • Ideal for both beginning and more experienced readers in this field • Supported by the Dutch and Flemish Focusnetwork

We often ignore the signals of our body. Focusing, a rather new but nevertheless worldwide used technique in the field of psychotherapy, can help you to understand what your body is trying to tell you. This easy, accessible book gives you a synthesis of Erna De Bruijn’s many years of experience. She shows, in a clear and practical way, how focusing can help you to detect overlooked feelings, to switch off the automatic pilot and to come in contact with your inner self. She also indicates how you can guide someone else in the process of focusing.

‘This book is written by an experienced expert, who is an artist with words as well. A true gift.’ - Prof. dr. Mia Leijssen, KU Leuven Erna De Bruijn worked for 32 years as a general practitioner. By wondering about why people are ill or healthy, she came across focusing, developed by psychotherapist Eugene Gendlin (University of Chicago) in the ‘80s. She founded the FocusCentre in The Hague, The Netherlands, which she has been running together with Christine Langeveld since 1994.

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Parenting Books Lannoo’s parenting books combine scientific accuracy with an accessible style. Every book in this series is written by experts with years of experience. The authors all choose a vantage point from everyday life.

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The countless examples and tips in the books are extremely wellsuited for parents, but teachers and social workers have also given the series repeated praise. Many of the books have already been translated.

Practical and comprehensive parenting guides, based on the most contemporary scientific insights All authors are experts within their field Contain numerous examples and practical tips For parents, teachers and social workers

My Child Is Autistic

How to Put Structure in your Child’s Life

Sit Still!

My Child Is Highly Sensitive

My Child Has DCD

I Can’t Do That, my Child Says

Stress Kids

Helping Children through Loss

Guide for Successful Parenting

Talking to your Teenager

Growing Together

Step by Step

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170 x 250 mm | 284 pages ca. 60,000 words full colour illustrations paperback all rights available English sample chapter available

Perfect Mothers Do Not Exist Diana Koster • Taboo breaking and extremely identifiable: not every young mother is supremely happy • Unique mixture of practical advice, concrete exercises and inspiring stories of fellow mothers • The book that helps young mothers to find their balance For many years now, women coach and midwife Diana Koster has been counselling pregnant women and young mothers who are struggling with their new lives. In Perfect Mothers Do Not Exist she helps them step by step towards a new balance, using a simple and practical action plan and many concrete exercises.

Diana Koster is a midwife with years of experience. She also coached and counselled many pregnant women and young mothers towards a new balance. She is a board member of the National Information Centre for Psychiatry and Pregnancy in the Netherlands.

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150 x 220 mm | 235 pages 71,600 words paperback all rights available

Why Teenagers Can Be So Annoying And how to deal with that as a parent Loes Keijsers • Scientific findings on puberty • Clear and transparent reading • Overview of the important conflicts in a parent-child relationship The author explains her findings on the sometimes difficult relationship between teenagers and their parents. The book offers an overview of some important conflicts youngsters and their parents may encounter: privacy on the internet, alcohol and drug abuse, being careless…

Loes Keijsers is employed by the University of Utrecht. She is specialised in the parent-child relation and problematic behaviour of youngsters. Her earlier research into the musical preference of teenagers and its connection with problematic behaviour was at the least controversial.

By means of scientific findings on the physical, neurological, psychological and social changes during puberty, the author explains why teenagers and their parents have totally different opinions. The answers to these conflicts may be closer than you think: a little bit more mutual understanding!

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170 x 240 mm | 168 pages 45,000 words paperback all rights available

Looking at Girls or Girls’ Culture in the Mirror Linda Duits & Pedro De Bruyckere • Looks at both the difficulties and the upsides of adolescence in a girl’s life • No narrow ‘white middle class’ views, but taking society as a whole into account • Based on scientific research, but adapted to a broad audience With the advent of adolescence, a lot of changes take place in a girl’s life. At that moment, parents often lose connection with their daughters. The child seems to become an enigma, resulting in great worries. Concerns over the emphasis on good looks, the constant gossiping, sexuality,... Moreover, many of these worries are being fed by the media. In films, the image displayed of high schools is that of a jungle, and newspapers write avidly on supposedly new phenomena as ‘breezer sex’ and ‘banga lists’.

Looking at Girls shows what the reality is behind this media created image and gives the reader the opportunity to see things from the perspective of the girls themselves. Linda Duits is a researcher, author and freelance tutor. She is a much-demanded expert in the area of popular culture who often makes her appearance in the media. Linda is affiliated with the Utrecht University. Pedro De Bruyckere is a researcher at Artevelde University College Ghent. He is a much-demanded speaker on education, youngsters and youth culture.

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Love at Work Alfons Vansteenwegen • A practical supplement to the longseller Love is a Verb (more than 120,000 copies sold) • Explains the most important relationship pitfalls and useful tips to avoid them • By an internationally renowned expert in the field German and Hungarian rights sold

Love Is a Verb, Vansteenwegen’s standard work is by now known by thousands of people at home and abroad, but 25 years after the first edition of this bestseller, toothpaste caps can still cause trouble in a relationship. For this new title, he selected 40 concrete cases from the feedback and stories he received in reaction to his book. He uses these highly recognizable stories to illustrate the most important relationship pitfalls and the way the couples dealt with these situations. Besides this, Love at Work contains lots of extra information, clear examples and is filled to the brim with practical advice.

Prof. Dr. Alfons Vansteenwegen is an internationally renowned and frequently praised couples therapist and sexologist. He was head professor at the Institute of Family and Sexuality Studies (University of Louvain) and leads workshops and trainings in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Hungary and Switzerland. He was visiting professor at ESSM European School of Sexual Medicine (Oxford); University of Western Cape and University of Stellenbosch in South Africa; Hopitaux Universitaires in Geneva, Switzerland and Universidad de Lima in Peru.

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180 x 250 mm | 144 pages ca. 25,000 words full colour illustrations paperback all rights available

Can I Kiss you? The basic rules of dating PARSHIP in cooperation with Hilde Smeesters • Find your perfect life partner • Professional advice by a singles coach • Based on facts and figures provided by PARSHIP Passion, love, friendship… everybody wants it, but not everybody is able to find it. In Belgium over 1,5 million people are single, in Europe over 100 million. Many find it difficult to meet the perfect life partner. This book wants to help those wanting to overcome all possible obstacles. PARSHIP shares its knowledge and tells you everything there is to know about dating. How do you make contact with somebody? How do you ask somebody out? How do you turn somebody down? What do you do on a first date? And how do you develop your relation from there on?

The professional advice of a singles coach is completed with practical tips and interesting facts. This books contains all there is to know to find your perfect soul mate and build a golden future together. After graduating from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel Hilde Smeesters was employed by different media, first in the marketing department, later as a journalist. She writes human interest articles and works as an editor and human interest journalist for different magazines. PARSHIP is a dating site known for its seriousness, correctness and reliability and has over 5 million members in Europe. 1 in 3 members finds his or her partner on PARSHIP.

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155 x 240 mm | 240 pages 81,500 words paperback German rights sold

Living Together Apart Divorcing as partners, staying together as parents Jos Willems, Brigitte Appeldoorn and Maaike Goyens • A guide for parents who are looking for alternative custody models • A refreshing look at a complex matter • Full of personal stories and practical advice Divorcing or staying together? Living Together Apart shows there’s a third option: you end your relationship with your partner but remain living together as parents. A growing number of parents feels that the classical solutions after a divorce such as joint custody or limited visitation rights aren’t the best solution for every family.

Jos Willems is the founder of the non-profit organization Een nieuw gezin and co-author of At Home in Two Families. Brigitte Appeldoorn is a divorce- and relationship coach for the divorce consultancy Jouw leven in de steigers. Maaike Goyens is a lawyer and often acts as an arbitrator in cases of divorce.

By means of practical examples Living Together Apart looks into possible alternatives, where parents ‘stay together’ mentally or physically in order to make the divorce less radical for their children.

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155 x 240 mm | ca. 320 pages ca. 135,000 words paperback with flaps English edition in production

Brainchains

Breaking free from the stress of an ultra-connected world Theo Compernolle all rights available

• A book about the toll of hyperconnectivity, the failure of multitasking and the harmful consequences of a lack of sleep on our brain • Passionate plea for more “slow thinking” • By an expert in the field Always being available, multitasking, stress, a lack of sleep, open offices where everyone can hear each other... our brain is more than ever under pressure and this has negative effects on our productivity and creativity. ‘People do stupid things because they insufficiently know their brain’, says neuropsychiatrist Theo Compernolle. Based on more than 600 research publications, the author shows which BrainChains we hold on to, but he also shows how we can free ourselves from these chains, giving concrete tools and tips to lift our brain to a higher level.

‘The hyperconnected, hypertasking, hyperproductive brainworker is a myth. In reality, they are hyperconnected, hypertasking, hyperactive hyperunderachievers.’ - Theo Compernolle Theo Compernolle is an internationally renowned expert in the field of stress at the workplace. He taught amongst others at the University of Amsterdam, TIAS, INSEAD, Vlerick and Solvay Business school, where he lectured on better stress management. He is the author of ao Stress, vriend en vijand (Stress, Friend and Foe), which has sold over 15,000 copies.

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170 x 240 mm | 192 pages 55,916 words paperback all rights available

Mindfulness Training for Teens David Dewulf • Teach youngsters to deal with stress and mood swings • Action plan for social workers • Step by step training An evidence-based mindfulness training for young people. This book offers a step by step training programme for young people who suffer from stress, worrying, intense emotions and mood swings. The training is scientifically grounded and based on the well-known programmes MBSR for stress management and MBCT for dealing with and preventing depression. The book aims at social workers who work with young people between the age of 14 and 24. Step by step the author describes the set-up of the courses and the framework to work with the target group. The information on the rational theory, meditations and group interactions is illustrated with many practical examples.

David Dewulf is a renowned meditation teacher, trainer and writer whose deep wisdom has helped thousands of people, young and old, over many years. Here he gives, for the first time, a full description of his Mindfulness for Teens programme so that teachers may take their own experience and practice of mindfulness into the classroom. Independent research has clinically proven that his programme really works. Read any page of this book, and you’ll see why. - Mark Williams, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford, Co-author of The Mindful Way Workbook (2014) David Dewulf is a doctor and leading authority on mindfulness. He set up the Institute For Attention and Mindfulness (I AM) and has been a mindfulness trainer for years now, both for adults and young people. He also instructed hundreds of mindfulness trainers and cooperates with many universities to investigate the effects of mindfulness.

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155 x 240 mm | 240 pages 21,000 words paperback German and French rights sold, English edition in production

Mindfulness Edel Maex • The mindfulness techniques discussed in this title will assist people in dealing with stress • A practical guide which offers concrete strategies to become more peaceful and conscious in life • Already over 80,000 copies sold! all rights available

The mindfulness theory has become increasingly influential and successful in recent years. Its supporters believe that to acquire a more balanced psyche, it is essential to be aware of one’s thoughts and sensations. Instead of trying to reach distant goals, mindful people should approach life from a position in the present. This will allow them to deal with the problems of life in a peaceful manner.

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Edel Maex is a psychiatrist at the Middelheim hospital in Antwerp. He introduced the mindfulness theory in Belgium. His group lectures and workshops are an enormous success.

In this reference work on the mindfulness theory, Maex elaborately discusses how to reach a state of inner awareness without passing judgement on others. His techniques focus on a self-criticising attitude and sometimes have surprising results. Mindfulness is the perfect guide for a more peaceful and conscious life experience!

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MANU KEIRSE Prof. Manu Keirse is professor of grief and bereavement care at the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium), and part-time professor at the Benelux University in Eindhoven. From 1999 to 2003 he was Chief of the Cabinet of the Ministry of Public Health. He is the president of the Higher School of Family Sciences, of the Federal Commission of Evaluation on Palliative Care, of the Academy End of Life, of two care homes for the elderly in Leuven and of the Psychiatric Hospital Sint-Camillus at Sint-Denijs-Westrem. He is vice-president of the Federation of Palliative Care Flanders. He earned a university degree in clinical psychology, family and sex sciences, medico-social sciences and hospital management at the Catholic University of Leuven, in health ethics at the University of Maastricht (the Netherlands) and in group and organisation management at the Limburg University (Belgium). He received his doctorate in Medicine at the University of Leiden (the Netherlands).

He was on the directory board of the University Hospital of Leuven for 22 years as Director Patient Counselling. He is author of an array of books on patient care, grief and bereavement and palliative care. A number of his books have been translated into French, Polish, German and Ukrainian. In 2006, his books were awarded the Feniks Prize in Poland as works that break through the taboo on death and bereavement. His books are proven longsellers. Fingerprint of Grief and Help with Loss and Grief have each sold over 75,000 copies.

Saying Goodbye to Mother

When You Lose a Baby Early in Pregnancy

Help with Loss and Grief

Help with Illness and Pain

Helping Children through Loss

Later Starts Today

Light in the Darkness

Silent Grief

Lifeâ€™s Lessons

Fingerprint of Grief

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170 x 240 mm | ca. 320 pages ca. 100,000 words paperback all rights available

Forgive Me Anja Feliers • An enthralling psychological thriller • Lifelike, emotional and thrilling • A new case for psychologist Kathleen Verlinden all rights available

He was so in love with her. Yasmine was absolutely gorgeous and intelligent. The fact that she worked as a lecturer at his college made it even more exciting. She was everything for him. He would never let her go.

Anja Feliers writes novels for both adults and children. Forgive me is her fourth book with main character psychologist Kathleen Verlinden. Anja’s thriller debut Seduce me obtained the third place in the Crimezone Thriller Awards in Italy in 2011.

When Yasmine suddenly decides to end the relationship, David doesn’t understand what he has done wrong. He stubbornly tries to get through to her. But all his efforts are in vain. Yasmine totally cuts him out of her life. But David isn’t planning on giving up so easily. He has to get through to her, no matter what...

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150 x 220 mm | ca. 280 pages ca. 85,000 words paperback all rights available

CODE 37 Tille Vincent • Top entertainment: realistic cases with an unexpected turn • A Vice Squat Team in action: 8 titles available by now • Over 120,000 copies sold

Caviar

Latina

Hannah and her team search for the murderer of a fourteen year old girl and end up in the middle of a criminal network. A fourteen year old girl is found dead under the stairs in de cellar of a sex club. She is wearing make-up and red lingerie. Did she fall from the stairs, or did something else happen to her? And what is a fourteen year old girl doing in a brothel? Hannah and her team investigate what happened and find a network of lies that leads them to Ukraine.

Macarena Palacios, an exchange student from Chile, is raped violently. She goes to the hospital to find proper care, but she disappears before the police arrives. Hannah Maes’s team has to find both the rapist and the victim. They discover that Macarena has a history herself and that many people are looking for her. Could her father and brother have anything to do with her disappearance? Or should they concentrate on the owner of the nightclub where she was seen last? A thrilling investigation with plenty of unexpected twists.

Traces

Disgust

A famous chef from Ghent is found dead in his fancy loft. Although he is wearing sexy lingerie and has a rope tied around his neck, nobody reported the incident to the police. Hannah Maes, who just returned from a holiday, thinks there is more to it and starts her own investigation. She is determined to get to the bottom of this ‘accident’ and finds some intriguing leads that convince her that this is more than a sex game that got out of hand.

An eighty-five year old woman reports a brutal rape. For days a man violated her in her own home. She thinks it was a young man, but she isn’t sure, because Marie Dujardin is blind. Hannah and her team start the investigation. Hannah finds out that Ms Dujardin might not be the only victim.

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High Treason A garage keeper is brutally assaulted. Inspector Hannah Maes is assigned to the case and discovers this is not an isolated incident. And is it even a sexual crime? Is it a coincidence the event agency owned by Caroline Rosier worked for all the victims? What is the part of the beautiful Irina from Russia? Hannah Maes and her colleagues Bob, Charles and Kevin have their hands full with both cases.

OMNIBUS Taboo By accident Hannah Maes finds out a male colleague of her was brutally raped. The officer wants to cover up the incident as soon as possible, but that is not Hannah Maes’s intention. She looks for the perpetrator and finds him in a totally different environment she initially thought.

Dogs

Delusions

According to a gynaecological report an eight year old girl is sexually abused, but the child refuses to talk. In fact, she doesn’t seem to realise something happened to her. Her mother makes a statement to the Vice Squat against unknown perpetrators, but Hannah and her team are not able to find any lead that sticks. Who is responsible: the registered paedophiles in her neighbourhood? Or should they look in the music academy or the youth movement? Every suspect seems to have a valid alibi and still, there has to be somebody responsible. Unless the child hurt herself…

Margot comes home from a summer camp telling a strange story. One night she was raped, although nobody else in the room saw or heard anything. The principle of the institute classifies the incident as a bad dream, but Hannah and her colleagues decide to investigate the matter.

In God’s Name One night a young woman is beaten up and brutally raped in a car park. She decides to keep it quiet and not report it, but then she receives a strange letter. Does the rapist know her address? What do the biblical references in the letter mean? Is she supposed to suspect every man she knows now or is the rapist a total stranger? Chief inspector Hannah Maes and her team get to work with the little information they have. They stumble across a strange man who believes he is God.

Fan Mail Ellen Marneffe, a famous and popular television journalist, reports being raped. She tells a strange story. At night a stranger would have entered her car and threatened her with a gun. Hannah Maes and her team investigate the crime and discover a lot of blanks. But then the truth is revealed… Tille Vincent writes books in all sorts of genres for both kids and adults.

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155 x 240 mm | 192 pages ca. 50,000 words paperback French edition available

Illuminati The Truth behind the Myth Arnaud de la Croix • A captivating read • A historical tale with current resonance French edition available

The conspiracy of the Illuminati, which is again widely popular since the beginning of this century, proposes that a secret society has infiltrated world-wide into the wheels of power, controlling world events.

Arnaud de la Croix graduated as a philosopher and is a passionate historian. He wrote some remarkable books ao The Templars, in the Heart of the Crusades and Hitler and the Freemasonry.

The financial crisis, terrorist attacks, the impoverishment of whole parts of society, all this is said to be secretly caused by the Illuminati, whose members would be notable people such as statesmen, industry and media tycoons. After Hitler and the Freemasonry, the author investigates this complot theory and he discovers that a real secret community hides behind the myth, the Illuminates of Bavière, founded by Adam Weishaupt in 1776.

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140 x 210 mm | ca. 224 pages ca. 55,000 words paperback all rights available

Blue Eyes My Life as a Survivor of the Nazi Experiments Koenraad De Wolf • The shocking story of Rita Winterstein, the last survivor of the Nazi experiments by Mengele & co • The book is immensely cruel at times, but at the same time, it’s full of the beauty that lies within each of us • A plea never to forget the past to prevent this from ever happening again 1943. Rita and Rolanda are twins, born in a gypsy family. Their parents were only allowed to keep them if they would allow the nazi’s to do medical experiments on the twins. Soon after their birth Rolanda dies after a surgery that should have given her blue eyes. Rita survives but is marked for life.

Koenraad De Wolf is a writer and a journalist. He studied history and art history at KU Leuven. He is the author of more than 35 books.

43 years later, after a hard and long fight, Rita finally received – as one of the last survivors – a compensation for the harm that had once been done to her. But her fight did not end there. At present, she still fights against the injustice done to the gypsy community, the dangers of racism and what prejudice can lead to. Kasteelstraat 97 | b-8700 Tielt | Belgium | t +32-51424211 | f +32-51401152 www.lannoo.com | contact liesbeth.debruyne@lannoo.be or gunther.spriet@lannoo.be

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170 x 240 mm | 136 pages 54,000 words paperback all rights available

My Boss Chooses my Talent Luk Dewulf & Peter Beschuyt • Combines strategic vision and concrete workability • Based on intensive fieldwork over the past years • Innovating ideas on how to combine talent and results English edition available

How do you communicate with your employees about talent? How do you stay focused on the results? How do you combine talent development and management output?

Leo Dewulf is an educationist and partner and consultant at Kessels & Smit, The Learning Company. He is a strategic advisor of companies, organisations and educational institutes.

The authors show you how to work with talent in your organisation.

Peter Beschuyt is an educationist and advisor at Kessels & Smit, The Learning Company. As a process supervisor and advisor he supports organisations and schools in the development and implementation of a talent-focused policy.

They use their experience in implementing talentdirected practices from several organisations: both profit, non-profit and social-profit. On top of that they introduce the concept of circular output management. A new and simple outlook on making deals about results with employees, which don’t compromise the development of talent.

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140 x 220 mm | 200 pages ca. 47,000 words paperback English edition in production

The Discipline of Pleasure James Bampfield • For everybody who wants to live less superficially • Find pleasure both at work and at home • Combines humour and philosophy

Make pleasure-seeking your priority. When it comes to self-development and the search for positive change in your life, you seldom look for what it is that gives you the most pleasure.

James Bampfield is a teacher and a consultant. He is the co-founder of Quinx Consultancy and closely involved in the Academy For The Love Of Learning in the US. He is a trainer of workshops and gives lectures on self-development and spirituality in both Europe and the US.

Pleasure is seldom seen as productive or constructive, but rather as an egoistic desire. This book introduces a new hedonism and broadens the meaning of the word pleasure. Why shouldn’t you search actively for more pleasure? The Discipline of Pleasure frees you from guilt and gives you the permission to do what you like to do. It shows you that following your pleasure impulses makes you a more complete, happier and more satisfied human being and that it transforms the world into a better place.

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170 x 240 mm | 192 pages 47,139 words paperback with flaps English edition in production

Trendsetting Xavier Bekaert, Gillis Jonk, Jan Raes, Phebo Wibbens â€˘ What managers can do for their organisations to become and stay an icon â€˘ Unique insights What do the Royal Concertgebouworchestra and the All Blacks rugby team have in common? They are icons: they all make or do something unique that lasts for decades. Why does their success last so long, while the fame of most organisations crumbles away in time? The authors of Trendsetting discovered and investigated three essential characteristics these companies have in common: 1. The uncompromising selection of talent 2. Teamwork that lifts the company to a higher level 3. The urge to push back frontiers These elements create a vicious circle: by pushing the boundaries the organisation attracts the most talented. Amongst others Mariss Jansons, Robert Reibestein, Jeroen van der Veer and Robbert Dijkgraaf give their view on their experiences at the Concertgebouworchestra, McKinsey, Shell and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Trendsetting offers no recipe for instant success, but a blueprint for building iconic organisations. It offers an appealing perspective to managers with a lot of ambition. - Robert Reibestein, former head of McKinsey EMEA.

The essence of sustainable leadership is building an organisation which becomes stronger and more respected by every future generation. Trendsetting describes a number of the essential elements to do so. The lessons learnt from studying a number of iconic companies and institutes outside the traditional framework gave me a great deal of brand-new insights. - Thomas Leysen, chairman of KBC and Umicore A GPS to upgrade the competence of your company or organisation to a new level. - Jeroen van der Veer, former CEO of Royal Dutch Shell Xavier Bekaert and Gilles Jonk are co-founders and partners of the fast-growing strategic advice agency Benthurst & Co. Jan Raes is CEO of the Royal Concertgebouworchestra and managed many different cultural organisations in the Benelux. Phebo Wibbens is a researcher of company strategies.

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210 x 260 mm | 304 pages ca. 90,000 words full colour paperback English version available

Fashion Management Annick Schramme, Francesca Rinaldi, Karinna Nobbs • A standard book • Knowledge and tools to manage creativity in a professional way • Special attention to the independent, creative designer

Who doesn’t know the ‘Antwerp Six’? Since the eighties, their names are well established and a lot of new talent has joined them. But circumstances have changed dramatically: globalisation and competition in the fashion industry has grown enormously.

Annick Schramme is a professor and coordinates the master studies Cultural Management at the University of Antwerp and at the Antwerp Management School. She has different management positions in the cultural sector in Flanders and the Netherlands.

Luxury brands and big chains take over; digitalisation and online sales have conquered the traditional market, the call for sustainability is louder than ever.

Francesca Rinaldi studied economy at the Bocconi University in Milan. She conducts research on strategic management in the creative and fashion industry.

This book offers the knowledge and skills the fashion sector needs to cope with a new economic reality: financial management, international strategies, fashion marketing and social media, production and distribution…

Karinna Nobbs teaches fashion marketing at the GCU in London.

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150 x 220 mm | 168 pages 29,703 words full colour illustrations paperback English and French editions available

#inthemoment Tom Himpe & Pieter Goiris • The art of advertising in real-time • Why should it take 9 months to make a 30 second commercial? • Special attention to the independent, creative designer

The output in the advertising industry is remarkably small. The average annual production of copies and photos of one agency is probably not even enough to fill one paper or television show. This happens in a time when content only means something to the degree in which it reaches the audience, attracts the attention or creates a connection. #inthemoment introduces you to the secrets of realtime content. To analyse, plan, create and spread in real-time creates more dynamics and allows you to make the most of your limited resources. You learn to adapt and grow while experiencing.

Tom Himpe is the founder of The Upside, a London advice agency. Clients are Adidas, Diesel, the Richemont Group, the University of the Arts London and the VRT. Together with Boondoggle, The Upside develops real-time content models. Pieter Goiris is a master in organisational psychology. He is the founder and CEO of Boondoggle, an advertising agency. He is also chairman of the Association of Communication Companies (ACC), and of the management of Poppunt and music centre Het Depot.

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170 x 240 mm | 200 pages ca. 70,000 words paperback all rights available

Happy Profit Herman Toch • A cry for action directed to the new generation of CEO’s and marketeers • A new view on profit • For everybody who feels responsible for the policy of his company Think about the longterm. Be focused on values. Aim for ‘the good life’. The blind pursuit of profit maximization in the short term has led to an enormous human, social and ecological deficit. The current system is simply not sustainable.

Herman Toch started his career as an assistant at the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School. He built up international experience as VP Global Marketing at Douwe Egberts and was Global CEO of Censydiam. Currently he advises big brands as Heineken, Philips, Heinz, VMMa and Colruyt.

What we need are companies that strive for a society where welfare and prosperity go together, but without losing sight of profit. All we need is a new outlook on profit. This book makes a distinction between bad profit, good profit and happy profit, the only way for a company to make its profit sustainable. This is the only way to be proud of what your company stands for.

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195 x 250 mm | ca. 288 pages ca. 60,000 words full colour illustrations paperback with flaps English sample chapters available

The World Book of Faith

Geloof . The World Book of Faith Jürgen Mettepenningen • Great thinkers on the essence of their faith • 50 authorities speak out • Fascinating stories about the power of faith and how it influenced their lives In The World Book of Faith more than 50 authorities from all over the world and all religions and ‘faiths’ explain why they believe, what the essence of their faith means to them, and how it brings them happiness. It mainly concentrates on the traditional major world religions, where religion is defined as an organised ideology that, due to its focus on the divine gives the lives of those who are of that faith more direction and meaning: Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. But a number of other forms of religion are also discussed, such as the beliefs of a Native American and a liberal thinker.

Renowned Christian thinkers such as Anselm Grün, Timothy Radcliff or Brother John of Taizé, Islamic thinkers such as Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid and Tariq Ramadan. Each of the authors is an authority within his faith, either due to his expertise – many have published countless books – or due to experience, or both. Jürgen Mettepenningen has a Ph. D in theology, works as a professor at the Theology faculty at the KU Leuven and is author of several books.

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140 x 210 mm | ca. 376 pages ca. 85,000 words paperback all rights available

Living with the Psalms Part II Benoît Standaert

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• A guide to read the psalms, one of the biggest literary treasures the Bible holds • A source of inspiration for modern day believers • By an internationally renowned author The Book of Psalms is one of the most important books of the Old Testament. It contains 150 hymns, of which the oldest is 3000 years old. The singing of the psalms with its austere tones, long rhythmic waves, silences between verses and intriguing texts have moved believers over the past centuries. Keeping the Jewish tradition, the modern exegetical comments and the poetical qualities of a poem in mind, Standaert succeeds in making even the darkest passages clear. He focuses on what the psalms can mean to us and teach us today.

‘The psalms are a treasure. They are a part of our inheritance. Every generation has the highly important mission to pass them on to the next generation.’ - Benoît Standaert Benoît Standaert is a Benedictine in St. Andrew’s Abbey in Zevenkerken, Bruges. He studied in Rome, Jerusalem and Nijmegen, where he graduated in the Gospel of Mark in 1978. Both at home and abroad, he is involved in formation and education courses.

FOREIGN RIGHTS 2014 | EDUCATION

170 x 240 mm | 224 pages 60,000 words paperback all rights available

Obstetrics Manual for physicians and midwives Bernard Spitz & Kristel Van Calsteren • Revolutionary use of new media • Create notes in the e-book and share these with your friends • Keeps you up-to-date on the rapidly evolving knowledge in the field State of the art manual: the most up-to-date knowledge in word and online. The required skills and knowledge quickly change in medicine and the individual doctor-patient approach is giving way for a multidisciplinary approach with care plans, protocols and clinical procedures. This manual brings together all the basic information on obstetrics for doctors, midwives and obstetrics students. In addition, it includes a free e-book which provides additional multimedia content such as videos, web links and an interactive quiz to test your mastery of the subject matter. The e-book is also designed to create and share notes. All notes remain available and can easily be searched.

Bernard Spitz is a physician-gynaecologist, affiliated with the UZ Leuven hospital and the KU Leuven university. Kristel Van Calsteren is a member of staff in the obstetrics department of the UZ Leuven hospital. She wrote a PhD on chemotherapy during pregnancy. With the cooperation of physician-gynaecologist Johan Verhaeghe.