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Why Nobody Understands Quantum

and yet everyone should know something about it

Céline Broeckaert & Frank Verstraete

150 x 230 mm | 280 pages | 97,000 words paperback | Simplified Chinese and Korean rights sold

Frank’s insights filtered by Celine’s whimsy result in a physics book unlike any other. The scope, depth, and artistry are breathtaking.

– John Preskill

Richard P. Feynman, professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology

Essential science, now finally in layman's terms

12,000 copies sold

The real story behind arguably the biggest scientific revolution of the last century - driven by Bohr, Heisenberg, Einstein, Oppenheimer and many other brilliant minds

Frank Verstraete is professor of Quantum Physics at the University of Cambridge and Ghent University

Music, literature, movies and history; everyone can appreciate their value. It makes humans human. But who knows why matter is hard? Why the properties of an object are determined by the way we look at it? Why grass is green (also on the other side)? Why 1+1 can be both more and less than two? Why earth does not wither into a black hole?

An answer to these questions came 100 years ago with the discovery of quantum physics, the most abstract and counterintuitive scientific theory ever – but also the most controversial.

In this book a seasoned quantum physicist and a gifted storyteller – husband and wife in real life – give everyone insight in this seemingly incomprehensible theory. They go for a stroll through the history of physics, and the phenomena that lend colour to the world and make the sun shine. They pause at the most important insights that form the basis of our modern technology, and the people who uncovered the countless mysteries of the world. By now, it is impossible to imagine our lives without quantum physics. This ode to quantum compiles everything everyone should know about it.

Frank

Verstraete is a Leigh Trapnell Professor of Quantum Physics at the University of Cambridge and a professor at the University of Ghent. Céline Broeckaert is a Romanist, playwright and writer.

Tales of Nature

Hans Mulder

Compiled by Hans Mulder, winner of the Jan Wolkers Prize 2021 for his previous book The Discovery of Nature

Includes essays by nineteen well-known names from the world of culture & science – in collaboration with the Allard Pierson

Accessibly written and suitable for a broad public

All life on earth is interconnected. The extinction of one single species has consequences for many others. That interconnectedness makes life on earth vulnerable, also human life.

By means of historical drawings but also through examples from contemporary art, nineteen experts tell stories about the great stress on nature and the role of people in it. Those who read this abundantly illustrated book will be moved from astonishment (at the beauty of nature) to worry (about the threatened flora and fauna). The accessibly written stories discuss – sometimes in passing – the great questions about the relationship between culture and nature, the disappearance of species, fear, hope and how people relate to nature. It is an extraordinary book that shows how in the grand, overwhelming nature, humans are only a small cog, but one whose actions have far-reaching consequences; for humans themselves as well as many other species.

Hans Mulder is a historian and works as a conservationist of natural history at the Allard Pierson, the collections of the University of Amsterdam. Among other publications, he wrote The Discovery of Nature and several books for the Terra-published series Nature on the Wall.

The Discovery of Nature

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In the Wake of Mankind

An evolutionary search for the first humans

Dominique Adriaens

A biological history of mankind

With a focus towards development of our diet, skin, brain and bipedalism

From the breakaway from chimpanzees to modern man

Nothing is more fascinating than mankind. No other animal species is intelligent enough to build a spacecraft that can leave our planet and at the same time has the power to destroy its own habitat without a moment’s thought. Yet from a biological perspective, we are simple anthropoid apes. How did we become who we are? What important steps gave our brain the opportunity to develop further? And why did our ancestors thrive while other species of man went extinct?

In In the Wake of Mankind evolutionary biologist Dominique Adriaens sets out to find the forgotten history of the first humans, from the moment we broke away from bonobos and chimpanzees to modern man. He looks for the stories behind the fossils and proves that the human body can be read like an evolutionary book. An entertaining read!

Post Mortem

Atlas of the autopsy

Babette Van Rafelghem & Werner Jacobs

POST MORTEM

Atlas van de autopsie

185 x 245 mm | 216 pages | ca.

17,500 words | full colour illustrations

hardcover | all rights available

More than 100 detailed drawings by a forensic pathologist, depicting the step-by-step approach of an autopsy

Fictionalized case studies break down medical findings that can lead to a breakthrough in murder cases or suspicious deaths

A crash course in human anatomy for true-crime fanatics, amateur detectives and anyone who enjoys a good mystery

The Atlas of the Brain

A visual journey

Lara Wierenga & Dirma Janse

250 x 320 mm | 256 pages | 118,000 words | full colour illustrations

hardcover | Simplified Chinese rights sold

The most recent fascinating insights about the brain, written in plain language and beautifully illustrated

Unique collaboration between a neuroscientist and an information designer

Lara Wierenga is the winner of the FLUX Young Investigator Award

There are many books on the brain, but The Atlas of the Brain is both exceptionnally clarifying and beautiful.

– Leading Belgian newspaper De Morgen

Babette Van Rafelghem is an artist who also happens to have a medical degree. Fascinated by the weird and wonderful human body, she is building a career as a forensic pathologist. Werner Jacobs is a professor in Forensic Medicine and Pathology at the University of Antwerp and a published author. He has been an expert witness in hundreds of high-profile criminal cases in Belgium.

Lara Wierenga is a neuroscientist and lecturer at the University of Leiden. She specializes in the brain development of children. Dirma Janse is a graphic designer and specializes in infographics and scientific visualisations. She looks for visual solutions to display complex information more clearly to the wider public. She’s a lecturer of Science Vision at TU Delft.

Babette Van Rafelghem met uitleg door Werner Jacobs

Cancer in the Bedroom

About intimacy and sexuality in times of cancer

Kristel Mulders, Jorane Janssens & Ann Bogemans

An exploration of your changed body and a different way of experiencing intimacy, despite the damage cancer has caused With many recognisable stories and practical tips

Written by experts

There is a sexual life before and after a cancer diagnosis. Treatment can have radical effects on your body and your sexual experience. Unfortunately, that impact is still too little talked about, often ignoring physical symptoms and adding to the psychological toll.

In this taboo-breaking book, sexologist Kristel Mulders lays out the challenges you may encounter during this quest. She shows how - in connection with yourself and a potential partner - you can regain intimacy and fulfilling sexuality, during and after your treatment.

Kristel Mulders is an oncosexologist and coordinator of the cancer plan at Jessa Hospital in Hasselt. In this book she brings together her extensive experience in counselling people with cancer on sexuality and intimacy. Oncopsychologist Jorane Janssens held the pen for this book. Breast care nurse and oncocoach Ann Bogemans provided the poetic interludes.

Exercising after Cancer

8 steps to more energy and self-confidence

Ulla Lust

A handbook inducing the right incentive and motivation to dare to start exercise and enjoy sports after a life-changing disease

A positive guideline with concrete, practical tips and inspiring anecdotes

Written by a mobility coach in oncology

In Exercising after Cancer Ulla Lust doesn’t just address cancer survivors –people whose treatment has ended – but rather everyone, who after a long period of disease wants to lead an active life again, to be able to manage their work assignments again, to experience social life to the fullest again, wants to search for opportunities and solutions…

After an extensive introduction about the importance of exercising, Ulla presents an eight-step plan, a handbook that helps (cancer) patients to look for the right incentives and motivation to dare to start (over).

duotone illustrations | paperback

German and French rights sold

In 2005, Ulla Lust was diagnosed with breast cancer. She now works as a mobility coach in oncology. It is her mission to help mainly cancer survivors to regain their health by motivating them to exercise, in their own way, at their own pace.

A Sober Look at Alcohol

What alcohol does to you and how you can handle it more consciously

Geert Dom

155 x 240 mm | 216 pages | 56,000 words paperback | all rights available

The fascinating story of what alcohol does to our brain and body, from the first glass to a potential drinking problem

Peppered with striking figures, scientific insights and real-life stories

Prof. Geert Dom is the expert on alcohol (addiction) in Belgium, the Netherlands and far beyond

Drinking alcohol is something of all times, although we have started to look at it differently in recent years. More and more famous and less famous people are swearing off alcohol, and maybe you too are wondering if your alcohol consumption is not a bit too high?

With this book, alcohol expert Geert Dom helps you better assess the risks of your drinking behaviour. He shows you what a drunk body and brain look like inside, from recognisable effects on your sleep, self-image and emotions to often hidden health risks for your hormones, brain or heart. He also explains from his own experience as an addiction psychiatrist how addiction can get you in its clutches and what does and does not help if you want to kick the habit or cut down on your consumption. And more: how to behave yourself towards a partner, child or other loved one with a possible alcohol problem.

Key to this book is down-to-earth advice and insights on how to consume alcohol in a healthier way.

Geert Dom is a professor of addiction psychiatry at the University of Antwerp and medical director of care group Multiversum, the largest psychiatric hospital for addiction treatment in Belgium. He was involved in training the first generation of addiction doctors in the Netherlands and is president of the European Psychiatric Association, which represents 78,000 psychiatrists in Europe. He is also a sought-after expert in the media.

Living Together with Dementia

Dealing with an illness everyone comes across

Mathieu Vandenbulcke, Erik Schokkaert & Veerle Achten

Deals with the many aspects of living with dementia

Answers questions and doubts by caretakers, friends and family

How can society best take care of people suffering from dementia?

Dementia cannot be cured yet, but there are many ways in which we can improve the lives of those suffering from dementia, in which we can help them to live a life of quality and make them feel like they lead a meaningful life. There are many types of support available to patients as well as those taking care of them.

This book takes a closer look at the challenges and opportunities with regard to quality of life, relationships, autonomy and making decisions. As a society, we can make it possible for people with dementia to partake in human interaction in a dignified way, if we are willing to take that step.

170 x 240 mm | 184 pages | 35,000 words paperback | all rights available

Mathieu Vandenbulcke is a geriatric psychiatrist at the UPC KU Leuven, and as a doctor affiliated to the memory clinic of the University Hospital of Leuven. He is a lecturer in neuroscience at the KU Leuven and director at the internationally acclaimed Leuven Brain Institute. Erik Schokkaert is a welfare economist and emeritus professor at the Economics Department at the KU Leuven. He is chairman of the scientific commission that gives input on the multi-year budget and health objectives of the Belgian healthcare insurance system. Veerle Achten is a staff member at Metaforum, the interdisciplinary think tank of the KU Leuven.

Self-Hypnosis Works

A resilient answer to stress, burnout and trauma

Nicole Ruysschaert

Psychiatrist-psychotherapist Nicole Ruysschaert is the hypnosis expert of the Low Countries

Self-hypnosis is a powerful tool to tackle stress-related problems

For the readers of Mindfulness and Activate Your Vagus Nerve

In the medical world, hypnosis has been successfully used to address chronic stress, burnout and trauma for many decades. Unfortunately, many myths and misunderstandings still circulate.

In this book, hypnosis expert Nicole Ruysschaert separates sense from nonsense. After all, what is stress anyway? What is the role of our brain and our polyvagal system? And how can self-hypnosis help to stop stress-related complaints? Using very concrete exercises, she also shows how you can safely get started yourself to increase your mental well-being and strengthen your resilience.

Nicole Ruysschaert is a psychiatrist-psychotherapist. She has been providing education, training and workshops on stress and self-hypnosis for over 30 years. She is an active board member of the Flemish Scientific Hypnosis Association and is a member of the International Society of Hypnosis. She is considered one of the leading experts on self-hypnosis worldwide.

Discover Your Fascia

A revolutionary therapy for pain, stress, tiredness and trauma

Phillipe Rosier

155 x 240 mm | 208 pages | 48,000 words paperback | all rights available

The exciting science behind the role of our fascia in physical and mental complaints

With well-founded advice and easy movement exercises for, among others, back and neck complaints, muscle and joint pains, unresolved trauma and burnout

Our body and mind are closely connected. Yet there is a persistent tendency in our society to treat them separately. In fascia therapy, however, that connection is centralised, since your emotions impact your body and vice versa.

In a strict sense, the fascia forms the complex network of connective tissue throughout our body. Like a kind of 'biological spandex', it holds almost all other body parts in place. But more and more scientific research shows that the fascia has an even more important function than what was previously thought: it is a tissue that reacts intensively to all kinds of physical stimuli and also psychological stress. And when it tightens and becomes stiffer as a result, it affects the pain we feel and how freely we can move. So fascia therapy is about loosening the fascia, through special manual treatments and movement exercises that encourage the tissue itself to relax deeply.

Philippe Rosier, pioneer of fascia therapy in the Low Countries for over 30 years, uses recent findings to explain how to positively stimulate your fascia in cases of chronic stress, burnout, fatigue, trauma and unexplained pain, among others. He gives substantiated advice and simple exercises you can use yourself.

Philippe Rosier trained in physical therapy/movement sciences at KU Leuven and obtained a PhD in psychopedagogy from the first European research group on fascia. He is Managing Partner of and lecturer at Fascia College Belgium, which offers training for physiotherapists, osteopaths, psychologists and paramedics.

Strengthen Your Vagus Nerve

Actively engaging in polyvagal theory

Luc Swinnen

Actively engage with your vagus nerve

With many new exercises and practical tips

Activate your Vagus Nerve sold over 30,000 copies

With his bestseller Activate You Vagus Nerve, stress expert Luc Swinnen introduced Flanders and the Netherlands to the vagus nerve, a nerve that runs all over your body and connects your brain to your organs.

In this new book, he shows how you can actively engage with your vagus nerve to deal with various problems like stress, burnout, trauma, irritable bowel syndrome, inflammations and chronic fatigue. Through concrete tips and exercises you can immediately get started. The result? A healthier, calmer and happier life!

words paperback with flaps Simplified Chinese rights sold Dr. Luc Swinnen is an internationally recognised expert in the field of stress and burnout. Like no other, he knows how to translate scientific insights for a broad public. Over thirty thousand copies of his books have been sold.

Your Breath, Your Medicine

Discover the power of breathwork for a healthier, calmer and happier life

Nikki van der Velden

140 x 215 mm | 256 pages | 78,000 words | paperback with flaps all rights available

A personal story about the power of the breath, full of practical exercises and tips

The author's platform The Breathwork Movement is the place for information and inspiration about the breath

By one of the most wellknown breathing experts of the Netherlands

In this book Nikki tells you everything you need to know about breathing in relation to stress, burnout, chronical pain, trauma, being in touch with yourself and much more.

Breathing Differently

Increase your resilience and arm yourself against stress, burnout and chronic hyperventilation

Dirk Heylen

150 x 240 mm | 240 pages | 57,000 words | paperback | all rights available

Without realising it, many people deal with chronic hyperventilation

This book offers insight and helps you on the way to a better and more healthy breathing pattern

With many concrete exercises and practical tips

This book explains why breathing is so important and it offers insight into your own breathing pattern. Through accessible exercises, you learn to adopt a healthier breathing pattern, which will lead to a more energetic, healthier and stress-free life.

Nikki van der Velden founded the successful platform The Breathwork Movement to make people conscious of the power of breathing after her own recovery experience following a concussion. That made her realise that breathing correctly is essential for health and personal growth and she wants to share this insight with everyone.

Dirk Heylen, the founder of TODI Indoor Diving Centre, discovered the importance of good breathing through his passion for diving. As a stress and burn-out coach he uses breathing as a first step to recovery. He offers stress and burnout prevention programs and workshops in companies. He’s the driving force behind Spiras, a trend-setting academy for breathing.

Self-Care Every Day

365 ways to strengthen the relationship with yourself and others

Nina Mouton, illustrations by Eva Mouton

210 x 240 mm | 416 pages | ca. 85,000 words

full colour illustrations | hardcover all rights available

A must-have guide to make self-care a part of your life, every single day

With new illustrations by Eva Mouton

Everything Starts with Self-Care has already sold over 50,000 copies

Self-care is having the courage to look within, to search for bruises from the past, to discover patterns in your present life. But self-care is more than just introspection. It’s also action. It’s high time for a practical book that helps you to put that deeper self-knowledge to work. To find more peace and balance, for instance. To learn how to set boundaries. Or to strengthen the relationship with your inner child and the people around you.

In this inspiring book, Nina Mouton offers 365 moments of self-care which you can explore at your own pace. Doing so, you’ll discover step by step how selfcare can benefit you, and how you can incorporate it into your life permanently.

50,000 copies sold

Everything Starts with Self-Care Russian and German rights sold

Nina Mouton is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and much sought-after expert in media. In 2020 she started some very successful online training programs about, among other things, self-care.

The Stressed Society

Why we have everything yet still get sick

Stephan Claes

Plea for a broad change in mentality and societal evolution

What does the way we look at common complaints like burnout and chronic fatigue say about our society?

Renews the attention for old wisdoms and values

Hundreds of thousands of people suffer from chronic fatigue, pain and other bodily and psychological symptoms without doctors being able to diagnose why, or what they can do about it. It seems like many people quickly burn through the resilience that was supposed to last them a lifetime and that our body is telling us that maybe humankind wasn’t made for the 21st century. Why is it like that? Why do so many people get overburdened?

The Stressed Society looks for the broad societal tendencies that raise the pressure on people. An answer to this: focus the attention onto our bodies as a signaller of overburdening.

Stephan

Psychiatry and leads the Mind Body research

stress as a central theme.

Love

An impossible desire?

Dirk De Wachter

120 x 180 mm | 144 pages | 22,500 words hardcover | all rights available

Fully revised edition in a new lay-out With a new, personal foreword

Includes more testimonies from the consultation room

25,000 copies sold

Solaces all rights available

Love is the most frequently used theme in works of literature, music or visual arts. Still, mankind continues to search for its true nature. We think we are able to define and understand the concept of love, but in fact we are not up to par. Love is as vital as it is unfathomable.

Sadly, love is threatened in its very existence by modern consumerism and the harmful illusion that all things can be manufactured and tailored to our needs. Even a therapist turns love into something banal, presuming to be able to measure it and to treat it in just a few sessions. Love, however, cannot be defined so easily.

Love. An impossible desire? is a plea for the mundane and the everyday. Only when we stop trying to analyse, define or explain it, love can work its powers: multilayered, mysterious and paradoxical.

The Art of Being Unhappy French, Complex Chinese, Czech and Arabic rights sold

Dirk De Wachter is psychiatrist-psychotherapist and head of systemic and family therapy at the University Psychiatric Centre KU Leuven. Earlier publications of his are: Borderline Times, Love. An Impossible Desire?, The World of De Wachter and The Art of Being Unhappy.

Bestselling title for 10 years

Borderline Times Czech rights sold

The New World Book of Happiness

Leo Bormans

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www.thenewworldbookofhappiness.com

Fully revised edition of the worldwide bestseller Science-based practices and life-affirming insights to navigate today's reality

100 scientists from 50 countries summarise their most recent findings

The virus, the war, the climate, inflation, poverty and loneliness make people feel insecure. In these troubled times, there is more interest than ever for what is truly important in life: happiness, hope and love.

What does science teach us today? Are we still allowed to strive towards happiness? And how do we do that? Leo Bormans asked the same question over and over again to a hundred professors all over the world: established names and young up-and-comers. Every scientist briefly summarises their recent research after which they formulate their insights in one single sentence: the essence. To this they link at least three concrete pieces of advice: for our own lives, for our friends and for society.

With contributions from the most prominent experts in positive psychology, such as: Prof. Martin Seligman (University of Pennsylvania), author of more than 20 international bestsellers and the founding father of positive psychology; Prof. Sir Richard Layard (The London School of Economics), one of the most influential voices in the global study of happiness and well-being; and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve (Oxford University), editor of The World Report on Happiness (UN).

Leo Bormans travels around the world as an ‘Ambassador of Happiness & Quality of Life’. He is a researcher, keynote speaker, author and editor-in-chief of The World Book of Happiness (first published in 2010) and The World Book of Hope (2015). He is a Distinguished Lecturer of Happiness Research at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam.

We Are All Just Doing Whatever

And other useful lessons from psychology

Thijs Launspach

The newest book by bestselling author Thijs Launspach

For everyone who wants to deepen their knowledge of psychology

Why do people sometimes do bad things? To what extent does our childhood determine who we are? How do psychological problems come to be? How is it possible one person is incredibly introverted while another is severely extroverted? Psychology examines our inner life, our behaviour and is full of beautiful experiments and baffling theories that give us an insight into those questions.

The perfect guide to show us what we do and why we do it 140

In this book, psychologist and bestselling author Thijs Launspach, explores both the most important topics from the history of his field of study as well as the most recent developments in psychology. In an accessible way, with many examples, the reader is taken through the workings of the human mind. In this way, you learn to better understand your own behaviour and that of others.

Thijs Launspach has already sold more than 85,000 books

Thijs Launspach is a psychologist, author and keynote speaker. He researches the influence of societal and technological developments on our mental health. He wrote the bestsellers Fecking Busy (Fokking Druk), You Are Good Enough (Je bent al genoeg), and Antisocial Media (Asociale Media) and has a weekly column in a well-known Dutch Newspaper (Algemeen Dagblad). His lectures at the University of the Netherlands and TED have been watched hundreds of thousands of times.

Therapy Journal

Break-up / Thankfulness

Elien Tubbax

Founded on expertise from psychologist Elien Tubbax

Wonderful gift to give or receive

With creative prompts, thoughtful questions, additional information and space for personal notes

BREAK-UP

A relationship ending, a broken heart... an experience we all have to go through one day. Coping with a relationship break-up takes time, but that does not mean you cannot help yourself. Writing down what you are feeling, taking a moment to reflect on your emotions and taking time for yourself often makes it easier to process these confrontational feelings.

THANKFULNESS

It is sometimes easy, with all the challenges in daily life, to lose sight of what is going well. Take a few minutes every day to reflect on the beautiful moments. Things that make you happy, moments you enjoy, small moments of happiness... By consciously taking time for this, you will also be more positive in life.

The Therapy Journal series helps readers do just that. Using insightful questions, creative prompts and writing assignments, you take steps in your coping process and take a moment for yourself. With psychologist Elien Tubbax as your guide, you will gain insight into your feelings and how you can understand them or let go of them by writing them down. Get in touch with yourself and focus on what really matters to you.

Elien Tubbax is a licensed clinical psychologist and teacher. She shares her passion for both via her Instagram platform Doorbreekbaar. She specialises in different themes such as vulnerability and authenticity and enjoys working with young people.

Something to Write Down

Tieners in huis

148 x 210 mm | 96 pages | 4,500 words | full colour illustrations hardcover | all rights available

Journal simply and solely for teenagers

Fill-in pages & challenges

Ideal gift book for a difficult target audience

Thanks to TikTok, a new generation of youngsters have found their way back to books! Having a difficult day or - on the contrary - the best day of your life? Want to share it, but only with yourself? Then this journal is what your are looking for. With fun challenges for moments of boredom, dilemmas to contemplate and bucket lists to create.

Tieners in Huis is Mama Baas’ older brother/sister and was founded in 2022. It is an online community for and by mothers and fathers, with experts, aimed at parents with teenagers. It already exceeds 33,000 followers.

The Diary of Feelings

Talk to your child about what is on their mind

Anky De Frangh & Mama Baas

170 x 210 mm | 144 pages | 5,000 words | full colour illustrations hardcover | age group: 4+ all rights available

Gives parents more insight into a child's emotions

A gentle way to introduce children (age 4 and up) to their feelings, how to deal with them and how to express them

Accompanied of beautiful illustrations by cartoonist Heartily

Using playful stickers, daily questions, relaxing exercises and child appropriate illustrations by Heartily, you and your child will find a way to talk about difficult feelings and give their emotions a place.

Anky De Frangh has a master's degree in clinical psychology with a specialisation in children, youth and family. Besides that she was also trained as a behavioural therapist and is the mother of two children. Mama Baas is an online magazine, blog and community for and by mothers and fathers. Heartily is a Dutch illustrator who entertains her Instagram followers with daily true to life illustrations about parenthood.

Master in Happiness

Fall in love with your own life

Maartje Derksen

An impressive story

A practical book full of tips and tools, which are shared in a fun, easy and applicable way

A book with an entirely unique, authentic tone of voice

After years of struggling with psychological problems, Maartje’s husband Erik ended his life in 2010. In a video message, he said goodbye to his family and left Maartje an important message: choose yourself, go and live, and be happy again. Maartje was devastated but really took note of her husband’s message. She drastically changed her life and only had one clear goal in mind: to learn how to care for herself and be happy together with her three boys. She became so good at it that she was often asked the question: ‘How do you do this?’ This question gave rise to Master in Happiness.

Ever since, Maartje helps people every day to fall in love with their own lives, by putting themselves first, by learning to choose a mindset that gives you a good feeling, by celebrating life and by paying attention to what is already there, to what you like and what you love. In this book she shares her knowledge, tips and tools to show readers how they too can become Masters in Happiness!

After her husband’s suicide, Maartje Derksen decided to take charge of her life again. She sold her midwifery practice, and after taking many courses and trainings, she moved to Amsterdam with her three sons and fell in love with her own life. With her company Master of Happiness, she wants to show how despite challenging circumstances you can do so too.

The human body

170 x 240 mm

224 pages

55,000 words paperback all rights available

11,000 copies sold

What Our Gut Tells Us

The Wonderous Story of Our Gut and the Impact on Our Brain and Body

Danny De Looze

The newest scientific insights about our gut flora and how you can keep your intestines healthy, told by top doctor Danny De Looze, with much verve and humour

12,000 copies sold

Our Heart - The Complete Manual Pedro Brugada

170 x 240 mm | 288 pages all rights available

Our Hormones

The much-praised book by the influential cardiologist Pedro Brugada, now updated with the newest insights

With pioneering chapters about the female heart and the heart of an athlete

An appeal to take your (heart’s) health at heart

A user-friendly, comprehensive plan to improve your hormonal health

Sheds light on the entire hormonal system, from sex hormones to thyroid gland

The most recent medical and scientific insights, in everyday language by osteopathic gynaecologist Lieselot Theys

The Compass of Your Cycle

Let yourself be guided by your natural hormones and get the best from your menstruation cycle

Morgane Leten

170 x 240 | 192 pages | 48,000 words paperback | all rights available

A revolutionary book that makes you look at your hormones in a completely different way

With a scientific basis by experts, accessibly explained with testimonies

How to live according to your cycle

When we think of the menstruation cycle, most people only think of the days in which a woman is losing blood. It is often seen as something negative and distasteful. That’s a shame, because the female cycle is so much more than that! Not only can living according to the rhythm of your hormonal compass help you to be less affected by all sorts of complaints, it can also help optimise your energy, performance and mindset.

With this book, nutrition & fertility expert Morgane Leten makes a positive case for the hidden powers of your natural hormones. She tells you everything about the things you didn’t know about your three pillars: body, mood and food. She scrutinises all kinds of fables and arms your with important insights into female health.

Now also available: The Cookbook of Your Cycle

Morgane Leten is co-founder of Guud Woman, nutrition and fertility expert and mother of two children. In her search for solutions after her PCOS diagnosis, she discovered the many advantages of living in accordance with your cycle. That is why it is her goal to accompany other women towards a healthier relationship with their cycle and hormones. Morgane speaks the language of millennials and is a much sought-after expert.

F*ck Menopause

What nobody tells you about the menopause

Liesbeth Gijsel

Honest answers to all questions about what to expect during the transition into the menopause

Liesbeth Gijsel resolves misunderstandings and debunks myths about the menopause

With recognisable stories, strong numbers, the newest scientific insights and input from countless experts

The menopause is much more than periodic flushes and the end of menstruation. It is preceded by a process of several years, which can already kick in at the age of forty. Not only does the menopause come much earlier than we think, most women are hardly prepared for it and the symptoms are fairly unknown. From a personal perspective – what should I expect? – science journalist Liesbeth Gijsel looks for the facts and debunks the stubborn myths and clichés. Because the transition shouldn’t be something you have to endure patiently!

In this well-founded, but also emphatical and engaged book, Liesbeth Gijsel walks you through all of these questions and tricky issues, without the use of euphemistic terms. Whether you are forty years old or not, forewarned is forearmed!

Liesbeth Gijsel is a scientific journalist and chief editor of

Psyche&Brein. She mainly writes about psychology and also made a podcast for Eos and Radio 1 about menstruation. Liesbeth often talks about hormones and interviewed countless experts in this field of study.

Lovers with Kids

How to keep love alive in the hustle and bustle of family life

Katrien Koolen

Research has shown the vast majority of relationships change after having a baby

This book shows how you can be parents and lovers at the same time

Lovers with kids

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Katrien Koolen evokes the heat of the parenting years very recognizably. Down-to-earth, without frills, achievable, and above all: hopeful.

– Dirk De Wachter, psychiatrist

Filled with recognizable stories, refreshing insights and practical tips

‘Do we need anything from the store? If you start making dinner, I will give the children a quick bath. And can you pick them up from school tomorrow?’

Do you remember when you came home from work, had a drink together and the whole night was yours? Welcome to parenthood, when your children dictate your schedule and your relationship with your partner seems to fade into the background. The laundry multiplies, the lack of sleep is wearing you out and time for intimacy is in short supply.

How on earth can we fit quality time for each other in our busy schedules? Where did the sex go (and will it ever come back)? And what if my partner and I have entirely different ideas on how to raise our kids? Couples therapist Katrien Koolen sees exhausted lovers with kids on her coach every day. As a mom of two, she knows what they are going through. With this book, she provides much needed support to couples who seem to lose each other in the storm of parenthood. She does this through recognizable stories, refreshing insights and practical tips. Her goal? Making sure you remain lovers with kids, instead of solely parents.

Katrien Koolen is a psychologist and couples therapist. She has a specific interest in how partner relationships change after having a baby.

A How-To for Future Fathers

Practical tips for pregnancy, delivery and the maternity period

David Borman

Full of information and practical tips

Revised and updated edition

This bestseller already sold 12,500 copies

In the Netherlands, a father (or non-pregnant partner) is expected to be present at the birth of a child. But do you also know what role you have in this exactly? As a midwife, David Borman assisted to more than 1500 deliveries. Now, as a researcher and trainer, he developes a successful course for future fathers on which this book is based. From making the car delivery-ready to the most important check-ups, and how you can help your partner during contractions. Prepare yourself optimally for pregnancy, delivery and the maternity period with this book.

As a midwife and father himself, David Borman previously wrote about the first crucial developmental phases of a baby in Your First 1,000 Days as a Father. Since 2009, David has been working as an obstetric training coordinator and research obstetrician. He is also the father of two daughters.

An Eating Disorder Does Not Have to Last Forever

Understanding, treatment and recovery

Patty Annicq

Complementary to existing treatments that are proven to be effective

The author has 25 years of experience treating people with eating disorders

For therapists, dieticians, doctors, caretakers and parents

When treating eating disorders, we often give priority to the eating pattern and body image. “You should first learn to eat again”, and then the rest will follow. But what if it were a better approach to first try to understand a patient's reasoning?

This book offers various treatment options. The vital element, however, is to adapt to the environment and thinking patterns of the person you are treating. Only if they feel fully understood by the person treating them, we can truly motivate them to adopt healthier eating habits.

150 x 230 mm | ca. 200 pages | 57,000 words paperback | all rights available

For 25 years, Patty Annicq has been working as a doctor guiding people with eating disorders, both nationally and abroad. She founded the non-profit organization Empathy and works closely with other doctors, nutritionists and therapists. Her work was previously published in the Dutch Magazine for Psychotherapy, and in collaboration with the Quality of Life team from Ghent University (Quality of Life & Eating Disorders).

When I Am Grown Up, I Will Be Rich

How to teach kids about money at all ages

Annelou van Noort & Joëlla Opraus

150 x 230 mm | 320 pages | 75,000 words paperback with flaps | all rights available

A must-read for parents of all income brackets, no prior knowledge required

With age-appropriate tips on financial education for children from 4 to 24 (and you will learn something as a parent too)

Talking about money is something you only do when your child is old enough to earn it themselves, right? And are you really the right person to teach your child about money when you still have so many questions yourself? Be aware of the fact that children are like sponges: they absorb everything they see. How you handle money - anxious, lax, lavish or frugal - determines how your child will. We know from research that money habits are already largely established in a seven-year-old child, and that even a toddler understands the basics of money. So it is high time to start that financial education.

Rest assured: you don't have to be a financial expert to teach your child the right principles. In this book two experts show you how to do it, with reflection nights, checklists and brain teasers. You will learn why giving an allowance is not a must, why you should sometimes just let your child buy those expensive trainers and what is the right age for a first debit card. Learn all about a rich mindset, and how that has more to do with freedom and social capital than with your bank account.

This book shows why you are the best person to teach your child about money (even if you are not so skilful with it yourself). And all you need for that is a plan.

Joëlla Opraus is a financial expert with more than 20 years of experience. Together with Annelou van Noort, she launched the platform 'MoneyRebels'. Annelou van Noort is a behavioural expert and bestselling author. She regularly gives workshops for children, parents, governments and financial institutions.

The Lazy Investor

Carefree investing for people with little time

Yoran Brondsema & Tim Nijsmans

150 x 230 mm | 224 pages | 58,000 words paperback | all rights available, except for English rights

Passive investing rules Wall Street and increasingly the whole world, topping actively managed assets in stock, bond and other funds

Bestselling title: the most complete guide for novices and market experts alike

Contains six simple example portfolios which can easily be applied worldwide

10,000 copies sold

When you think of 'investing', you spontaneously think of busy gesticulating brokers on a trading floor or zigzagging financial quotes in the newspaper. That may be why you think: investing is not for me. It is too risky, too labour-intensive, reserved for people who have a lot of money and time. At the same time, inflation and low interest rates continue to nibble away at your savings.

What if you were able to invest simply from your hammock? In The Lazy Investor two financial experts introduce you to their ‘lazy’ success strategy. Index and EFTs make investing easier and cheaper than ever, with a few clicks of your mouse you can buy a diversified portfolio of shares. That portfolio follows a certain market, expressed in an index.

With passive investing, you keep the costs and the risks low, you can work with small sums and the process is completely automatable. This book shows you the simplest ways to make your money work for you.

Yoran Brondsema is one of the founders of Curvo, an investment app, which makes passive investing more accessible for everyone. Previously, he also founded Sutori, an education platform that is used by over two million people worldwide. Tim Nijsmans is an independent financial advisor at Vermogensgids, with a strong focus on passive investing. Earlier, he was an asset and fund manager at a private bank. He lectures on Private Banking at Artevelde University College.

The New World Economy in 5 Trends

Investing in times of hyperinflation, hyperinnovation and climate transition

Koen De Leus & Philippe Gijsels

170 x 240 mm | 432 pages | 135,000 words hardcover | all rights available, except for English and French rights | English and French manuscript available

The five trends that will shape our markets, money and lives in the coming decades

A critical

overall

analysis of tomorrow's economy

With concrete advice for those who want to make future-proof investments

6,000 copies sold

We live in turbulent times. After a global pandemic, Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered an energy crisis, causing skyrocketing inflation. China and the US are embroiled in a technological innovation race. Corporate, household and government debt is at its highest level ever. And climate measures are shaking different sectors.

One thing is certain: the global economy is in turmoil. So much is happening at once, making it difficult to distinguish the bigger waves from the small hypes. Which economic developments will linger, and which will pass again?

In The New World Economy, macroeconomist Koen De Leus and market strategist Philippe Gijsels dive under the bonnet of our economy. They uncover five major trends: the accelerating innovation, the increased ageing, the fight against global warming, multi-globalisation and the beckoning debt crisis. They offer guidance, expose connections and temper the alarmism.

This book shows how to surf the global megatrends and invest successfully in a changing reality.

Koen De Leus is chief economist at BNP Paribas Fortis. As a frequent guest with various media, he succeeds in explaining complex economic topics in an accessible way. Philippe Gijsels is chief strategist at BNP Paribas Fortis, an enthusiastic investment professional and an expert in financial analysis.

Worries of the Mind

Understanding neurodiversity in 33 questions

Jim van Os & Simona

Karbouniaris

150 x 230 mm | ca. 264 pages | ca.

60,000 words | B&W illustrations paperback | all rights available

Too often, terms such as ADHD, ADD, high sensitivity and autism are labels which mirror inaccurately the huge variety within those terms. That leads to problems in treatment, education and therapy. The key to looking at those labels differently lies in neurodiversity. It is not a disorder, but a different way of looking at the world, always in a unique context of development and environment. We all have our own development. If we can map out how that works out differently for everyone, we’ll get a better understanding of how we can help each other better.

Jim van Os is a senior lecturer of psychology at Utrecht University, member of the KNAW, Fellow of King’s College London and chairman of PsychoseNet in The Netherlands. Simona Karbouniaris works for the Social Innovation Knowledge Center and at Utrecht University College. Simona was trained as a social scientist and social worker. She is the mother of a highly gifted child.

Worries of the Mind

Understanding psychosis in 33 questions

Stijn Vanheule & Jim van Os

150 x 230 mm | 232 pages | 50,000 words | B&W illustrations | paperback Spanish rights sold

Clear answers to recognisable questions

Written by the preeminent psychosis authorities from the Low Countries

Gives an overall view on what psychosis is

Renowned experts Stijn Vanheule and Jim van Os shed light onto the biggest misconceptions surrounding psychosis. By means of specific questions, the most recent scientific findings and practical experience, they explain what psychotic experiences are, how they develop and in what way they are treated best.

Stijn Vanheule is senior lecturer of clinical psychology and psychoanalysis at Ghent University. He’s an internationally acclaimed expert on Lacan, and an expert concerning psychosis and psychiatric diagnosis. Jim van Os is a senior lecturer of psychology at Utrecht University, member of the KNAW, Fellow of King’s College London and chairman of PsychoseNet in The Netherlands.

Understanding Europe

Impact, policies and future of the European Union

Karel Lannoo

What exactly are the EU and which are the European institutions?

How is policy made and how can you, as a citizen, participate in it?

Written in an accessible way with concrete examples

The EU has a major impact on the daily lives of Europeans, but this is not always properly understood. How does European decision-making work? Few people know that the EU can adress and respond to the concerns of its citi zens by policy. Even more so, it is easier than it seems.

This book offers a unique look at the European institutions, structures and decision-making. It analyzes the main themes of EU policy, and what they mean for citizens and businesses. A better view of Europe is essential for the good, sustainable functioning of a European democracy.

Karel Lannoo has been following European policymaking and the ins and outs of the Brussels bubble for more than 35 years. On a daily basis he works with EU policymakers at many levels, in the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Council, and with the many interest groups around them. He is a regular speaker at official hearings of European and national institutions, at conferences, and for companies and international organisations.

Chips

How digital technology changes the world

Jan Rabaey & Pieter Van Nuffel

For anyone who wants to understand global economics and geopolitics

Remarkable stories about the people behind the technology

A focus on applications in smartphones, cars, brain implants, etc.

In the 1960s, a computer filled an entire room. Today, a multifold of that computing power is contained in devices that are so small that they can disappear into our environment or into our bodies. We have the astonishing advances in chip technology to thank for that. From your smartphone or car to a smart patch or brain implant: just about everything runs on microchips.

Not only have they become indispensable in the electronic devices we use every day, but they also form the basis for innovation in many emerging sectors. 1.15 trillion chips are shipped annually, or about 145 for every person on earth.

Its increasing strategic importance has set a lot in motion on the world political stage. Anyone who really wants to understand technological, economic and geopolitical developments must understand the key role chip technology plays.

140 x 210 mm | ca. 128 pages | 35,000 words paperback | all rights available

Jan Rabaey is an emeritus professor at UC Berkeley and Chief Technology Officer System-Technology-Cooptimization at Imec. Rabaey has made important breakthroughs in research into chip technology and mobile devices, for which he has received several awards and honorary doctorates. Pieter Van Nuffel is News and Science Communication Specialist at the Imec research center. He previously lectured mathematics and physics at KU Leuven and wrote as a freelance journalist for Data News, Knack.be and EOS Magazine.

India

The invisible giant

Gie Goris

155 x 240 mm | 432 pages | 125,000 words paperback with flaps | all rights available

India is not becoming a world power, it already is one. What does that mean for the world?

Based on 35 years of journalistic experience and hundreds of interviews with Indian people

This book gives the necessary interpretation to better understand the country's strengths and flaws

Asia dominates the 21st century and yet nobody in Europe seems to pay attention to India. Yet the world's largest democracy - recently surpassed even China in terms of population - is becoming crucial to stable global politics, the global economy and tackling global environmental and climate challenges.

India sees itself as a guru to the world, but domestically there are plenty of issues. Authoritarian Hindu nationalism under Prime Minister Narendra Modi threatens to silence media, minorities and opposition. Age-old inequalities thwart the future dreams of its 400 million young people. India expert Gie Goris convincingly demonstrates that India has arrived on the global stage. The world can no longer ignore it.

This ambitious book provides much-needed insight into the country, its people and its leaders. Because to understand India is also to know our own future.

Few Western journalists know India as intimately as Gie Goris does.

– Amitav Ghosh

Gie Goris was active in global journalism for more than three decades, first as editor-in-chief of Wereldwijd, then as editor-in-chief of MO*. His areas of expertise: culture and religion in the context of conflict and human development, interculturalism and globalisation, and the rise of the Global South. He is specialised in Asia (from Afghanistan to India, from Iran to Indonesia).

A Diamond in the Rough

Over 100 specific tips to build a strong customer culture

Steven Van Belleghem

170 x 240 mm | 276 pages | 70,000 words full colour illustrations | paperback all rights available, except for English rights English manuscript available

A book based on 20 years of experience, gained at small and large companies in terms of customer orientation

This book does not contain complex strategies, but it gives specific tips that any type of company can use immediately

A Diamond in the Rough shows you how to build a customer-oriented corporate culture. Turn your rough diamond into a beautiful shiny gem. Many companies have the intention to be customer-oriented, but only a few succeed in making the customer really happy. The key to success is building a customercentric culture: a culture where both leaders and employees of an organization are aware of their role towards the customer at all times.

In this book you will learn in concrete steps and clear tips how you can develop a customer-oriented corporate culture. Success or failure is often in the details and in having the right attitude.

Steven is one of the world's leading thought-leaders, speakers and authors on customer experience to discuss what key trends CMO's and their teams need to be taking seriously.

– Dr Geraint Evans, Forbes

Steven Van Belleghem is an international keynote speaker. He is a part-time marketing professor at Vlerick Business School and a guest speaker at London Business School. Steven is also an entrepreneur: he is a partner of inspiration company Nexxworks and co-founder of content creation agency Snackbytes. He is a director at Plan International Belgium.

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