Topsy and Tim

Topsy and Tim At the Farm

Topsy and Tim are always finding fun adventures in the real world, and this story is reassuring for young children having first experiences of their own. In Topsy and Tim At the Farm, the children meet all kinds of interesting animals. They help collect eggs from the chickens, and find some little ducklings learning how….. Read More

Bad news

Bad news: why we fall for fake news

Today we carry the news with us, getting instant alerts about events around the globe. And yet despite this unprecedented abundance of information, it seems increasingly difficult to know what’s true and what’s not. In Bad News, Rob Brotherton delves into the psychology of news, reviewing how psychological research can help navigate this post-truth world. Which….. Read More

Saturation

Saturation

Essays, conversations, and artist portfolios confront questions at the intersection of race, institutional life, and representation. Controversies involving race and the art world are often discussed in terms of diversity and representation―as if having the right representative from a group or a larger plurality of embodied difference would absolve art institutions from historic forms of….. Read More

Apeirogon

Apeirogon

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “A quite extraordinary novel. Colum McCann has found the form and voice to tell the most complex of stories, with an unexpected friendship between two men at its powerfully beating heart.”–Kamila Shamsie, author of Home FireLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE – NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Independent –….. Read More

Contemporary African art

Contemporary African art

Contemporary African art has grown out of the diverse histories and cultural heritage of the African continent and its diaspora. It is not characterized by any particular style, technique or theme, but by a bricolage-like attitude towards art-making, incorporating and building upon the structures from which older, precolonial and colonial genres were made. In this….. Read More

Įstabusis Vilniaus miestas

Įstabusis Vilniaus miestas/The Marvelous City of Vilnius

It is a new, modern “dreamed up” and told legend about the founding of the city of Vilnius, which combines graphic illustrations with a minimalistly concise, poetic text. It raises questions that are interesting to look for answers to.

Peter Lindbergh. Untold Stories

Peter Lindbergh. Untold Stories

The first-ever exhibition curated by Peter Lindbergh himself, shortly before his untimely death, Untold Stories at the Düsseldorf Kunstpalast served as a blank canvas for the photographer’s unrestrained vision and creativity. Given total artistic freedom, Lindbergh curated an uncompromising collection that sheds an unexpected light on his colossal oeuvre. This artist’s book, the official companion….. Read More

Machine vision

Machine vision and navigation

This book presents a variety of perspectives on vision-based applications. These contributions are focused on optoelectronic sensors, 3D & 2D machine vision technologies, robot navigation, control schemes, motion controllers, intelligent algorithms and vision systems. The authors focus on applications of unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous and mobile robots, industrial inspection applications and structural health monitoring. Recent….. Read More

Dynamics and control of robotic systems

Dynamics and control of robotic systems

Dynamics and Control of Robotic Systems offers a systematic and thorough theoretical background for the study of the dynamics and control of robotic systems. The authors―noted experts in the field―highlight the underlying principles of dynamics and control that can be employed in a variety of contemporary applications. The book contains a detailed presentation of the precepts….. Read More