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  • The Bang-Bang Club, movie tie-in

    Snapshots From a Hidden War

    by Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva ...
    The Bang-Bang Club is the story of four young photographers who covered the last years of apartheid, taking many of the most memorable photographs of the period. In this stunning new book, the group's two surviving members recount their political, emotional, and personal journeys through these violent years as South Africa moved toward democracy. Along the way we accompany them on free-lance ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Entertaining Lisbon

    Music, Theater, and Modern Life in the Late 19th Century

    by Joao Silva ...
    Series series Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
    During the decades leading up to 1910, Portugal saw vast material improvements under the guise of modernization while in the midst of a significant political transformation - the establishment of the Portuguese First Republic. Urban planning, everyday life, and innovation merged in a rapidly changing Lisbon. Leisure activities for the citizens of the First Republic began to include new forms of ... Read more

    $100.99 USD

  • INCREaSE 2019

    Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI Century

    Edited by António João Silva, António Mortal, Jaime Aníbal, Manuela Moreira da Silva, Miguel Oliveira, Nelson Sousa, Janio Monteiro ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book contains the proceedings of the INternational CongRess on Engineering and Sustainability in the XXI cEntury – INCREaSE 2019, which was held in Faro, Portugal, from October 09 to 11, 2019.The book promotes a multidisciplinary approach to sustainable development, exploring a number of transversal challenges. Among other topics it discusses Climate Changes and Environmental Protection; ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • A World with Robots

    International Conference on Robot Ethics: ICRE 2015

    Edited by Endre E. Kadar, Joao Silva Sequeira, Mohammad Osman Tokhi, Gurvinder Singh Virk, Maria Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book contains the Proceedings of the International Conference on Robot Ethics, held in Lisbon on October 23 and 24, 2015. The conference provided a multidisciplinary forum for discussing central and evolving issues concerning safety and ethics that have arisen in various contexts where robotic technologies are being applied. The papers are intended to promote the formulation of more precise ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Nanotoxicology in Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials

    Edited by Henriqueta Louro, Maria João Silva ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Since its advent, nanotechnologies are considered key enabling technologies that take advantage of a wide array of nanomaterials (NMs) for biomedical and industrial applications generating significant societal and economic benefits. However, such innovation increases human exposure to these substances through inhalation, ingestion or dermal contact raising public health concerns. Furthermore, the ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language

    12th International Conference, PROPOR 2016, Tomar, Portugal, July 13-15, 2016, Proceedings

    Edited by João Silva, Ricardo Ribeiro, Paulo Quaresma, André Adami, António Branco ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language, PROPOR 2016, held in Tomar, Portugal, in July 2016.The 23 full papers and 14 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections named: language applications, language ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Robotics and Well-Being

    Edited by Maria Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira, João Silva Sequeira, Gurvinder Singh Virk, Mohammad Osman Tokhi, Endre E. Kadar ...
    Series series Intelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)
    This book highlights some of the most pressing safety, ethical, legal and societal issues related to the diverse contexts in which robotic technologies apply. Focusing on the essential concept of well-being, it addresses topics that are fundamental not only for research, but also for industry and end-users, discussing the challenges in a wide variety of applications, including domestic robots, ... Read more

    $134.99 USD

  • Cognitive Architectures

    Edited by Maria Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira, João Silva Sequeira, Rodrigo Ventura ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides an integrated framework for natural and artificial cognition by highlighting the fundamental role played by the cognitive architecture in the dialectics with the surrounding environment and consequently in the definition of a particular meaningful world.This book is also about embodied and non-embodied artificial systems, cognitive architectures that are human constructs, meant ... Read more

    $143.99 USD

  • Robotics in Healthcare

    Field Examples and Challenges

    Edited by João Silva Sequeira ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The work is a collection of contributions resulting from R&D efforts originated from scientific projects involving academia, technological partners, and end-user institutions. The aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of robotics technology applied to Healthcare, and discuss the anticipation of upcoming challenges.The intersection of Robotics and Medicine includes socially and economically ... Read more

    $152.99 USD

  • More than Buildings

    Learning from Portuguese Building Typology

    Edited by Sérgio Padrão Fernandes, João Silva Leite, Carlos Dias Coelho ...
    Series series Project Thinking on Design
    More than Buildings studies the buildings typology in Portuguese cities and their relationship with the program (the way in which it responds to a function), the territory where it is integrated and with time and the way in which built forms evolve.The book is structured around a set of key theoretical texts that highlight the potential of knowledge about typology (and its specific formal ... Read more

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  • Behind the Badge

    The Untold Stories of South Africa's Police Service Members

    by Andrew Faull ...
    Every South African has a strong opinion on crime and policing, but most know very little about the lives and experiences of the average cop in the 185 000-strong South African Police Service. This book is composed of excerpts from interviews with current and former members of the service who, for the first time, share their personal experiences of life behind the badge. The book covers a wide ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Total Onslaught

    Apartheid’s dirty tricks exposed

    by De Wet Potgieter ...
    For much of its time in power, the National Party government was shored up by the direct involvement of its security forces. Ordinary citizens had no idea that their taxes were being used to fund unorthodox and even illegal operations, ranging from international propaganda campaigns to local death squads. From the dreaded Security Branch, the sinister Civil Cooperation Bureau, the aptly named BOSS ... Read more

    $10.99 USD