This special compendium provides a concise and unified vision of facial image processing. It addresses a collection of state-of-the-art techniques, covering the most important areas for facial biometrics and behavior analysis. These techniques also converge to serve an emerging practical application of interactive distance learning.Readers will get a broad picture of the fundamental science of the field and technical details that make the research interesting. Moreover, the intellectual in...

Were you born during or between the years of the 1980s and the 2000s? Do you know someone who can be identified as a millennial? Is there an age group that seems to be a type of breed that you just can't figure out? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, then this book is relevant to you.Millennial Pet Peeves is a humorous, relatable, and relevant book that focuses on what goes on in the minds of Millennials. There are distinguishable differences that often get...

Winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize‘Reading Vuong is like watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition.’ New YorkerAn extraordinary debut from a young Vietnamese American, Night Sky with Exit Wounds is a book of poetry unlike any other.Steeped in war and cultural upheaval and wielding a fresh new language, Vuong writes about the most profound subjects – love and loss, conflict, grief, memor...

MINISERIES PREMIERE THE SECRET HISTORY OF LEGO NINJAGO STARTS HERE! As war erupts in Ninjago, young champion Garmadon sets off on a quest to discover the truth behind the legend of The Forbidden Five—and a secret power that could turn the tide of the Serpentine War! Can Garmadon resist wielding this forbidden technique—or is corruption the only path toward saving his beloved Ninjago? Critically acclaimed writer/artist TRI VUONG (LEGO NINJAGO: GARMADON) returns to reveal the secret history ...

College dropout Hai doesn’t know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.‘HEARTBREAKING’ Guardian‘BEAUTIFUL’ Oprah Winfrey‘DRAMATIC AND VIVID’ Colm TóibínOne late summer evening in the town of East Gladness, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice be...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, written and read by Ocean Vuong.Brilliant, heartbreaking, tender, and highly original – poet Ocean Vuong's debut novel is a sweeping and shattering portrait of a family, and a testament to the redemptive power of storytellingOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker,...

A Plucked Zither explores what happens to language and thus emotions and relationships under conditions of migration, specifically refugee migration from Vietnam, and its aftermath. Crisscrossing between making a home in the U.S. and home in Vietnam, the speaker tries non-linear, multilingual voice(s) that demonstrates the disparate nature of memory and the operation of other ways of knowing. Efforts to speak reflect the severing created by historical forces of war and imperialism...

The First Ever LEGO® NINJAGO® Comic Book Series! Perfect for fans new and old alike, an official new chapter in the LEGO® NINJAGO® universe begins here. Far away from Ninjago City, a village is terrorized by a mysterious new threat when they're saved by a stranger with incredible power known as…Garmadon, Lord of Destruction?! Has Garmadon turned over a new leaf since his disappearance, or is this just the first step in his master plan of finally defeating Master Wu and the ninja forever? T...

**An Audie Award finalist • The instant New York Times bestseller • Oprah’s Book Club Pick • Named a Best Book of 2025 by TIME, The New Yorker, Harper's Bazaar, USA Today, NPR, People, Christian Science Monitor, Scientific American, and Kirkus Reviews • A 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence finalist“Stunning . . . A heartfelt and powerful examination of those living on the fringes of society, and...

If Garmadon struggles to learn the power of Shatterspin, how can he teach a new generation to reclaim their legacy? Will their first mission end in success or failure? LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations, the Minifigure and NINJAGO are ™ and/or © LEGO Group. 2024 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved.

**"Take your time with these poems, and return to them often.” —The Washington PostThe New York Times-bestselling collection of poems from the award-winning writer Ocean VuongHow else do we return to ourselves but to foldThe page so it points to the good partIn this deeply intimate second poetry collection, Ocean Vuong searches for life among the aftershocks of personal and social loss, embodying the paradox of sit...

Brought to you by Penguin.THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCollege dropout Hai doesn’t know how to face the future until a chance meeting with elderly widow Grazina changes his life.One late summer evening in the town of East Gladness, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Gr...