Sérgio survives an industrial accident that should have been nothing more than a frightening memory. He returns home, goes back to work, and tries to resume the life he has always known.But something is wrong.The apartment is the same. His job is the same. His memories are intact. Yet small details no longer fit: a familiar object in the wrong place, a photograph that feels subtly different, a neighbor who seems to belong to another version of the building. Even more distur...

Two Vatos Talk Pop Cultura brings a leading Latinx media studies scholar, Frederick Luis Aldama, together with an award-winning television writer and producer, Peter Murrieta, to examine how Latinx representation has evolved—and stagnated—across seven decades of American TV, film, and pop culture.

Environmental Education in the Anthropocene explores how education can address the environmental crisis by combining theory, pedagogy, and practice. Organized into four sections, the book progresses from context to action: the foundations of the Anthropocene and its educational implications, the roles of institutions and actors in environmental education, innovative methodologies like experiential learning and transformative pedagogies, and practical tools for implementation. With...

You're not lazy. You're running different hardware.You can hold an entire system in your head and forget a conversation from yesterday. You can produce extraordinary work under deadline pressure and sit frozen in front of a twenty-minute task, knowing exactly what to do and unable to start.That gap - between what you're capable of and what you can reliably deliver - is not a character flaw. It's a Spiky Profile: a performance signature defined not by your average ability bu...

Aesthetics of the Novel: Beyond Bakhtin examines the history of the novel through the diverse aesthetic currents that this literary genre has adopted from antiquity to the present day. Drawing on Mikhail Bakhtin’s aesthetic theory, this work provides a comprehensive overview of the Western novel while simultaneously acknowledging the Eastern novel’s distinct identity and contributions. The novel is conceived here as a cultural bridge between popular and high culture – a genre whos...

Machine Learning (ML) is a broad term for software that can spot patterns in data and make decisions without being explicitly programmed for each task. ML algorithms power the search and recommendation systems, business workflows, and software security systems you use every day—including AI tools like ChatGPT. This unique book brings the core ideas of ML to life with vivid examples, engaging exercises, and crisp illustrations. There’s no jargon or complex academic theory. All you need is b...

This work offers a groundbreaking account of how Chicana/o activists have engaged in sustained efforts to reclaim Indigenous identity through political struggle, cultural expression, and transnational solidarity.Author José Luis Serrano Nájera takes an in-depth look at the history of Chicana/o indigeneity, starting with the Chicana/o Movement of the 1960s and 1970s and through twenty-first century transnational activism and solidarity movements. Serrano Nájera reveals how claims to...

Cervantine Futures places the writings of Miguel de Cervantes into conversation with some of the most pressing issues in cultural studies, critical theory, and sociopolitical discourse of the last decade. Assembling a diverse range of prominent and emerging scholars in the field, this volume stakes a claim for Hispanism’s place in the growing scholarly movement to vindicate pre- and early modernity for its incisive and often singular perspective on race, gender, ability, the body,...

One of the bloodiest and longest lasting revolutionary movements in Latin America described in graphic form.Rupay, in Quechua, means ardor, fire. On May 17th, 1980, the Shining Path, a Maoist group in Peru, burned the electoral records in a small town in the Ayacucho region to ignite the revolution that would set all of Peru aflame. This graphic novel retells the events relating to the start of the conflict, between 1980 and 1984, and the political violenc...

A lie can bury love for a lifetime. It can't outlast it.In a small farming town in California's San Joaquin Valley, Jose Magaña, the son of Mexican immigrant field workers, and Dana Milton, daughter of the town's treasurer, become inseparable as children, long before either of them understands what it means to fall in love. Their friendship crosses lines their families never meant to be crossed. His home is built on the sweat of the almond and pistachio orchards. H...

This book explores how machine learning algorithms can be applied to Industry 4.0 technologies to enhance their capabilities. It discusses how machine learning can be used for predictive maintenance in smart factories, optimizing supply chain management, and improving quality control through advanced data analytics and also:Presents advanced machine learning techniques such as deep learning, reinforcement learning, and ensemble methods specifically tailored for Industry 4.0 a...

A moving graphic memoir about companionship, family, and the extraordinary impact one Bernese mountain dog can have on a lifeWhen Cedric brings home a Bernese puppy on a whim, he unwittingly upends his life. Suddenly forced to rethink everything from his home life to his career, he discovers that Ubac is far more than a pet: he is a companion who opens the door to new experiences, new relationships, and a deeper appreciation of the world around him.Over the...