Blending theory with hands-on practice, this text is an accessible, theoretically grounded, and methodologically rich guide to using LLMs in communication inquiry.This book is organized around three core themes: methodological applications, human–AI collaboration, and critical reflection. It shows readers how tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and BERT can be used to analyze large volumes of text, images, and digital media content. It covers sentiment analysis, framing analysis...

Penned by superstar graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, the eighth and final volume of this hilarious genre-bending series brings Clash of Clans to sensational life!When King Bernard announces tryouts for the all-new Jazzypickelton Cucumbers squad, E.M.M.A., a P.E.K.K.A. who has spent her life making pancakes, seizes her chance to achieve her dream. But when she tries to show her moves at the tryouts, she doesn’t move. It’s almost as if she can’t move. It turns out E....

This book investigates how “rotten girls”—female fans of male-male romance—navigate the affective terrain of queer fandom in post-socialist China. Focusing on the everyday experiences of these fans, it traces their engagements with queer representations of masculinity across state-sanctioned, commercial, and fan-produced media.Through the lens of affect, this book highlights how these women negotiate identity, desire, and agency within an environment marked by censorship, market fo...

Starting school is not so scary when you have a buddy by your side. A reassuring story that will give children comfort and confidence as they start school, from CBCA award-winning author Pip Harry and illustrator Clare Yang.Luca and Jas are off to school, and it's time to meet their Year 6 buddies! School is so big and busy, but their buddies are there to show them the way and help them feel safe and welcome. Join Luca and Jas as they make friends, discover new thi...

When was the last time you prayed with power and passion, expecting God to move in remarkable ways? For Christians in the West, our prayers often feel small, complacent, and perfunctory. Why? Because compared to many other parts of the world, it's relatively easy to be a Christian in the West. As a result, we may not see God move in miraculous ways.By contrast, the prayers of Chinese house churches have been shaped by suffering, marginalization, and persecution. They have an urgenc...

A modern Gift of the Magi tale of a poor Hmong family celebrating Christmas and the love, sacrifice, and generosity that holds them close.Six days a week, Momma wakes up before dawn to head to the factory. She leaves three simple bowls of rice and egg on the table for her children and always returns home before their bellies start to rumble. Sister knows their family does not have much. She loves walking home and being greeted by the glowing Santa on the corner and...

This book provides a practical reference for traffic anti-fraud, establishing a new standard for accessible, real-world traffic security governance that empowers readers to design scalable defenses while maintaining an optimal user experience.The internet’s rapid growth has enabled a surge in digital fraud. Cybercriminals exploit every stage of online traffic, from fake promotion scams and bot-driven account fraud to "coupon hacking" during e-commerce sales and sophisticated phishi...

How the history of data visualization holds the key to designing a more just future.From maps of colonial empires to charts of national trade, data visualization has long been used to consolidate knowledge and power. But just as often, it has been used to uncover oppression and bring about change. Data by Design journeys across continents and over centuries to expose the power of visualization—and to show how it can be wielded back.A group of Briti...

TWO BRIDES. A CENTURY APART. BOUND TOGETHER BY FATE . . . The haunting, romantic book club novel for readers of Kristin Hannah and Kate Morton, with a touch of Jane Eyre1806, Cloud Mountain. Jiayi is the lowliest of the Gu family's servants, so she is thrilled when their son and heir chooses her to be his 'little wife'. But this quasi-marriage offers no security, and Jiayi's situation becomes increasingly perilous with her husband's family...

The Green Wok is a modern, technique-led plant-based Asian cookbook built around the most useful piece of kit in the kitchen – the wok. Designed for confident weeknight cooking, it delivers high heat, fast timing and maximum flavour, with recipes spanning stir-fries, noodles, rice dishes, wok-charred vegetables and punchy sides. These are vibrant, glossy, deeply satisfying dishes that capture everything readers love about their favourite takeaway – with vegetables (and tofu and ot...

Examines the entangled relationships among multiple imperialist powers operating in Chinese treaty-port cities during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.This book centers on China's two largest treaty ports: Tianjin and Shanghai, two cities that were divided into several colonial concessions alongside the Chinese districts from the 1850s to 1940s. While much scholarship on modern global imperial history and colonial urbanism has focused on the bilater...

In this essential follow-up to his New York Times best-selling The War on Normal People, Forward Party cofounder Andrew Yang articulates a clear vision for navigating our AI–engulfed economyTHE END OF NORMAL: A HUMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE TO THE AI JOBPOCALYPSE is a practical guidebook for individuals and the average American family to manage the most dramatic transformation of the economy and labor market in human hist...