Doing English in Asia: Global Literature and Culture examines the effect of globalization on the curriculum of Asian universities. As knowledge of the English language has increasingly been understood as necessary to excel in international business, a number of Asian universities have replaced the traditional study of English literature and culture with applied English or English for specified purposes. This edited collection tackles the question of how to teach English language and cultur...

U+1FA93THE USA TODAY BESTSELLING SLASHER OF SUMMER '26. A LOVE LETTER TO ALL HORROR MOVIE FANS, SLASHER SUMMER IS THE PERFECT SUMMERWEEN READ . . .U+1FA93Perfect for fans of the Scream franchise, Friday the 13th and Halloween.-'If you pick any slasher book up this summer, it should be this one' 5 ⭐ Review'One of the best of its genre I’ve read' 5 ⭐ Revie...

Twenty-five years after the making of a notorious found-footage horror movie, the estranged cast return to the site of filming - including the former final girl, whose dreams are still haunted by that night. One of Us is Already Dead is a propulsive and chilling horror novel from a new star in horror.Twenty-five years ago, four college kids snuck into an abandoned house to film a found footage horror movie. Only three returned.Now, newly divorced Josie Wu's life is monotono...

Twenty-five years after the making of a notorious found-footage horror movie, the estranged cast return to the site of filming - including the former final girl, whose dreams are still haunted by that night. One of Us is Already Dead is a propulsive and chilling horror novel from a new star in horror.Twenty-five years ago, four college kids snuck into an abandoned house to film a found footage horror movie. Only three returned.Now, newly divorced Josie Wu's life is monotono...

With the pandemic sweeping the globe, Sarah Ng makes a desperate escape from Toronto to start a new life. But when her car breaks down in Sweetside, an isolated country town, she is forced to quarantine with two charming but disquieting brothers who run the local urban legend: a decaying roadside inn nicknamed the "Suicide Motel". Trapped between the threat of xenophobic violence and her dark past, she must convince the brothers to help her escape. But how can she know who to trust when ev...

THE SLASHER OF SUMMER '26. A LOVE LETTER TO ALL HORROR MOVIE FANS, SLASHER SUMMER IS THE PERFECT SUMMERWEEN READ . . . .Perfect for fans of the Scream franchise, Friday the 13th and Halloween.FROM SCREEN TO SCREAMWhen Patrick invites his old high school friends to stay at the remote Portnoy cabin for the weekend, they couldn’t be more excited.‘80s cult flick Slasher was filmed at that locat...

"A thrilling spy novel grounded in realistic AI safety research and geopolitical possibilities." - Nathan Helm-Burger, AI Alignment ResearcherHer meets Three Body Problem in this speculative thriller from a leading voice in AI research.Years after leaving his homeland, Chen Bai returns to China with a mission: infiltrate the government's top-secret AI lab and siphon its research to the CIA. Cloaked in the guise of...

Each month The Dark brings you the best in dark fantasy and horror! Selected by Clara Madrigano and Sean Wallace and published by Prime Books, this issue includes two all-new stories and two reprints:"The Leaves Dead Are Driven" by F. Brett Cox"The Final Girl's Daughter" by Ray Cluley (reprint)"Mother's Teeth" by E. L. Chen"Antelope Brothers" by Craig Laurance Gidney (reprint)

This book honors the life and work of the late W. Barnett Pearce, a leading theorist in the communication field. The book is divided into four sections. The first section will lead with an essay by Barnett Pearce. This will be followed by sections on (1) practical theory, (2) dialogue, and (3) social transformation. In the broadest sense, these are probably the three general themes found in the work of Pearce and his colleagues. In another sense, these categories also identify three import...

Papaya (Carica papaya) is an important and widely-cultivated tropical fruit, grown in more than 60 countries of the world. Global papaya production has grown significantly over the last few years, mainly as a result of increased production in India. Papaya has become an important agricultural export for developing countries where export revenues of the fruit provide a livelihood for thousands of people, especially in Asia and Latin America. This book includes coverage of recent research de...

Representing Agency in Popular Culture: Children and Youth on Page, Screen and In-Between addresses the intersection of children’s and youth’s agency and popular culture. As scholars in childhood studies and beyond seek to expand understandings of agency, power, and voice in children’s lives, this book places popular culture and representation as central to this endeavor. Core themes of family, gender, temporality, politics, education, technology, disability, conflict, identity, ethnicity,...

In recent years, researchers have considerably expanded our understanding of the experiences of students of color and of students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (ie. Queer). They have provided us with rich resources for addressing racism and heterosexism; however, few have examined the unique experiences of students who are both queer and of color, and few have examined the heterosexist or white-centered nature of anti-racist or anti-heterosexist education (...