Latin American noir at its finest. "[A] diverse collection of stories which reflect the harshness and also the brittle brilliance of life in Mexico City."— MostlyFiction Book ReviewsAkashic Books's acclaimed series of original noir anthologies has set a high standard for portraying cities and their neighborhoods in all their dark and violent splendor. Now, " Mexico City Noir surpasses that standard with phantasmagorical tales of double-dealing, co...

This book is a response to a desire expressed by the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) who called for a diachronic study of the results of the historical-critical method. The study of the last 150-200 years of biblical research shows how the claim to scientific rigor made in many works, that is, the claim to have obtained results comparable in their certainty to those of the natural sciences, is clearly unrealistic.This is a comprehensive analysis of the...

From Ushuaia, the southernmost town in the world to the edges of the great Paraná river, and from the city of Buenos Aires to its fertile plains and the estuaries of northern Argentina, The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Argentinian Plays provides a unique insight into the preoccupations and the creative responses of one of the major theatre-producing countries in Latin America.Includes the plays:La vida extraordinaria (Extraordinary Life) by Mariano Tenconi Blanco, trans...

“Too bad 21st century telescopes were poorly designed & the supposedly habitable planets found were actually desolate.”Elton Cuauhtemoc John is taken hostage before he can start his dream job. Now, he & a multicultural science team are racing against humans’ inevitable self imposed demise to invent an Faster Than Light phone. After all, how useful is another Earth after civilization collapses?Civilization goes through cycles. Humanity’...

This book explores the emerging field of tourism intelligence as a strategic and systemic driver for tourism transformation in the context of the climate crisis, the digital transition, and social inequality. Transcending the conventional boundaries of sustainability, it proposes a new paradigm based on regeneration, resilience, and intelligence-led governance, where data, knowledge systems, and stakeholder collaboration are used not only to optimize tourism, but also to reinvent and trans...

Project management tools can be used as an alternative to improve and strengthen a company’s position in the market. However, the management of projects has been in constant transformation. Elements such as time, cost, and scope, on which it is based, have been complemented with other trends, such as the project team, change management, knowledge management, good negotiation practices, management of stakeholders, sustainability, etc. In order to improve the competitiveness of their company...

Honorable Mention from the 2022 International Latino Book Awards for Best Nonfiction - Multi-AuthorChapter 15 by Carolyn Fornoff is Winner of the 2022 Best Article in the Humanities Award, Latin American Studies Association, MexicoMexican Literature as World Literature is a landmark collection that, for the first time, studies the major interventions of Mexican literature of all genres in world literary circuits fr...

Jake Tanner is a normal 12-year-old. Or so he thought. He watches as a fight ensues on the playground at Hampton High School and sees a bully change in appearance. He tries to tell his friend, Ben, but he won’t believe him. He goes home and tells his Gran. His Gran says 'I was wondering when it was going to happen. And so, begins the journey of Jakes discovery of what he is, what he can see, and his obligations of having the gift he has been given.

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are reshaping how organizations innovate, manage resources, and create equitable opportunities for growth. As AI becomes embedded across industries, it enables greater efficiency, deeper insights, and more inclusive access to technology-driven progress. Understanding how AI intersects with leadership, ethics, and workforce dynamics is essential for navigating digital transformation responsibly. AI for Organizational Excellence and Inclusive Growth e...

A voyage to a magical marine haven, the San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja, Mexico, where the connection between man and beast is like no other on Earth. Once a killing ground for whalers hunting a leviathan they called the "devilfish," the San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja, Mexico, is now an environmental and spiritual sanctuary—the only place in the world where animals in their natural aquatic environment routinely seek out human contact. A nursery for the gray whale since before recorded history, the ...

A nuanced account from a user perspective of what it’s like to live in a datafied world.We live in a media-saturated society that increasingly transforms our experiences, relations, and identities into data others can analyze and monetize. Algorithms are key to this process, surveilling our most mundane practices, and to many, their control over our lives seems absolute. In Living with Algorithms, Ignacio Siles critically challenges this view by surveying ...

This volume presents the personal accounts of African American, Asian American, and Latino faculty who use "narratives of struggles" to describe the challenges they faced in order to become bona fide members of the U.S. Academy. These narratives show how survival and success require a sophisticated knowledge of the politics of academia, insider knowledge of the requirements of legitimacy in scholarly efforts, and resourceful approach to facing dilemmas between cultural values, traditional ...