This open access book examines how civil society organizations in Poland, Russia, and Sweden (re)act to transformations of opportunities and limitations in access to various forms of resources. The volume's contributions discuss the constraints associated with different types of resources as well as organizations' capacities to generate resources-or compensate for their lack-as they negotiate and contest barriers. The resourcefulness of civil society is revealed to be rooted in a variety of capabilities: converting resources, eliciting organizational change, and metamorphosing in response to organizational and environmental development.

This open access book examines how civil society organizations in Poland, Russia, and Sweden (re)act to transformations of opportunities and limitations in access to various forms of resources. The volume's contributions discuss the constraints associated with different types of resources as well as organizations' capacities to generate resources-or compensate for their lack-as they negotiate and contest barriers. The resourcefulness of civil society is revealed to be rooted in a variety of capabilities: converting resources, eliciting organizational change, and metamorphosing in response to organizational and environmental development.

Sending a son or daughter off to college is daunting and fear-provoking experience for most parents, but if your child has an autism spectrum disorder, the challenge is magnified many times over. Even high-functioning students with excellent academic preparation face difficulties in higher education, primarily related to communication, social skills, and sensory-based issues. For many, the accommodations and special interventions that supported them in high school will no longer be available on a college campus. This parent-friendly book, made especially so because it is written by parents, who also are autism professionals, takes the fear and mystery out of the college experience. Learn how to select the right campus, how to work with Disability Services staff, what legal protections apply, how to prepare your son or daughter to be an effective self-advocate on campus, what assistance can be reasonably be expected from residence hall managers, faculty, and much, much more.

Welcome to Blue Haven, the world's most lucrative condo corporation--so exclusive that only five lucky residents live in this lush, tropical paradise, housed in a top-secret location.Among them is twenty-five-year-old Aloe Malone, an introvert and former waitress who traded bussing tables for lengthy sleep-ins, ocean dips, Michelin-star restaurants, spectacular sunsets, and unlikely new friends--all thanks to a spurious lottery win. Life's good. Damn good. That is, until Aloe discovers a journal. Seemingly left by a past resident named Eloise whose entries are both sad and evoking, Aloe quickly suspects there's more to Blue Haven than meets the eye. Her suspicions are confirmed when visions arise, gruesome hallucinations she can't understand, followed by a strange yet familiar man lurking in places he shouldn't. Something's wrong. Or maybe it's all in her head. Regardless, she vows to uncover the truth. Except someone wants to keep her quiet, and it's the last person she ever suspected. Blue Haven is a science-fiction thriller that explores what innovation can achieve--and destroy--despite the best intentions. King's imaginative world building and use of moral ambiguity make this page-turning novel a thought-provoking thrill that's impossible to put down.

Mia Gentry is a self-professed high class Diva on a mission. After a few failed relationships, Mia is determined to find a man Fit to the Fifth. In this modern day dramedy Mia's search for a man spiritually, physically, mentally, financially, and emotionally fit takes her in a direction she never would have imagined. Mia's spiritually fit pastor turns out to be a smokin', cussin', cheatin' sex addict; her physically fit man is more concerned about his appearance than his health; she discovers that her mentally fit beau has Sybil tendencies; her financially fit man is tighter than the G-string on a bass fiddle; and her emotionally fit suitor is the biggest Drama King she has ever met. Despite their flaws, Mia discovers that looking at these seemingly unfit men causes her to look closer at herself and face her insecurities and hidden feelings. Fit to the Fifth is well-written, humorous, and soul searching. It's a fast and fun read that will make you laugh out loud. It speaks the truth about bad decisions, unexpected consequences, and pleasant surprises. It's one for the book club.

Sarah Pierce lives a normal life, has normal friends and a normal job. Then she starts having the dreams. She dreams of a man who comes to her in her sleep. Then this dream began to invade her waking hours. Inexplicable things begin happening and one morning wakes to find herself a virtual prisoner of the man from her dreams. Nicolas Colin had not taken a personal interest in a mortal woman in centuries. Yet Sarah intrigued him. For reasons not quite known to him he follows her through her life and even her dreams. Then he decides that she will be his, he takes her to his home and makes her one of his kind, a vampire. Bound together, Sarah fights for her freedom and nearly looses her life. Nicolas vows to make it up to her. The struggle to keep her own identity blinds Sarah to the love growing between them. A love that will save them from the evil that stalks the both of them.