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.

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.

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) is one of the last remaining manual call-over stock exchanges in the world. It is a contradictory and anachronistic place, in which, each day for forty-five minutes, twenty traders haggle across wooden desks, dealing mainly in agricultural and mineral commodities. The ZSE seems to have been left behind by the rest of the world, but some argue that its traders are the unsung heroes of the Zimbabwean economy who can be credited with keeping things afloat during the extraordinary years of hyperinflation. The ZSE is soon to be renovated and its systems digitised and automated. This means that the traders will become redundant, their place in history forgotten, and the odd aesthetic of the space in which they work will be lost. Lisa King has been photographing at the ZSE since 2011. Her project is a reflection on the physical and symbolic space that it occupies in Zimbabwe. It is also a portrait of the people who participate in this rare form of exchange. Her photographs explore the anachronistic environment of the ZSE and, along with Sean Christie’s incisive essay, suggest that the ZSE is a reminder of the ways in which technology reflects transformations in socio-political landscapes. Once the ZSE has disappeared, the book … Sometimes I Make Money One Day of the Week will be one of the few documents that record and reflect on this unique, history-making space.

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.