When the future you always pictured falls apart before your eyes, what will it take to stay afloat?Jared Paulsen hangs everything on the girl of his dreams. They’re perfect together, and he looks to the future with infinite possibilities and anticipations. All he’s got to do is ask her out before he loses his nerve and his chance.Devon Hill tries to support his friend, but Jared is quickly growing distant in pursuit of his imagined future. Devon struggles to maintain their ...

Much of American popular culture depicts the 1930s South either as home to a population that was intellectually, morally, and physically stunted, or as a romantic, sentimentalized haven untouched by the nation’s financial troubles. Though these images stand as polar opposites, each casts the South as an exceptional region that stood separate from American norms. Reassessing the 1930s South brings together historians, art critics, and literary scholars to provide a new social and c...

Classroom on the Road: Designing, Teaching, and Theorizing Out-of-the-Box Faculty-Led Student Travel explores real-world, out-of-the-box examples of faculty-led student travel that challenge the dominant paradigms of conventional tourism. Contributors share teaching methods that can be adapted for a variety of university travel scenarios and encourage students to be responsible and thoughtful members of the global community who seek out valuable experiences in other cultures to go...

Islam on Campus explores how Islam is represented, perceived and lived within higher education in Britain. It is a book about the changing nature of university life, and the place of religion within it. Even while many universities maintain ambiguous or affirming orientations to religious institutions for reasons to do with history and ethos, much western scholarship has presumed higher education to be a strongly secularizing force. This framing has resulted in religion often bein...

A comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless intimate, hilarious, and often thought-provoking stories by nearly fifty of the most integral members of today’s convention and fandom community.See You At San Diego is the comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless stories by nearly fifty of the most integral members of the Comic-Con and fando...

CRM Fundamentals is a critical and comprehensive resource for executives and project leaders tasked with managing customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives. It provides an introduction to CRM and how it delivers value to organizations, and describes the process to build and execute a CRM roadmap successfully—including identifying goals, lining up the right people, planning projects, choosing software packages and consultants, managing the initial CRM implementation, and m...

Embark on an extraordinary journey through the pages of The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 08 - 05. May 1897. Witness the world through the lens of intrepid explorers and renowned scientists as they unravel the mysteries of distant lands, delve into the depths of the ocean, and soar to new heights. From the vibrant streets of Constantinople to the remote shores of Alaska, this volume captures the spirit of adventure and the boundless curiosity that defines the human experience. Prepare ...