took a walk in the winter woods and was surprisedby what I found there.With no expectations, no preconceived notionsof what I would find,I just followed a voice that beckoned me:'Come, walk.'As I made my way along the wood-chipped path, I smiledto hear my feet make a loud crunching sound.It satisfied me in the most peculiar way.Crunch, crunch, crunch-I couldn't get enough of thisgratifying sound....

Over the last fifty years, tourism has become firmly established as a development option around the world. Commensurate with this, the study of tourism's developmental role has also expanded significantly. There now exists a broad understanding of the policies and processes, opportunities and challenges that apply to tourism's potential contributions to development. As the tourism environment now faces numerous challenges and transformations, it is timely to reflect on contemporary underst...

Maren and Locke both exist in the same world of professional golf—he's the number one player in the world, while she just takes his picture.Never mind that Locke unintentionally leads the press to believe that he and Maren are dating, because when she confronts him, he couldn't care less.Add in a reality show Maren is unfortunately a part of with her now ex-boyfriend, the number two golfer in the world, and she finds herself propositioning Locke to teach he...

Don’t question your Guardians. Don’t keep secrets. Don’t venture near the Wall.Saskia has spent her life blindly following the Twelve Cardinal Rules laid out for her by the Guardians, just like every other citizen of Xantera – even when they demand a living sacrifice to protect the city from the Monster who prowls beyond the Wall.But when Saskia finds a strange pendant left behind by a mysterious stranger, she begins to hear a voice in her head that could c...