Get It While It’s Hot brings together scholars, food writers, influencers, and even a CEO to discuss the phenomenon of eating by the side of the road. This innovative collection examines an increasingly commonplace belief across the U.S. South—that some of the best, most enjoyable food comes from places you would not expect: a gas station, the back of a pickup truck, or a ramshackle building made of plywood.The essays collected here look at the delicious food that can be f...

How did a niche, family-owned sports car manufacturer secretly corner the market on Europe's largest automaker, temporarily making it the most valuable company on the planet and incinerating billions of dollars of hedge fund capital? The Volkswagen short squeeze of 2008 is the ultimate masterclass in stealth financial engineering. During the global financial crisis, aggressive short-sellers heavily bet against Volkswagen's stock. Quietly and legally, Porsche used cash-settled options to se...

Information systems are central to libraries, and managing information systems is critical to serving library communities. Both a textbook for LIS courses and a handbook for practitioners, this volume thoroughly addresses modern libraries' challenges of integrating information technology.Written by Joseph R. Matthews and Carson Block, both experts on library information systems, this book describes the evolution of library information systems, their enabling techno...

Shakespeare’s plays explore a staggering range of political topics, from the nature of tyranny, to the practical effects of Christianity on politics and the family, to the meaning and practice of statesmanship. From great statesmen like Burke and Lincoln to the American frontiersman sitting by his rustic fire, those wrestling with the problems of the human soul and its confrontation with a puzzling world of political peril and promise have long considered these plays a source of political ...