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\"The 1880s was an exhilarating time for cycling pioneers like Elizabeth and her husband Joseph Pennell. As boneshakers and high-wheelers evolved into tandem tricycles and the safety bike, cycling grew from child's play and extreme sport into a leisurely and, importantly, literary mode of transportation. The illustrated travel memoirs of \"those Pennells\" were--and still are--highly entertaining. They helped usher in the new age of leisure touring, while playfully hearkening back to famous literary journeys. In this new edition, Dave Buchanan provides rich cultural contexts surrounding the Pennell's first two adventures. These long out-of-print travel memoirs will delight avid cyclists as well as scholars of travel literature, cycling history, women's writing, Victorian literature, and illustration.\"-- Provided by publisher.

A peasant in peaked hat and blue shirt, with trousers rolled up high above his bare knees, crossed the road and silently examined the tricycle. \"You have a good horse,\" he then said; \"it eats nothing.\" -from An Italian PilgrimageThe 1880s was an exhilarating time for cycling pioneers like Elizabeth and her husband Joseph. As boneshakers and high-wheelers evolved into tandem tricycles and the safety bike, cycling grew from child's play and extreme sport into a leisurely and, importantly, literary mode of transportation. The illustrated travel memoirs of \"those Pennells\" were-and still are-highly entertaining. They helped usher in the new age of leisure touring, while playfully hearkening back to famous literary journeys. In this new edition, Dave Buchanan provides rich cultural contexts surrounding the Pennells' first two adventures. These long out-of-print travel memoirs will delight avid cyclists as well as scholars of travel literature, cycling history, women's writing, Victorian literature, and illustration.

This paper explores the \"lived experience\" of organizational politics from the standpoint of the change agent. While political behavior appears inevitably to accompany organizational change, the literature of change management seems to adopt an ambivalent approach to this area. The literature of organizational politics, on the other hand, identifies power bases, and offers prescriptive lists of \"power tactics\" without explaining how these are deployed in the context of driving, shaping, influencing, or implementing change. How do change agents become engaged in political activity, what forms does this take, and can these actions withstand public scrutiny? This paper is based on qualitative, idiographic accounts drawn from five interviews from a pilot study designed to develop a research methodology for advancing understanding of the shaping role of political behavior in organizational change. The case illustrations presented suggest that political behavior is an accepted rather than an objectionable dimension of the change agency role; that change agents are drawn into political behavior by a combination of organizational and interpersonal factors; that political behavior can serve organizational goals (such as protection of a change agenda) as well as personal career objectives; and that while specific actions may appear unacceptable when considered in isolation, political behavior is potentially defensible in context. The definition of \"political\" here is the one used by respondents. This constructivist perspective reveals interpretations inconsistent with negative definitions, emphasizing the illegitimate and self-serving character of political behavior, which tend to dominate the literature.

This applied dissertation was designed to explore faculty experiences regarding their Electronic Book (eBook) usage within a Digital Library and identify potential advantages and barriers to the adoption and use of eBooks at a private institution of higher education located in South Florida. Faculty members at the research site have been slow to accept and adopt eBooks, although much of the research details benefits for both faculty and student attainment of course outcomes. However, there is little qualitative and anecdotal information to determine the experiences and factors that play a role in this phenomenon. The investigator used an interview protocol with open-ended questions to determine faculty experiences with eBooks, in an effort to highlight potential barriers to adoption and implementation. The investigator anticipated identifying faculty and student experiences, including usage patterns, benefits, and disadvantages. The following central research questions guided this study: (1) what are faculty members' experiences utilizing eBooks within a Digital Library in a graduate education program at a large, private not-for-profit university in the southeast region of Florida? (2) What are the advantages to adoption and use of eBook within a Digital Library based on faculty experiences at a large, private not-for-profit university in the southeast region of Florida? (3) What are the barriers to adoption and use of eBook within a digital library based on faculty experiences at a large, private not-for-profit university in the southeast region of Florida? A faculty member interview protocol was developed, based on questions asked in a past related study to interview six faculty members of a graduate teacher education program who were using eBooks within a Digital Library at the time of the study. This allowed for a narrative of participants' lived experiences. Analysis of the data highlighted three major themes: eBooks in the classroom, eBooks vs. pBooks, and motivations for future use. Opinions and findings are based on faculty member self-reported experiences. Participants reported generally positive experiences using eBooks within a Digital Library. Absent technical issues with the format, most participants were satisfied with their use. However, a minority of faculty members did not use them regularly and preferred to rely on their own subject area expertise to facilitate their courses. Faculty also reported a number of advantages, which mainly included the additional technological capabilities embedded within the eBook including the ability to highlight, quick search, or make notes directly into the eBook itself. Similarly, technology was also a hindrance for eBook adoption, as it was reported that not having on-going access to purchased eBooks made creating a reference library impossible for graduate students.

The results of a survey, conducted in mid-1997, of management attitudes concerning organization development and change, are reported. Change management is perceived as important, but the evaluation of change is often lacking, and many managers report cynicism, information overload and initiative fatigue among employees. Participative change strategies are widely endorsed, but managers report that human factors are poorly handled. It is widely appreciated that change is stressful, but few respondents felt their organizations had effective stress management mechanisms. Finally, many managers believe that the change agent should not become involved in organization politics, but many also believe that change heightens the intensity of political issues, and that change agents require political sensitivity and negotiating, influencing and persuading skills.