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Texas, 1907. Miss Opal Wilson may be elderly, but she's certainly not ordinary. And when local circuit-riding preacher, Andrew Marek, finds himself trapped in an engagement to an unsuitable woman, Miss Opal considers it her duty to set things right. With the help of her sister (and the good Lord, of course), Miss Opal sets her match-making scheme into motion. Will she find the right bride in time? Set in Central Texas in the early 1900s, Miss Opal Makes a Match is a lighthearted story that combines authentic historical detail and lovable characters with a Texas-sized dose of faith.

This book explores the recent popular mobilization in the Arab world, using the Francophone Maghreb countries of Tunisia and Morocco as cases. A comparison of the social and economic developments in these countries in recent history demonstrates important similarities in terms of economic restructuring and liberalization. While key groups in both societies had seen income disparities increase and their relative economic status come under pressure, the uprisings in the two countries took two very different paths. One lead to regime change and the other lead only to modest reforms. This book...