The Governance of European Higher Education: Convergence or Divergence analyses governance at state and institutional levels in five European higher education systems chosen as representative of European higher education as a whole: Germany, Hungary, Norway, Portugal and the UK (as in England, Scotland and Wales). Drawing on 180 detailed face-to-face interviews with policymakers and universities the book explores the extent to which governance and systems have been converging or diverging towards or away from a common European model over the last decade and records the evidence of growing directional controls exercised by the various states.

At the age of sixteen Frances Hodgson Burnett moved to Tennessee with her bankrupt family and began writing for American magazines as means to support herself. Over two decades later Burnett published "Little Lord Fauntleroy," modeling the character after her son Vivian. Burnett's text and Reginald Birch's original illustrations helped popularize a very romantic style of dress for boys -- a velvet suit with a broad lace collar -- in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Captured! is the autobiography of World War I Austrian POW Ferdinand Horvath who is taken prisoner on the front lines in 1914 and sent to a concentration camp in Siberia. There he endures brutal conditions for two and a half years until one day fate presents an opportunity for escape. Against impossible odds, Horvath flees the frozen fortress undetected and attempts to make his way across war-torn Russia to the safety of Sweden...

Maya has lost her sense of self. An underappreciated stay-at-home mom in an unhappy marriage, she embarks on a week-long solo vacation with the hope of finding herself again. But as she arrives in sultry North Florida, she thinks all that awaits her is umbrella drinks, warm sand, and a new perspective. Maya has no idea her entire life is about to change.

Maya just wants to feel young and sexy again. As she enjoys a drink at a tiki bar on her first night, she is lost in her thoughts-until a dashing man introduces himself. After Rafael and Maya share an intimate dance, they part for the night. Maya thinks it is nothing but an innocent attraction- until two goons show up at her door a few minutes later and reveal they are holding her sister hostage. Suddenly, Maya is caught not only in a dangerous web of deception, but also a passionate affair with Rafael-who is actually a CIA agent in the midst of a complicated case.

In this sexy, romantic tale, a woman lost in the demands of motherhood and a lifeless marriage sets out to find happiness and discovers her true self in the process.

This book provides an in-depth multidisciplinary analysis of the major social and political processes affecting Hungarians in Romania after the overthrow of the Communist regime in 1989. The volume highlights the interdependence between the ethno-political strategies of minority elites and Romania's minority policy regime on the one hand, and social processes such as ethnic boundary making and ethnic stratification on the other. The chapters combine perspectives from a variety of disciplines including political science and the sociology of ethnic relations, supported by the findings of a broad array of empirical investigations carried out in Transylvania. It will therefore be of particular interest to scholars and students with a focus on minority politics, ethnic mobilization and nationalism, as well as researchers of ethnic relations, ethnic boundary making, social distances and ethnic inequalities.

The setting is America in the not too distant future. Disease and War have brought the country to its knees but in doing so has created new opportunities. Beginning with the first glimpse of the nuclear flash, the individuals in Spero join the hordes of refugees as they try to regroup and rebuild. Tasha, a beloved character from book one of the Birth Pangs series, guides her wounded charge through the carnage to a place of safety and healing. But war is never far off, and efforts to fight off despair using human effort abound. These have been tried and found wanting. In Spero, something else is offered.

This collection of expert articles highlights the standards and practices concerning sustainability reporting among companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Due to the growing interest in corporate social responsibility issues, sustainability reporting has become increasingly common among businesses that claim to adhere to certain social, environmental and economic standards. While it can be observed that sustainability reporting is widely practiced in Western and Northern European countries, only few studies have been conducted on this topic in the CEE region. Drawing on a major empirical study involving researchers from 10 different CEE countries, this book addresses the status quo of sustainability reporting, outlines future prospects and provides essential recommendations for practitioners.