Set in Chicago during the 1940s and 1950s, this novel of Italian-American life is populated by hardworking immigrants whose heroism lies in their quiet, sometimes tragic humanity. At the centre of the novel is young Carmolina, who is torn between the bonds of the past and the pull of the future -- a need for home and a yearning for independence. Carmolina's own story is interwoven with the stories of her family: the memories and legends of her Grandmother Doria; the courtship tales of her father, a gentle policeman and her mother, a lonely waitress; and the painful story of Doriana, her beautiful but silent sister.

Ken Sell, David Lynch and Tina Doe, three accomplished and published experts in the field of education, bring together leading education researchers and school leaders to create a collection of chapters which focus on key aspects of effective school leadership. The book explores a model for whole of school improvement and examines key concepts such as; readiness for change, approaches to leadership, how to use data, parental engagement, as well as providing insights into aspects of schooling and teaching into the future

Life for Vienna Mancini isn't easy. As a first generation Australian, she is expected to endure and perpetuate the traditions - and feuds - of her Italian family. Marry young. Have kids and keep house. And most importantly, stay away from the Valentinos. Already caught between her own desires and wishes of her family, things become even more complicated when she falls for the enemy - the handsome and charming Paolo Valentino. Knowing her family would never approve, Vienna attempts to suppress her feelings and move on with her life. When her Nonna Giovanna reveals a long hidden secret, however, Vienna finds the line between the traditional and the taboo beginning to blur, and for the first time ever, must decide for herself what is it she really wants. Taboo combines Italian history, forbidden romance, and warring families to create a tantalizing tale of love, womanhood, and culture.

From three of Australia's leading teaching and teacher education researchers comes a book about creating the outstanding school. Lynch, Madden and Doe provide an easy to read text that is all about ensuring every student gets a quality education. Each chapter explains, in easy to read terms, a set of ideas and research-based strategies that schools and their teachers can employ to reform their school. The book identifies for the reader and then explains the key research-based elements that lie at the heart of creating the outstanding school. The book features the Collaborative Teacher Learning Model and the elements of 'teaching,' 'leadership', 'coaching', 'mentoring', 'feedback', 'data driven decision-making', 'high impact instruction' and the idea of 'teachers as researchers' as the embodiment of a school-based strategy for creating the outstanding school. This book is compulsive reading for teachers and school leaders and those who care about our children's education future.

In 2005 Tina Doe set out to change the way teachers learn. She has pioneered what is today known as the Teacher Professional Learning Initiative: an exciting and meaningful way through which teachers collaborate to learn. In this book Tina Doe tells the story of how schools and teachers are coming under increasing pressure to meet the new expectations that a fast changing technologically based and global world is demanding. She argues teachers have to now meet the learning needs of all students, not just those who can "do schooling". But, as Doe outlines, the teacher education literature and anecdotes from teachers and education systems across Australia (and elsewhere) about teacher professional learning suggests there must be a better way. This book is a case study of one such approach to teacher professional learning that works.

ADR-Verfahren sind in letzter Zeit zunehmend in die Kritik geraten. Sie ermoeglichen es jedoch, den Rechtsstaatsgedanken in verschiedener Weise zu foerdern: So koennen sie einen einfachen Zugang zur Justiz schaffen, die Kosten und den Zeitaufwand fur Streitbeteiligung verringern, eine Alternative zu korrupten oder parteilichen Gerichtssystemen sein und auslandische Investitionen foerdern. Daruber hinaus koennen diese Verfahren Minderheiten besseren Zugang zur Justiz verschaffen und die Eigenverantwortlichkeit und den Zusammenhalt von Burgern starken. Verkannt werden darf dabei nicht, dass ADR-Verfahren und das Gerichtssystem aufeinander angewiesen sind. ADR- und Gerichtsverfahren sollten daher nicht als Alternative zueinander verstanden werden, sondern als gegenseitige Erganzung. Der Band geht diesen Fragen nach und stellt ausgewahlte Probleme der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit und der Mediation in den Landern Deutschland, Polen und der Ukraine dar. Erganzend behandelt er die Neuregelung der Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit in Rumanien.

Das Buch enthalt einen UEberblick uber die wichtigsten aktuellen Entwicklungen im Bereich des Strafprozessrechts in Deutschland, Polen und der Ukraine. In allen drei Staaten wurden - wenn auch in unterschiedlichem Masse - adversatorische Elemente in die StPO eingefugt. In dem Band werden zunachst die Modelle des Strafprozesses erlautert und die Reformen vorgestellt, anschliessend werden ausgewahlte, fur das Strafverfahren besonders wichtige Bereiche fokussiert: die Verteidigung, verdeckte Ermittlungsmassnahmen sowie Vereinbarungen im Strafprozess. Die Autoren sind hochrangige Spezialisten auf dem Gebiet des Strafrechts und des Strafprozessrechts mit Erfahrungen aus Wissenschaft und Praxis und haben zum Teil an den Gesetzesnovellen zur jeweiligen StPO massgeblich mitgearbeitet oder gutachterlich im Gesetzgebungsprozess beraten. Die Beitrage in diesem Band wurden groesstenteils wahrend des Projekts des IOR Strafprozessrecht im Vergleich - die deutsche, polnische und ukrainische Perspektive erarbeitet. Das Projekt sowie dieser Band wurden vom DAAD aus Mitteln des Auswartigen Amtes gefoerdert.