Rural Communities

This book examines the educational gaps that multilingual students in rural communities experience. It argues that responsive, successful relations...

Rural development is still an important policy goal in most developing countries where a high proportion of the population lives and works in rural...

Public transportation in rural areas can be critical to connecting people to jobs, shopping, and health services. The Federal Transit Administratio...

Our rural communities are home to some of the most hard working and fiercely self-reliant Americans in the United States. Strong and secure rural c...

The Okavango Delta, a globally renowned wetland, is characterised by a mosaic of meandering watercourses, floodplains and islands, and is home to a...

Older people in the countryside are vastly under-researched compared to those in urban areas. This innovative volume, the first project-based book ...

A windswept love letter to Scotlands heritage sheep and to the Orkney farming community too. Cal Flyn, author of Islands of Abandonment The Lost F...

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Presss mission to seek out and cultivate the b...

Organising a wedding can be murder...The entire OSullivan brood have gathered at St. Marys Church for the wedding of Siobhán OSullivan and Macdara ...

On March 10, 1920, in Pachuca, Mexico, the Compania de Santa Gertrudis - the largest employer in the region, and a subsidiary of the United States ...

Her desire for love will have disastrous consequencesLissa Turner has everything a girl could wish for. Shes beautiful, intelligent and has a wonde...

When her life is thrown into disarray, can she remember what matters most?Beth Brandon and her twin sister, Sarah, are polar opposites in every way...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Most people think I save dogs, but really they saved me. Niall Harbison i...

Nothing stays buried foreverLifeboat volunteer DI Shona Oliver receives a Mayday call coming from Kilcatrin Island. Upon the beach is the badly bur...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Most people think I save dogs, but really they saved me. Niall Harbison i...

From farmer, lawyer and political activist John Klar comes a bold, solutions-based plan for Conservatives that gets beyond the fatuous pipe dreams ...

If you want real food, food security and a truly biodiverse countryside, please, please read this book. John Lewis-Stempel, author of Meadowland  ...

An exploration of how key provinces in China shape urban and regional development The rise of major metropolises across China since the 1990s has b...

Gentle chaos sets in when the absent-minded Mr Pim calls in to see George Marden, bearing some innocent news... George is a fine upstanding citize...

'Full of smugglers tales, childhood memories and the real-life struggles of living on a remote island.' - Touring Tales ***'In the January dark, a ...

A heartwarming and uplifting summer read for fans of Heidi Swain and Phillipa Ashley, by the author of The Country Village Christmas Show, The Coun...

'Divide is well written and thought-provoking' - Sunday Telegraph'A lively guide through the thorny challenges of rural life in an urban world. Ess...

'A riveting murder mystery. A psychological thriller. A magnificent work of literary fiction' KIRAN DESAI 'An elegy for India. It is gorgeously wr...

In the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, the Congress required that the Commission report on rural Medicare beneficiaries'' acces...

A thoughtful text integrating strengths, assets, and capacity-building themes with contemporary issues in rural social work practice Now in its sec...

'A Thoreauvian account of solitary life in the Scottish Highlands . . . delightful' - Kirkus Reviews'Ken Smiths advice for staying alive in incleme...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE Eye-opening and persuasive SUNDAY TIMES ...

The practice of child welfare in rural communities faces the same expectations as practice in more urban settings despite budget disadvantages, tra...

In this exploration of the meaning of home, Annie Zaidi reflects on the places in India from which she derives her sense of identity. She looks bac...

'A beautiful and poetic meditation on loss, nature, and what matters in life.' - Nigel WarburtonFrom the BAFTA award-winning writer of The New York...