How does community arise in and exist through communication? Blending theory and case studies, Civic Communion looks at community-building in rural America and how civic-minded people come together through a variety of ways, such as hosting and attending festivals, addressing conflict, planning the community, and maintaining heritage museums. David E. Procter's insightful work reveals a specific and significant form of community 'talk' that serves to build and sustain community.

The editors have approached leading researchers to review the area of organometallic chemistry with the potential to provide answers to problems and challenges faced in catalysis, synthetic organic chemistry and unusal reactivity and the development of new materials.