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The conquest of Native America is usually told as two thefts, the theft of the land and the killing of the people. Beyond the Burial Tree adds a third, harder to see because it left no acreage and no body count: the seizure of a people's authority over its own dead. The right to decide how the dead are mourned, where they rest, and whether they remain present to the living was carried off along with the ground and the lives, and that taking is the subject of this book. David Boles tells it through the people whose river raised him.

Written by Senior Lecturer and Course Leader in Sociology, Megan Todd, this guide covers all the fundamental topics studied in a Sociology degree for the general reader. Filled with suggestions for further reading, and easily digestible features on important figures in the development of sociology, ideas and their implementation in the real world, this audiobook makes learning the subject easier than ever. Including chapters on identity and society, social class and inequality, ethnicity, sexuality, it covers the whole range of sociological ideas and approaches.

Since the publication of the first edition of Critical Race Theory in 2001, the United States has lived through two economic downturns, an outbreak of terrorism, and the onset of an epidemic of hate directed against immigrants, especially undocumented Latinos and Middle Eastern people. On a more hopeful note, the country elected and re-elected its first black president and has witnessed the impressive advance of gay rights. Critical Race Theory is essential for understanding developments in this burgeoning field, which has spread to other disciplines and countries.

The off-screen, in-person human connection you crave may be more within reach than you think. Discover the surprising science of why we come alive in shared experience, how to access special occasion "good vibes" in your everyday, and a pathway to long-lasting joy and wellbeing. You know it when...

"An excellent introduction to behavioral science with relatable examples is presented by an expert narrator." - AudioFile Magazine on The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit Expanding upon his viral TEDx Talk, psychology professor and social scientist John V. Petrocelli's The...

Are you frustrated by a world that seems increasingly irrational? Do politics, dating, and modern culture feel like they are spinning out of control? In The Why Behind Things, Hunter Trace reveals the hidden evolutionary forces driving human behavior. We are running twenty-first-century software on Pleistocene hardware. Our brains were built for small nomadic bands and scarce calories, yet we are using them to navigate global networks, infinite information, and algorithms designed to hijack our deepest instincts.

IRL, Chris Stedman's personal and searing exploration of authenticity in the digital age, shines a light on how age-old notions of realness - who we are and where we fit in the world - can be freshly understood in our increasingly online lives. Stedman offers a different way of seeing the supposed split between our online and offline selves: the internet and social media are new tools for understanding and expressing ourselves, and the not-always-graceful ways we use these tools can reveal new insights into far older human behaviors and desires.

Pulling Down the Barn eloquently recalls author Anne-Marie Oomen's personal journey as she discovers herself an outsider on her family farm located in western Michigan's Oceana County, in the township of Elbridge - a couple hundred acres in the middle of rural America. Written as a series of heartfelt interlocking narratives, this collection of essays portrays the realities of farm life: haying, picking asparagus and cherries, the machinery of tractors and pickers.