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Navajo Traditional Stories and the Science of Geology

Author(s): Dale Nations, Max Goldtooth, Henry Haven

The three authors of this book vary greatly in backgrounds and experience but share in the love of the land and a desire to impart their knowledge of it. Comparisons are made of the rock record of geologic events known to geologists, to the legends in stories known to traditional Navajos. Ages and e...

African American Nutrition: Learn How to Use Nutrition to Your Advantage and Reclaim Power Over Your Health

Author(s): Katherine Lawrence-Ireland

Why do African Americans have the highest death rates from all kinds of cancers, but not the highest diagnoses?How are BMI charts negatively biased against the body composition of African Americans? Why are doctors providing the same blood pressure medications to African Americans as they are Caucas...

Relationships and Intimacy: Learning about Relationships While Building Them

Author(s): Jan Todd

Understanding ourselves and what we need and want from relationships in our lives is often a subject left for us to discover on our own as we age and develop.  Yet, what would it be like if one could learn about the relationships we have and the ones we want in the safety of a group focused on that ...

Memory Matters: Amnesia, Inattention and Eyewitness Memory

Author(s): Hildur Schilling

This textbook may serve as a handbook for anyone interested in learning about applying research on memory to our everyday lives. Professionals who conduct interviews need to be mindful of factors that affect someone’s account (memory) of what they have experienced. This book may be of particular int...

World Music and Culture: Travel Through Traditional and Contemporary Soundscapes Around the World: Customized Version of World Music Cultures

Author(s): DAWN AVERY

World Music & Culture: Travel Through Traditional and Contemporary Soundscapes from Around the World is a turn-key course package that introduces students to several musical cultures from around the globe. The interactive online course uses YouTube and similar videos to empower students to experienc...