Inherited Silence


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"An insightful look at the historical damages early colonizers of America caused and how their descendants may recognize and heal the harm done to the earth and native peoples. Louise Dunlap tells the story of beloved land in California's Napa Valley: how the land fared during the onslaught of colonization and how it fares now in the drought, development, and wildfires that are its consequences. She looks to awaken others to consider their own ancestors' role in colonization and encourage them to begin reparations for the harmful actions of those who came before. More broadly, the book offers a way for readers to evaluate their own current life actions and the lasting impact they can have on society and the planet"--




A Search Past Silence


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This beautifully written book argues that educators need to understand the social worlds and complex literacy practices of African-American males in order to pay the increasing educational debt we owe all youth and break the school-to-prison pipeline. Moving portraits from the lives of six friends bring to life the structural characteristics and qualities of meaning-making practices, particularly practices that reveal the political tensions of defining who gets to be literate and who does not. Key chapters on language, literacy, race, and masculinity examine how the literacies, languages, and identities of these friends are shaped by the silences of societal denial. Ultimately, A Search Past Silence is a passionate call for educators to listen to the silenced voices of Black youth and to re-imagine the concept of being literate in a multicultural democratic society.




America's Silent Crimes


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Explore the Shadows of the American Justice System Delve into the unspoken transgressions deeply embedded in the very fabric of America's legal landscape. "America's Silent Crimes: What Justice Doesn't Speak Of" is a gripping exploration of the systemic failures and silent miscarriages of justice that plague our society. This compelling narrative sheds light on the untold stories and overlooked victims hidden behind the façade of legal fairness. With meticulous research, the book uncovers the Foundation of Silence, where the evolution of the justice system has given rise to selective enforcement and societal blindness. Witness the heart-wrenching accounts of the Victims without a Voice, whose struggles against socioeconomic disenfranchisement are overlooked by crime reports and media narratives. Experience the chilling reality of the Illusion of Fair Trial, where rushed decisions and the jury selection process reveal a skewed path to justice. Understand the perverse preference for Punishment over Rehabilitation, which perpetuates the cycle of incarceration and hampers the successful reintegration of the formerly incarcerated into society. Reexamine the controversial War on Drugs, unveiling the intertwined roots of policy and prejudice that give rise to mandatory minimums and the mistreatment of addiction as a criminal, rather than health, issue. Peer behind the blue curtain in Policing the Unseen, scrutinizing when law enforcement dynamics shift from protection to aggression. The haunting section on The Specter of Mental Health reveals the harrowing consequences of criminalizing mental illness and the horrific reality of solitary confinement. Embark on a journey through the chapters that place you in the thick of critical issues; witness the Juvenile Justice: The Silent Future, and confront the gendered nuances pervading the legal system in The Gendered Gavel. Unearth the seldom-discussed realm of White Collar Silence and enter the complex domain of The Digital Shadow to confront cybercrime and the privacy paradox. In its final act, the book boldly envisions a reformed system where the Breaking of Silence echoes across communities, demanding action and accountability. "America's Silent Crimes: What Justice Doesn't Speak Of" is an essential read for those who dare to confront the uncomfortable truths of our justice system and seek a path toward genuine reform.




Spatial Literary Studies


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Following the spatial turn in the humanities and social sciences, Spatial Literary Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Space, Geography, and the Imagination offers a wide range of essays that reframe or transform contemporary criticism by focusing attention, in various ways, on the dynamic relations among space, place, and literature. These essays reflect upon the representation of space and place, whether in the real world, in imaginary universes, or in those hybrid zones where fiction meets reality. Working within or alongside related approaches, such as geocriticism, literary geography, and the spatial humanities, these essays examine the relationship between literary spatiality and different genres or media, such as film or television. The contributors to Spatial Literary Studies draw upon diverse critical and theoretical traditions in disclosing, analyzing, and exploring the significance of space, place, and mapping in literature and in the world, thus making new textual geographies and literary cartographies possible.




Survivor Criminology


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Survivor Criminology: A Radical Act of Hope is a trauma-informed approach to the study of crime and justice that stems from the lived experiences of crime survivors. The chapters within this volume explore our authors’ who have each had close personal encounters with violence and death, as well as institutionalized oppressions based on racism, heterosexism, sexism, and poverty. As scholars, professors, practitioners, and students in the field, these lived experiences with crime and criminal justice have shaped their research, teaching, and advocacy work. Their voices represent experiences that are intersectional, mult-igenerational, global, trauma-informed and resiliency focused. They are deliberately and decidedly anti-racist, and their experiences acknowledge the harm that has resulted from institutionalized and structural trauma. Most importantly, their stories are grounded in their lived experiences. This volume offers survivor criminology as a radical act of hope. Our hope comes from the belief that a trauma-centered approach to crime, justice, and healing provides the opportunity for criminology to expand its theoretical and methodological roots. We see this work as transformative for the discipline - for students, scholars, members of the community, and policy-makers.




Silent Inheritance


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The Ground-breaking Book on Depression and Your DNA Feel better! The new book Silent Inheritance explains - in easy-to-read language -the concept of inherited depression. Learn how to identify the symptoms of major depression. Discover how to unlock your depression-related DNA including MTHFR and MAO-A gene variants. Find out why methylation is important to your mental health. Understand how your environment can influence your DNA. Finally, award-winning author Susan Rex Ryan shares her story and how to overcome the stigma of depression.




Endosperm


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The nutritive endosperm of angiosperms is mankind’s most important source of food, livestock feed and industrial raw material. This book is the first comprehensive overview of the developmental and molecular biology of endosperm. The text covers cereal endosperm development from fertilization to maturity, including molecular and cell biology of the syncytial phase. It also goes into the cellularization process and cell fate specification of the embryo surrounding region cells, the basal transfer cells, the starchy endosperm and aleurone cells.




Silence on the Mountain


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Written by a young human rights worker, "Silence on the Mountain" is a virtuoso work of reporting and a masterfully plotted narrative tracing the history of Guatemala's 36-year internal war, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people.




Transgenerational Epigenetics


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Transgenerational Epigenetics provides a comprehensive analysis of the inheritance of epigenetic phenomena between generations. Recent research points to the existence of biological phenomena that are controlled not through gene mutations, but rather through reversible and heritable epigenetic processes. Epidemiological studies have suggested that environmental factors may be heritable. In fact, environmental factors often play a role in transgenerational epigenetics, which may have selective or adverse effects on the offspring. This epigenetic information can be transferred through a number of mechanisms including DNA methylation, histone modifications or RNA and the effects can persist for multiple generations. This book examines the evolution of epigenetic inheritance, its expression in animal and plant models, and how human diseases, such as metabolic disorders and cardiovascular diseases, appear to be affected by transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. It discusses clinical interventions in transgenerational epigenetic inheritance that may be on the horizon to help prevent diseases before the offspring are born, or to reduce the severity of diseases at the very earliest stages of development in utero, and current controversies in this area of study, as well as future directions for research. Focused discussion of metabolic disorders, cardiovascular diseases and longevity, which appear most affected by reversible and heritable epigenetic processes Encompasses both foundational and clinical aspects including discussions of preventative in utero therapies Covers history, future outlook, disease management and current controversies




Reckoning with the Past


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This is the first book to examine how Australian fiction writers draw on family histories to reckon with the nation’s colonial past. Located at the intersection of literature, history, and sociology, it explores the relationships between family storytelling, memory, and postcolonial identity. With attention to the political potential of family histories, Reckoning with the Past argues that authors’ often autobiographical works enable us to uncover, confront, and revise national mythologies. An important contribution to the emerging global conversation about multidirectional memory and the need to attend to the effects of colonisation, this book will appeal to an interdisciplinary field of scholarly readers.