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Category : Highway engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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State and Local Highway Training and Technology Resources
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Category : Highway engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Category : Highway engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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Transit Research Abstracts
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Category : Urban transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Category : Urban transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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The Cockroach Papers
Author: Richard Schweid
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022626047X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Skittering figures of urban legend—and a ubiquitous reality—cockroaches are nearly as abhorred as they are ancient. Even as our efforts to exterminate them have developed into ever more complex forms of chemical warfare, roaches’ basic design of six legs, two hypersensitive antennae, and one set of voracious mandibles has persisted unchanged for millions of years. But as Richard Schweid shows in The Cockroach Papers, while some species of these evolutionary superstars do indeed plague our kitchens and restaurants, exacerbate our asthma, and carry disease, our belief in their total villainy is ultimately misplaced. Traveling from New York City to Louisiana, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Morocco, Schweid blends stories of his own squirm-inducing roach encounters with meticulous research to spin a tale both humorous and harrowing. As he investigates roaches’ more nefarious interactions with our species—particularly with those of us living at the margins of society—Schweid also explores their astonishing diversity, how they mate, what they’ll eat, and what we’ve written about them (from Kafka and Nelson Algren to archy and mehitabel). Knowledge soon turns into respect, and Schweid looks beyond his own fears to arrive at an uncomfortable truth: We humans are no more peaceful, tidy, or responsible about taking care of the Earth or each other than these tiny creatures that swarm in the dark corners of our minds, homes, and cereal boxes.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022626047X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Skittering figures of urban legend—and a ubiquitous reality—cockroaches are nearly as abhorred as they are ancient. Even as our efforts to exterminate them have developed into ever more complex forms of chemical warfare, roaches’ basic design of six legs, two hypersensitive antennae, and one set of voracious mandibles has persisted unchanged for millions of years. But as Richard Schweid shows in The Cockroach Papers, while some species of these evolutionary superstars do indeed plague our kitchens and restaurants, exacerbate our asthma, and carry disease, our belief in their total villainy is ultimately misplaced. Traveling from New York City to Louisiana, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Morocco, Schweid blends stories of his own squirm-inducing roach encounters with meticulous research to spin a tale both humorous and harrowing. As he investigates roaches’ more nefarious interactions with our species—particularly with those of us living at the margins of society—Schweid also explores their astonishing diversity, how they mate, what they’ll eat, and what we’ve written about them (from Kafka and Nelson Algren to archy and mehitabel). Knowledge soon turns into respect, and Schweid looks beyond his own fears to arrive at an uncomfortable truth: We humans are no more peaceful, tidy, or responsible about taking care of the Earth or each other than these tiny creatures that swarm in the dark corners of our minds, homes, and cereal boxes.
Criminal Victimization
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Category : Victims of crimes
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Category : Victims of crimes
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Resources in Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 688
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Bureau of Justice Statistics National Update
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Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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General Technical Report INT.
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Survey of State Prison Inmates, 1991
Author: Allen J. Beck
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Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Pretrial Release of Felony Defendants
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Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Correctional Populations in the United States
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Category : Corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Category : Corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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