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    Eel

    Richard Schweid

    Although it might seem the most mundane of fish when pulled from the mud of creeks, ponds, rivers or the sea, the eel’s life cycle is one of the most…

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    Nashville: Music and Manners

    Richard Schweid

    The history and modern face of Nashville, the Southern US’s most colourful city.

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    Hot Peppers: The Story of Cajuns and Capsicum

    Richard Schweid

    The story behind the fiery little pepper.

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    Che’s Chevrolet, Fidel’s Oldsmobile: On the Road in Cuba

    Richard Schweid

    Vintage US-made cars on the streets of Havana provide a common representation of Cuba. This title blends historical sources, spinning a car-centered history of life on the island. It includes…

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    The Caring Class: Home Health Aides in Crisis

    Richard Schweid

    The number of elderly and disabled Americans in need of home health care is increasing annually, even as the pool of people-almost always women-willing to do this job gets smaller…

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    Consider the Eel

    Richard Schweid

    Journalist Richard Schweid first learned the strange facts of the freshwater eel’s life from a fisherman in a small Spanish town just south of Valencia. As this engaging culinary and…

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    The Cockroach Papers

    Richard Schweid

    Skittering figures of urban legend - and a ubiquitous reality - cockroaches are nearly as abhorred as they are ancient. This book shows that, while some species of these evolutionary…

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    Invisible Nation: Homeless Families in America

    Richard Schweid

    Based on in-depth reporting from five major cities, this book looks backward at the historical context of family homelessness, as well as forward at what needs to be done to…

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    Invisible Nation: Homeless Families in America

    Richard Schweid

    Based on in-depth reporting from five major cities, this book looks backward at the historical context of family homelessness, as well as forward at what needs to be done to…

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