Mud City

Mud City
Title Mud City PDF eBook
Author Deborah Ellis
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 164
Release 2004-03-04
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9780192753762

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This is the sequel to Breadwinner.

The Breadwinner

The Breadwinner
Title The Breadwinner PDF eBook
Author Deborah Ellis
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 178
Release 2004-03-04
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780192752840

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Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.

Mud City

Mud City
Title Mud City PDF eBook
Author Brenda Z. Guiberson
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 46
Release 2005-06
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780805071771

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Young readers follow along as a flamingo journeys from egg through adulthood in this fascinating tale of a young bird's life cycle. Full color.

Empire of Mud

Empire of Mud
Title Empire of Mud PDF eBook
Author J. D. Dickey
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 325
Release 2014-09-02
Genre History
ISBN 1493013939

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Washington, DC, gleams with stately columns and neoclassical temples, a pulsing hub of political power and prowess. But for decades it was one of the worst excuses for a capital city the world had ever seen. Before America became a world power in the twentieth century, Washington City was an eyesore at best and a disgrace at worst. Unfilled swamps, filthy canals, and rutted horse trails littered its landscape. Political bosses hired hooligans and thugs to conduct the nation's affairs. Legendary madams entertained clients from all stations of society and politicians of every party. The police served and protected with the aid of bribes and protection money. Beneath pestilential air, the city’s muddy roads led to a stumpy, half-finished obelisk to Washington here, a domeless Capitol Building there. Lining the streets stood boarding houses, tanneries, and slums. Deadly horse races gouged dusty streets, and opposing factions of volunteer firefighters battled one another like violent gangs rather than life-saving heroes. The city’s turbulent history set a precedent for the dishonesty, corruption, and mismanagement that have led generations to look suspiciously on the various sin--both real and imagined--of Washington politicians. Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital’s story and explores how the city was tainted from the outset, nearly stifled from becoming the proud citadel of the republic that George Washington and Pierre L'Enfant envisioned more than two centuries ago.

Parvana's Journey

Parvana's Journey
Title Parvana's Journey PDF eBook
Author Deborah Ellis
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 212
Release 2004-03-04
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780192753489

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In this sequel to "The Breadwinner," the Taliban still control Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins. Twelve-year-old Parvana's father has just died, and Parvana sets out alone to find her family, masquerading as a boy.

Mississippi Mud

Mississippi Mud
Title Mississippi Mud PDF eBook
Author Edward Humes
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 460
Release 1995
Genre Crime
ISBN 0671535056

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Documents governmental and political corruption in the Deep South through the story of a daughter who seeks justice when her parents are slain in Mississippi.

Mud, Blood, and Gold

Mud, Blood, and Gold
Title Mud, Blood, and Gold PDF eBook
Author Rand Richards
Publisher Heritage House Publishers
Pages 344
Release 2008
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781879367067

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San Francisco in 1849 was a time and place like no other in American history. As word of the discovery of gold in California spread, people from all over the world descended on San Francisco--ground zero for the avalanche of humanity and goods pouring into the fabled El Dorado. There have been many books on the Gold Rush, but Mud, Blood, and Gold is the first to focus solely on San Francisco as it was at the peak of the gold frenzy. With a 'you are there' immediacy author Rand Richards vividly brings to life what San Francisco was like during the landmark year of 1849. Based on eyewitness accounts and previously overlooked official records, Richards chronicles the explosive growth of a wide-open town rife with violence, gambling, and prostitution, all of it fueled by unbridled greed.