Mud Mafia

Mud Mafia
Author: Ross Richdale
Publisher: BookCountry
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2013-10-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1463003358

The Mud Mafia are three ordinary teenagers; Kelsie, Laura and Jason who have two extraordinary adventures on offshore islands. ABDUCTION IN THE PINES Kelsie, Laura and Jason are on a bike ride through a pine forest when a sudden summer storm arrives. A man arrives in a SUV and says he was sent to pick them up by Laura’s mother. However everything goes horribly wrong when they are abducted and held for ransom by environmental terrorists. They are flown to an offshore island in an ancient Catalina flying boat. There, unknown to the terrorists, a hermit Glenn lives with his dog, Blackie. Is his curiosity about the flying boat of any help to Kelsie and her friends? WHITE WATER OVERHEAD In this second story Kelsie, Laura and Jason visit Glenn on his island the following Christmas holidays. He shows them an old World War 2 submarine base on the island in a huge ocean cave. However, it has been recently used. While they are exploring the base a submarine arrives and the trio, together with Blackie the dog are caught and forced onto it. Their capture is seen by Glenn but he is powerless to stop it.

Mississippi Mud

Mississippi Mud
Author: Edward Humes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 460
Release: 1995
Genre: Crime
ISBN: 0671535056

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.

James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke
Author: Laurence W. Mazzeno
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2017-11-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476631131

James Lee Burke is an acclaimed writer of crime novels in which protagonists battle low-life thugs who commit violent crimes and corporate executives who exploit the powerless. He is best known for his Dave Robicheaux series, set in New Orleans and the surrounding bayou country. With characters inspired by his own family, Burke uses the mystery genre to explore the nature of evil and an individual's responsibility to friends, family and society at large. This companion to his works provides a commentary on all of the characters, settings, events and themes in his novels and short stories, along with a critical discussion of his writing style, technique and literary devices. Glossaries describe the people and places and define unfamiliar terms. Selected interviews provide background information on both the writer and his stories.

1960s Austin Gangsters

1960s Austin Gangsters
Author: Jesse Sublett
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2015-03-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1625853777

Timmy Overton of Austin and Jerry Ray James of Odessa were football stars who traded athletics for lives of crime. The original rebels without causes, nihilists with Cadillacs and Elvis hair, the Overton gang and their associates formed a ragtag white trash mafia that bedazzled Austin law enforcement for most of the 1960s. Tied into a loose network of crooked lawyers, pimps and used car dealers who became known as the "traveling criminals," they burglarized banks and ran smuggling and prostitution rings all over Texas. Author Jesse Sublett presents a detailed account of these Austin miscreants, who rose to folk hero status despite their violent criminal acts.

MAFIA'S ANGEL

MAFIA'S ANGEL
Author: Bunnykoo
Publisher: Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 392
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

This is book 2 of MAFIA'S ANGEL. "I hate you !!" Angelina cried out while beating his chest with her hands. Danzel just smirked at her little attempt. He lowered himself until he could feel the fear from her breaths and said, "Oh my Love, you can hate as much as you want, It doesn't affect me either way!! But one thing you get straight into that brain of yours is that there is no escape from me. I am your biggest nightmare! ". Angelina's eyes widened in fear. But little did she know that she was just waking up the dead feelings in his heart.....

The Mafia's President

The Mafia's President
Author: Don Fulsom
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2017-11-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1250119405

Describes President Nixon's association, through a political advisor and lawyer, with individuals in the Mafia, including Mickey Cohen, Meyer Lansky, Jimmy Hoffa, and Carlos Marcello and details the favors he exchanged with them to advance his own career.

The Mafia's Good Wife

The Mafia's Good Wife
Author: aflyingwhale
Publisher: Padnovel
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2024-07-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

- Book 6 of The Devil's Price Series - Dear Violet, I’ve written you a lot of messages that I never sent. A part of me really wants you to know how I feel about you, but the other part of me thinks it’s better if you don’t. Dear Violet, Maybe this will be the last thing I’ll ever write to you. After this wedding, I might not be around anymore. And even if I was, you’d want nothing to do with me. “Violet...?” Damon couldn’t believe his eyes. Violet was standing before him, her long brown hair was blowing in the wind, and those purple eyes were shining brightly. “Hey,” Violet said softly, but Damon heard it loud and clear. This wasn’t a dream. This was real. She was there in the flesh, standing in front of him. “Violet, Violet!” Damon’s hand went to Violet’s stomach, putting pressure on it, hoping to stop the bleeding. Violet’s eyes were closed shut and her body felt cold. “Violet, please! Don’t close your eyes, baby!” He tried rocking her body back and forth, but Violet wasn’t responding.

Nomad

Nomad
Author: Emma Reddington
Publisher: Artisan
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 157965813X

A reclusive designer living in a custom tiny house in the middle of the Montana wilderness. A couple who traded their expensive Bay Area apartment for a slip at a nearby marina, where they live on a docked sailboat. A family of five who decided to simplify their lives by moving into a school bus, selling most of their possessions in the process. Nomad features their stories, and many more. From vanlifers to boondockers, liveaboards to tiny-house dwellers, these freedom seekers have forged a new way of life for themselves—one that values experiences over things, is environmentally conscious, and is often more budget-friendly than their “rooted” lives ever were. The ubiquity of the internet has ushered in a new era of connectivity that makes working from an Airstream beside a roaring river or running a photography business from a mountaintop a reality. It’s now possible to do whatever you want from wherever you want and still have a foothold in the world. This book shows you how, with tours of 26 unconventional homes and the people who live in them, plus all the information you need to make your own off-the-grid dream a reality. There are chapters on bathroom and storage—two of the most challenging aspects of this lifestyle—plus a comprehensive guide to finding the right home, assessing the cost of renovation, handy products for small spaces, and indispensable resources (including sources for replacement RV parts, portable power solutions, tiny wood stoves, and much more).

The Antimafia

The Antimafia
Author: A. Jamieson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 287
Release: 1999-11-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0333983424

This exploration of the full diversity of the Italian Antimafia draws on primary sources and interviews to provide the first complete analysis of social, political and grassroots efforts since 1992. This fascinating study looks at Antimafia initiatives within the context of international initiatives against organized crime.

The Transnational Voices of Australia’s Migrant and Minority Press

The Transnational Voices of Australia’s Migrant and Minority Press
Author: Catherine Dewhirst
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2020-11-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 303043639X

This edited collection invites the reader to enter the diverse worlds of Australia’s migrant and minority communities through the latest research on the contemporary printed press, spanning the mid-nineteenth century to our current day. With a focus on the rare, radical and foreign-language print culture of multiple and frequently concurrent minority groups’ newspaper ventures, this volume has two overarching aims: firstly to demonstrate how the local experiences and narratives of such communities are always forged and negotiated within a context of globalising forces – the global within the local; and secondly to enrich an understanding of the complexity of Australian ‘voices’ through this medium not only as a means for appreciating how the cultural heritage of such communities were sustained, but also for exploring their contributions to the wider society.