Mosquitoland

A story of the difficulties we face and the strength we find to overcome them, perfect for fans of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, and JUNO. 'At last, a Kerouacian adventure for teenage girls' INDEPENDENT When her parents unexpectedly divorce, Mim Malone is dragged from her beloved home in Ohio to the 'wastelands' of Mississippi, where she lives in a haze of medication with her dad and new (almost certainly evil) stepmom. But when Mim learns her real mother is ill back home, she escapes her new life and embarks on a rescue mission aboard a Greyhound bus, meeting an assortment of quirky characters along the way. And when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane... Praise for Mosquitoland: 'A funny, gutsy, straight-talking heroine with a distinctive voice, whose company is a blast of fresh air' DAILY MAIL 'A joy' INDEPENDENT, Best YA novels of 2015 'Fresh and often very endearing' SUNDAY HERALD 'Heartwarming, heartbreaking and hilarious' USA TODAY '[A] sparkling, startling, laugh-out-loud debut novel' WALL STREET JOURNAL '[A] captivating first novel... illuminating' WASHINGTON POST '[A novel that] bucks the usual classifications and stands defiantly alone' ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"First published in the United States of America by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, 2015"--Title page verso.

The Native Races of the Pacific States is the magnum opus American historian and ethnologist Hubert Howe Bancroft who took upon himself the task of researching the exotic civilizations of the entire Pacific coast region. This region, from Alaska to Darien, including the whole of Mexico and Central America, he named the Pacific States. Before the arrival of Europeans, these territories were populated by aborigines, from the reptile-eating cave-dwellers of the Great Basin, to the Aztec and Maya civilization of the southern table-land. Volume 1 – Wild Tribes Volume 2 – Civilized Nations Volume 3 – Myths and Languages Volume 4 – Antiquities Volume 5 – Primitive History

The Native Races of the Pacific States is the magnum opus American historian and ethnologist Hubert Howe Bancroft who took upon himself the task of researching the exotic civilizations of the entire Pacific coast region. This region, from Alaska to Darien, including the whole of Mexico and Central America, he named the Pacific States. Before the arrival of Europeans, these territories were populated by aborigines, from the reptile-eating cave-dwellers of the Great Basin, to the Aztec and Maya civilization of the southern table-land. Volume 1 – Wild Tribes Volume 2 – Civilized Nations Volume 3 – Myths and Languages Volume 4 – Antiquities Volume 5 – Primitive History

The study covers in considerable detail the historical events and circumstances surrounding American military intervention in the internal affairs of Russia and Nicaragua. Background information was obtained from appropriate texts, military records and reports, unit histories, reports of Congressional hearings, the Congressional Record, and unpublished manuscripts from the Military History Research Collection. This history traces President Wilson's dilema as pressure is applied by the Allies for American supported intervention in Russia after the collapse of the Eastern Front in 1971. Wilson finally succumbs, and American troops are landed in Archangel and Vladivostok to take part in an ill fated intervention. American troops are later withdrawn from combat in the face of disaster and bitter opposition on the home front. American involvement in Nicaragua is traced from early conflicts with Britain for supremacy in Central America to the second American intervention during the civil war of 1926. The complicated involvement of the US Marines and American capital to solve Nicaraguan problems is stressed. The study also develops the conflict between the Congress and the administration in both interventions over the war powers of the executive. (Author).