Older Than Dirt Meets The Big Muddy
Older Than Dirt Meets The Big Muddy

Author: Leland Walker

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2022-12-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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On Thursday, October 13 2022, Leland Walker completed his solo paddle of the Mississippi River in a 14 ft kayak. Leland is an 82 year old resident of Jonesboro, Georgia. He paddled the river in two segments. He paddled the upper river from Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Alton, IL in the fall of 2021. He stopped because of drought and winter. He resumed his trip in July of 2022 in Alton, IL. and paddled the lower river to the Gulf of Mexico. He is one of three people known to have paddled the entire river at the age of 80 or over. This book is his daily log of that trip.

Older Than Dirt
Older Than Dirt

Author: Don Brown

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2017-09-05

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 1328468275

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The award-winning cartoonist offers “a witty history of the planet” for young readers—covering everything from the Big Bang to climate change (Publishers Weekly). Almost 14.5 billion years ago, it all started with a Big Bang. What began as a cloud of gas, dust, and rock eventually took shape and bloomed into a molten sphere. Battered by asteroid collisions, ice ages, and shifting tectonic plates, our fledgling planet finally pushed forth continents. But if you think the earth has calmed down since then—think again! In this illustrated history of earth, the Sibert Honor medalist Don Brown teams up with geologist Michael Perfit to tell the strange-but-true saga of our planetary home. A knowlegeable groundhog and his earthworm sidekick take young readers through a wide range of topics—from solar energy and liquid magma to the ozone layer and the formation of mountains. Plus mini-biographies of scientists are included throughout. “A guaranteed hit with science lovers and a best bet for convincing skeptics that science is indeed a grand and exciting adventure.” —Kirkus Reviews

Mud Book
Mud Book

Author: John Cage

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 1616895829

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In the mid-1950s, legendary avant-garde composer John Cage and artist Lois Long created a truly marvelous object. Part artist's book, part cookbook, and part children's book, Mud Book is a spirited, if not satirical, take on almost every child's first attempt at cooking and making. Through the humble mud pie—add dirt and water!—Cage and Long encourage children to explore their imagination and to get their hands dirty, and they offer this warning: "Mud pies are to make and look at, not to eat." A unique hybrid of art book, unconventional cookbook, and inspiration for young makers, this new edition of Mud Book will delight children and parents alike, and makes a charming gift for all ages.

The Big Black Book of Very Dirty Words
The Big Black Book of Very Dirty Words

Author: Alexis Munier

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-09-18

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1440509603

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Airplane Blonde. Intercorpse. Prostitot. Queef. Rainbow Kiss. There's a big world of obscenity out there--and you'll explore every profane nook and cranny in this compilation. We're talking about more than 2,000 insults, obscenities, and vulgarities raw enough to make even the most unflappable linguist blush. Forget grammar school swearing; this is advanced cursing for the most discerning dirty mouths! From the colorful--geequals, manscape, prairie dog--to the crude--giraffe, Roman shower, vagitarian, this big-ass book of bad language will have you dissing douchebags with doolally style in just a friggin' minute!

Dirty Joe, the Pirate
Dirty Joe, the Pirate

Author: Bill Harley

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2008-05-13

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780066237800

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The dreaded Dirty Joe and his piratical crew sail in search of the smelliest treasure ever: dirty socks! The rogues cheerfully pillage their way across the seven seas, until the day they run across another band of pirates-one led by the notorious Stinky Annie. Has Dirty Joe finally met his match? From Grammy Award ;winning storyteller Bill Harley and bestselling illustrator Jack E. Davis comes a zany, tongue-twisting, side-splitting tale certain to be prized by budding buccaneers!

Big Smelly Bear
Big Smelly Bear

Author: Britta Teckentrup

Publisher: Boxer Books

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781907967658

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Big Fluffy Bear insists that Big Smelly Bear visit the pond for a bath before she will scratch the itch he cannot reach.

Dirtball Pete
Dirtball Pete

Author: Eileen Brennan

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 0375834257

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This debut picture book is a hilarious read-aloud picture book for boys and girls who just can't seem to stay clean (and the parents who love their little dirtballs regardless). Full color.

Dirt
Dirt

Author: David R. Montgomery

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2007-05-14

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 0520933168

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Dirt, soil, call it what you want—it's everywhere we go. It is the root of our existence, supporting our feet, our farms, our cities. This fascinating yet disquieting book finds, however, that we are running out of dirt, and it's no laughing matter. An engaging natural and cultural history of soil that sweeps from ancient civilizations to modern times, Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations explores the compelling idea that we are—and have long been—using up Earth's soil. Once bare of protective vegetation and exposed to wind and rain, cultivated soils erode bit by bit, slowly enough to be ignored in a single lifetime but fast enough over centuries to limit the lifespan of civilizations. A rich mix of history, archaeology and geology, Dirt traces the role of soil use and abuse in the history of Mesopotamia, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, China, European colonialism, Central America, and the American push westward. We see how soil has shaped us and we have shaped soil—as society after society has risen, prospered, and plowed through a natural endowment of fertile dirt. David R. Montgomery sees in the recent rise of organic and no-till farming the hope for a new agricultural revolution that might help us avoid the fate of previous civilizations.

The Mud Fairy
The Mud Fairy

Author: Amy Young

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Published: 2010-03-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781599901046

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Wearing pink and tiptoing through the dewdrops is for wimps! Emmelina would rather play with her friends, the frogs. But can a fairy with an independent streak earn her wings if she goes against the fairy code? Warm, humorous, and with just the right amount of pink (and mud), here's a book that will capture the hearts of girly-girls and tomboys alike.

Clear as Mud
Clear as Mud

Author: Robert B. Olshansky

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-11-08

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1351177990

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Planning the rebuilding of New Orleans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has been among the greatest urban planning challenges of our time. Since 2005, Robert B. Olshansky and Laurie A. Johnson, urban planners who specialize in disaster planning and recovery, have been working to understand, in real time, the difficult planning decisions in this unusual situation. As both observers of and participants in the difficult process of creating the Unified New Orleans Plan, Olshansky and Johnson bring unparalleled detail and insight to this complex story. The recovery process has been slow and frustrating, in part because New Orleans was so unprepared for the physical challenges of such a disaster, but also because it lacked sufficient planning mechanisms to manage community reconstruction in a viable way. New Orleans has had to rebuild its buildings and institutions, but it has also had to create a community planning structure that is seen as both equitable and effective, while also addressing the concerns and demands of state, federal, nonprofit, and private-sector stakeholders. In documenting how this unprecedented process occurred, Olshansky and Johnson spent years on the ground in New Orleans, interviewing leaders and citizens and abetting the design and execution of the Unified New Orleans Plan. Their insights will help cities across the globe recognize the challenges of rebuilding and recovering after disaster strikes.