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Greg Jenkins, author of the three-volume series Florida’s Ghostly “A moving tribute to the rescuers and the rescued and the world they
Legends and Haunted Folklore, thoroughly researches his books by visiting create together — a world rich with characters and adventures, love, hope
and sanctuary.” —Susannah Charleson, author of Scent of the Missing: Love and
locales and interviewing eyewitnesses. Since an early age, Greg has had a
Partnership with a Search and Rescue Dog
profound interest in the supernatural and fringe science, and after a personal
experience with the unknown in 1987, he began his journey into the “If you’ve ever loved an animal you will cherish The Dogs of Proud Spirit.”—Joe
realms of parapsychology and all things mysterious. Greg is a folklorist and Camp, creator of canine superstar Benji and author of the best seller, The Soul of a Horse
collector of oral traditions and urban legends, and is an associate member of
England’s Society for Psychical Research. Melanie Sue Bowles, along with her husband, Jim, is the founder of
Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, located in Mena, Arkansas. Since its modest
beginning in the early ’90s on just five acres of land in southwest Florida,
Proud Spirit has evolved into an award-winning 320-acre facility, and it is one
$12.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-477-3 of the most successful, longest-existing sanctuaries for horses in the United
October • 6 x 9 • 256 pages States. Over the years Melanie and Jim have intervened on behalf of nearly
300 horses in need. Melanie is the author of two books that chronicle life at
this unique ranch: The Horses of Proud Spirit and Hoof Prints: More Stories
from Proud Spirit. Her website is www.horsesofproudspirit.org.
See page 13 for Horses of Proud Spirit and Hoof Prints: More Stories from Proud Spirit.
Completely updated edition of the practical guide for operating a successful The only complete guide for the operation of Florida homeowners
Florida condominium association. associations, including single-family subdivisions, townhouse and cluster
developments, and master community associations.
This twelfth edition continues a tradition that began more than 20 years
ago, and it brings to print the most complete guide on law governing For more than fifteen years, The Law of Florida Homeowners Associations
condominium living to date. It is updated and cross-referenced not only to has been relied upon as a practical and easy-to-use guide for community
the Florida Statutes and the Administrative Code but also to Florida appellate living on matters ranging from proper membership meeting procedures to
court decisions. Written in clear, concise language, this is an indispensable association budget preparations. This manual offers insight and guidance
working tool for officers, directors, homeowners, managers, realtors, and on the proper exercise of the authority of the board of directors, and it
attorneys. It includes procedures for membership meetings, the board of explains the rights and responsibilities of the individual home owners in the
administration, officers and committees, the budget and financial reports, community. This book will help ensure that the association carries out its
assessments (levy and collection), amending documents and modifying responsibilities fairly and effectively under current Florida laws. It contains
the property, rights and responsibilities of the unit owner, and enforcing complete footnoted references to the Florida Statutes and to relevant court
documents and resolving disputes. With more than 1,000 footnotes of decisions. With more than 540 footnotes of authority, two dozen sample
authority, 69 sample forms and documents, and a complete subject matter forms and documents, and a complete subject matter index, it is the most
index, it continues to be the most comprehensive operations manual for comprehensive manual for operations in Florida homeowners associations.
Florida condominiums.
Peter Dunbar and Charles Dudley are among the most respected
and frequently quoted authorities on matters relating to the laws governing
Peter Dunbar is one of the most respected and frequently quoted community associations, and they draw on more than 45 years of combined
authorities in matters relating to the laws governing condominiums and experience. Dunbar is an Adjunct Professor at the Florida State University
community associations, and he draws on more than 34 years of experience College of Law, where he teaches condominium and community housing
in completing this edition of The Condominium Concept. Dunbar served law. He is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers,
two terms as a member of Florida’s Condominium Advisory Council, and and he serves as the Legislative Counsel to the Real Property, Probate
he has served as both Chair and Vice Chair of the Council. He is an Adjunct and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar. Dudley is in private practice in
Professor at the Florida State University College of Law where he teaches Tallahassee, where he is regularly involved with state lawmakers and policy
condominium and community housing law. He is a member of the American administrators, and he has consistently contributed to the development of
College of Real Estate Lawyers, and he serves as the Legislative Counsel to laws affecting Florida residential communities.
the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar.
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• Part of a series of three comprehensive • Essential information about the 120 top
guidebooks that provide anglers with the fishing sites for freshwater and saltwater
essential information about the best places for fishing in south Florida
freshwater and saltwater fishing in Florida
• Monthly summaries of what’s biting
• 125 top fishing sites in north Florida offshore, in the bays and lagoons, and the
freshwater lakes and rivers
Covers northeast Florida, the Panhandle, and
the Big Bend. For each site there is a detailed The third in a series of three books to replace
description of the site; whether you can fish by and update the classic guidebook Fishing Florida. This comprehensive
boat, bank, pier, bridge, ramp, or surf; the species you can expect to catch regional guidebook provides anglers with the information they need to
and the kinds of bait to use as well as the best particular spots to find the find the best places to fish in south Florida from Port Charlotte on the west
fish; directions to get there; access points; and an address for GPS. Also filled coast and Stuart on the east coast south through the Keys. The book covers
with tips, maps, fish drawings, site photos, and month-by-month regional places to fish from the land or by boat along with tips, maps, photos, fish
summaries of species in each area. identification illustrations, and plenty of insider information that will help
any angler look like a pro wherever he decides to drop a line in the water.
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A thirty-seven-year resident of Florida and dedicated angler, Kris
Thoemke, PhD, is a marine biologist by training. He has extensive firsthand
knowledge of the sites listed in this book. He lives in Naples, Florida, and
is the author of over 200 magazine and newspaper articles about fishing in
Florida.
S p r i n g 2 011 N e w B o o k s
Thirteenth in the Those Amazing Animals series. See page 36 for the rest.
Did you know that koala bears are not really bears at all? Can you believe there is a bear that has no
front teeth? Did you know that black bears are not always black? If bears can outrun, outswim, and
outclimb you, what do you do if you see one in the wild? This book will answer these 4 questions
and 16 more. Includes a recipe for a yummy Powered Panda, as well as other fun activities.
Jan Lee Wicker has taught pre-kindergarten through first grade for the past 29 years. She loves
to teach children about animals and takes great joy in writing nonfiction for young children. She
also wrote Those Funny Flamingos, Those Delightful Dolphins, Those Excellent Eagles, and Those
Magical Manatees. You can visit her website at www.janleewicker.com.
Honor Bound
Robert N. Macomber
Living Beaches of Georgia and the Carolinas
Blair and Dawn Witherington
Ninth in the award-winning Honor Series of naval historical fiction following
the life and career of Commander Peter Wake .
An attractive and handy guidebook for beachgoers. Accurate identification
“Sign on early and set sail with Peter Wake for both solid historical content information and over 1000 color photos. Includes in one volume birds,
and exciting sea stories.”—Naval Institute Proceedings shells, plants, animals—everything you encounter on a beach.
“At last we have an American character the equivalent of Hornblower or Georgia and the Carolinas beckon curious beachcombers with over 600
Aubrey.”— John Prados, author of Combined Fleet Decoded miles of wave-swept Atlantic coastline. These beaches offer more than
a sandy stroll amidst stunning scenery—they are alive! As ever-changing
It’s June 1888 and Cmdr. Peter Wake, U.S. naval intelligence agent, is in ribbons of sand, these beaches foster unique life-forms and accept beguiling
Florida culminating an espionage mission to learn Spain’s naval readiness castaways from a vast marine wilderness. Mysteries abound. What is this
in Cuba. A woman from his past shows up, begging him to find her missing odd creature? Why does the beach look this way? How did this strange
son, and Wake sets off across Florida, through the Bahamian islands, item get here? Living Beaches of Georgia and the Carolinas satisfies a
and deep into the dank jungles of Haiti. His band includes a Smithsonian beachcomber’s curiosity within a comprehensive yet easily browsed guide
ethnologist, a Bahamian Seminole sailor, Russian spies, and a Polish-Haitian covering beach processes, plants, animals, minerals, and manmade objects.
soldier. Overcoming storms, mutiny, and shipwreck, Wake discovers the The guide is written in a familiar style and is illustrated with distribution
hidden lair of an anarchist group planning to wreak havoc around the maps and over a thousand color photos.
world—unless he stops it.
Blair and Dawn Witherington have authored books on sea
Robert N. Macomber is an internationally acclaimed maritime turtles, Florida beaches, and seashells, and have worked together on a
lecturer, television commentator, and defense consultant. His honors include variety of natural history publications. Blair is a research scientist with a
the American Library Association’s 2008 Boyd Literary Novel Award. Each master’s degree in biology and a doctorate in zoology. Dawn is a graphic
year he is guest author aboard Queen Mary 2 and other luxury liners, designer and illustrator specializing in scientific and educational depictions
lectures in the Pacific and Europe, and circles the globe researching and of nature.
writing. Visit him at www.robertmacomber.com
See Florida’s Living Beaches, page 10.
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Florida Magnificent
Wilderness Stalking the Plumed Serpent
State Lands, Parks, and Natural Areas and Other Adventures
James Valentine and D. Bruce in Herpetology
Means D. Bruce Means
World-famous nature photographer Exciting adventures with deadly reptiles
Valentine presents art images of the state’s based on over 40 years of work by this
remote wilderness places. Comprehensive famed naturalist. Includes work with the
text by biologist Means and other Florida rattlesnake, the cottonmouth moccasin, and
conservationists. the Australian “fiercey.”
“You will be enthralled by this magnificent “Means is more than a scientific natural
book.” — Ney Landrum, Director Emeritus, historian. He is an adventurer of the old
Florida State Parks school.” — E.O. Wilson
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6 x 9 • 240 pages • 12-page color insert
Hoof Prints
The Horses of Proud Spirit More Stories from Proud Spirit
Melanie Bowles Melanie Sue Bowles
The story of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, Meet more horses and caring people in this
which takes in abused or unwanted horses second book from Melanie Bowles, who
and gives them a loving home. Passionate writes with loving care about the horses
stories of horses that astound with their at her sanctuary, relocated from Florida to
amazing ability to recover. The PBS docu- Arkansas. Learn about big old Ranger, little
mentary based on the book won an Emmy. baby Riley, a wild Mustang, and even a flying
“Wonderful, a good read for anyone who donkey.
loves horses.”— Monty Roberts, author of The
Man Who Listens to Horses “ A Delight to read. . . . Bowles writes
beautifully.” — ALA Booklist
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6 x 9 • 240 pages • b&w photos
ntal Florida
Ce
Vo l u m e 2
Douglas Waitley
My Brother, Ernest
Hemingway
Note: All three volumes of this series are now available in Leicester Hemingway
sotftcover.
A revealing and intimate portrait of one of
the great writers of the 20th century by his
The Florida Keys brother. First published in 1962, this new
John Viele edition includes a selection of letters from
Ernest to his family never before published
“Offers a different view of one of Florida’s most unique and colorful regions.” and an index (previously not available).
— Florida Historical Quarterly
“This new and fuller edition will replace my
Volume 1: A History of the Pioneers own worn and tattered copy.”
— Michael Reynolds, Hemingway scholar
Well-researched, fascinating accounts of early Keys life. Just 80 years ago, there were fewer
than 300 Keys inhabitants and they lived without electricity, running water, or telephones. $21.95 • Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-098-0
5½ x 8½ • 327 pages • 16-page b&w photo insert
$14.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-494-0
6 x 9 • 176 pages • 42 b&w photos and illustrations • 8 maps
Florida’s Great
Ocean Railway
Dan Gallagher
The incredible story of the building of the
Key West Extension of the Florida East
Coast Railway from Miami to Key West from
1905 to 1916.
“Dan Gallagher’s vivid photographs and
informative supplementary text offer a
glimpse at the enormous dedication and
sacrifice needed to link the Florida Keys by
rail.” — The Florida Historical Quarterly
Time Traveler’s
Guide to Florida Thirty Florida Shipwrecks
Jack Powell Kevin M. McCarthy
Tells of unexplained exploits by the spirits Near the end of the 19th century Henry
dwelling in St. Augustine, the oldest city of Flagler came to St. Augustine and built three
European origin in the United States. Find splendid hotels in the Spanish Renaissance
stories of spiritual contacts with no earthly style: the Ponce de Leon (which now
justification. Some are funny, some sad, houses Flagler College), the Alcazar (which
some frightening. The author conducts now holds the City Hall and the Lightner
educational and ghost tours of the Ancient Museum), and the Casa Monica, still a hotel.
City. Comprehensive text and illustration.
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6 x 9 • 112 pages • 13 line drawings 44 b&w photos
Gardening in the
Coastal South
Marie Harrison Flowering Trees of Florida
In her personal, witty style, a master Mark Stebbins
gardener divulges tried-and-true ways of 74 outstanding tropical flowering trees that
environmentally sensitive gardening in tune will thrive in Florida’s climate. Practical
with the special issues presented along cultivation tips. Temperature trend charts,
coasts from Texas through South Carolina. zone map, glossary, and bibliography.
Includes salt-tolerant plants and seasonal
“Full of lovely photographs and good
musings. information.”—Miami Herald
“This is a valuable gardening book for the
coastal south.” —Florida Gardening magazine $16.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-173-4
6 x 9 • 144 pages • 130 color photos
$14.95 • Softcover •ISBN 978-1-56164-274-8
6 x 9 • 256 pages • 71 drawings
8-page color insert
Natural Florida Landscaping Charles Boning is a naturalist, illustrator, and attorney who has authored
Dan Walton and Laurel Schiller numerous books. He has resided in north, central, and south Florida and is
Learn to reduce environmental damage familiar with plants that succeed in each region.
by seeing your yard as part of the natural
system. Helps you make a plan for your
yard and choose the native plants that will $19.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-453-7
thrive there. Methods for a small fruit-and- May • 7 x 10 • 224 pages
vegetable garden are also covered. 200 color photos and drawings • maps and charts
“A great guide to rethinking your yard.”
—GreenOrlando.com
Tropical Surge
A History of Ambition and Disaster on
the Florida Shore
Benjamin Reilly
An engaging history depicting the battle
between humans and hurricanes in south
Florida from 1831 to 1935. Describes how
the storms dashed the early prosperity of
both Miami and Key West.
Florida’s Past “The fascinating story of hurricanes and their
savage power.”—Tropicalia
People and Events that Shaped the State
Volumes 1, 2, and 3 $19.95 • Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-330-1
6 x 9 • 336 pages • 43 b&w photos • 4 maps
Gene Burnett
Each volume has over 60 essays dealing with the most interesting people and events in
Florida’s history, written in Gene Burnett’s engaging and easygoing style. Careful research
and eclectic choice of topics make history good reading that educates and entertains.
Each volume divides Florida’s people and events into Achievers and Pioneers, Villains and
Characters, Heroes and Heroines, War and Peace, and Calamities and Social Turbulence.
Many essays were originally published in Florida Trend—a bit of Florida history in each
issue for over 15 years—a tribute to Burnett’s appeal. A course in Florida history and a good
read too.
“Skillful writing, thorough research, and a keen sense of what is of historical consequence.”
— The Tampa Tribune
Florida Bounty
A Celebration of Florida Cuisine and Exotic Foods
Culture A Kitchen and Garden Guide
Eric and Sandra Jacobs Marian Van Atta
Focuses on the bounty of food grown and A garden-to-kitchen guide to take advantage
produced in Florida. Includes complete of year-round warm weather (or your
regional menus such as “A Florida greenhouse) to grow and use exotic fruits and
Thanksgiving,” “Boating Picnic,” “Football vegetables. Solid gardening advice as well as
Tailgate Party,” “Miami High Life,” and “Key plenty of recipes for drinks, main courses,
West Fiesta.” Try orange creams, crabby desserts, relishes, and jams and jellies.
stuffed mushrooms, oyster stew, papaya salad,
fried green tomatoes, and pecan pralines. $9.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-215-1
6 x 9 • 224 pages
$8.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-352-3
6 x 9 • 144 pages • line illustrations
Haunting Sunshine
Florida Ghost Stories Jack Powell
Robert R. Jones Spectral visions, footsteps in the attic—who
hasn’t witnessed such things and thought of
Stories of ghosts and spirits and tall tales
ghosts? Join Jack Powell on a wild ride from
of strange happenings in Florida. There
Pensacola to Jacksonville and down to Key
are two stories of Indian legends from
West, touring Florida’s places and history
Silver Springs, stories of hauntings in the
through some of its best ghost stories.
little town of Micanopy, an encounter with
a specter at Fort Clinch near Fernandina, “. . . there is an undeniable appeal to the stories
the tale of a ghost in the Castillo in St. about local communities.”
Augustine, and many more. —The Tampa Tribune
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Florida’s Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore $9.95 • Softcover• ISBN 978-1-56164-379-0
6 x 9 • 176 pages • 44 b&w photos
Volume 1: South and Central Florida
Greg Jenkins
Explore ruins in New Smyrna Beach, and keep an eye out for dark figures Haunted Lighthouses
in the nearby forest. Visit Islamorada, where the ghostly remains of Flagler’s railway and How to Find Them
rumble over tracks destroyed in the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane. Walk through the eerie Second Edition
corridors of the mausoleum in Myrtle Hill Cemetery near Tampa, where you’ll hear
whispers from the dead. George Steitz
Haunt Hunter’s
Florida’s Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore
Guide to Florida
Volume 3: The Gulf Coast and Pensacola
Joyce Elson Moore
Greg Jenkins
Take a tour of the most haunted spots in
From ancient graveyards and monuments to modern restaurants and hotels, this book the Sunshine State. Gives each site’s history
offers a collection of uncanny legends and eerie folklore about Florida’s beautiful west and “haunt history.” Includes interviews
coast. Walk through Pensacola in Florida’s Panhandle, where spirits are beckoned by an with owners and caretakers. Also includes
eerie lighthouse shining through the night, or stroll through its Seville Quarter and meet travel tips.
a long-dead bartender. Visit the Island Hotel and Restaurant in Cedar Key, where thirteen
“...by using this book as a guide, you can make
spirits are said to roam the building. interesting day trips to some of Florida’s most
historic and legendary places.”
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6 x 9 • 256 pages • 23 b&w photos — The Tampa Tribune
Sandspun
Florida Tales by Florida Tellers
Compiled by Annette J. Bruce
and J. Stephen Brooks
A grab-bag of tales rich with homespun
humor, charm, and wisdom, told with flair by
24 of Florida’s best storytellers.
“Annette Jenks Bruce is one of Florida’s most
acclaimed storytellers.”
— Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Lowcountry Voodoo:
The Legend of the Beginner’s Guide to Tales,
Lowcountry Liar and Other Spells and Boo Hags
Tales of a Tall Order Terrance Zepke
Brian McCréight
A compilation of some of the beliefs, special
13 tall tales told by the Lowcountry Liar, spells, and remarkable stories passed down
whose homespun yarns weave fact and through generations of Gullah families who
fiction like the Gullah women make have made their home in the South Carolina
sweetgrass baskets. Tales for telling aloud. and Georgia Lowcountry. Learn spells and
“Anyone who loves Charleston, or ghost stories, curses and how to avoid them, as well as how to
or just good old well-told tales will love this bring good luck while avoiding bad luck. Meet a
book. — Bret Lott, author of Jewel boo hag bride who sheds her skin at night, and
Dr. Buzzard, the most famous root doctor.
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Swing
Everglades Lawmen
Florida Law
True Stories of Game Wardens
A Layman’s Guide in the Glades
Fifth Edition James T. Huffstodt
Gerald B. Keane
Meet the people who have dedicated their
A practical, readable guide to your legal lives to protecting the wildlife and natural
rights in Florida. Includes property law, resources of the Florida Everglades. From
family law, business law, and special areas the first game wardens to present-day
such as torts, criminal law, small claims, and wildlife officers, law enforcement in this
consumer law. wild, untamed area has kept pace with
“I truly recommend this book.” changing times.
— V.B. Carlton, Chief Justice, Retired, “This is one excellent read; don’t pass up
Florida Supreme Court getting a copy of this one.” — Bob Mullen,
$18.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-395-0 International Game Warden
6 x 9 • 336 pages
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6 x 9 • 243 pages • 45 b&w photos
An Affair of Honor
A Dishonorable Few Fifth in series
Fourth in series Wake, in 1873, is executive officer of a ship
on patrol in the West Indies. He runs afoul of
It is 1869 and the U.S. is recovering from the the Royal Navy in Antigua, and then he’s sent
Civil War. Lieutenant Wake heads to Central to Europe, where he gets embroiled in the
America to deal with a former American naval Spanish Civil War, and then to North Africa.
officer turned renegade mercenary. Wake is The charms of the wife of a French diplomat
forced to make a decision that will lead to his engage Wake in an affair of honor.
court-martial.
“A fine mix of drama and authenticity, based on
$21.95 • Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-339-4 Macomber’s own trips to the locations he writes
6 x 9 • 368 pages about.” — Ft. Myers News-Press
My Brother Michael
Janis Owens
Mystery in the Sunshine State
Stuart Kaminsky, Editor Winner of the Chatauqua South
Award for Fiction
An enticing selection of Florida mystery
Out of the shotgun houses and shaded
stories. Includes Florida writers Edna
porches of a west Florida mill town comes
Buchanan, Carolina Garci-Aguilera, Les
this extraordinary novel of love and
Standiford, Peter King, Robert W. Walker,
redemption. Gabriel Catts, still in love with
Stuart Kaminsky, Stuart McIver, John Lutz,
his brother’s wife, attempts to reconcile a
Nancy Bartholomew, David Ash, E.C. Ayres,
family shattered by his betrayal.
David Beaty, Stanley Ellin, Erik Wiklund,
Robert Randisi, and Harold Q. Masur. “Nothing short of stunning.” — Library Journal
$14.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-185-7 “A luminously written first novel.”
6 x 9 • 362 pages — Kirkus Reviews
$12.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-343-1
6 x 9 • 304 pages
Myra Sims
Janis Owens The Bucket Flower
A rare literary opportunity to experience Donald R. Wilson
the same story from a different character’s
perspective. We met Myra Sims in My In 1893 a young Boston woman goes into
Brother Michael and knew her through the the wilds of the Florida Everglades to study
eyes of her friend, brother-in-law and one- the plants, which no woman has ever done.
time lover, Gabriel Catts. In Myra Sims we She finds a lawless frontier inhabited by
hear Myra’s story in her own flat Louisianan dangerous wild animals and even more
voice as she evolves from victim to survivor. dangerous men. She manages to prove she is
not just a “bucket flower,” a pampered person
$22.95 • Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-177-2
unfit to face the rigors of the swamp.
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6 x 9 • 280 pages
Join the author as he steers through twisted Join Jack Montrose, a fish camp regular since
mangrove channels of the Ten Thousand 1965, as he reminisces about the good old
Islands, searching for the “big one.” Brawl days fishing on the St. Johns River. Captures
with tarpon and tangle with snook; if there’s the atmosphere and humor of fish camps,
a cure for snook fever, Max Hunn hasn’t where fishermen gathered to tell tales of
found it. their fishing exploits, play practical jokes,
and relax with a cold beer.
$12.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-218-2
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6 x 9 • 208 pages • 16 b&w photos
This series takes you on a tour of the best gardens you can visit
in all three states. Learn the history and unique offerings of each
garden, what plants to see, and the best time to see them. Includes directions, hours, fees,
calendar of events. Enjoy formal and informal gardens and get ideas for your own.
Those A
Amazing Alligators Those Lively Lizards
Marta Magellan
Kathy Feeney
$14.95 • Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-426-1
$14.95 • Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-359-2
$14 Library binding
Library binding $8.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-427-8
$8.95
$8 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-356-1 7 x 10 • 56 pages • Ages 5–9
7 x 10 • 56 pages • Ages 5–9 Reading level grade 3
Reading level grade 3
Volume 2 covers Zech’s son, Solomon, and the exploitation of the land as his own generation prospers.
$14.95 • Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-231-1 • $7.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-224-3
6 x 9 • 200 pages • Ages 9 and up • Reading level grade 5 • Accelerated Reader quiz available • Lexile 920
The teacher’s manuals aid in teaching language arts, social studies, and science coordinated with the Sunshine State Standards of the Florida Department of Education.
A Land Remembered Goes to School: Elementary Teacher’s Manual $6.00 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-228-1 • 8½ x 11 • 64 pages
Middle School Teacher Plans and Resources for A Land Remembered $6.00 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-341-7 • 8½ x 11 • 64 pages
Solomon
Blood Moon Rider
Marilyn Bishop Shaw
Zack C. Waters
Florida Historical Society award for
A young boy is sent to live with his best youth-oriented book
grandfather in Florida during World War
An 11-year-old boy and his parents, newly
II. He and a new friend have adventures
freed slaves, work to build a Florida
involving German U-boats lurking in the Gulf
homestead. Solomon learns to drive cattle by
of Mexico.
cracking a whip.
“. . . a good choice for middle school boys.
Historical notes provide the context that could $14.95 • Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-349-3
make this a plausible choice in the study of $9.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-434-6
World War II . . .” — School Library Journal 5½ x 8½ • 208 pages • Ages 9–14 • Reading level
grade 6 • Accelerated Reader quiz available
$13.95 • Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-350-9 • Lexile 870
5½ x 8½ • 136 pages • Ages 9–14 • Reading level A Teacher’s Handbook for Solomon
grade 6 • Accelerated Reader quiz available $6.00 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-384-4
8½ x 11 • 64 pages
Lighthouses of the
Florida Lighthouses for Kids Carolinas for Kids
Elinor DeWire Terrance Zepke
The history and lore of Florida’s 33 A colorful and fun book filled with the
lighthouses with fun facts and colorful history and lore of the lighthouses guarding
illustrations that appeal to kids. Learn the Carolina coasts, from Currituck at the
about the people who designed and built top to the Haig Point Lighthouses at the
them, meet some of the keepers, see how bottom. Meet some of the keepers who
lighthouses operate, and find out about their braved storms and suffered loneliness.
new roles as museum. Learn how lighthouses operated in the early
days and how they operate now.
$8.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-323-3
7 x 10 • 64 pages • full-color throughout $9.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-429-2
Ages 9 and up • Reading level grade 6 7 x 10 • 64 pages • Color photos and illustrations
Ages 9 and up
Iguana Invasion
Exotic Pets Gone Wild in Florida
Virginia Aronson & Allyn Szejko
Green Iguanas, Burmese Pythons, Nile Monitor Lizards, Rhesus Monkeys, and many more kinds of non-native animals
are rapidly increasing in population in subtropical Florida. This full-color book provides scientific information, exciting
wildlife stories, and identification photos for the most common exotic animals on the loose—most of them offspring of
abandoned pets. Learn answers to questions like these: When should a trapper be called? Can I feed them? Are they
dangerous? What is the effect of all these exotics on the environment? What can we do to help with the problem?
$16.95 • Hardcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-468-1
$12.95 • Softcover • ISBN 978-1-56164-469-8
7 x 10 • 80 pages • 69 color photos • Ages 12 & up
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