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Marie Harrison
Flowering Shrubs and
Small
Trees for the South
Gardening
Available
Now
A rich
plenty of trees and small shrubs that will bring color to the middle
story of a Southern garden. Color photographs throughout identify
flowers, leaves, and fruit of over 140
species.
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Robert N. Macomber
The Honored Dead
Fiction
Available
Now
Seventh in the
award-winning Honor Series of naval historical fiction. Lt. Cmdr.
Peter Wake, in French Indochina on a secret mission for the
president in 1883, meets up with opium warlords, Chinese-Malay
pirates, and French gangsters—and survives a typhoon as well as a
full-scale battle. |
Harry Luther & David Benzing
Native Bromeliads of
Florida
Botany/Gardening
Available
Now
This book
provides the means to identify and appreciate the many
unconventional characteristics of Florida’s sixteen species (and two
hybrids) of native bromeliads, often called “air plants.” These
include the abundant Spanish moss and the rare, carnivorous Catopsis
berteroniana. Color photographs. |
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William R. Adams
St. Augustine and
St. Johns County
A
Historical Guide
Guidebook/History
Available Now
More than eighty of the
oldest historic sites in the U.S. are found in and around the
Ancient City of St. Augustine, Florida. Includes color photos, maps,
and directions as well as visitor information and accurate
historical narrative for each site.
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Kevin M. McCarthy
Suwannee River Guidebook
Guidebook
Available
Now
A comprehensive guide to
the Suwannee River, which runs through southern Georgia and northern
Florida. Pulling from personal experience and research, the author
describes the history and important people associated with,
conditions and wildlife of, and communities along this famous river.
Includes photos and travel information. |
T. Kent Kirk
Tropical Trees of Florida
and the Virgin Islands
A
Guide to Identification, Characteristics and Uses
Botany/Gardening
Available
Now
Over 90 species of
mostly native trees in the Virgin Islands and south Florida. Covers
form, leaves and bark, flowers, fruits, habitat, and uses. For each
species there are photos of the whole tree, bark, leaves, flowers,
and fruit. Over 500 color photographs.
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Terrance Zepke
Pirates of the Carolinas for Kids
More from author Zepke on
the Carolinas for kids. This time it’s pirates. Meet Blackbeard, Anne Bonny,
Long Ben Avery, Calico Jack. And learn all about pirate life.
Terrance Zepke
Lowcountry Voodoo
Beginners’ Guide to Tales, Spells and Boo Hags
Terrance Zepke is the master of
all things Carolina. Here she brings you a beginner’s guide to South
Carolina voodoo, including charms, curses, spells, and legends.
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Terrance Zepke
Lighthouses of the Carolinas for Kids
This author knows her
Carolina lighthouses (see Lighthouses of the Carolinas) and now she
introduces them to kids in a very engaging way. Art by Michael Swing makes
it all the more appealing.
Jack Powell
Time Travelers’ Guide to Florida
There are a surprising
number of places in Florida where you can visit the past in
reenactments, and even a few where you can be transported to the
future. This is a very useful guide to all of them.
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Marta Magellan
Those Colossal Cats
12th in the Those
Animals series with questions and answers. Stunning photos of lions,
tigers, leopards, and the other big cats, and again the funny,
charming illustrations of Steve Weaver.
Sandra Wallus Sammons
The Two Henrys: Henry Plant and Henry Flagler and Their Railroads
A book for middle
schoolers on the two most famous Henrys in Florida. Flagler’s east
coast railroad and Plant’s west coast one opened up the state to all
comers.
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Michael Biehl
Seven Mile Bridge
A
novel
A middle-aged Florida
Keys diveshop owner has returned to his Wisconsin childhood home to
search for clues to his father’s death. A story about one man’s
obsession with the truth, and how much can depend on finding it.
Janet
Post
Alligator Gold
A
Cracker Western
Finally a new book for Cracker
Western fans! Meet Caleb Hawkins. He’s just back from the Civil war and has
a heap of trouble with Snake Barber. Then Maddy Wilkes, pregnant!, enters
Hawk’s life and things get even more troublesome. But a big old gator might
just be the answer.
Russell W. Johnson & Annie P. Johnson
My
Florida Facts
This book and CD will help kids learn fun Florida facts. Sing along to the
music and learning comes easy. Art by Michael Swing.
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