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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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These 4 items are available
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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXFLA26) |
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Eyewitness Guide Florida
• Deni Brown
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
This superb guide to Florida features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the area's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(FLA23, $25.00) |
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Miami
• Joan Didion
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1998 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
Acclaimed essayist Jon Didion looks to Miami in this book of astute commentary. The drug war, Cuba, political scandals and race relations all find their way into this trenchant examination of a completely unique American city.
(FLA22, $14.00) |
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Florida
• Peter Alden
• Gil Nelson
• Rick Cech
FIELD GUIDE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
A pocket-size field guide to the wildflowers, trees, mosses, butterflies, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals of Florida. In addition to its excellent descriptions and 1,300 photographs, this book includes an overview of the Everglades and other parks.
(FLA19, $19.95) |
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A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf
• John Muir
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1998 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
A vivid portrait of post-Civil War South. This slim book is the diary of 28-year-old Muir. It is the record of a botanical expedition along the eastern seaboard south to Florida -- and a good introduction to this popular writer. It includes a long chapter on the swamps and forests of Florida. Although he scatters botanical information throughout the book, it is really the story of a wonderful adventure.
(FLA09, $13.95) |
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Also Recommended
Apalachicola
• Beverly Mount-Douds
• HISTORY
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Once the third-largest port on the Gulf of Mexico, Apalachicola's historic homes and eras of industry (seafood, lumber, cotton, turpentine) come to life through restored photographs and historical anecdote in this volume in the Images of America series.
(FLA105, $21.99)
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Florida, A Short History
• Michael Gannon
• HISTORY
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A quick, readable summary of events.
(FLA52, $14.95)
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Shadow Country
• Peter Matthiessen
• LITERATURE
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Matthiessen returns to his tale of Florida sugarcane farmer and murderer Edgar J. Watson in this National Book Award winner, a reprise of his classic trilogy: Killing Mister Watson, Lost Man's River and Bone by Bone.
(FLA72, $17.00)
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A Naturalist in Florida, A Celebration of Eden
• Archie Carr
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A delightful testimonial to natural Florida by popular biologist Archie Carr.
(FLA07, $29.00)
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Oranges
• John McPhee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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McPhee has managed to write a short but fascinating book on (of all things) oranges.
(FLA20, $14.00)
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The Everglades, River of Grass
• Marjory Stoneman Douglas
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The 60th anniversary edition of Douglas' wonderful, prophetic book, instrumental in establishing Everglades National Park.
(EGL01, $21.95)
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The Orchid Thief
• Susan Orlean
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A fast-paced history of orchid-mania, and the arrest and conviction of a South Florida hobbyist for making off with a protected species.
(FLA33, $15.00)
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Smithsonian Handbooks: Birds of Florida
• Fred J. Alsop, III
• FIELD GUIDE
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An illustrated field guide to 570 species of birds found in Florida. Each bird gets a full-page profile with color illustration, description and information on behavior.
(FLA57, $23.00)
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