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1) Wildlife
Author
Publisher
Mind Mess Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Deep in the Florida Everglades, a tragic accident has ignited a deadly feud between two families. Meanwhile, a young writer, his girlfriend and her family take a boat ride into the isolated wilds of the Everglades for research on a new book, only to become unwitting witnesses to a brutal crime. Now, as night falls, forced to travel on foot, they must flee through the treacherous wilderness while desperately avoiding the deadly wildlife ... and the...
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English
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"The Florida Everglades are made up of nine different ecosystems supporting an astonishing variety of wildlife-panthers, manatees, snails, frogs, and a rainbow of bird species. But for years, the Everglades were threatened. They needed a voice to speak up for them. Marjory Stoneman Douglas became that voice. Her book "A River of Grass" helped the world see the irreplaceable beauty and value of the Everglades. Marjory's activism led to the creation...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"David Grann meets Susan Orlean in this page-turning true story of an underground operation into the mysterious world of alligator poaching and its larger than life Floridian characters To catch a Florida Man, you have to become one, and that's what Officer Jeff Babauta did. As his ponytailed, whiskey-soaked alter ego, he established Sunshine Alligator Farm. His goal? Infiltrate the shady world of illegal poachers in the Florida Everglades in order...
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Series
Edilean series volume 4
Language
English
Description
Charleston, 1799: A daughter of Southern gentility and a gifted painter, Catherine Edilean Harcourt has no lack of suitors at home in Virginia, waiting to fulfill her dream of marriage and family. But Cay's adventurous spirit, fostered by growing up with her three brothers, is piqued while visiting her godfather in South Carolina. Bedridden with a broken leg, he asks Cay to fill in for him on an urgent task: on her way to a fancy dress ball, she must...
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Apocalypse Cult series volume 3
Language
English
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When Amy Larson and her partner Hunter Forrest investigate a missing persons case in a series of caves outside Denver, Colorado, they discover a muddy pit littered with corpses that are covered in human bite marks and find the case leading them to a cult.
7) Cane and Abe
Author
Language
English
Description
Miami's top prosecutor becomes a prime suspect when his wife's disappearance may have a chilling connection to the vicious murders of beautiful women in the Florida Everglades. --
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Series
James Bond series volume 2
Language
English
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Description
British secret agent James Bond has never met an adversary like Mr. Big, a gangland kingpin who uses voodoo to control his vast criminal empire. When a crooked trail of smuggled gold leads through Mr. Big's New York hideout to SMERSH headquarters in Moscow, Bond's mission takes him from Harlem to the Florida Everglades.
9) Rare birds
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English
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While his mother waits for a life-saving heart transplant, eleven-year-old Graham Dodds sets out to find an endangered Snail Kite in the Florida Everglades.
10) Distant drums
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Filmed on location in and around the Everglades National Park, Raoul Walsh's film is a rare example of the exotic "Florida Western" Gary Cooper stars as Cavalry Captain Quincy Wyatt, who leads a charge upon an old Spanish fort taken over by Seminole gun-runners and kidnappers. After liberating the prisoners, Wyatt, pursued by the vengeful Seminoles, flees into the gator-infested swamps and settles his fate in a spectacular underwater fight with the...
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Language
English
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Everglades National Park, located in southern Florida, boasts many different ecosystems, plants, and animals. Readers will learn about when it officially became a national park, who was involved, the park's climate, and plants and animals that are commonly found there. Complete with simple text, beautiful photographs, and an activities list for readers.
Author
Series
Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 17
Publisher
Yearling
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Alec Ramsay's life is changed after he spends a terrifying night lost in the Florida Everglades with a deranged Frenchman who is helping him search for the runaway black stallion.
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Gentle Ben returns for a second season of swampland adventure as the Wedloes of the Florida Everglades battle foes and befriend unlikely visitors. A big bear in the family means bigger mischief for young Mark, his park ranger father, Tom, and a stream of unusual characters who bring thrilling adventure and suspenseful drama to town. Don₂t miss this charming American tale of life outdoors.
Author
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E.J. Watson, who drives himself relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son.
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that brown rats were brought to the United States in the eighteenth century on a ship from England? Or that thousands of exotic pets were released into the Florida Everglades after a hurricane in 1992, leading to today's booming Burmese python population? All over the country, non-native species from around the world have been introduced to our lands, irrevocably changing the natural balances of their new habitats. This is the story...
18) Chomp
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Language
English
Description
In this hysterical #1 New York Times bestseller, one kid has to wrangle gators, snakes, bats that bite, and a reality show host gone rogue! This is Carl Hiaasen's Florida—where the creatures are wild and the people are wilder!
When Wahoo Cray’s dad—a professional animal wrangler—takes a job with a reality TV show called Expedition Survival!, Wahoo figures...
When Wahoo Cray’s dad—a professional animal wrangler—takes a job with a reality TV show called Expedition Survival!, Wahoo figures...
19) Alligator Alley
Author
Series
Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 16
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With more than a decade of problem-solving under his belt on behalf of John Mahoney, the Speaker of the House, DeMarco has seen his fair share of dangerous situations. When Andie Moore, a twenty-three-year-old working in the DOJ's Inspector General's Office, is murdered in cold blood in Florida's Everglades, it falls on DeMarco to get to the bottom of things. Paired with Emma, an enigmatic, retired ex-spy with seemingly endless connections in the...
Publisher
Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Jessica Blandy hasn’t been the same since her brush with death in the Florida Everglades. Back in San Francisco, she tries to drown her sorrows in whiskey and the kisses of a dark, handsome stranger… a saxophonist with sad eyes and a deep connection to Charlie Parker. But how much does she know about him, really? And what does he have to do with the women who keep disappearing from the club where he plays?
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