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"Allie is still recovering from the loss of her family's beloved waterfront restaurant on Florida's Gulf Coast when she loses her second husband to a terrifying highway accident. Devastated and losing hope, she shudders to contemplate the future--until a cherished person from her past returns. Joseph has been adrift for many years, wounded in both body and spirit and unable to come to terms with the trauma of his Vietnam War experiences. Just as he...
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Andrew Yancy novels volume 2
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English
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"When Lane Coolman's car is bashed from behind on the road to the Florida Keys, what appears to be an innocent accident is anything but (this is Hiaasen!). Behind the wheel of the offending car is Merry Mansfield--the eponymous Razor Girl--so named for her unique, eye-popping addition to what might be an otherwise unexciting scam. But, of course--this is Hiaasen!--the scam is only the very beginning of a situation that's going to spiral crazily out...
64) Florida
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Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"From exploring Everglades National Park to enjoying the sunshine on white sand beaches, there's a lot to see and do in Florida. This state lies in the South. Florida introduces the state's history, geography, climate, economy, people, and places"-- Provided by publisher.
65) Snake invasion
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Chooseco
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Humans are responsible for the extinction of animal species and other changes to our planet. Sometimes these changes are caused by the most insignificant-seeming decisions. When the residents of your small Florida town allowed some Burmese pythons to go free into the Everglades, they didn't consider that unlike in their natural habitats, here in the United States, these snakes have no natural predators and limited prey. Your safe suburban town is...
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Hannah Smith novels volume 4
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Putnam
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"A fishing guide and part-time investigator, Hannah Smith is a tall, strong Florida woman descended from many generations of the same. But the problem before her now is much older even than that. Five hundred years ago, Spanish conquistadors planted the first orange seeds in Florida, but now the whole industry is in trouble. The trees are dying at the root, weakened by infestation and genetic manipulation, and the only solution might be somehow, somewhere,...
67) Pegasus: a novel
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The story of a family reinventing itself in America, while the country they left behind is engulfed in flames and madness, and men like Alex von Hemmerle are forced to make unbearable choices. Alex"s daughter will find sanctuary in England. In America, his sons will find a future, and their left-behind world will eventually find them.
68) The Archer House
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The Archer Inn volume Book 1
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Kimberly Thomas
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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A woman who has lost everything--thanks to her corrupt, philandering husband--returns to her family home in the Florida Keys and tries to reconnect with her mother and siblings.
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"David has a mind that never stops running. He reads Dante and Moby Dick, he sinks into Hemingway and battles with Milton. But on Florida's Gulf Coast, one can slip into deep water unconsciously; at the age of fourteen, David runs away from home to pursue a girl and, on his journey, tries crack cocaine for the first time. He's hooked instantly. Over the course of the next decade, he fights his way out of jail and rehab, trying to make sense of the...
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Freddy the pig volume 1
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English
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Freddy and the other barnyard animals decide to escape the cold winter by vacationing in sunny Florida.
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When Mary Ann and Pete Ventrino are late returning from Gary and Molly Burton's barbecue party, their child-minder Andria Carrasco goes to find them - and uncovers a harrowing scene. All four have been bound, gagged and poisoned to death in Gary's garage in a meticulously planned attack. The killers left no clues except for a threatening note personally addressed to Sam, which suggests the motive may be linked to the mixed marriage of one of the deceased...
72) Tropic of stupid
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Embarking on a Sunshine State road trip to meet long-lost family members, Serge Storms discovers that he may be related to a notorious serial killer before encountering a park ranger with her own mysterious agenda.
73) Florida
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Photographs and text provide information about the state of Florida.
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"The scratch of a single match--spark, heat, chemical reaction, fire being born--and an intense thriller begins. Terror reigns over the North Florida National Forest, the coastal town of Bayshore, and the barrier island of Pine Key; a fiery terror whose flame threatens to consume the whole world. An exacting and methodical killer whose weapon is fire is working on his masterpiece, and only a wounded and scarred FDLE agent and a retired ritual crimes...
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Jock Algren arrives on Longboat Key in a state of depression and hopelessness. His most recent mission for his secretive U.S. government intelligence agency has been disastrous and his friends Matt Royal and J. D. Duncan aren t sure they ll be able to pull him out of his despair then the bad guys show up and danger erupts on all fronts. Longboat Key Detective J. D. Duncan is investigating a cold case when the brother of the victim shows up on the...
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Barefoot William volume 6
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English
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Who says romance has gone to the dogs?
Richmond Rogues' left-fielder Joe "Zoo" Zooker has his own ritual for the start of spring training-a weekend of pure pleasure, including as many pretty faces and curvaceous bodies as he can charm into his bed. After that, he's all about baseball, especially with hungry minor leaguers eager for their own shot at the majors, just waiting for him to strike out. But when a beautiful woman with a smart mouth brushes...
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Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"It wasn't so long ago when a lot of people thought the Florida panther was extinct. They were very nearly right. That the panther still exists at all is a miracle--the result of a desperate experiment that led to the most remarkable comeback in the history of the Endangered Species Act. And no one has told the whole story--until now. With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who...
79) Cul-de-sac
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English
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"A shooting lays bare the secrets harbored by five families in a sleepy suburban cul-de-sac in this riveting psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of All the Wrong Places"--
Maggie, is a perfectionist wife,; her husband, Craig, can’t quite live up to her expectations. They've fled their life in California, hoping for a fresh start in Florida with their two children, only to find the demons of the past hovering...
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Sweet Tea Press
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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In Apalachicola, Florida, sinister things are afoot, as sinister things tend to be. Lt. Maggie Redmond is called to a crime scene on St. George Island, where she is met with the body of Gregory Boudreaux. The medical examiner calls it a suicide, but no one knows that Maggie has a horrible connection to the dead man. When Gregory's uncle, Bennett Boudreaux, the richest and scariest man in town, takes a sudden interest in Maggie, people start to wonder,...
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