University Press of Florida
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Organic Methods for Vegetable Gardening in Florida
$29.95 Add to cartHow to grow delicious produce in
In this
your own backyard
guide, expert botanist Ginny Stibolt and Master Gardener Melissa Markham
provide simple and accessible advice for successful vegetable garden- Author: Stibolt, Ginny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 378
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0813068762
- Language: English
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Sallie Ann Robinson’s Kitchen: Food and Family Lore from the Lowcountry
$30.00 Add to cartIn her third cookbook, Sallie Ann Robinson brings readers to the dinner table in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. Born and raised on the small, remote island of Daufuskie, Robinson shares the food and foo
- Author: Robinson, Sallie Ann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 17 2019
- ISBN10: 0813056292
- Language: English
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The Cuban Sandwich: A History in Layers
$24.95 Add to cartA delicious, multilayered tale of a legendary sandwich
Florida Book Awards, Gold Medal for Cooking
Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Best of the Bay Awards, “Best Approach to Pressing Matters”
How did the Cub
- Author: Huse, Andrew T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: September 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0813069386
- Language: English
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Florida Cowboys: Keepers of the Last Frontier
$48.00 Add to cartVisit a Florida where sunburn is the result of honest, hard work–not an afternoon at the beach
“Without its lush ranchlands, there would be precious little left to see of old Florida, and nowhere for
- Author: Ward, Carlton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0813034086
- Language: English
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The Florida Vegetarian Cookbook
$32.00 Add to cartDelicious recipes that celebrate the
With year-round harvests and
seasonal harvests of the Sunshine State
incredible seasonal variety of crops, Florida offers a wealth of homegrown foods
that make it e- Author: Col?n, Dalia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0813069904
- Language: English
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Sunshine State Mafia: A History of Florida’s Mobsters, Hit Men, and Wise Guys
$28.00 Add to cartInside accounts and little known stories of criminal networks
A vivid, wild
in Florida’s past
ride through a century of Mafia lore, this book tells stories of organized
crime rings that have settled in- Author: Kelly, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0813080487
- Language: English
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The Highwaymen: Florida’s African-American Landscape Painters
$39.95 Add to cartThis volume introduces a group of young black artists who painted their way out of the despair of citrus grove packing houses. Their 1950s images of an idealized dreamlike Florida paradise form an ast… [more below]
- Author: Monroe, Gary
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 20 2001
- ISBN10: 0813022819
- Language: English
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Everglades Patrol
$19.95 Add to cartAs law enforcement officer and game manager for the Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, Lt. Tom Shirley was the law in one of the last true frontiers in the nation–the Florida Everglades. I… [more below]
- Author: Shirley, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0813064880
- Language: English
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The Black Seminoles: History of a Freedom-Seeking People
$24.95 Add to cart“A powerful and stirring story.”–San Antonio Express-News
“An epic tale of desperate, unwitting fugitives who would–without exaggeration–defeat armed forces both white and Indian, make possible set… [more below]
- Author: Porter, Kenneth W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: May 21 2013
- ISBN10: 081304488X
- Language: English
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Fishing Florida’s Flats: A Guide to Bonefish, Tarpon, Permit, and Much More
$24.95 Add to cartShallow ocean, or “flats,” fishing is one of the most popular coastal activities in Florida. No other place has such a large combination of different shallow water species. In Fishing Florida’s Flats,… [more below]
- Series: Wild Florida
- Author: Maizler, Jan S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 227
- Publish Date: October 28 2007
- ISBN10: 0813031451
- Language: English
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The Hiking Trails of Florida’s National Forests, Parks, and Preserves
$18.95 Add to cartFor Florida hikers, vacationers, outdoor enthusiasts, and wildlife watchers who want to plan and execute their own adventures, this second edition of the popular guidebook will be indispensable. Mollo… [more below]
- Author: Molloy, Johnny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0813030625
- Language: English
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The Chocolate Tree: A Natural History of Cacao
$24.95 Add to cartYoung provides an overview of the fascinating natural and human history of one of the world’s most intriguing commodities: chocolate. Cultivated for over 1,000 years in Latin America and the starting … [more below]
- Author: Young, Allen M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 13 2007
- ISBN10: 0813030447
- Language: English
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Travels on the St. Johns River
$26.95 Add to cartIn 1765 father and son naturalists John and William Bartram explored the St. Johns River Valley in Florida, a newly designated British territory and subtropical wonderland. They collected specimens an… [more below]
- Author: Bartram, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0813080444
- Language: English
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So Excellent a Fishe: A Natural History of Sea Turtles
$19.95 Add to cartNo single individual did more to promote sea turtle research and conservation than Archie Carr (1909-1987). So entwined did he become with these creatures and the fight against their overexploitation … [more below]
- Author: Carr, Archie F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: September 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0813037980
- Language: English
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Paradise Screwed: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen
$26.95 Add to cart“Takes readers on a head-shaking romp through a south Florida that they won’t find in any tourist brochure. . . . Hiaasen’s writing is fearless and the targets endless: politicians, municipal employee… [more below]
- Author: Hiaasen, Carl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 428
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0813034280
- Language: English
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The Allure of Immortality: An American Cult, a Florida Swamp, and a Renegade Prophet
$19.95 Add to cartWas Cyrus Teed a visionary or villain, savior or two-bit charlatan? In The Allure of Immortality, Lyn Millner weaves the many bizarre strands of Teed’s life and those of his followers, the Koreshans, … [more below]
- Author: Millner, Lyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: September 10 2019
- ISBN10: 0813064406
- Language: English
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Skyway: The True Story of Tampa Bay’s Signature Bridge and the Man Who Brought It Down
$19.95 Add to cartOn the morning of May 9, 1980, harbor pilot John Lerro was guiding a 600-foot freighter, the Summit Venture, into Tampa Bay. Directly in the ship’s path was the Sunshine Skyway Bridge–two ribbons of
- Author: DeYoung, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0813062977
- Language: English
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Florida Cow Hunter: The Life and Times of Bone Mizell
$19.95 Add to cart“Recounts a time when range wars, cattle drives, rustling, street brawls, and rum running were commonplace in Florida. Though the focus is on Mizell, Tinsley also gives an engaging history of Florida … [more below]
- Author: Tinsley, Jim Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: April 01 1990
- ISBN10: 0813009855
- Language: English
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Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida’s Most Famous Endangered Species
$28.00 Add to cartThe quiet manatee has long been a flash point of frequent environmental debates. It is Florida’s most famous endangered species, as well as its most controversial. Manatees appear on hundreds of licen
- Series: Florida History and Culture
- Author: Pittman, Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 462
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0813068843
- Language: English
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Bravura!: Lucia Chase and the American Ballet Theatre
$26.95 Add to cartTo many people, Lucia Chase (1897-1986) was the American Ballet Theatre, and her reign as the queen of American ballet lasted for more than four decades. It was Chase who brought Nureyev, Bujones, Kir… [more below]
- Author: Ewing, Alex C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: September 24 2019
- ISBN10: 0813068088
- Language: English
