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Newbies and Returnees flock to Sarasota, Florida every year to soak up the gorgeous sunshine and warm ambiance. In so doing, appetites are aroused. Small and Shrewdly Specific: A Sarasota Dining Guide gives beach weary travelers an easy way to decide on a lunch or dinner location rather than interminable google searches that fray tempers and patience. Restaurants are listed alphabetically and also by approximate location and whether the restaurant is walkable or not. You'll know where it's kid friendly, romance affirmative or air conditioned to the max.
In 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 and recorded extensive observations of the plants, animals, geography, ecology, and native cultures of an essentially uncharted region. The chronicle of their adventures provided the world with an intimate look at La Florida. Travels on the St. Johns River includes writings from the Bartrams' journey in a flat-bottomed boat from St. Augustine to the river's swampy headwaters near Lake Loughman, just west of today's Cape Canaveral. Vivid entries from John's Diary detail which tribes lived where and what vegetation overtook the river's slow current. He describes the crisp, cold spring waters tasting like a gun barrel. Excerpts from William's narrative, written a decade later when he tried to make a home in East Florida, contemplate the environment and the river that would come to be regarded as the liquid heart of his celebrated Travels. A selection of personal letters reveal John's misgivings about his son's decision to become a planter in an inhospitable pine barren with little more than a hovel as shelter, but they also speak to William's belated sense of accomplishment for traveling past his father's footsteps. Editors Thomas Hallock and Richard Franz provide valuable commentary and a modern record of the flora and fauna the Bartrams encountered. Taken together, the firsthand accounts and editorial notes help us see the land through the explorers' eyes and witness the many environmental changes the centuries have wrought.
Exploring the environmental history
of an important natural area The
largest open water estuary in Florida, Tampa Bay has been a flashpoint of
environmental struggles and action in recent years. This book goes beneath today's
news headlines to explore how people have interacted with nature in the region
throughout its long history. In
Tampa Bay, Evan Bennett reveals that
humans have been part of the bay's ecology since the estuary took its modern form
2,000 years ago, along with the communities of fish, birds, reptiles, and mammals
that proliferated in its seagrass meadows, tidal salt flats, and mangrove
forests. Bennett discusses the natural resources that drew people to settle
there, the trade that encouraged development, and the shipping and industry
that increased biological and ecological change. While
the past 150 years have seen serious environmental damage from dredging, water
pollution, red tides, and more, Bennett shows how people have been fighting to
clean up the bay and regain a balance with nature. Informed by the latest in
marine science, area environmentalists, policymakers, and citizens are working
to create a model for other societies that have developed in fragile natural
areas. The
first book to examine the environmental history of the region, Tampa Bay uncovers deep-rooted
relationships between water, land, and people and offers hope for bringing threatened coastal spaces back from
the brink. A volume in the series Florida in Focus, edited by Andrew K. Frank
of an important natural area The
largest open water estuary in Florida, Tampa Bay has been a flashpoint of
environmental struggles and action in recent years. This book goes beneath today's
news headlines to explore how people have interacted with nature in the region
throughout its long history. In
Tampa Bay, Evan Bennett reveals that
humans have been part of the bay's ecology since the estuary took its modern form
2,000 years ago, along with the communities of fish, birds, reptiles, and mammals
that proliferated in its seagrass meadows, tidal salt flats, and mangrove
forests. Bennett discusses the natural resources that drew people to settle
there, the trade that encouraged development, and the shipping and industry
that increased biological and ecological change. While
the past 150 years have seen serious environmental damage from dredging, water
pollution, red tides, and more, Bennett shows how people have been fighting to
clean up the bay and regain a balance with nature. Informed by the latest in
marine science, area environmentalists, policymakers, and citizens are working
to create a model for other societies that have developed in fragile natural
areas. The
first book to examine the environmental history of the region, Tampa Bay uncovers deep-rooted
relationships between water, land, and people and offers hope for bringing threatened coastal spaces back from
the brink. A volume in the series Florida in Focus, edited by Andrew K. Frank
Middle grade readers who what to help plan their family's next vacation to the Walt Disney World Resort need this fully updated, carefully researched, and brightly illustrated guidebook. This special Birnbaum guide offers honest advice and reviews directly from kids, Hidden Mickey alerts, maps, and character autograph pages. Trust Birnbaum as your 2024-2025 guide for:
insider tips for young readers kid-friendly descriptions of all theme park shows and attractions colorful maps, photos, Disney character illustrations, and more
Inside this book, find out how to:
Join an all-new musical journey with Tiana's Bayou Adventure! Zoom aboard TRON Lightcycle/Run--the fastest indoor coaster ever built at a Disney park. Cook up some fun at Remy's Ratatouille Adventure. Fly the Millennium Falcon starship and join the Resistance in Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge. Swoop and soar on Slinky Dog Dash--a kid-pleasing roller coaster in Toy Story Land. Meet your favorite Disney characters, including Mickey Mouse! Preserve your memories in a special scrapbook section. (There is room for character autographs, too.)
Planning a trip to the Walt Disney World?
Be sure to also pick up Birnbaum's 2025 Walt Disney World: The Official Vacation Guide.
Inside this book, find out how to:
Planning a trip to the Walt Disney World?
Be sure to also pick up Birnbaum's 2025 Walt Disney World: The Official Vacation Guide.
Bertha Palmer, one of the richest and most famous socialites in the early 20th century, came to a backwater area of southwest Florida and tried her hand at agriculture and cattle raising. She turned Sarasota the small settlement of Sarasota into a thriving town.
Suncoast Empire is the 2021 One Book Sarasota selection. You can read more about One Book here.
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Don't be fooled for things are not always what they seem. Thinking the can contained a fellow duck, our misguided friend opens it. It doesn't contain a duck at all but 12 witty Idioms who are glad to be free. Follow along as the true meanings are revealed and see what happens in the end. The whimsical illustrations bring to life the peculiar trickery of an Idiom and engage the reader in finding the narrator hidden on each page.
Learn about Florida's endemic carnivorous plants in this exciting book written for the budding naturalist and hobbyist. Florida has dozens of native species of carnivorous plants--more than any other state in the United States--including sundews, butterworts, bladderworts, and pitcher plants. These plants use appealing scents, leaves, and sticky fluids to trap and imprison insects. Digestive fluids then absorb the prey giving the plant its nutrients. Many of these plants can be grown at home in the backyard, in rain gardens, or in some cases on the windowsill. Florida's Carnivorous Plants provides an identification and growing guide for the major genera of carnivorous plants found in Florida. Each species description includes etymology, a history of the plant's discovery highlighting diverse scientists, anatomy, habitat range, and popular cultivars for beginners. Tables include soil requirements, types of potting, water level, amount of light, dormancy and temperature requirements, and propagation tips. A glossary provides readers with the tools to learn botanical jargon to improve their identification skills.