Author: Tom Corcoran
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312241941
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Sleuth and crime photographer Alex Rutledge of Key West searches for a friend, a financial investor abducted from a bar. A tale of murder, drugs and beautiful women.
Gumbo Limbo
Author: Tom Corcoran
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312241941
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Sleuth and crime photographer Alex Rutledge of Key West searches for a friend, a financial investor abducted from a bar. A tale of murder, drugs and beautiful women.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312241941
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Sleuth and crime photographer Alex Rutledge of Key West searches for a friend, a financial investor abducted from a bar. A tale of murder, drugs and beautiful women.
The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo
Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006440434X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Vanished? Liza Poole lives with her mother in one of the last balanced ecosystems in North America -- the Gumbo Limbo Hammock deep within the lush kingdom of the Florida Everglades. Some may think it strange to live outdoors, but Liza feels lucky to live it strange to live outdoors, but Liza feels lucky to live in her small yellow tent amidst tropical birds and exotic plants. And at the center of this natural paradise lies Dajun, the majestic alligator who protects Gumbo Limbo's environment. Then, one day, a state official arrives with frightening orders. Dajun is scaring people nearby -- he must be killed! Liza takes action to save the invaluable 'gator, but suddenly, he is nowhere to be found. Now, she must find Dajun before it's too late, and her search will lead her into the heart of an exciting eco mystery!
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006440434X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Vanished? Liza Poole lives with her mother in one of the last balanced ecosystems in North America -- the Gumbo Limbo Hammock deep within the lush kingdom of the Florida Everglades. Some may think it strange to live outdoors, but Liza feels lucky to live it strange to live outdoors, but Liza feels lucky to live in her small yellow tent amidst tropical birds and exotic plants. And at the center of this natural paradise lies Dajun, the majestic alligator who protects Gumbo Limbo's environment. Then, one day, a state official arrives with frightening orders. Dajun is scaring people nearby -- he must be killed! Liza takes action to save the invaluable 'gator, but suddenly, he is nowhere to be found. Now, she must find Dajun before it's too late, and her search will lead her into the heart of an exciting eco mystery!
Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean
Author: David W Nellis
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561648930
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean is a complete source for information about which plants grow best in nearshore environments. It includes extensive characteristics of each plant, including: Form, flower and fruit date Geographic distribution and habitat Reproduction and propagation Ornamental uses Medicinal and toxic properties, including modern and folkloric beliefs and uses Ecological aspects This guide is a must-have for backyard gardeners and serious naturalists alike.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1561648930
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean is a complete source for information about which plants grow best in nearshore environments. It includes extensive characteristics of each plant, including: Form, flower and fruit date Geographic distribution and habitat Reproduction and propagation Ornamental uses Medicinal and toxic properties, including modern and folkloric beliefs and uses Ecological aspects This guide is a must-have for backyard gardeners and serious naturalists alike.
Bone Island Mambo
Author: Tom Corcoran
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429972440
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A pleasant Key West Sunday in January turns into a tropical nightmare. It's early. The tourists are still asleep. Freelance and part-time crime photographer Alex Rutledge bicycles near-vacant streets, taking pictures for his own enjoyment. But he's challenged at a restoration district construction site, accused by a developer of snapping photos for an expose. An hour later, the city police request Rutledge's forensic photo expertise. A murder victim has been found - at the same work site. Detective Dexter Hayes, Jr., is caustic and inept, and Rutledge is dismissed before he completes his work. An hour later, the county sheriff, Chicken Neck Liska, asks Alex to photograph another murder victim, this time on nearby Stock Island. Rutledge soon suspects that the murders are linked - illogically, through him. He can't divulge the link to his lover, Teresa Barga, for fear of compromising her police media liaison job. Alex questions the detective's blundering, while the cops begin to link him to the crimes. A powerful real estate broker offers Rutledge an odd, lucrative job. Friends are threatened. He and Teresa dodge gunshots. Yet there is no identifiable antagonist, no motive, no reason for Rutledge to be a hub for evil. To protect himself and his friends, to avoid arrest - unsuccessfully, at first - he must scratch for information on an island where few tell the truth. At the core of Bone Island Mambo is betrayal, retribution, and revenge. The plot twists in surprising directions, and Corcoran's characters are true characters, never as laid-back as they first appear. Visit Key West, and hang on for dear life.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1429972440
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
A pleasant Key West Sunday in January turns into a tropical nightmare. It's early. The tourists are still asleep. Freelance and part-time crime photographer Alex Rutledge bicycles near-vacant streets, taking pictures for his own enjoyment. But he's challenged at a restoration district construction site, accused by a developer of snapping photos for an expose. An hour later, the city police request Rutledge's forensic photo expertise. A murder victim has been found - at the same work site. Detective Dexter Hayes, Jr., is caustic and inept, and Rutledge is dismissed before he completes his work. An hour later, the county sheriff, Chicken Neck Liska, asks Alex to photograph another murder victim, this time on nearby Stock Island. Rutledge soon suspects that the murders are linked - illogically, through him. He can't divulge the link to his lover, Teresa Barga, for fear of compromising her police media liaison job. Alex questions the detective's blundering, while the cops begin to link him to the crimes. A powerful real estate broker offers Rutledge an odd, lucrative job. Friends are threatened. He and Teresa dodge gunshots. Yet there is no identifiable antagonist, no motive, no reason for Rutledge to be a hub for evil. To protect himself and his friends, to avoid arrest - unsuccessfully, at first - he must scratch for information on an island where few tell the truth. At the core of Bone Island Mambo is betrayal, retribution, and revenge. The plot twists in surprising directions, and Corcoran's characters are true characters, never as laid-back as they first appear. Visit Key West, and hang on for dear life.
Adventure Guide to the Florida Keys and Everglades National Park
Author: Bruce Morris
Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 9781588434036
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A guide to the Florida Keys and Everglade National Park, including accommodations, attractions, restaurants, shopping, recreation, beaches and festivals.
Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 9781588434036
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A guide to the Florida Keys and Everglade National Park, including accommodations, attractions, restaurants, shopping, recreation, beaches and festivals.
Florida Gardener's Guide
Author: Tom MacCubbin
Publisher:
ISBN: 1930604785
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Gardening experts Georgia Tasker and Tom MacCubbin present advice on choosing plants for the diverse landscape of Florida. More than 160 entries provide information on planting, growing, and caring for a myriad of plants.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1930604785
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Gardening experts Georgia Tasker and Tom MacCubbin present advice on choosing plants for the diverse landscape of Florida. More than 160 entries provide information on planting, growing, and caring for a myriad of plants.
Flush
Author: Carl Hiaasen
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375837523
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A hilarious, high-stakes adventure involving crooked casino boats, floating fish, toxic beaches, and one kid determined to get justice. This is Carl Hiaasen's Florida—where the creatures are wild and the people are wilder! You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor–which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right. The boat is pumped out and back in business within days and Noah's dad is stuck in the clink. Now Noah is determined to succeed where his dad failed. He will prove that the Coral Queen is dumping illegally . . . somehow. His allies may not add up to much–his sister Abbey, an unreformed childhood biter; Lice Peeking, a greedy sot with poor hygiene; Shelly, a bartender and a woman scorned; and a mysterious pirate–but Noah's got a plan to flush this crook out into the open. A plan that should sink the crooked little casino, once and for all.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0375837523
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
A hilarious, high-stakes adventure involving crooked casino boats, floating fish, toxic beaches, and one kid determined to get justice. This is Carl Hiaasen's Florida—where the creatures are wild and the people are wilder! You know it's going to be a rough summer when you spend Father's Day visiting your dad in the local lockup. Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor–which has made taking a dip at the local beach like swimming in a toilet. He can't prove it though, and so he decides that sinking the boat will make an effective statement. Right. The boat is pumped out and back in business within days and Noah's dad is stuck in the clink. Now Noah is determined to succeed where his dad failed. He will prove that the Coral Queen is dumping illegally . . . somehow. His allies may not add up to much–his sister Abbey, an unreformed childhood biter; Lice Peeking, a greedy sot with poor hygiene; Shelly, a bartender and a woman scorned; and a mysterious pirate–but Noah's got a plan to flush this crook out into the open. A plan that should sink the crooked little casino, once and for all.
Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees
Author: M.M. Grandtner
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080460186
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1531
Book Description
This dictionary will present all currently accepted generic, specific, sub-specific and variety names of trees, excluding fossil and more recently extinct taxa, hybrids and cultivars. Only the indigenous trees of a continent, those wild species that were natural elements of the spontaneous forest vegetation before the arrival of Europeans or other colonizers, are included.Each generic entry includes the family to which it is assigned, the synonyms of the Latin name, and the English, French, Spanish, trade and other names. For the English and French names the standard name is listed first, followed by other available names with, in parentheses, the countries where they are used. Where appropriate, names in additional languages are also included.Each infrageneric (species, subspecies, variety) entry includes, in addition, the distribution, height, type of foliage, ecological characteristics and main uses of the tree when available.In this volume only taxa indigenous on the North American continent are included, considered in a geographical, not in a political sense. This means from Alaska and Greenland to Panama, including Caribbean, but excluding Hawaii.
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080460186
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1531
Book Description
This dictionary will present all currently accepted generic, specific, sub-specific and variety names of trees, excluding fossil and more recently extinct taxa, hybrids and cultivars. Only the indigenous trees of a continent, those wild species that were natural elements of the spontaneous forest vegetation before the arrival of Europeans or other colonizers, are included.Each generic entry includes the family to which it is assigned, the synonyms of the Latin name, and the English, French, Spanish, trade and other names. For the English and French names the standard name is listed first, followed by other available names with, in parentheses, the countries where they are used. Where appropriate, names in additional languages are also included.Each infrageneric (species, subspecies, variety) entry includes, in addition, the distribution, height, type of foliage, ecological characteristics and main uses of the tree when available.In this volume only taxa indigenous on the North American continent are included, considered in a geographical, not in a political sense. This means from Alaska and Greenland to Panama, including Caribbean, but excluding Hawaii.
The Trees of Florida
Author: Gil Nelson
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 9781561640553
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
First comprehensive guide to Florida's amazing variety of trees, both natives and exotics, from scrub oak to mangroves, from bald cypress and gumbo limbo, from sabal palm to the Florida yew. Serves as both a reference and a field guide. Includes suggested field sites for observing the species described. Color photos were color is important in identification, as well as line drawings. Useful to the naturalist, professional botanist, landscape architect, and weekend gardener.
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 9781561640553
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
First comprehensive guide to Florida's amazing variety of trees, both natives and exotics, from scrub oak to mangroves, from bald cypress and gumbo limbo, from sabal palm to the Florida yew. Serves as both a reference and a field guide. Includes suggested field sites for observing the species described. Color photos were color is important in identification, as well as line drawings. Useful to the naturalist, professional botanist, landscape architect, and weekend gardener.
The Mango Opera
Author: Tom Corcoran
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1466861991
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Although he prefers magazine work, freelance photographer Alex Rutledge won't turn down an occasional crime scene shoot for the City of Key West Police Department. But when a string of murders takes his viewfinder into strangely familiar territory, Alex's mellow island lifestyle shatters. One after another, someone is killing women who have intimately crossed Alex Rutledge's path. Maybe it's a coincidence. Maybe it's a conspiracy. Or maybe he's crazy. But the connection marks Alex as the prime suspect in a case so hot it's drawn in the county sheriff, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. In a desperate race to save his name and his life, Alex dives into a one-man search for the dark, sweltering truth beneath a case that's pounding toward meltdown, in The Mango Opera by Tom Corcoran.
Publisher: Minotaur Books
ISBN: 1466861991
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Although he prefers magazine work, freelance photographer Alex Rutledge won't turn down an occasional crime scene shoot for the City of Key West Police Department. But when a string of murders takes his viewfinder into strangely familiar territory, Alex's mellow island lifestyle shatters. One after another, someone is killing women who have intimately crossed Alex Rutledge's path. Maybe it's a coincidence. Maybe it's a conspiracy. Or maybe he's crazy. But the connection marks Alex as the prime suspect in a case so hot it's drawn in the county sheriff, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. In a desperate race to save his name and his life, Alex dives into a one-man search for the dark, sweltering truth beneath a case that's pounding toward meltdown, in The Mango Opera by Tom Corcoran.