About this product: With its colorful coral reefs, excellent birding, and tropical temperatures, Florida remains a popular vacation spot for the ecologically minded. In this concisely detailed volume you'll become acquainted with the state's geologic origins, natural history, and diverse habitats (salt marshes, mangrove swamps, prairies, and woodlands). A field guide assists in the identification of some of the region's wildflowers, trees, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, mammals, and birds, including the elusive manatee, three species of dolphin, and the rare snail kite. An extensive sampling of the area's best parks, preserves, beaches, forests, islands, and wildlife sanctuaries, with thorough descriptions and visitor information on 50 destinations, is also included. For instance, the section on Everglades National Park includes information on wildlife viewing possibilities, driving directions, and popular touring attractions inside the park (such as Shark Valley, where a 15-mile loop via foot, rental bike, or tram affords close views of alligators, anhingas, and wading birds). Lesser-known areas such as Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge and Withlacoochee State Forest are also featured. More than 1,300 color photographs heighten the quality of this handy compilation.
About this product: The University of Florida Football Vaultâ„¢ The History of the Florida Gators contains explosive action photos and dynamic text covering the history of the UF football program, but you will also be able to see and touch collectibles such as a 1915 booklet of songs and cheers, a 1950s pennant, classic game tickets and Steve Spurrier's handwritten passing fundamentals. This book also contains reproductions of valuable Gator memorabilia, including old newspaper clippings, postcards, stickers and vintage photographs. Florida fans young and old will thoroughly enjoy the University of Florida Football Vaultâ„¢. Hardcover with slipcase.
About this product: With full-color photographs and detailed expert advice, this affordable paperback describes how to grow abundant vegetables and edible herbs in gardens anywhere in Florida. Jim Stephens offers clear explanations of useful gardening terms and joins popular growing concepts with the expertise of the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Stephens explains -- types of gardens (including hydroponic and organic), -- site selection, -- vegetable variety selection, garden establishment and care, -- soil fertilization and management, -- climatic implications, -- cultivation practices, and -- harvesting and storing. He addresses the challenge of pests and diseases and includes a detailed and illustrated description of all the major and minor crops usually grown in Florida. And he doesn't overlook the basic, practical advice: thin the turnips, Stephens says, keep your tools sharp and clean, don't use lawn fertilizer on those vegetables. This guide will be indispensable to county agents, schoolteachers, garden writers, and anyone who enjoys a juicy, homegrown tomato.
About this product: The most comprehensive series of field guides to North American birds ever. This impressive collection highlights birds from all regions of the United States including localized areas such as the Mid-Atlantic, the Pacific Northwest and New England.
Whether birding in the foothills of New England, the prairies of the Midwest, or the beaches of Florida, Smithsonian Handbooks are the most comprehensive field guides to North American birds on the market. Looking for the Great Blue Heron or the Piping Plover while visiting the Great Lakes? Desperate to find the rare Long Billed Curlew or the Marbled Godwit during a hike in the Cascade Mountains? There's no need to look any further! Created in association with the Smithsonian Institution, these amazing guides are an absolute staple for any birder or amateur ornithologist. Each local species receives its own profile, along with descriptions of habitats and annotated photographs that highlight specific characteristics and other points of interest. Take bird watching to new heights!
About this product: Florida has 1200 miles of coastline, almost 700 miles of which are sandy beaches. Exploring along those beaches offers encounters with myriads of plants, animals, minerals, and manmade objects all are covered in this comprehensive guide with descriptive accounts of 822 items, 983 color images, and 431 maps. Beginning with the premise that beaches are themselves alive, this guide to the natural history of Florida beaches heralds the living things and metaphorical life near, on, and within the state's sandy margins. It is organized into Beach Features, Beach Animals, Beach Plants, Beach Minerals, and Hand of Man. In addition to being an identification guide, the book reveals much of the wonder and mystery between dune and sea along Florida s long coastline.
About this product: The first choice of outdoors enthusiasts. Beautiful, detailed, large-format maps of every state. Perfect for home and office reference, and a must for all your vehicles. Gazetteer information may include: campgrounds, attractions, historic sites & museums, recreation areas, trails, freshwater fishing site & boat launches, canoe trips or scenic drives. Categories vary by state
About this product: America’s #1 bestselling travel series
Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer’s Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do.
More annually updated guides than any other series
16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides
Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries
Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design
Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Florida2009 is more comprehensive, detailed, and reliable than other available guides. Our author has inspected countless accommodations and selected the very best: lavish golf resorts, spas, stunning B&Bs, beachfront motels, and family-friendly condos. No matter what your budget is, this guide can help you design a memorable Florida vacation.
Frommer's covers Florida's highlights from a resident's perspective: the South Beach club scene, the state's best restaurants, dive sites in the Keys, baseball spring training, theme parks, the Kennedy Space Center, world-class golf courses, and beaches, water sports, and lots of beach bars. Learn about all the latest developments at Disney and Universal Studios, and get insider tips about airfare bargains and package deals. You'll even get a free color fold-out map.
About this product: Florida is renowned for sun, surf, sand and senior citizens, and is a favourite holiday destination for more than a million Brits each year. But it is also one of the best places to chart your weirdest travel destinations. Charlie Carlson, a tenth-generation Floridian, has travelled the length of Florida looking for the odd and the offbeat, and he found them everywhere, from the Skunk Ape to the Devil's Chair of Cassadaga, from the She-Man of the Caloosahatchee River to the Wizard of Central Florida. This latest addition to the "Weird US" series is packed with info about the Sunshine State that they don't include in the regular guidebooks. Venture beyond Disney World, if you dare...
About this product: This book describes every type of regional flora--from seaside foliage and wildflowers to grassy meadows, shrubs, vines and aquatic gardens.
About this product: In the Florida State UniversityTM Football Vault:TM The History of the Seminoles,TM longtime newspaper man and Seminole fan John Hinds takes you on a memorable journey through Florida State s illustrious football history. This detailed scrapbook contains never-before-published photographs, artwork and memorabilia drawn from FSU s extensive campus archives. Tucked into dozens of sleeves and pockets, fans will find reproductions of old game programs, historic tickets, and numerous postcards and photos. Other fascinating replicas include a Western Union telegram announcing FSU s first All- American, a Charlie Ward For Heisman bumper sticker and much more. No Seminole fan should be without this home archive of Florida State s football history. Illustrated; Hardcover; 144 Pages
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