Susan D. Jewell is a wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, D.C. She spent 12 years studying wildlife in the Everglades and Florida Keys with the Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, and the National Audubon Society. Ms. Jewell is also a freelance writer of environmental issues and is the author of Exploring Wild Central Florida and Gators, Gourdheads, and Pufflings: A Biologist Slogs, Climbs, and Wings Her Way to Save Wildlife.
Florida in Poetry
$24.95 Hardcover
ISBN 978-1-56164-083-6
Jane Anderson Jones and Maurice O’Sullivan, Editors
A collection of poems from some of the earliest Europeans to encounter La Florida to contemporary poets who write of the beauty and degradation of the place. Includes Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Elizabeth Bishop, James Merrill, and Richard Wilbur.
100 Orchids for Florida
$16.95 Softcover
ISBN 978-1-56164-367-7
These orchids were chosen for their beauty, ease of cultivation, and suitability to Florida's climate. Whether you are an old hand at growing orchids or are a beginner anxious to try it, you will find help here choosing the plants that will work for you, as well as help on how best to make them prosper. Includes Cattleyas, Dendrobiums, Epidendrums, Oncidiums, Phalaenopses, Vandas, and lesser known ones like Brassias, Brassavolas, Stanhopeas, Trichopilias, and others.
Exploring Wild South Florida, 4th Edition
Susan D. Jewell
Now Available
Nature, Environment, Travel
A completely updated edition of this popular guide to finding the natural areas and wildlife in south Florida, including Everglades National Park. Covers Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Collier, Lee, and Hendry counties. Paddling, hiking, and bicycling trails. Wildlife checklists. Many photos, including a color section.
Caloosahatchee River Guidebook
Kevin M. McCarthy
Pub Date: January
Travel
4th in the Rivers of Florida series (already available Suwannee River Guidebook, St. Johns River Guidebook, and Hillsborough River Guidebook). The Caloosahatchee flows from near Lake Okeechobee for 75 miles to its outlet at Fort Myers on the southwest Gulf coast of Florida. It’s an important link in the south Florida waterway and in Everglades restoration.
Snake in the Grass
An Everglades Invasion
Larry Perez
Pub Date: March
Nonfiction
An Everglades naturalist describes one of the most significant biological disasters in our nation—the invasion of potentially tens of thousands of nonnative Burmese pythons. Nowhere else on the planet has a species of snake so large, up to 200 pounds, established itself beyond its native range. How far might they spread? What will it mean for other species?
Those Enormous Elephants
Sarah Cussen
Pub Date: June
Children’s nonfiction
Ages 6–9
15th in the series of Those Amazing Animals. Asks and answers 20 questions, each with an amazing photo and one of Steve Weaver’s loveable illustrations. How big are elephants? How many kinds are there and where in the world do they live? Why do they have long trunks? What do they eat and drink?
Those Mischievous Monkeys
Bonnie Nickel
Pub Date: January
Children's nonfiction
Ages 6-9
Did you ever think a monkey could be like a duck? Did you ever wonder why howlers howl? If all monkeys swing from their tails? Whether monkeys live in the snow? Did you know that monkeys can look like pirates, squirrels, owls, or lions? These and many other questions about these adorable, humorous and playful animals are answered in Those Mischievous Monkeys.
Reaper of St. George Street
Andre R. Frattino
Pub Date: March
Graphic Novel
Pineapple’s first graphic novel. A fun and scary story about ghosts and young ghost hunters in St. Augustine, Florida, America’s oldest city. A young man arrives in town and is soon caught up in encounters with the town’s ghosts, including the Reaper, the most hostile and dangerous of them all.
Secrets of San Blas
Charles Farley
Pub Date: March
Mystery Fiction
Most towns have their secrets. Old Doc Berber, a small Florida town’s only general practitioner, thought he knew them all. But a murder pulls him into intrigues that even he does not know how to cure. Based on true events surrounding a murder that occurred in 1938 at the Cape San Blas Lighthouse near Port St. Joe, Florida.
Olivia Brophie and the Pearl of Tagelus
Christopher Tozier
Pub Date: March
Fantasy Fiction
Ages: 8 and up
Young Olivia moves to the Florida scrub and finds much more than sand and scrawny oak trees. She slips down a tortoise burrow and gets caught up in a battle for the future of the universe. This fast-paced adventure features a unique fantasy ecosystem filled with coral snakes, bears, and a lost underground city with an ancient secret.
Honorable Lies
Robert N. Macomber
September
Naval Historical Fiction
10th in the Honor Series
Discovering the Civil War in Florida
2nd Edition
Paul Taylor
October
History
New sites included
Presidents in Florida
How the Presidents Have Shaped Florida
and How Florida Has Influenced the Presidents
James C. Clark
July
History
Lost Souls of Savannah
More Adventures of Flagler’s Few, Ghost Hunters
Andre Frattino
September
Graphic novel
Ghosts of Savannah
Terrance Zepke
September
Stories from the most haunted city in America
Those Kooky Kangaroos
Bonnie Nickel
October
In the Those Amazing Animals Series
Condominium Concept
13th edition
Peter Dunbar
August
Law/Reference
Law of Florida Homeowners Associations 9th edition
Peter Dunbar
Marc Dunbar
August
Law/Reference
Snake in the Grass
An Everglades Invasion
Larry Perez
Pub Date: March
Nonfiction
An Everglades naturalist describes one of the most significant biological disasters in our nation—the invasion of potentially tens of thousands of nonnative Burmese pythons. Nowhere else on the planet has a species of snake so large, up to 200 pounds, established itself beyond its native range. How far might they spread? What will it mean for other species?
Snake in the Grass
An Everglades Invasion
Larry Perez
Pub Date: March
Nonfiction
An Everglades naturalist describes one of the most significant biological disasters in our nation—the invasion of potentially tens of thousands of nonnative Burmese pythons. Nowhere else on the planet has a species of snake so large, up to 200 pounds, established itself beyond its native range. How far might they spread? What will it mean for other species?
Patrick D. Smith is the winner of the 2012 Florida Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing, presented by the Florida Humanities Council. This year the judges felt that "Patrick Smith's books have been hugely significant to the citizens of Florida...[and] that A Land Remembered is an iconic Florida book that has resonated with generations of Floridians in helping people understand the history of this remarkable state." June and David Cussen received the award on behalf of Mr. Smith on March 21, 2012 in Tallahassee at a special luncheon held at the Governor's mansion.
Mr. Smith is the author of A Land Remembered, Forever Island and Allapattah, River is Home and Angel City, and The Beginning,