Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers (Florida History and Culture)
By: Glen Simmons
3.90
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
"Remarkable. . . should have strong, immediate interest for the ecologists engaged in efforts to re…
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1. Congo
By: Michael Crichton
3.62
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Deep in the African rain forest, near the legendary ruins of the Lost City of Zinj, an expedition o… read more
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"No one escapes from life alive."-Michael Crichton, Congo
"It's hard to decide who's truly brilliant; it's easier to see who's driven, which in the long run may be more important."-Michael Crichton, Congo
"His management philosophy, tempered in his rain-dancing days, was always to give the project to whoever had the most to gain from success--or the most to lose from failure."-Michael Crichton, Congo
"The purpose of life is to stay alive. Watch any animal in nature--all it tries to do is stay alive. It doesn't care about beliefs or philosophy. Whenever any animal's behavior puts it out of touch wi…"-Michael Crichton, Congo
2. The Halloween Tree
By: Ray Bradbury
3.78
Format: 145 pages, Paperback
A fast-moving, eerie tale set on Halloween night... Eight costumed boys running to meet their fr… read more
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"Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave."-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree
"When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die."-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree
"Night and day. Summer and winter, boys. Seedtime and harvest. Life and death. That's what Halloween is, all rolled up in one."-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree
"The day Joe Pipkin was born all the Orange Crush and Nehi soda bottles in the world fizzed over; and joyful bees swarmed countrysides to sting maiden ladies."-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree
3. Divine Justice (The Camel Club, #4)
By: David Baldacci
4.23
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
What's the central theme in "Divine Justice?" That's easy. It's the implications of Oliver Stone… read more
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4. Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
By: Erik Larson
4.05
Format: 323 pages, Paperback
September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resi… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- nature
"Time lost can never be recovered...and this should be written in flaming letters everywhere."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"People seemed to believe that technology had stripped hurricanes of their power to kill. No hurricane expert endorsed this view."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"This is the story of Isaac and his time in America, the last turning of the centuries, when the hubris of men led them to believe they could disregard even nature itself."-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
"No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burl…"-Erik Larson, Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
5. The Yearling
By: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
4.03
Format: 513 pages, Paperback
No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. Young Jody adopts … read more
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"Words began fights and words ended them."-Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling
"I'm eating' it quick... but I'll remember it a long time."-Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling
"He would be lonely all his life. But a man took it for his share and went on."-Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling
"Well, son, you cain’t go thru life chunkin’ things at all the ugly women you meet."-Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling
6. The Precipice (Mike Bowditch, #6)
By: Paul Doiron
4.10
Format: 322 pages, Hardcover
In this riveting new novel from Edgar finalist Paul Doiron, Bowditch joins a desperate search for t… read more
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7. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
By: None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans h… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- nature
"This country makes a man younger than his birthdays."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that makes…"-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
8. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
By: Wendy MacNaughton , Samin Nosrat
4.39
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just … read more
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- nonfiction
9. Decision Points
By: George W. Bush
3.81
Format: 497 pages, Hardcover
In this candid and gripping account, President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions that… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"When my time is up,"-George W. Bush, Decision Points
"If you lead, we'll be behind you," one House leader said, "but we'll be way behind you."-George W. Bush, Decision Points
"But the truth is that I never had to search for a role model. I was the son of George Bush."-George W. Bush, Decision Points
"When you know you have unconditional love, there is no point in rebellion and no need to fear failure."-George W. Bush, Decision Points
10. Trespasser (Mike Bowditch, #2)
By: Paul Doiron
3.97
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
In Paul Doiron’s riveting follow-up to his Edgar Award–nominated novel, The Poacher's Son, Maine ga… read more
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"You can't tell by the look of a frog how far they'll jump."-Paul Doiron, Trespasser (Mike Bowditch, #2)
"You never really know someone until your relationship is over."-Paul Doiron, Trespasser (Mike Bowditch, #2)
11. The Bone Orchard (Mike Bowditch, #5)
By: Paul Doiron
4.13
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, Mike Bowditch has left the Maine Warden Service and is workin… read more
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- nature
"Just because you're done with the past doesn't mean the past is done with you."-Paul Doiron, The Bone Orchard (Mike Bowditch, #5)
12. Bad Little Falls (Mike Bowditch, #3)
By: Paul Doiron
3.63
Format: 353 pages,
Maine game warden Mike Bowditch has been sent into exile, transferred by his superiors to a remote … read more
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13. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
By: Frederick Douglass
4.11
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Born a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren't told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Doug… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"For my part, I should prefer death to hopeless bondage."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"You will be free as soon as you are twenty-one, but I am a slave for life! Have not I as good a right to be free as you have?"-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"I say , this picture sometimes appalled us, and made us rather bear those ills we had. Than fly to others, that we knew not of."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
"They attend with Pharisaical strictness to the outward forms of religion, and at the same time neglect the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith."-Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
14. The Great Divorce
By: C.S. Lewis
4.31
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
Alternative cover for ISBN: 978-0-00-746123-3 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce is a classic Christi… read more
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"Reality is harsh to the feet of shadows. But will you come?"-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
"I cannot love a lie," said the Lady. "I cannot love the thing which is not. I am in Love, and out of it I will not go."-C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
15. Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
By: Dietrich Bonhoeffer
4.27
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
After his martyrdom at the hands of the Gestapo in 1945, Dietrich Bonhoeffer continued his witness … read more
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- nonfiction
"God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"It is only when he is a burden that another person is really a brother and not merely an object to be manipulated"-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
"The Church does not need brilliant personalities but faithful servants of Jesus and the brethren. Not in the former but in the latter is the lack."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community
16. The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise
By: Michael Grunwald
4.21
Format: 288 pages,
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- history
- nonfiction
- nature
17. Strength to Love
By: Martin Luther King Jr.
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of sermons by this martyred Black American leader which explains his convictions in te… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
18. American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
By: Steven Rinella
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the host of the Travel Channel's "The Wild Within." A hunt for the American buffalo--an advent… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
19. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
By: Tim Flannery , Peter Wohlleben , Jane Billinghurst , Suzanne Simard
4.07
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben shares his deep love of woods and forests and explains… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
"A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web"-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
"Trees could solve the problems if people trying to improve things would only allow them to takeover"-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
"So many questions remain unanswered. Perhaps we are poorer for having lost a possible explanation or richer for having gained a mystery. But aren't both possibilities equally intriguing?"-Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
20. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
By: David Grann
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A grand mystery reaching back centuries. A sensational disappearance that made headlines around the… read more
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21. Life on Earth
By: David Attenborough
3.99
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
In this unique book, David Attenborough has undertaken nothing less than a history of nature, from … read more
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22. Massacre Pond (Mike Bowditch, #4)
By: Paul Doiron
3.75
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
On an unseasonably hot October morning, Bowditch is called to the scene of a bizarre crime: the cor… read more
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23. Last Train to Paradise: Henry Flagler and the Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Railroad that Crossed an Ocean
By: Les Standiford
4.09
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
Last Train to Paradiseis acclaimed novelist Les Standiford's fast-paced and gripping true account o… read more
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24. American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
By: Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen , Jim DeFelice
4.03
Format: 502 pages, Paperback
From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United States… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"But real life doesn't travel in a perfect straight line; it doesn't necessarily have that 'all lived happily ever after' bit. You have to work on where you're going."-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
"In my experience, Marines are gung ho no matter what. They will all fight to the death. Everyone of them just wants to get out there and kill. They are bad-ass, hard-charging mothers."-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
"The joke was that President Bush only declared war when Starbucks was hit. You can mess with the U.N. all you want, but when you start interfering with the right to get caffeinated, someone has to pa…"-Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
25. A Land Remembered
By: Patrick D. Smith
3.58
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
A Land Rememberedhas been ranked #1 Best Florida Book eight times in annual polls conducted by Flor… read more
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26. The Awakening
By: Kate Chopin
3.68
Format: 195 pages, Paperback
When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female mar… read more
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"The morning was full of sunlight and hope."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
"She had resolved to never take another step backward."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
"She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
"She felt that her speech was voicing the incoherency her thoughts, and stopped abruptly."-Kate Chopin, The Awakening
27. Moby-Dick or, The Whale
By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco
3.55
Format: 720 pages, Paperback
"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more
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"Call me Ishmael."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Ignorance is the parent of fear."-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
28. Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
By: Liz Cheney
4.60
Format: 381 pages, Kindle Edition
A gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers be… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
29. Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
By: Bill O'Reilly
4.25
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
O’Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in th… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
30. The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees
By: Douglas W. Tallamy
4.35
Format: 197 pages, Hardcover
“With our hearts and minds focused on the stewardship of the only planet we have, the best way to e… read more
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- nonfiction
- nature
31. Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers (Florida History and Culture)
By: Glen Simmons
3.90
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
"Remarkable. . . should have strong, immediate interest for the ecologists engaged in efforts to re… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- nature
