Florida's Fairways: 60 Alluring and Affordable Golf Courses from the Panhandle to the Keys

Florida's Fairways: 60 Alluring and Affordable Golf Courses from the Panhandle to the Keys Review

Florida offers more than a thousand accessible and affordable golf courses, which attract more than two million golfers every year. Moore’s guide to 60 golfing venues in the Sunshine State caters to all budgets by featuring public courses, semi-private clubs where daily-fee players are welcome, and resorts that offer on-site accommodations.

            Moore explores each course’s character—from its architect, design, and history to an analysis of each hole, including advice on drive and approach shots and helpful observations on hazards and putting surfaces. Arranged in four geographical sections with maps showing course locations and featuring 100 black-and-white and 20 color photographs, this guide includes detailed directions allowing easy access from the nearest interstates and other major roads. Moore also includes current green fees, phone numbers, and Web sites, as well as yardage and course and slope ratings for blue and red tees.

            As a bonus, Moore directs golfers to places of history—such as the course where Jack Nicklaus once carded a 7 and the 1920s resort where Johnny Weissmuller was a lifeguard. Both the recreational golfer and the keen student of the sport will find Florida’s Fairways a handy, richly informative, and enjoyable guide.

 

Key West: A Guide to Florida's Southernmost City (Tourist Town Guides)

Key West: A Guide to Florida's Southernmost City (Tourist Town Guides) Review

Explore Key West, the continental U.S.'s southernmost city, with Tourist Town GuidesR. This completely independent guide, revised and updated, will help you plan the perfect vacation, with information about:. must-see beaches and activities. the best restaurants and bars. at-a-glance "top 5" recommendationsTravel prepared-use Tourist Town GuidesR to help make the best decisions on how to spend your time in the Conch Republic.

Florida Magnificent Wilderness: State Lands, Parks, and Natural Areas

Florida Magnificent Wilderness: State Lands, Parks, and Natural Areas Review

Florida Magnificent Wilderness: State Lands, Parks, and Natural Areas Feature

• ISBN13: 9781561643615
• Condition: New
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Many years in the making, Florida Magnificent Wilderness is a special visual journey through some of the most precious wild areas in the state, presenting the breathtaking beauty preserved in state lands, parks, and natural areas.

World-famous nature photographer James Valentine has used his camera to record environmental art images of the state’s remote wilderness places, spectacular sites too often missed by Florida’s visitors and residents. Valentine also offers his poetic interpretations of the meaning of his images.

Dr. D. Bruce Means, founder and president of the Coastal Plains Institute and Land Conservancy, has written the main text, "Florida’s Rich Biodiversity." The book is divided into six sections, covering the wildlife and natural ecosystems of Florida, with the introduction to each written by a highly respected Florida writer and conservationist, including Al Burt, Manley Fuller, Steve Gatewood, D. Bruce Means, Victoria Tschinkel, and Bernie Yokel.

Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida

Archaeology of Precolumbian Florida Review

 

This record of precolumbian Florida brings to life the 12,000-year story of the native American Indians who lived in the state.  Using information gathered by archaeological investigations, many carried out since 1980, Jerald Milanich describes the indigenous cultures and explains why they developed as they did.

 In a richly illustrated book that will appeal to profes-sional and avocational archaeologists, scholars, tourists, and local history buffs, Milanich introduces the material heritage of the first Floridians through the interpretation of artifacts and archaeological sites.  Weaving together discoveries from such sites as the Lake Jackson mounds in the panhandle, Crystal River on the Gulf coast, and Granada on the Miami River, he relates the long histories of the native groups whose descendants were decimated during the European conquest of the sixteenth and seventeenth cen-turies.
 

 

Confederate Florida: The Road to Olustee

Confederate Florida: The Road to Olustee Review

At the end of 1863 the Federal forces in the Department of the South were tied up in siege operations against Charleston and Savannah, operations that showed little progress or promise. The commander of the Department, Major General Quincy A. Gillmore, led an expedition into Florida to recruit blacks, cut off commissary supplies headed for other parts of the Confederacy, and disrupt the railroad system within Florida. Expedition forces landed at Jacksonville on February 7, 1864.

 

The engagement at Olustee, not far from Gainesville, took place on February 20, 1864. it was the largest Civil War battle in Florida and one of the bloodiest Union defeats of the entire war. Nonetheless, because the engagement forced the Confederacy to divert 15,000 men from the thinly manned defense of Charleston and Savannah, it delayed critical reinforcement of the Army of Tennessee, which was fighting desperately to prevent the Union invasion of northwestern Georgia. Makin use of detailed maps and diagrams, Nulty presents a vivid account of this fascination Civil War effort.

Bar La Florida Cocktails 1935 Reprint

Bar La Florida Cocktails 1935 Reprint Review

A complete reproduction of the 1935 bar guide Bar La Florida Cocktails with a new introduction by Ross Bolton. La Florida Bar, also known as the "Floridita", made the Daiquiri famous, with a little help from Papa. Ernest "Papa" Hemingway, would meet friends like Spencer Tracy or Gary Cooper, and order a round of his drink the "Papa Doble". This book was also the start of many misprints. The Daiquiri recipe calls for a Lemon Verde, translated literally means a "green lemon" which back then was a badly translated lime. Featuring many cocktails with measurements in both Spanish and English, it also covers more obscure drinks like absinthe drop, mojito, zazerac, Mary Pickford, Peggy Niles, and pisco punch.

Paddler's Guide to the Sunshine State

Paddler's Guide to the Sunshine State Review

Paddler’s Guide to the Sunshine State is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information on paddling in Florida—bound so that it lies open at each page for easy reference or photocopying--and is fully indexed. Whether you’re a first-time paddler or a whitewater veteran, whether you're looking for an easy going two-hour tour with your family or a week-long solo adventure, this book lists the most delightful destinations to explore in a state famous for its scenic waterways.

From the vast flats of the Florida Keys to the rivers and springs of the Florida Panhandle, Paddler's Guide to the Sunshine State gives directions to 91 Florida waterways, separated into 271 individual canoeing and kayaking excursions. For each of the 91 destinations, veteran paddler and outdoor writer Sandy Huff
· tells her readers where to rent or buy canoes and kayaks,
· evaluates the difficulty of each trail,
· supplies emergency phone numbers and a customized map showing launch and take-out sites, average length, and paddling time for each leg,
· and presents a candid discussion of the waterway.

In introductory chapters, she offers safety tips on camping basics, dressing for comfort, coping with insects, sunburn, and power boats, and reading the weather and water currents. She describes Florida flora and fauna that paddlers might encounter--birds, alligators, manatees, snakes, plants, and trees—and lists paddling clubs around the state as well as Internet web addresses for additional paddling information.

6 X 9.
39 b&w photos, 92 maps, appendixes, index, lay-flat binding.
ISBN 0-8130-2282-7 Paper

A Florida Cattle Ranch

A Florida Cattle Ranch Review

The story of one cattle ranch as well as the story of one state, one way of life, and one family's stewardship. Throughout, full-color photographs by Alto Adams, Jr. punctuate descriptions of wildlife, terrain, and cattle, including shots of sandhill cranes in flight and an alligator showing her maternal instinct. A beautiful coffee table book to add to your Florida collection.

Moon Florida Gulf Coast (Moon Handbooks)

Moon Florida Gulf Coast (Moon Handbooks) Review

Food critic and Tampa resident Laura Reiley covers the best of the Gulf Coast, from exploring the everglades to soaking up the sun on the beaches of west-central Florida. Laura offers several unique travel strategies including a bird-watching tour and a guide to the Gulf Coast’s best beaches. Complete with details on snorkeling with manatees in the Homosassa River, wandering through the historical sites of Apalachicola and Tallahassee, and fishing along miles of coast and parkland, Moon Florida Gulf Coast gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise Review

The Everglades was once reviled as a liquid wasteland, and Americans dreamed of draining it. Now it is revered as a national treasure, and Americans have launched the largest environmental project in history to try to save it. The Swamp is the stunning story of the destruction and possible resurrection of the Everglades, the saga of man's abuse of nature in southern Florida and his unprecedented efforts to make amends. Michael Grunwald, a prize-winning national reporter for The Washington Post, takes readers on a riveting journey from the Ice Ages to the present, illuminating the natural, social and political history of one of America's most beguiling but least understood patches of land.

The Everglades was America's last frontier, a wild country long after the West was won. Grunwald chronicles how a series of visionaries tried to drain and "reclaim" it, and how Mother Nature refused to bend to their will; in the most harrowing tale, a 1928 hurricane drowned 2,500 people in the Everglades. But the Army Corps of Engineers finally tamed the beast with levees and canals, converting half the Everglades into sprawling suburbs and sugar plantations. And though the southern Everglades was preserved as a national park, it soon deteriorated into an ecological mess. The River of Grass stopped flowing, and 90 percent of its wading birds vanished.

Now America wants its swamp back. Grunwald shows how a new breed of visionaries transformed Everglades politics, producing the billion rescue plan. That plan is already the blueprint for a new worldwide era of ecosystem restoration. And this book is a cautionary tale for that era. Through gripping narrative and dogged reporting, Grunwald shows how the Everglades is still threatened by the same hubris, greed and well-intentioned folly that led to its decline.

Michael Grunwald is a reporter at The Washington Post. He has won the George Polk Award for national reporting, the Worth Bingham Prize for investigative reporting, and many other awards. He lives in Miami with his wife, Cristina Dominguez.

Visit his website at www.michaelgrunwald.com.

Florida Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide

Florida Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide Review

Like gardening, bird watching is a fast-growing regional hobby. Now, Cool Springs Press brings its proven method of successful state-specific gardening approach to bird watching guides. In collaboration with Bird Watcher's Digest, these bird watching guides provide accessible, credible advice.

The birds that frequent the backyards of Florida differ from the birds that frequent the backyards of Tennessee. In addition to unique descriptions, each bird profile includes a range map to identify the each bird's North American distribution. One hundred birds are profiled, each with a color photograph, to ensure accurate identification. A seasonal section informs the reader of:
Migrating birds that can be seen during that season
The foods and plants that can attract those birds
Where to go to view year-round and migrating birds

Cool Springs Press's partner, Bird Watcher's Digest, has sold more than 4 million copies of their booklets on bird species, bird habitat, feeding, and other related topics.

This series of books from Cool Springs Press targets the beginning bird watchers for ten states.

Fodor's Florida 2011 (Full-Color Gold Guides)

Fodor's Florida 2011 (Full-Color Gold Guides) Review

Fodor's Florida 2011 (Full-Color Gold Guides) Feature

• ISBN13: 9781400004607
• Condition: New
• Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!

• Full-color guide • Make your trip to Florida unforgettable with illustrated features, 57 maps, and 406 color photos.
• Customize your trip with simple planning tools • Convenient overview of each region and its highlights • Top experiences and attractions • Easy-to-read color regional maps
Explore Miami, Walt Disney World, the Everglades, and beyond
• Discerning Fodor’s Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more • “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor’s travelers
• Illustrated features on the best Florida beaches, shelling on Sanibel Island, and snorkeling and diving in the Florida Keys • Best fishing, shopping, and dining
• Opinions from destination experts • Fodor’s Florida-based writers reveal their favorite local haunts • Revised annually to provide the latest information

Dream Houses: Historic Beach Homes and Cottages of Naples

Dream Houses: Historic Beach Homes and Cottages of Naples Review

Captures the magic and charm of these beach hideaways

"Wilson and Taylor’s Dream Houses brings Old Naples to life, providing both fascinating stories and wonderful photographs of the historic Florida city."--Rodney Kite-Powell, Tampa Bay History Center

Naples, Florida, is known internationally for its stunning beaches, cosmopolitan ambience, and captivating architecture. Originally settled in the late nineteenth century, the seaside resort town is blessed with abundant historical architecture. One of the Sunshine State’s first "planned communities," the city is consistently recognized as one of the top growth areas in the United States. As a result, the original beach homes, most built between 1895 and 1950, are today threatened by land development and new construction.

Dream Housesis the visually inspiring record of the private homes in the historic district of this iconic Florida beach town. It captures the visual, factual, and familial history of these homes as they have, over the course of decades, survived hurricanes, commercial development, architectural evolution, real estate upheaval, and frenzied economic growth.

Joie Wilson and Penny Taylor were given privileged access to these houses; together they reveal the beauty, anonymity, and privacy these homeowners have discovered. This once-in-a-lifetime glimpse into these charming homes is an architectural and interior design delight; a unique look at some of the most distinctive beach cottages remaining in Florida.

Frommer's Florida 2009 (Frommer's Complete)

Frommer's Florida 2009 (Frommer's Complete) Review

Frommer's Florida 2009 (Frommer's Complete) Feature

• ISBN13: 9780470285541
• Condition: Used - Very Good
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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.

UWF: University of West("Worst")Florida Exposed!

UWF: University of West("Worst")Florida Exposed! Review

UWF: University of West("Worst")Florida Exposed! is the stark but timeless cautionary tale about a lone disadvantaged student's triumphant struggle-against the entire corrupt good old boy network of one imperious and puritanical state institution of lower learning-to preserve his First Amendment rights of free speech and expression. For several years in the late 1970s and early 1980s the justice-seeking convictions of a single student, who took a defiant stand against censorship and bureaucratic oppression, were pitted against the whole machinery of bureaucratic coercion mobilized against him in a combative war of conspiratorial plots and dirty tricks. Exposed are an era's vilest bureaucratic knaves and villains: Bennett, Byrkit, Campbell, Committe, Clark, Curtis, Doerr, Dye, Elebash, Ellsworth, Henderson, Hopkins, Hudnall, Latham, Maygarden, Miklovich, Miller, Ranelli, Robinson, Waltrip. Because the struggle for justice against evil-minded, malicious and vicious men is universal this true account is relevant and vital to the academic and educational careers of university students of any age.

Frommer's Florida from $70 a Day (Frommer's $ A Day)

Frommer's Florida from a Day (Frommer's $ A Day) Review

Frommer's is the name you can trust for great travel bargains. Our acclaimed $-a-Day series is not for backpackers who want to rough it, but for travelers with taste, who've outgrown their student lifestyle and demand comfortable accommodations and good, authentic meals at a reasonable price. Each guide is loaded with detailed listings for mom-and-pop motels, B&Bs, comfortable guesthouses, good-value bistros, and ethnic restaurants. You'll find a bargain-hunter's shopping guide, affordable fun after dark, and complete sightseeing coverage, including the best things to do for free (or almost).

Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go--they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. Every Frommer's $-a-Day Guide is up-to-date, with dozens of color maps and exact prices for every single expense, so you can accurately plan each day's budget. Frommer's knows that affordable travel doesn't have to mean making sacrifices. It's about having fun and getting a great deal!

A vacation in the Sunshine State doesn't have to cost you an arm and a leg when you travel with Frommer's Florida from a Day. Our authors have uncovered hundreds of wonderful mom-and-pop motels, charming B&Bs, great-value condo rentals, cute cottages, and more.

We'll show you how to save money on airfares, car rentals, and package deals. You'll even learn how to enjoy Walt Disney World without breaking the bank or spending your whole trip standing on line! We'll also help you find great dining at unbelievably low prices, from seafood platters to all-you-can-eat stone crab feasts, and point you to the best beach bars and other affordable after-dark fun.

We've got all the details on Florida's fabulous beaches and natural wonders, plus the best budget golf, affordable water sports, and other outdoor adventures. And we've even thrown in a color fold-out map!

More upscale guides include Frommer's Florida and Frommer's Miami & the Keys. For indepth coverage of Florida's top theme parks, with selections in all price ranges, check out Frommer's Walt Disney World & Orlando.

How to File for Divorce in Florida, 9E

How to File for Divorce in Florida, 9E Review

A divorce can be the most painful and expensive experience of your life. Whether you use a lawyer or not, protect yourself by getting all the information you need about divorce laws and your legal rights.

File for Divorce in Florida simplifies and thoroughly explains everything you need to know to successfully handle your own divorce in the state of Florida. Complete with step-by-step instructions and the forms you need, this book makes filing for divorce inexpensive and hassle-free.