Jack E. Davis
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No one did more than Marjory Stoneman Douglas to transform the Everglades from the country's most maligned swamp into its most beloved wetland. By the late twentieth century, her name and her classic The Everglades: River of Grass had become synonymous with Everglades protection. The crusading resolve and boundless energy of this implacable elder won the hearts of an admiring public while confounding her opponents—growth merchants
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Significant beyond tragic oil spills and hurricanes, the Gulf has historically been one of the world's most bounteous marine environments, supporting human life for millennia. Based on the premise that nature lies at the center of human existence, Davis takes readers on a compelling and, at times, wrenching journey from the Florida Keys to the Texas Rio Grande, along marshy shorelines and majestic estuarine bays, both beautiful and life-giving, though...
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After listening to a brutal murder take place over her phone's voicemail, schoolteacher Samantha Harris sets out to discover who's responsible for the crime. Unfortunately, while trying to solve one murder, she inadvertently uncovers another. Now, pulled into the center of her normally quiet town's latest murder, Samantha begins to see her enigmatic friends as cold-blooded murderers. Armed with only a 15lbs dachshund by her side, Samantha is determined...
6) I am the dog
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Jacob trades places for the day with his dog Max and discovers the joys of chasing balls, eating kibble, and getting scratched behind the ears.
12) Marsupial Sue
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Marsupial Sue, a young kangaroo, finds happiness in doing what kangaroos do.
14) Bedhead
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After many unsuccessful attempts to control his unruly hair one morning, Oliver and his family think that they have solved the problem--until he gets to school and finds that it is school picture day.
15) Yo-yo man
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Third grade improves dramatically for a boy after he makes up his mind to win the upcoming yo-yo tournament.
18) Just a minute
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While Johnny waits for his mother to finish her shopping, he feels that so much time has passed that he has become an old man.