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From Sassafras to Dandelions to Wild Onions and Garlic, readers will enjoy the flavors of the Sunshine State in an all new way with this helpful book. Florida is filled with an abundance of native plants with roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruit, and seeds that can provide tasty and nutritious food for people. Salads, teas, soups, and even breads can be made from flora that grows wild and can be foraged throughout the year. This guide offers identification tips, recipes, and other useful information for foragers interested in venturing out to sample the bounty of the land. Clear pen-and-ink illustrations aid in identification of leaf, fruit, and root shapes-key to harvesting the delicious and interesting plants that can be found throughout the state.

Inspired by the author''s own experiences and stories passed down, Willie Sawgrass takes place in the wilderness of Southwest Florida in the early 1900s, when the cattle and fishing industries were strong but rum running was more lucrative. Willie isn''t sure how old he is when his ignorant and abusive Pa sends him away to live with a young Miccosukee woman and her son, Nakee.Willie and Nakee form a tight bond and share many adventures, like fighting an alligator and confronting a family of skunks. They eventually get stranded at sea in a dugout canoe, only to be rescued by the well-educated Captain O''Keef. He takes the boys aboard the Bonnie Sue as extra deckhands on the big fishing schooner and teaches them the importance of reading and writing.Just as the boys are feeling comfortable in their home on the Bonnie Sue, everything changes when they rescue two men and some cattle from a sinking ship, bringing a mystery into their young lives. Willie and Nakee find themselves amid shady characters but manage to solve a mystery and get their revenge in the end.

Edward Nickens has written a very popular column for Field & Stream magazinecalled ΓÇ£Total OutdoorsmanΓÇ¥ for six years. ItΓÇÖs a first-person essay that explores the modern expression of hunting and fishing in America. Along with the editors at Field & Stream, he has chosen the best of these articles and collected them in a book for the first time. Nickens is best known to readers of Field & Stream and Garden & Gun, for essay-driven articles, and thatΓÇÖs what this collection reflects.

Author Jo Allison delves into the shocking stories of the Gateway City's seamy past, including tales of cholera epidemics, deadly newspaper-daily duels, ragtime racism, Spiritualism scuffles, Prohibition protests, and women's suffrage.

A a must-have for the serious (or weekend) sailor or boater in case a medical emergency or other medical problem arises when you go sailing or power-boating.

Cathedrals of War tells the story of FloridaΓÇÖs coastal fortifications from Amelia Island on the Florida/Georgia border, to Key West, the Dry Tortugas, an atoll midway between Key West and Havana, Cuba and Pensacola on FloridaΓÇÖs west coast. Covering the colonial era to the Civil War to the late 1880s, the book will explain the specific locations, designs of the forts, the strategy behind their construction, military necessity and purpose that led to their construction, their armament and the battles they participated in. All in all, twenty-two forts erected by Britain, Spain, and America will be discussed and explored.

On May 6, 2014 Ryan Waters accomplished something that has not been replicated since. He and fellow explorer Eric Larsen stood atop the geographic North Pole, after 53 grueling days battling their way over an ever-melting sheet of ice that fought against them the entire way. By reaching the pole the two adventurers became the last persons to date to complete an unsupported trip to the North Pole from land. The ice sheet that used to link the Pole to land in Canada, once so thick and sturdy, has so degraded over the last few decades that explorers have had to abandon any attempts to cross it.While reaching the North Pole was monumental for Waters it also was the final piece needed to complete a project that he had been persistently working on for over a decade, the True Adventurers Grand SlamΓÇöstanding atop the Seven Summits and skiing full length, unsupported and unassisted, expeditions to both the North and South Poles. His accomplishment that day made him just the 9th person and first American to gain entry into this exclusive club.Never one to embrace the easy path, Waters seemed to thrive in battling through whatever the fates threw at him, sometimes even deliberately seeking out struggles. Despite having little experience cross-country skiing, he decided to go to the South Pole. Eschewing the more typical route, he and partner Cecilie Skog completed the first traverse of Antarctica without the use of resupplies or kites. Skiing from Berkner Island in the Weddell Sea, via the South Pole, to the Ross Ice Shelf, the pair skied for 70 days and covered 1200 miles, 9 years prior to the much publicized 2019 ΓÇ£raceΓÇ¥ across Antarctica. To this day the two hold the record for the longest unsupported crossing of the continent without the use of kites.How Waters ended up standing atop the North Pole on that fateful day is a story of hope, perseverance, faith, and a fair share of dumb luck. From his youth traipsing around the Georgia hills to his time leading expeditions around the Himalayas, including five summits of Everest, Waters has always seemed to stumble into the next fortuitous step of his journey, often ending up in the most unlikely places. This is tempered by the fact that early in WatersΓÇÖ outdoor career, he learned to live by a simple credo: ΓÇ£you have to make things happen for yourself.ΓÇ¥ At the beginning of his climbing career, he was consumed by passion for the mountains, every decision was leading to the next mountaineering challenge. Eventually giving up a stable career as a geologist, he had a self-described ΓÇ£mid 20ΓÇÖs crisis,ΓÇ¥ left his 401K and comfortable salary for living out of his truck and 40 dollars a day as a part-time climbing instructor. Following his dream of a life of adventure in exchange for a life of obeying societal norms, he set out to build a mountain resume that would enable him to circle the Earth and work as a mountain guide in the Himalayas and beyond.After almost two decades of hard expeditions around the planet, his experiences include being on a hijacked airplane in Russia, rescue of injured climbers in the Karakoram Himalaya of Pakistan, the Everest Base Camp earthquake disaster, narrowly missing out on the K2 2008 tragedy, near misses with avalanches, the deaths of close climbing partners, close encounters with Polar Bears on the Arctic Ocean, relationships with fellow adventurers, and much more.

This book is a must-read for educational leaders who want to ensure their schools have the necessary tools to implement and sustain an effective educational technology program.

Chronicling nearly nine decades of life and work on a Maine farm, this memoir by Will and Minnie Penney presents a wonderful look back at rural life before and during the Depression, in the heady post-war years, and late, as family farms began to give way to larger industrial farms. The Penney''s adapted to change by adjusting the way they farmed, focusing on fewer crops, adding dairy cows to their stock, even harvesting trees from the woodlot and cutting them into lumberwith the farm''s lumber mill. Through it all the Penney''s toughed it out and thrived on their slice of Maine heaven.The Penney Farm in Belgrade, Maine, remained in the family for more than one hundred and fifty years. Eighty-Eighth Years on a Maine Farm is part Will Penney''s personal memoir and part Minnie''s diary. Together, they show readers just what everyday life on a busy Maine farm was like.

The book explores the humanitarian sector's relationship with authority and humanitarian responses to situations of complex emergency.

This book investigates contemporary theories of social justice including John Rawls, Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum.

Beyond Modernity brings together traditional and modern perspectives on Muslim thought and practice to demonstrate and explore the composite nature of Islamic tradition.

This book uses critical textual analysis and postcolonial theory to analyse cultural texts of resistance in contemporary Zimbabwe.

This book scrutinises the suitability of entanglements and relations as a mode of thinking and seeing peacebuilding events.

This book explores what becomes visible if we look at peripheral, deprived rural regions through the lens of a complex adaptive assemblage and how we can better support these communities.

An exploration of Chinese Communist objects, their British owners, and their display in British private and public collections from 1966 to 2016.

Global Journalism: Understanding World Media Systems provides an overview of the key issues in global journalism today and traces how media systems have evolved over time in different world regions. Taking into account local context as well as technological change across media industries, the book lays down the foundation for todayΓÇÖs journalism students learning about the practice, growth and impact of global media. It offers an up-to-date, thorough overview of media developments in all world regions embedded in their unique political, cultural and economic context. The book explains the theoretical foundations of global journalism, from the classic Four Theories of the Press to more nuanced media models, and proposes a framework for studying world media systems. Readers will gain knowledge about a wide range of topics, including media freedom, global news cultures, professional ethics and responsibilities, and education of global journalists. The book underscores the essential role of technology and social media and discusses issues such as ΓÇ£fake newsΓÇ¥ and disinformation, soft power and public diplomacy, foreign news reporting and international news flow. Case studies serve as an excellent supplement to the conceptual content, exposing students to a number of hot topicsΓÇöfrom RussiaΓÇÖs troll factories to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

Global Journalism: Understanding World Media Systems provides an overview of the key issues in global journalism today and traces how media systems have evolved over time in different world regions. Taking into account local context as well as technological change across media industries, the book lays down the foundation for todayΓÇÖs journalism students learning about the practice, growth and impact of global media. It offers an up-to-date, thorough overview of media developments in all world regions embedded in their unique political, cultural and economic context. The book explains the theoretical foundations of global journalism, from the classic Four Theories of the Press to more nuanced media models, and proposes a framework for studying world media systems. Readers will gain knowledge about a wide range of topics, including media freedom, global news cultures, professional ethics and responsibilities, and education of global journalists. The book underscores the essential role of technology and social media and discusses issues such as ΓÇ£fake newsΓÇ¥ and disinformation, soft power and public diplomacy, foreign news reporting and international news flow. Case studies serve as an excellent supplement to the conceptual content, exposing students to a number of hot topicsΓÇöfrom RussiaΓÇÖs troll factories to the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

The book addresses the critical importance of communication, specifically how boards of education and the superintendent must communicate with stakeholders.

Ideas for a new set of reform policies, based on empirical evidence and supportive of a unitary, equitable, and democratic system of education are presented.

This new practical handbook is not only meant to help manage negative behavior problems but assists the educator in discovering ways to encourage positive behaviors among young people.

Creating a Democratic Climate for Kids is a guide to assist educators and parents in developing new strategies as they stimulate today's kids into becoming self-reliant, self-disciplined and self-managing individuals.

Author Kathryn A. Beals explores the first one hundred years of the Bowdoin's life at sea, covering its inception as a vessel that could withstand the rigors of Arctic exploration, fascinating stories of it many trips north, its commissioning by the U.S. Navy during World War II-and its subsequent decommissioning and sale as a hulk-its restoration to sailing status in 1968, and its final home at Maine Maritime.

This edited volume explores the richness and diversity of Christian musical traditions in the Americas. The essays present a cross-section of current scholarship on Christian sacred music and the approaches to studying them in context.

This edited volume showcases theological reflections on the Hong Kong protests by scholars and activists from different national and cultural background. It discusses the meaning of crucifixion, atonement, the suffering Messiah, justice, the demonic, and the roles of the Church in a time of global unrest and social ferment and protest.