Beautiful and Rare Birds of Florida is a collection of more than 70 stunning color photographs by Alto "Bud" Adams, Jr. All photographs were taken on the Adams Ranches located in St. Lucie, Osceola, Madison and Okeechobee counties, where life remains largely untouched by urbanization. The ranch looks much the same today as it did seventy years ago, serving as a sanctuary for an abundance of wildlife. Cattle are not the only creatures present on the ranch. The ranch harbors some of Florida's most beautiful and rare species of birds. Birds are essential to Florida's environment. They control the rabbits, rodents, snakes, bugs and pasture pests without the use of pesticides. On South Florida ranches, many birds are found that cannot be seen in most parts of the United States. These include the Crested Caracara, Osceola Wild Turkey, Mottled Duck, Swallow-tailed Kite, Snail Kite, Limpkin, Black-necked Stilt, Whooping Crane, White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, and the Snowy Egret.

Beautiful & Rare Birds of Florida

Alto Adams,Jr.

Beautiful

One hundred years ago, Rudyard Kipling wrote the internationally acclaimed Just So Stories. When Kipling wrote his story of the rhinoceros with the itchy skin, rhino numbers stood at around 65,000. Today, fewer than 3,000 black rhinos survive. The same tragic story goes for too many other animals. Now a glittering array of international authors have gathered together to contribute exclusive and original new stories inspired by Kipling€™s original volume, and focussing on the animals which we need to protect today. Profits from the book will go to WildAid. William Boyd, Raffaella Barker, Nirmal Ghosh, Romesh Gunesekera, Witi Ihimaera, Radhika Jha, Hanif Kureishi, Antonia Michaelis, Michael Morpurgo, Jin Pyn Lee, Lauren St John, Kate Thompson, Nury Vittachi, Polly Samson, Louisa Young and Angela Young.

Just When Stories. Edited by Tamara Gray

Gray.

Half a Life

In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss examines the far-reaching consequences of the tragic moment that has shadowed his whole life. In his last month of high school, he was behind the wheel of his dad's Oldsmobile, driving with friends, heading off to play mini-golf. Then: a classmate swerved in front of his car. The collision resulted in her death. With piercing insight and stark prose, Darin Strauss leads us on a deeply personal, immediate, and emotional journey?graduating high school, going away to college, starting his writing career, falling in love with his future wife, becoming a father. Along the way, he takes a hard look at loss and guilt, maturity and accountability, hope and, at last, acceptance. The result is a staggering, uplifting tour de force. Look for special features inside, including an interview with Colum McCann. Join the Circle for author chats and more. RandomHouseReadersCircle.com

Biographies & Memoirs

Darin Strauss

Arts & Literature

Clem Chambers is one of the world?s leading authoritieson market performance. His website, www.advfn.com, ishugely successful both in the UK and around the world,particularly in South America. In order to maintain hisown business at the peak of its performance, Clem tradesin stocks on his own personal account. ?If I can?t do itmyself,? he says with characteristic frankness, ?then howam I supposed to help other people??. Now he?s prepared toshare the information. Writing with first-hand knowledge,he provides here 101 pithy and personally researched tipswhich will help day traders, investors and stock pickers ofevery kind to focus in on what characterises a potentiallysuccessful stock. Incisive, brutally honest and occasionallyvery funny, 101 Ways to Pick Stock Market Winners is aninvaluable manual for anyone wanting to makemoney out of the markets.

101 Ways to Pick Stock Market Winners

Business & Money

Clem Chambers

Investing

101 Things You Thought You Knew about the Titanic-- But Didn't!

Tim Maltin

Eloise Aston

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