42 Results for : glades
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Gladesmen: Gator Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers: Florida History and Culture , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 335min
Few people today can claim a living memory of Florida's frontier Everglades. Glen Simmons, who has hunted alligators, camped on hammock-covered islands, and poled his skiff through the mangrove swamps of the glades since the 1920s, is one who can. Together with Laura Ogden, he tells the story of backcountry life in the southern Everglades from his youth until the establishment of the Everglades National Park in 1947. During the economic bust of the late 20s, when many natives turned to the land to survive, Simmons began accompanying older local men into Everglades backcountry, the inhospitable prairie of soft muck and mosquitoes, of outlaws and moonshiners, that rings the southern part of the state. As Simmons recalls life in this community with humor and nostalgia, he also documents the forgotten lifestyles of south Florida gladesmen. By necessity, they understood the natural features of the Everglades ecosystem. They observed the seasonal fluctuations of wildlife, fire, and water levels. Their knowledge of the mostly unmapped labyrinth of grassy water enabled them to serve as guides for visiting naturalists and scientists. Simmons reconstructs this world, providing not only fascinating stories of individual personalities, places, and events, but an account that is accurate, both scientifically and historically, of one of the least known and longest surviving portions of the American frontier. The book is published by University Press of Florida. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James R. Marshall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002116/bk_acx0_002116_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Swamp Guide: Florida Keys Mysteries, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 503min
Sam Sawyer is a fishing guide and part-time sleuth living in the Florida Keys. He escaped a floundering academic career to realize his childhood dream of becoming a guide. But it has come at a heavy price, because his wife and colleague has chosen to remain behind in the halls of ivy. They see each other all too rarely, and lately, things have gotten decidedly chilly. Sam’s life takes an unexpected turn when he discovers a pair of shoes lying next to a huge crocodile on a sandy bank deep in the everglades, and somebody’s feet are in the shoes. Sam discovers they belonged to a woman called Mable who lived reclusively on an isolated key in Florida Bay. But how did her shoes and feet end up back in the glades, and who was responsible? Was it the looter of Native American artifacts from a shell mound on the key or the unscrupulous owner of a pet store in Miami who had been poaching crocodiles? Then, Sam discovers a small population of a rare bird on the key. There are rumors some powerful people have a big development planned for Mable’s key, and discovery of the endangered bird could put all that in jeopardy. Before Sam’s life can return to anything like normal, he must find out who killed Mable, and at the same time decide if and how he can rescue a personal life that seems to be running up on the rocks. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Block. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/130768/bk_acx0_130768_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Eagle Masters , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 98min
A tales of a young girl and her eagle, together they can do anything. This story doesn't happen in your time, nor does it happen in your world. And though I am no longer a part of the ancient world that I once called home, my spirit still floats on the wind with wings of eagles. You see, this story takes place thousands of years ago in the land of Marangail. We lived on the open plains amongst snow covered mountains. We covered vast distances over streams and glades. We were hunters by trade. We hunted during all of the seasons, through torrential rains, blistering summers, and bone-chilling blizzards. This tale is not my own, though. No, this is a tale of a young female with the heart the size of a Golden Eagle. Her story starts as all stories do...at the beginning, with conviction and purpose. It starts as this young girl is about to embark on a grand journey of determination, sacrifice, and love. Like all journeys, they have their ups and downs, just as the winds carry the mighty birds aloft. Let us take flight now and venture back to a time where cold and ice dominated the tundra we lived on. Back to a time of giant animals and survival; a time of changing climates and changing hearts; a time for dreams; and a time for new beginnings. Let us take flight back to a time for a young girl named Koke. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Putt. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/104664/bk_acx0_104664_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 647min
In a town deep in the Florida Everglades, where high school football is the only escape, a haunted quarterback, a returning hero, and a scholar struggle against terrible odds. The loamy black "muck" that surrounds Belle Glade, Florida, once built an empire for Big Sugar and provided much of the nation's vegetables, often on the backs of roving, destitute migrants. Many of these were children who honed their skills along the field rows and started one of the most legendary football programs in America. Belle Glade's high school team, the Glades Central Raiders, has sent an extraordinary number of players to the National Football League - 27 since 1985, with five of those drafted in the first round. The industry that gave rise to the town and its team also spawned the chronic poverty, teeming migrant ghettos, and violence that cripples futures before they can ever begin. Muck City tells the story of quarterback Mario Rowley, whose dream is to win a championship for his deceased parents and quiet the ghosts that haunt him; head coach Jessie Hester, the town's first NFL star, who returns home to "win kids, not championships"; and Jonteria Willliams, who must build her dream of becoming a doctor in one of the poorest high schools in the nation. For boys like Mario, being a Raider is a one-shot window for escape and a college education. Without football, Jonteria and the rest must make it on brains and fortitude alone. For the coach, good intentions must battle a town's obsession to win above all else. Beyond the Friday night lights, this book is an engrossing portrait of a community mired in a shameful past and uncertain future but with the fierce will to survive, win, and escape to a better life. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dion Graham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/005105/bk_rand_005105_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Den Tiger umschlängeln (eBook, ePUB)
Den Frieden bewahren: Bei dem Versuch, seinem Bruder zu helfen, bekommt ein Tigerwandler ein riesiges Problem ... in Form eines männlichen Gefährten. Das Letzte, was Sage Kanston will, ist zum Hauptquartier des Wandlerrats zu gehen, um seinem älteren Bruder Glade zu helfen. Er hatte noch nie ein gutes Verhältnis zu ihm. Während sie aufwuchsen, war Glade ein Tyrann, und dieser Charakterzug änderte sich nicht, als er Vollstrecker des Rudels wurde. Sage bezweifelt, dass sich das geändert hat, seit er Vollstrecker des Rats ist. Trotzdem möchte er seine Mutter bei Laune halten, also begibt er sich zum Hauptquartier des Rates. Als der Vollstrecker, der Sage zu Glades Boss Mycroft eskortieren soll, eintrifft - ein Typ namens Germaine Messalla - wird er von einem Geruch getroffen, mit dem er nicht gerechnet hätte. Germaine, ein großer, schlanker Anakondawandler, ist sein Gefährte. Sages Welt wird auf den Kopf gestellt, weil sein Rudel ihm immer gesagt hat, dass es keine gleichgeschlechtlichen Paarungen gibt. Um die Sache noch verwirrender zu machen, erfährt Sage, dass ein paar Ratsmitglieder mit vom Schicksal auserwählten, gleichgeschlechtlichen Gefährten verpaart sind. So viele Dinge, die man ihm beigebracht hat, sind einfach nicht wahr. Als Sage sich mit den Veränderungen in seiner Realität auseinandersetzt, was ihm ermöglicht, Germaine zu akzeptieren, erkennt er, dass andere in seinem Rudel von dem, was er herausgefunden hat, profitieren könnten. Doch es gibt Leute, die versuchen, die Änderungen im Rat geheim zu halten. Können Sage und Germaine herausfinden, wer immer noch versucht, gewisse Dinge unter Verschluss zu halten, damit er seinem Rudel helfen kann? Ein homoerotischer Liebesroman für Erwachsene mit explizitem Inhalt. Jeder Band dieser Reihe geht auf die romantische Beziehung eines anderen Paares ein. Weltordnung der Wandler ist ein Spin-Off der Reihe Die Wölfe von Stone Ridge. Die Reihen können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden, dies idealerweise entsprechend der Nummerierung der Bände innerhalb der Reihe. Aufgrund der Überschneidungen innerhalb der verschiedenen Reihen, die in der Welt von Stone Ridge angesiedelt sind, empfiehlt es sich, die Bände entsprechend ihrer Reihenfolge innerhalb der gesamten Welt zu lesen. Eine Übersicht über die empfohlene Lesereihenfolge gibt es auf der Website von Me and the Muse Publishing. Länge: rund 33.000 Wörter- Shop: buecher
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His Favorite Cowgirl (Mills & Boon American Romance) (Glades County Cowboys Book 2)
His Favorite Cowgirl (Mills & Boon American Romance) (Glades County Cowboys Book 2): ab 1.83 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Missing In The Glades (Mills & Boon Intrigue) (Marshland Justice Book 1)
Missing In The Glades (Mills & Boon Intrigue) (Marshland Justice Book 1): ab 2.18 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Monster of the Glades (Subwoofers #3)
Monster of the Glades (Subwoofers #3): ab 2.81 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Gold on the Glades - A Palm Beach Yarn
Gold on the Glades - A Palm Beach Yarn: ab 3.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Best Backroads of Florida
Best Backroads of Florida - Coasts Glades and Groves: ab 18.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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