James C Clark: 17 books
by James C. Clark
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Florida has a history as diverse as its residents. And much of that is still hidden. Since the arrival of the Spanish in 1513, the state has played host to strange stories. A heartbroken senator entered a mental institution over unrequited love for an heiress. Thousands of British pilots trained in...
Orlando, Florida
A Brief History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Orlando is known internationally as a tourist destination, attracting fifty million visitors each year to its numerous resorts and parks. In all that excitement, it's easy to overlook the city's interesting past. In the 1800s, the area was embroiled in the Seminole Wars, and Fort Gatlin was constructed...
by James C. Clark
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
A quick overview of the Sunshine State’s fascinating past, with photos and illustrations included.
In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first set foot on Florida’s east coast. The land he discovered was a geographic anomaly so distinctive that one day, centuries later, astronaut...
by James C Clark
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
This is the first in a series of collections of fiction and nonfiction about Florida by legendary writers who came here—some to escape the chilly North, some to find freedom, and some to investigate what the fuss was all about. From Audubon in 1834 to Dave Barry in 1990, these writers reveal Florida's...
Red Pepper and Gorgeous George
Claude Pepper's Epic Defeat in the 1950 Democratic Primary
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2011
For nearly a century in Florida and throughout the South, election to the United States Senate virtually guaranteed a lifetime position, especially if you were a Democrat. Certainly no Republican candidate stood a chance in the general election, and it was nearly unthinkable to imagine a serious challenger...
Presidents in Florida
How the Presidents Have Shaped Florida and How Florida Has Influenced the Presidents
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
U.S. Presidents have played a major role in shaping Florida, whether waging wars, protecting the environment, seeking votes, or just drawing media attention to the state's attractions.
Thomas Jefferson set out to buy Florida, but ended up making the Louisiana Purchase instead.
Andrew Jackson...
by James C Clark
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
Learn 200 quick, painless history lessons in one thoroughly researched book. An indispensable guide for Florida students, newcomers, and old-timers alike.
Florida has a long and complex and very interesting history, but few of us have time to read it in depth. So here are 200 quick looks at...
by Randall D. Babb, Thomas C. Brennan, Alexander Cruz
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
In the first bilingual work on the reptiles and amphibians of the US–Mexico border, top herpetologists come together to describe the herpetofauna of the states of this region, which includes more than 600 species of toads, frogs, salamanders, turtles, sea turtles, alligators, lizards, snakes, and...
by Liliana Mammino, Franz Rauch-Alpen-Adria, Kenneth M. Doxsee
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Educating the next generation of chemists about green chemistry issues, such as waste minimisation and clean synthesis, is vital for environmental sustainability. This book enables green issues to be taught from the underlying principles of all chemistry courses rather than in isolation. Chapters contributed...
Sustainable Synthesis of Pharmaceuticals
Using Transition Metal Complexes as Catalysts
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
There is a growing interest in the development of sustainable processes for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals and this book bridges the divide between industrial examples and the fundamental chemistry. It explains the basic principles of using transition metal catalysis with several green approaches...
Biobased Aerogels
Polysaccharide and Protein-based Materials
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018
Aerogels have been in use for over 80 years and have been utilised in a wide variety of applications, in particular, there has been growing use of insulating nanoporous materials in the aerospace industry. Recent awareness of the environmental implications of materials has driven researchers to develop...
by Robert E. Howard, C. L. Moore, Seabury Quinn
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Weird Tales' launched in March of 1923 and the world was never the same again. While pulp magazines had been around for some time, 'Weird Tales' was the first pulp magazine to specialize in supernatural fiction. 'Weird Tales' single-handedly created the field of genre fiction as we know it. No longer...
Santa's Christmas Library: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)
The Gift of the Magi, A Christmas Carol, Silent Night, The Three Kings, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Tale of Peter Rabbit…
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2018
This holiday, we are offering to you our own Christmas box - filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift...
by Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Sheckley, James H. Schmitz
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2013
Trade Paperback Halloween-themed science fiction anthology. Featuring a mix of classic science fiction reprints where the scary stuff happens in space.THE UNIVERSE MAY NOT BE A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD . . .“The oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown,” the grand master of horror, H.P....
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