Download or read book Sanibel Captiva Shells and Beach Life written by Steven M. Lewers & Associates and published by . This book was released on 1999-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These laminated, fold-up identification guides-- FoldingGuides¿-- speak for themselves. Written and illustrated by local experts who know their stuff, waterproof and indestructible, they¿re the perfect choice for beginners and intermediates who want to know what they¿ll encounter in their particular locale. This guide includes 77 shell species, both common and exotic, found on Sanibel and Captiva Islands in SW Florida. Illustrations by Jackie Leatherbury Douglass. In addition to the shells themselves, the guide also includes common gulls, shorebirds, and beach life, as well as a detailed map of the islands showing where parking, picnic areas, and the best shelling is to be found."

Download or read book For Whom the Shell Tolls written by Jennifer Lonoff Schiff and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was it suicide or murder? When a local big shot is found dead in a locked car with a painted shell in his pocket bearing an ominous warning, it's up to Guinivere Jones, intrepid reporter and amateur sleuth, to determine the true cause of death. Book eight in the Sanibel Island Mystery series, For Whom the Shell Tolls takes readers on the hunt for a buried treasure-and a possible murderer-and combines mystery, romance, and seashells in an irresistible read.

Download or read book Six Mornings on Sanibel written by Charles Sobczak and published by . This book was released on 1999-11 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This engaging tale of the accidental meeting of two strangers on the Sanibel fishing pier has touched the hearts of thousands. Carl Johnson, a wise, retired fishing guide from Sanibel, and Richard Evans, a young, stressed-out divorce attorney from Peoria, share more than snook runs and cold Cokes during their six mornings together. They share tales of love, suicide and heroism. This story is about knowing when it's time to die and when it's time to start living again. It is about something rare in this hurried age: wisdom."--

Download or read book A Shell of a Problem written by Jennifer Lonoff Schiff and published by Shovel & Pail Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When reporter Guinivere Jones finds herself out of a husband and a job, she decides to leave dreary New England and move to sunny Sanibel Island, Florida, the seashell capital of the United States. There she finds a job working for the local paper, profiling the island's quirky characters and businesses and covering the annual Shell Show. But when the star attraction of this year's Shell Show, a rare shell known as the Golden Junonia, goes missing during the preview, and the chief suspect turns up dead a few days later, Guin takes it upon herself to solve the mystery, even if it means butting heads with the poker-faced local detective. Along the way, she discovers that not everything, or everyone, is what it seems, and that you can find not only shells on Sanibel but romance, if you know where to look.The first book in the Sanibel Island Mystery series, A Shell of a Problem introduces readers to Guinivere Jones, ace reporter for the San-Cap Sun-Times, her two faithful feline companions, Flora and Fauna. the beautiful island of Sanibel, and a host of memorable characters.

Download or read book Pine Island written by Mary Kaye Stevens and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tucked between the mainland of southwest Florida and the islands of Sanibel and Captiva is a 17-mile-long island accessible by a single drawbridge. A haven for some and a home to others, the community of Pine Island is a rare and lingering remnant of old Florida. The island's shores are home to mangroves teaming with fish instead of crowded beaches, making it a major destination for sport fishing enthusiasts and providing a livelihood for the independent commercial fishing families of the island. The genuine personalities and untouched splendor of Pine Island have attracted numerous artists to the area in recent years, with many praising Pine Island as the new Key West. Strolling the lazy street to Bokeelia's famous fishing pier, or exploring an active Calusa Indian archeological site in Pineland, the crowds and tourist-related glitz common to most of Florida's islands are nowhere to be found, leaving visitors to discover Pine Island's unspoiled beauty at their own pace.

Download or read book The Man Who Invented Florida written by Randy Wayne White and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1997-03-15 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marine biologist Doc Ford helps his uncle and his uncle's friends fight land developers in Florida and gets involved in an unusual kidnapping.

Download or read book Sanibel Captiva Islands written by Robert W. Tolf and published by Tribune Publishing Company. This book was released on 1993 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mangrove Coast written by Randy Wayne White and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1999-11-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seductive daughter of a dead war buddy calls marine biologist Doc Ford in need of help--her mother has vanished without a trace in South America. Doc's efforts to find her take him from the jungles of Colombia to the streets of Panama--and onto the trail of the most vile nemesis he has ever come up against...

Download or read book Deep Blue written by Randy Wayne White and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assigned to track down an American working for ISIS and make sure he never kills anyone again, Doc Ford finds the operation more complicated than he anticipated, especially when those complications follow him back to the small community of Dinkin's Bay.

Download or read book Dead Silence written by Randy Wayne White and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his U.S. senator girlfriend is kidnapped during an assassination attempt outside the Explorers Club in New York City, Doc Ford sets out on a rescue mission in the Florida Keys with his friend Tomlinson; an effort that is further complicated by the kidnapper's claims that the senator has been buried alive.

Download or read book Gone written by Randy Wayne White and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Hannah Smith, a Florida woman with fishing guide clients and a small investigation agency, rescues a client from a brutal storm, he requests her help in locating his missing niece Olivia.

Download or read book Cruising World written by and published by . This book was released on 1986-01 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Living Sanibel written by Charles Sobczak and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living Sanibel is the only book you will need while on the islands! With more than 650 full-color photographs, illustrations and trail maps, Living Sanibel is the most complete identification guide to the native plants, animals and eco-attractions of Sanibel and Captiva ever compiled.

Download or read book Junonia written by Kevin Henkes and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to the beach cottage—a cottage named Scallop—where she has always celebrated her birthday is a special occasion for Alice Rice. Who will see the first dolphin this time? The first pelican? What will have changed? Stayed the same? And will this be the year she finally finds a junonia shell? Alice's friends are all returning, too. And she's certain her parents have the best party planned for her. Alice can't wait. If Alice is lucky, everything will be absolutely perfect. Will Alice be lucky? Multiple award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Kevin Henkes brings his insightful, gentle, real-world insight to middle grade novels, including: Billy Miller Makes a Wish Bird Lake Moon The Birthday Room Junonia Olive's Ocean Protecting Marie Sun & Spoon Sweeping Up the Heart Two Under Par Words of Stone The Year of Billy Miller The Zebra Wall

Download or read book Something s Cooking in Chianti written by Jennifer Lonoff Schiff and published by Shovel & Pail Press. This book was released on 2022-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cozy mystery/romance set in Chianti, Italy

Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sanibel Sunset Detective written by Ron Base and published by . This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tree Callister is not much of a private detective. His first client just turned up at the door and he's twelve years old. What's more, the kid has the grand total of $7 with which to hire Tree to find his mother. Everyone on Sanibel Island, Florida where Tree lives, thinks the former newspaper reporter is out of his mind. His only defender is his wife Freddie, and even she has doubts. Then a headless body shows up, along with a threatening thug, a couple of suspicious detectives, and a former girlfriend now an ex-FBI agent who suspects Tree knows more than he is admitting. Before long, Tree is up to his neck in the kind of murder and mystery he only imagined as a boy reading the private detective novels he loved. Ron Base's new novel, "The Sanibel Sunset Detective," is full of fast-paced action, humor, unexpected plot twists, and memorable characters. Steeped in the sun-drenched atmosphere of Sanibel and Captiva, two of Florida's most beautiful and unusual islands, this is the first in a series of Tree Callister adventures.