Author: Melanie Sue Bowle
Publisher: Pineapple Press (FL)
Keywords: spirit, proud, horses
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2003-10-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1561642851
ISBN-13: 9781561642854

There are approximately seven million horses in America. Each year, over seventy thousand are abused, abandoned, and fated to slaughter by callous and irresponsible owners. With a heart as big as a pasture, author Melanie Bowles takes some of these horses into her sanctuary called Proud Spirit. Here, horses that arrive listless and broken find a home where they finally know safety. The bond between horse and caretaker does not happen overnight. It hangs by a fine thread of trust that the author earns with endless patience and a full commitment to the well-being of the horses in her care. The h

Author: Kevin M. McCarthy
Publisher: Pineapple Press (FL)
Keywords: books, literary, sites, authors, florida, lover, guide, book
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1992-12-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1561640212
ISBN-13: 9781561640218

•An exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites •Learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, and what important movies were made there •Both a travel guide and a reading guide •Also includes essays on topics such as Florida poetry, literary magazines, and mysteries

Author: Terrance Zepke
Publisher: Pineapple Press (FL)
Keywords: carolina, north, tales, ghost
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2006-06-30
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1561643785
ISBN-13: 9781561643783

Guardian spirits or tormented souls? This second edition includes twenty-five tales about strange happenings, creepy places, and engaging specters across the Old North State. Six are new for this edition. Join author Terrance Zepke as she searches for answers amid the specters and haunted sites of North Carolina. Experience the sightings and chilling encounters. Use Zepke’s tips to conduct your own ghost hunt--but don’t forget rule number one: Never go alone.

Author: J Wills Burke
Publisher: Pineapple Press
Keywords: street, names, history, west, key, streets
Number of Pages: 227
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1561643173
ISBN-13: 9781561643172

"The streets tell the story—and what a story it has been. From a discovery of bones that gave rise to its name centuries ago, to today’s modernity, Key West has had a long and colorful history. For the uninitiated, a stroll around Margaritaville is a pleasant enough experience; for those in the know, however, it becomes a cerebral delight during which the town’s street signs whisper its secrets." —from the Introduction Simonton, Duval, Eaton, Whitehead, Southard, Truman—if you discover how these Key West streets, and all the others, came by their names, you will know much of the

Author: Patrick D Smith
Publisher: Pineapple Press
Keywords: smith, reader, patrick, allapattah, island, forever
Number of Pages: 386
Published: 1987-09-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0910923426
ISBN-13: 9780910923422

Patrick Smith’s fans have welcomed this volume containing two of his acclaimed novels. Forever Island tells the story of Charlie Jumper, a Seminole Indian who clings to the ancient ways and teaches them to his grandson. When their simple existence is threatened by developers, Charlie fights back. Allapattah is the story of a young Seminole in despair in the white man’s world. Allapattah means crocodile, a creature that becomes Toby Tiger’s obsession and that he must wrestle to set himself free.

Author: Peter M Dunbar
Publisher: Pineapple Press
Keywords: condominium, owners, guide, officers, practical, concept, amp, condominiums, directors, florida
Number of Pages: 374
Published: 2008-11-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1561644439
ISBN-13: 9781561644438

Author: Douglas Waitley
Publisher: Pineapple Press
Keywords: highways, history, florida
Number of Pages: 370
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1561643157
ISBN-13: 9781561643158

Discover Florida, with its unique geography and exciting history—from ancient gold to modern real estate speculation —by journeying along its highways. Beginning with a chronology and succinct account of Florida’s spectacular development, then an account of the rise of the major cities, Florida History from the Highways takes you throughout the state, pointing out the fascinating events that occurred at locations along the way. You’ll travel through changing times and landscapes and emerge filled with new appreciation for what has made Florida the colorful place it is today. With a