The trio of brave friends who make up Sharks, Inc.—Luke, Maribel and Sabina—dive into a crocodile-filled adventure in Crocs, the third book in bestselling author Randy Wayne White’s Sharks Incorporated series. Marine biologist Doc Ford has a new mission for Sharks Inc.: visit Sanibel Island’s remote Bone Field to find a wild orange tree that's survived a disease destroying Florida’s citrus. There, the members of Sharks Incorporated find oranges unlike any they’ve ever seen, but can’t find the tree Doc needs. Worse, the area is protected by a massive saltwater crocodile. What the team doesn’t expect is to meet a reclusive woman who threatens to call the police if they trespass on her land again. Reluctant to give up, the trio learns she needs help. When she was young, the woman found King Calusa's grave. Now, she believes the ghost of the dead king, who was beheaded by Spanish explorers 500 years ago, is haunting her. To uncover the truth, the kids return to the Bone Field. The thousand-pound crocodile is determined to protect its hatchlings, but crocs turn out to be the least of their worries. The intrepid trio discovers the woman’s wealthy neighbor is selling illegal reptiles—and he knows the secret of the dead king’s missing gold medallion.
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Twelve Mile Limit
- 356pages
- 13 heures de lecture
"We'll drop anything we're doing [for] a new Randy White novel and be glad we did." ( Denver Post )Randy Wayne White's ninth Doc Ford novel starts out as a fun excursion for four divers off the Florida coast. Two days later only one is found alive - naked atop a light tower in the Gulf of Mexico. What happened during those 48 hours? Doc Ford thinks he's prepared for the truth. He isn't.
Everglades
- 366pages
- 13 heures de lecture
Doc Ford returns to his stilt house on Dinkin's Bay to find an old friend and one-time lover waiting for him. Her real-estate developer husband has disappeared and been pronounced dead, and she's sure there's worse to follow-and she's right. Following the trail, Ford ends up deep in the Everglades, at the gates of a community presided over by a man named Bhagwan Shiva (formerly Jerry Singh). Shiva is big business, but that business has been a little shaky lately, and so he's come up with a scheme to enhance both his cash and his power. Of course, there's the possibility that some people could get hurt and the Everglades itself damaged, but Shiva smells a killing. And if that should turn out to be literally, as well as figuratively, true...well, that's just too damned bad.Replete with passion and rich, pungent prose and some of the best suspense characters anywhere in fiction, Everglades is the finest work yet from an extraordinary talent.
Stingers
- 320pages
- 12 heures de lecture
"Marine biologist Doc For invites Maribel, Lukem and Sabina to the remote Katt Island in the Bahamas, where lionfish, a beautiful and venomous inhabitant of the South Pacific, have invaded the Caribbean, upsetting the balance of nature by damaging coral reefs and sending several people to the hospital. What Doc and Captain Hannah Smith don't mention is that the island was once home to pirates, and stories of Spanish gold - along with the promise of selling newly hatched sea turtles - have lured treasure hunters to the area. But when the trio begins to unravel the mysteries of Katt Island, they come face-to-face with danger and will once again have to rely on each of their unique gifts - and especially on one another."--Back cover.
The sins of the past come back to haunt Doc Ford and his old friend Tomlinson in this thrilling new novel from New York Times-bestselling author Randy Wayne White. Marine biologist and former government agent Doc Ford is sure he's beyond the point of being surprised by his longtime pal Tomlinson's madcap tales of his misspent youth. But he's stunned anew when avowed bachelor Tomlinson reveals that as a younger man strapped for cash, he'd unwittingly fathered multiple children via for-profit sperm bank donations. Thanks to genealogy websites, Tomlinson's now-grown offspring have tracked him down, seeking answers about their roots. . . but Doc quickly grows suspicious that one of them might be planning something far more nefarious than a family reunion. With recent history on his mind, Doc is unsurprised when his own dicey past is called into question. Months ago, he'd quietly "liberated" a cache of precious Spanish coins from a felonious treasure hunter, and now a number of unsavory individuals, including a disgraced IRS investigator and a corrupt Bahamian customs agent, are after their cut. Caught between watching his own back and Tomlinson's, Doc has no choice but to get creative--before rash past decisions escalate to deadly present-day dangers.
The Man Who Invented Florida: A Doc Ford Novel
- 416pages
- 15 heures de lecture
In the third volume in this series, now available in a tall Premium Edition, Doc Ford reluctantly gets involved with his Uncle Tucker, who becomes a suspect when two government agents and a despised TV fisherman disappear in the Florida Everglades. Reissue.
Sneaking an underwater look at a notorious Russian black marketeer's fancy yacht, Doc Ford emerges to discover that the marketeer's private island has been taken over by environmental extremists who threaten to kill a hostage every hour until their demands are met.
Written for land owners and managers as well as students and researchers, this book discusses ways to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and build soil by changing the way people use and manage land. The author examines the scientific evidence for biosequestration, land practices that sequester carbon, and policies that encourage such p
Seduced
- 368pages
- 13 heures de lecture
PRAISE FOR SEDUCED Her fourth outing may be her best to date, with a particularly effective climactic sequence that knots together every menace, and every sorrow, she faces. - Kirkus Reviews Fans of mysteries that show an appreciation of the great outdoors will love this gun-toting, plane-flying, boat-living heroine. - Booklist A tale of citrus, pythons, and intrigue [with] a breathless and nightmarish finale. By the closing chapter of Seduced , Hannah Smith's life will be changed in ways she couldn't have imagined. - Tampa Bay Times Pythons, orange trees of ancient stock, infidelity, madness, and greed. Is that all there is? Well, no. There is Mr. White's gloriously complicated, totally unglamorous, and fiercely independent Hannah Smith. - Florida Weekly PRAISE FOR THE HANNAH SMITH SERIES Hannah Smith is a big woman, tall and strong, a fishing guide and a part-time investigator. She traces her Southwest Florida family back generations-the area's history is hers as well. She is a perfect foil for Doc Ford. Each is reliable, steadfast, boat- and weather-savvy, and neither can pass up a wrong that needs righting. - Orlando Sentinel Hannah's strength is just one of the facets of her character that has fans excited. Extremely well written, filled with suspense . . . a memorable character. - Suspense Magazine Randy Wayne White has made Florida's Gulf Coast an iconic part of crime fiction with his Doc Ford novels-and here proves Hannah has found her place in crime fiction, too. - South Florida Sun-Sentinel It's Smith's gutsy, no-nonsense attitude and fierce loyalty that gives the story its heart. White's evocative descriptions of life on Florida's Gulf Coast, both human and animal, win this series its rightful place in the ever- popular Florida crime fiction genre. - Publishers Weekly Breathtaking, harrowing, and immensely suspenseful, the chills and thrills of Haunted will leave readers smiling. Some of Mr. White's best writing ever. - Florida Weekly Strong-willed and tough-minded, fishing guide and sometime PI Hannah Smith returns [to] bring a fresh perspective to White's much-loved Southwest Florida world. - Booklist From the Hardcover edition.
Filosofické základy psychologie morálky
- 176pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Kniha přináší přehled vybraných filosofických teorií, z nichž lze formulovat pojem morálky tak, aby se mohl stát podkladem pro empirický psychologický výzkum. Autor s ohledem na koncepční filosoficko-psychologické průniky a na základě aktuálních výzkumných prací interpretuje pojem morality s ohledem na tři klíčové oblasti: morálního smyslu, morální mysli a morálního jednání. Kniha je jak uceleným a původním přehledem teorií morálky, tak ze současného empirického výzkumu poučeným úvodem do morální psychologie. Na rozdíl od publikací podobného typu se vyrovnává s problematičností rozmanitých psychologických konceptů morálky a konfrontuje je s filosofickým a terminologickým zázemím, z něhož jsou původně formulovány. Kniha je určena jak pro ty, kteří chtějí nahlédnout pod povrch hojně užívaných pojmů, jako je morálka, dobro, empatie, stud, vina, morální usuzování a morální integrita, tak pro studenty a širší odbornou veřejnost zabývající se studiem morálky z hlediska jejích empirických a psychologických konsekvencí.