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Many names of Florida places evoke fantastic images:
Caloosahatchee, Okeechobee, Loxahatchee, Everglades, Miami--to
mention only a few. Did you know that Florida's places were often
named to honor prominent local citizens such as postmasters,
landowners, or war heroes? Jacksonville, for example, was named for
Florida's first American governor, Andrew Jackson. Later the
state's interest in attracting new residents produced names that
suggested pleasant places to live, such as Belle Glade and
Avon-by-the-Sea. From Alachua (from the Seminole for "jug") to
Zolfo Springs (from the Italian for "sulphur"), Florida Place Names
delights and educates with a rich and varied offering of Florida
lore.
Gluten Free Diet: Gluten Free Recipes for the Gluten Free Diet The
Gluten Free Diet book features two diets that are gluten free - the
Gluten Free Cookbook Diet and the Gluten Free Weight Loss diet.
Both diets target recipes to avoid any type of gluten. This is
perfect for three types of people, those with gluten intolerances
and allergies, those who wish to go gluten free for the health
benefits, and those who wish to lose weight through gluten free
dieting. The recipes within this book will set you up for a good
gluten free diet, as each one contains no gluten in the
ingredients.
In this landmark work, Allen Morris Jones spends a year exploring
one of the wildest ecosystems in North America, hunting and
examining the philosophical issues of blood sport. In the process,
he creates both a compelling defense for the hunt as well as one of
the tradition's first formal ethics. Jones argues that hunting must
be right in that it returns us to the environment from which we
evolved. When we hunt, we're no longer watching nature, we're
participating in it as essential members: predator and prey. From
this premise, it follows that those aspects of hunting that tend to
return us to the world are more ethical, while those aspects that
displace us-such as the use of modern technology-are less ethical.
This simple, compelling thesis is supported by example, by the
highly-personal narrative of a conscionable hunter coming to terms
with the central passion of his life. And it's a thesis that
finally has profound implications for the way we each approach the
natural world. If you're a hunter, A Quiet Place of Violence will
help put into words those aspects of the hunt that you have found
most essential; and if you're a non-hunter, it will offer insight
into the allure of this otherwise puzzling pursuit.
Remembered in name but underappreciated in legacy, Forrest "Phog"
Allen arguably influenced the game of basketball more than anyone
else. In the first half of the twentieth century, Allen took
basketball from a gentlemanly, indoor recreational pastime to the
competitive game that would become a worldwide sport. Succeeding
James Naismith as the University of Kansas's basketball coach in
1907, Allen led the Jayhawks for thirty-nine seasons and holds the
record for most wins at that school, with 590. He also helped
create the NCAA tournament and brought basketball to the Olympics.
Allen changed the way the game is played, coached, marketed, and
presented. Scott Morrow Johnson reveals Allen as a master
recruiter, a transformative coach, and a visionary basketball mind.
Adolph Rupp, Dean Smith, Wilt Chamberlain, and many others
benefited from Allen's knowledge of and passion for the game. But
Johnson also delves into Allen's occasionally tumultuous
relationships with Naismith, the NCAA, and University of Kansas
administrators. Phog: The Most Influential Man in Basketball
chronicles this complex man's life, telling for the first time the
full story of the man whose name is synonymous with Kansas
basketball and with the game itself.
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