Cooking delicious Cuban meals for people
of all backgrounds

Serving up
a fresh take on Cuban food, Ana Quincoces reimagines traditional recipes for
today's home chefs in Modern Cuban. This cookbook unites generations by
helping readers make timeless dishes that showcase the distinctive flavors of
classic Cuban cuisine while crafting meals that are accessible to everyone.

Modern Cuban shows how to
welcome guests to an inclusive culinary celebration, demonstrating how many of
these much-loved recipes can be tweaked or are already good fits for vegetarian,
vegan, gluten-free, ketogenic, and other diets. With ingredients and
alternatives that are easy to find or already in most home kitchens, learning
Cuban cooking has never been so simple! Readers will find instructions for preparing
essentials like fragrant sofrito and tangy mojo criollo along with irresistible
croquetas, yuca frita (fried yuca), sopa de platano (plantain soup), picadillo
(beef hash), buttery guava-filled pastelitos (pastries), flan de coco (coconut
flan), and an abundance of other delectable sides, mains, and desserts.

Accompanied by beautiful photos that
present iconic dishes in a new, modern light, the recipes in this cookbook
include Ana Quincoces's personal memories of her family and the food culture
they passed down to her. Modern Cuban is perfect for beginners and
advanced cooks alike who want to celebrate Cuban favorites in ways that honor
the past and present. Above all, this cookbook is for anyone who enjoys
gathering good company for great food that feeds the soul. Buen provecho!

Clearly the definitive book of Eleanor Roosevelt quotes. Albion does excellent work weeding out all the apocryphal quotes so often attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt, giving us only the real thing.--Christy Regenhardt, associate editor of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, Volume 2

Eleanor Roosevelt remains a compelling and interesting person, and these quotes give her greater voice.--Kenneth Bindas, author of Remembering the Great Depression in the Rural South

Born in the late 1800s to one of the wealthiest families in New York City, Eleanor Roosevelt seemed destined for a traditional woman's role within a sedate Victorian life. Instead, she married her fifth cousin and was flung into the highest levels of American politics, culminating in Franklin's unprecedented four-term presidency.

While previous first ladies refrained from public discussion of their personal views, Eleanor's bold opinions on political, social, and racial issues took many by surprise. She held press conferences and wrote a syndicated column. She spoke at national conventions, granted interviews, and often made appearances on her husband's behalf. Her own influence lasted years beyond his death. She advocated for human rights, worked with the United Nations, and supported what later became the civil rights movement.

The fascinating quotes in this collection are the words of an articulate, honest, and thoughtful woman. Of war, she said, I hope the day will come when all that inventing and mechanical genius will be used for other purposes. At a time when racism prevailed, Eleanor said, We must be proud of every one of our citizens, for regardless of nationality, or race, every one contributes to the welfare and culture of the nation.

Organized by topic--government, money, art, education, class, relationships, emotions--these quotations reveal the personal thoughts Roosevelt shared in letters and conversations alongside the strong opinions she expressed in speeches and interviews, giving evidence to her character and her beliefs. Her words continue to resonate today.

July 16, 1969. Nearly one million spectators flock to Cape Canaveral to witness the largest rocket ever built send three Americans to the Moon. Four days later, two step onto the lunar surface. The extraordinary achievement is celebrated around the world. Images capturing these incredible moments fill the pages of Picturing Apollo 11, an unprecedented photo¬graphic history of the space mission that defined an era. Through a wealth of unpublished and recently discovered images, this book presents new and rarely seen views of the people, places, and events involved in planning, accomplishing, and commemorating the first Moon landing. Starting with the extensive preparations for the mission, these photographs show astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins training for the flight and their spacecraft and stages of the massive Saturn V rocket arriving at the Kennedy Space Center for assembly. They display the media frenzy over the unfolding story and the Moon fever that gripped the nation. In addition to both ubiquitous and lesser-known images of the moonwalk itself, the authors present life back on Earth while men explored the lunar surface, as well as the anniversary festivities that paid homage to them in the following decades. Accompanying text details each scene, revealing the enormous scale and scope of the activities that went into planning and executing one of humankind's most historic moments. Presented chronologically, each picture evokes the electric atmosphere of the time. No other book has showcased as many never-before-seen photos connected with Apollo 11 or as many images covering the activities from the months before to the years after the mission. Most of the hundreds of photographs were selected from NASA archives and J. L. Pickering's collection, the world's largest private collection of U.S. human space flight images.

Legendary for an unusual combination of spiritual power, beauty, charisma, showmanship, intimidation, and shrewd business sense, Marie Leveau also was known for her kindness and charity, nursing yellow fever victims and ministering to condemned prisoners, and her devotion to the Roman Catholic Church. In separating verifiable fact from semi-truths and complete fabrication, Carolyn Morrow Long explores the unique social, political, and legal setting in which the lives of Laveau's African and European ancestors became intertwined in nineteenth-century New Orleans.

Inside the Most Haunted House in New Orleans

The legend of Madame Delphine Lalaurie, a wealthy society matron and accused slave torturer, has haunted New Orleans for nearly two hundred years. Her macabre tale is frequently retold, and her French Quarter mansion has been referred to as the most haunted house in the city.

Rumors that Lalaurie abused her slaves were already in circulation when fire broke out in the kitchen and slave quarters of her home in 1834. Bystanders intent on rescuing anyone still inside forced their way past Lalaurie and her husband into the burning service wing. Once inside, they discovered seven wretched negroes starved, chained, and mutilated. The crowd's temper quickly shifted from concern to outrage, assuming that the Lalauries had been willing to allow their slaves to perish in the flames rather than risk discovery of the horrific conditions in which they were kept.

Forced to flee the city, Delphine Lalaurie's guilt went unquestioned during her lifetime, and tales of her actions have become increasingly fanciful and grotesque over the decades. Stories of perverted tortures, of burying slaves alive, of cutting off their limbs have continued to plague her legacy.

A meticulous researcher of New Orleans history, Carolyn Long disentangles the threads of fact and legend that have intertwined over the decades. Was Madame Lalaurie a sadistic abuser? Mentally ill? Or merely the victim of an unfair and sensationalist press? Using carefully documented eyewitness testimony, archival documents, and family letters, Long recounts Lalaurie's life from legal troubles before the fire through the scandal of her exile to France to her death in Paris in 1849.

As she demonstrated in her biography of Marie Laveau, A New Orleans Voudou Priestess, Long's ability to tease the truth from the knots of sensationalism is uncanny. Proving once again that history is more fascinating than elaborated fiction, she opens wide the door on the legend of Madame Lalaurie's haunted house.

Classical Ballet Technique is an invaluable guide for students, teachers, and ballet lovers. It not only covers the broad spectrum of ballet vocabulary but also gives sound, practical advice to aspiring dancers. The clarity of the writing, in a field notorious for its opaqueness, is in itself a major achievement.--Merrill Ashley, Principal Dancer, New York City Ballet

An excellent, comprehensive guide to ballet pedagogy valuable to teachers and students alike. For many years Gretchen's has been a major voice in the dance community, and this extensive work details the study of classical ballet from her unique and expert point of view. I applaud her, and I heartily recommend Classical Ballet Technique.--David Howard, International Ballet Master and Master Teacher

Gretchen Warren has undertaken a monumental task and has completed it with distinction. Obviously a labor of love, this book's attention to detail and the clarity of its text and photos make it a valuable contribution to the lexicon of ballet. I recommend it to every serious student and teacher.--Thalia Mara, Founding Director, Ballet Repertory Company and National Academy of Ballet; Artistic Director, U.S.A. International Ballet Competition

Congratulations to Ms. Warren for her authoritative book on classical ballet. Thanks are in order too from the many professional teachers, dancers, and students of the art form who will benefit from this book-an essential addition to any dance lover's library.--Lawrence Rhodes, Artistic Director, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens

Gretchen Ward Warren studied at London's Royal Ballet and the National Ballet School of Washington, D.C. She was soloist with the Pennsylvania Ballet for eleven years and ballet mistress of American Ballet Theatre II from 1978 to 1983. She is professor of dance at the University of South Florida and frequently appears as a master teacher on the national and international circuits.

Susan Cook has photographed the performing arts for the past fifteen years. Her work has appeared in Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, and many dance books. Her own books of photographs include In a Rehearsal Room and The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Gateway to the Moon presents the definitive history of the origins, design, and construction of the lunar launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center, the terrestrial site of one of the greatest achievements of humankind: the first trip to the moon. It includes archival illustrations and diagrams of locations, personnel, and equipment, from aerial views of sandy, undeveloped Cape Canaveral to some of the first photos of the mobile launchers and crawler-transporters. Filled with the sense of wonder and pride that the earliest U.S. space achievements inspired, the book focuses on some of the most impressive buildings ever constructed, including launch complexes 39A and 39B, the gigantic assemblies from which the Apollo-Saturn vehicles departed for trips into space; the massive eight-acre Vertical Assembly Building (renamed the Vehicle Assembly Building); and the attached Launch Control Center. It also analyzes the technological and governmental interactions necessary to ensure success of the launches. Originally part of Moonport, one of the volumes of the NASA History Series, this volume is based on extensive interviews with participants in the space program and wide access to official documents, letters, and memoranda. The authors air criticisms directed at the Kennedy Space Center team and address mistakes in launch operations and conflicts within the program. Gateway to the Moon offers a faithful account of technology in service to humanity.

Wall Street Journal's Five Best Books on the Confederates' Lost Cause

Southern Association for Women Historians Julia Cherry Spruill Prize

Even without the right to vote, members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy proved to have enormous social and political influence throughout the South--all in the name of preserving Confederate culture. Karen Cox traces the history of the UDC, an organization founded in 1894 to vindicate the Confederate generation and honor the Lost Cause. In this edition, with a new preface, Cox acknowledges the deadly riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, showing why myths surrounding the Confederacy continue to endure.

The Daughters, as UDC members were popularly known, were daughters of the Confederate generation. While southern women had long been leaders in efforts to memorialize the Confederacy, UDC members made the Lost Cause a movement about vindication as well as memorialization. They erected monuments, monitored history for truthfulness, and sought to educate coming generations of white southerners about an idyllic past and a just cause--states' rights. Soldiers' and widows' homes, perpetuation of the mythology of the antebellum South, and pro-southern textbooks in the region's white public schools were all integral to their mission of creating the New South in the image of the Old. UDC members aspired to transform military defeat into a political and cultural victory, in which states' rights and white supremacy remained intact. To the extent they were successful, the Daughters helped to preserve and perpetuate an agenda for the New South that included maintaining the social status quo.

Placing the organization's activities in the context of the postwar and Progressive-Era South, Cox describes in detail the UDC's origins and early development, its efforts to collect and preserve manuscripts and artifacts and to build monuments, and its later role in the peace movement and World War I. This remarkable history of the organization presents a portrait of two generations of southern women whose efforts helped shape the social and political culture of the New South. It also offers a new historical perspective on the subject of Confederate memory and the role southern women played in its development.



A story of resilience, joyful creativity, and the empowering potential of dance



Moving through Life traces the journey of influential dancer, teacher, and choreographer Naomi Goldberg Haas. Sharing her lifelong love of movement, her experiences as a dancer with chronic health conditions, and accessible exercises from her work with dancers of all ages and abilities, Goldberg Haas encourages readers to integrate dance into their lives and to move with awareness, creativity, and joy.



Goldberg Haas describes her early years as an emerging dancer at the School of American Ballet and how she explored and reveled in many dance forms throughout her career. She takes readers from a focus on fundamentals such as balance, strength, and flexibility to a deeper understanding of dance as a transformational community practice. With a unique perspective informed by navigating a degenerative neuromuscular disease, Goldberg Haas conveys a positive message: dance is an opportunity for renewal and growth at all stages of life.

Alongside Goldberg Haas's story, this book provides insights and step-by-step instructions from the Movement Speaks(R) curriculum developed by Goldberg Haas for her nonprofit Dances for a Variable Population, a program that brings dance to older adults in New York City. Readers will learn from Goldberg Haas to exercise both their bodies and minds in ways that work for them. They will discover for themselves what Goldberg Haas's life illustrates--the value of dance in improving physical, mental, and social wellbeing.



In a memoir of personal struggle, resilience, and celebration, Goldberg Haas portrays many of the changes that can come with aging and embraces the empowering potential of dance. From childhood memories to moments of epiphany later in life, this account from a leading figure in the dance community shows how movement can enrich and improve the lives of everyone.

A much-loved Florida writer chronicles the quirky, touching, and thought-provoking stories of the Sunshine State today



In Welcome to Florida,
award-winning investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling
author Craig Pittman introduces readers to the people, creatures,
places, and issues that make up the Florida of today. Through lively
stories told with cutting insight and always with a joke at the ready,
Pittman captures the heart of what he calls The Most Interesting
State.



From threats to Florida's environment
to a hippo that became an official state citizen, these tales range
from the moving to the bizarre. Pittman follows the escapades of crime
writers, hungry predators, politicians, and developers across the state.
At the core of this collection is a deep sense of admiration for the
resilience of those who live here. Again and again, this book showcases
the power of ordinary Floridians fighting to save some part of the
state that they hold dear. Often, that means folks rallying to protect
the state's unique natural landscape; sometimes it means former CIA
agents incorporating their own island community.



Welcome
to Florida is both a love letter to and hilarious deep dive into the
nation's fastest-growing state. Imbued with Pittman's characteristic
humor and undeniable fondness for both the weird and wonderful parts of
his home, this book shows why, despite some of its reputations, Florida
continues to prove irresistible.

Through stories of nature near at hand, a South Florida
writer offers a unique view of humans and the environment amid
development and change



Wings
and talons clatter against a windowpane. Foxes den under a deck. Pines
stand in quarter-acre lots, recalling a vanished forest. In this book,
Andrew Furman explores touchpoints between his everyday suburban life
and the environment in South Florida, contemplating his place in a
subtropical landscape stretching from the Everglades to the warm
Atlantic coast. Transportive vignettes of encounters in the natural
world blend with ordinary, all-too-relatable stories of home and family
life in these chapters. Puzzled and fascinated by the plants and animals
he meets while continually preoccupied by busy domestic routines,
Furman illustrates the beauty of his suburban wilderness. He also
reckons with changes and threats to the surrounding landscape. How, he
asks, should humans go about living in what is simultaneously one of the
most overdeveloped and most naturally beautiful states in the country?



Furman's meditations give rise to an
environmental ethic that challenges distinctions between nature and
culture, wilderness and civilization, solitude and family life. Rather,
with humor and hope, he encourages readers to engage in life with the
mindset that the human and non-human are inextricably connected--and to
ask how they can better belong together.



Of Slash Pines and Manatees
is a creative and memorable example for anyone seeking to live
responsibly and richly in a world impacted by human activity. Furman
inspires readers to focus fiercely on the local, to conduct their own
adventures in the ecosystem outside their front doors, and to see that
even in the most overdeveloped areas, what is wild persists.





Funding
for this publication was provided through a grant from Florida
Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this
publication do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or
the National Endowment for the Humanities.

For the first time, the real story behind the Highwaymen has emerged . . . a well-researched, lively, and comprehensive overview of the development and contribution of these African-American artists and their place in the history of Florida's popular culture.--Mallory McCane O'Connor, author of Lost Cities of the Ancient Southeast

The Highwaymen introduces a group of young black artists who painted their way out of the despair awaiting them in citrus groves and packing houses of 1950s Florida. As their story recaptures the imagination of Floridians and their paintings fetch ever-escalating prices, the legacy of their freshly conceived landscapes exerts a new and powerful influence on the popular conception of the Sunshine State.

While the value of Highwaymen paintings has soared in recent years, until now no authoritative account of the lives and work of these black Florida artists has existed. Emerging in the late 1950s, the Highwaymen created idyllic, quickly realized images of the Florida dream and peddled, by some estimates, 200,000 of them from the trunks of their cars.

Working with inexpensive materials, the Highwaymen produced an astonishing number of landscapes that depict a romanticized Florida--a faraway place of wind-swept palm trees, billowing cumulus clouds, wetlands, lakes, rivers, ocean, and setting sun. With paintings still wet, they loaded their cars and traveled the state's east coast, selling the images door-to-door and store-to-store, in restaurants, offices, courthouses, and bank lobbies.

Sometimes characterized as motel art, the work is a hybrid form of landscape painting, corrupting the classically influenced ideals of the Highwaymen's white mentor, A. E. Bean Backus. At first, the paintings sold like boom-time real estate. In succeeding decades, however, they were consigned to attics and garage sales. Rediscovered in the mid-1990s, today they are recognized as the work of American folk artists.

Gary Monroe tells the story behind the Highwaymen, a loose association of 25 men and 1 woman from the Ft. Pierce area--a fascinating mixture of individual talent, collective enterprise, and cultural heritage. He also offers a critical look at the paintings and the movement's development. Added to this are personal reminiscences by some of the artists, along with a gallery of 63 full-color reproductions of their paintings.

How early Black prison writing shaped Black intellectual movements



In
this book, Andrea Stone recovers critical, understudied writings from
early archives to call into question the idea that the Black prison
intellectual movement began in the twentieth century. In fact, nearly
two centuries before Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver, Black prisoners
were serving as thought leaders and contributing to political movements.
By illuminating their pathbreaking voices, Stone shows that prison
writing from this era was a foundational part of Black American
intellectualism.

Grounding her work in a history of
the disproportionately high incarceration of Black Americans, Stone
traces the arc of Black prison writing from 1795 to 1901. She analyzes
gallows literature, court records, newspaper coverage, and parole
request letters, arguing that parole requests represent an undervalued,
vital literary genre. Most of the writers featured in this book were
effectively treated as enemies of the state, leading Stone to a question
that continues to resonate in America today: what is the distinction
between criminal and enemy, and how are those categories intertwined
with Blackness in the United States?



Black Prison Intellectuals
sheds light on the roots of issues like structural racism and mass
incarceration. Looking at an important literary tradition that
contributed to the Black American intellectual movement, this book helps
readers better understand the present as a moment in the long journey
toward a racially just society.



Publication
of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the
American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the
Humanities.

Discover Florida in a new light through little-known moments from its fascinating history

If when you think Florida you don't think spectacular, Cathy Salustri is determined to change your mind. Explaining why the state is more than the Florida Man stories and the politics that so often make national news, and looking beyond the crowded beaches and theme parks, Salustri celebrates what makes the state worth a deeper understanding in this lively trip through its natural beauty and fascinating history.

Journey with Salustri through centuries of forgotten Florida lore, into the Everglades and through the springs and over ranchlands and scrub habitats to discover a state rich in environmental wonders and unique human stories. Florida Spectacular lifts the curtain on multiple facets including the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston and the Black community at Eatonville; the bravery of Emateloye Estenletkvte, a Seminole woman who escaped from captivity back to her homeland; the two frenemy Henrys, Flagler and Plant, and their projects in transportation and tourism; the three Marjories, the influential environmentalists and writers; and people working to solve issues facing the state today, such as those who have used Florida's hurricanes to make storm forecasting better for the whole world and those who have helped show the critically ndangered Florida panther a path back from extinction.

Along the way, Salustri brings to light lesser-known moments from Florida's history that help illuminate the state's significance in American and world history. Salustri tours readers through the hidden-in-plain-sight Florida, the overlooked treasures, the cultural complexities, the environmental challenges and successes. Her stories show that with curiosity and an eagerness to learn, it doesn't take much to discover the spectacular in Florida's past and present.

Exploring the important themes of guilt and morality in James Joyce's final work



James Joyce's last novel, Finnegans Wake,
is notorious for its complex structure and is considered by many to be
unreadable. Approaching this complicated book with attention to the
theme of guilt, an important concept that has been underexplored in
studies of the Wake, Talia Abu presents a clear and thorough
interpretation that helps illuminate the book for even the most novice
Joyce readers.

In Guilt and Finnegans Wake,
Talia Abu examines how Joyce portrays the evolution of cultural beliefs
about morality, from the concept of a moral code set in place by a
transcendental authority to an embodied morality that originates in
material existence. Through close readings of the novel, Abu
demonstrates that Joyce engages with guilt as it relates to the Catholic
doctrine of original sin, the institution of the marriage contract, the
theories of Nietzsche, and the views of Freud--including Freud's
emphasis on physical experience as the primary aspect of being.
Ultimately, Abu argues that Joyce sees guilt as a personal and unique
experience and that emotions such as guilt can be reclaimed from the
influence of religious and social institutions.



Delving
into Joyce's representation of historical events while also analyzing
Joyce's wordplay and linguistic techniques and drawing from multiple
disciplines to understand different conceptions of guilt, this book
shows the importance of the theme to the form of Finnegans Wake and
Joyce's craft more broadly. Pursuing the questions and ideas that Joyce
raises about guilt and morality, Talia Abu makes a case for the enduring
relevance of Joyce's work today.



A volume in the Florida James Joyce Series, edited by Sam Slote

Winner of the Florida Book Award, Gold Medal for Nonfiction A tall but telescopic-sight-true tale of Hunter Thompson, Jimmy Buffett, Tom McGuane, and a large cavorting cast running around with sand in their shoes at 'ground zero for lust and greed and most of the other deadly sins': Key West.--Tom Wolfe An engrossing tell-all in which Key West's most notable residents struggle to find sanity, sobriety and a place to call home.--Kirkus Reviews A necessary read for fans of Florida fiction or any of the figures included here, as well as for those traveling to Key West.--Library Journal McKeen's portrait of Key West as a onetime bohemian utopia and hotspot is atmospheric, and . . . his anecdotes are absorbing.--Publishers Weekly A romp . . . a rollicking chronicle of the musicians, artists, writers and filmmakers who created a vibrant if nihilistic scene in the 1970s. Deft storytelling . . . a good story about good times (and bad).--Wall Street Journal Only enhances the appeal of the Conch Republic . . . a tale of the island's famous personalities that flows as easily as an ocean breeze. --Orlando Sentinel Make McKeen's tale your next trip to the island.--South Florida Sun-Sentinel A wonderful zinger of a book. Never before have the literary traditions of the Conch Republic been mined for such gold nugget anecdotes.--Douglas Brinkley Mile Marker Zero tells the story of how a league of great American writers and artists found their identities in Key West and maintained their friendships over the decades, despite oceans of booze and boatloads of pot, through serial marriages and sexual escapades, in that dangerous paradise. Here are true tales of a generation that invented, reinvented, and found itself at the unending cocktail party at the end--and the beginning--of America's highway.

Discover Florida's unique places across
time through writings from history

How has
Florida's land changed across five centuries? What has stayed the same, and
what remains only in memory? In Tracing
Florida Journeys, Leslie Poole
delves into the stories of well-known explorers and travelers who came to the
peninsula and wrote about their experiences, looking at their words and the
paths they took from the perspective of today.

In
these pages, John Muir and Harriet Beecher Stowe write about their visits to Florida,
reflecting their expectations of a place that was touted to be paradise. John
James Audubon finds riches of bird life in the Keys. Zora Neale Hurston travels
to turpentine camps and sawmills documenting the stories and music of workers
and residents. Jonathan Dickinson and Stephen Crane recount shipwrecks along a sparsely
populated coastline. Members of Hernando de Soto's violent
1539 expedition of conquest describe their struggles with dense swamps,
forests, and rivers, and resistance from the Native people they exploited.

Using
journals and articles by these and other authors that date back to the early European
exploration of the region, Poole retraces their steps. The land they write
about is often hard to imagine in today's Florida, a top destination for
tourists filled with almost 22 million residents. These stories show the
evolving history of the state and the richness of its natural resources.
Poole's comparisons also point to the people who have been displaced and the
ecosystems that have been dramatically altered by exploration and development.

Highlighting
the Florida that was and the Florida that exists now, Poole brings together historical
research, interviews with experts, and her personal experiences to tell a
revealing story of the state's natural history.

Funding for this publication was provided through a grant from Florida
Humanities with funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any
views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication
do not necessarily represent those of Florida Humanities or the National
Endowment for the Humanities.

Rare photographs
that capture the beauty of a unique ecological treasure

An
immersive journey into the stunning beauty, rich biodiversity, and fragile
ecosystems of Dry Tortugas National Park, this book combines captivating photographs
with insightful narratives to highlight a remote archipelago that has profound
ecological significance.

Accessible only by seaplane or boat, located
70 miles west of Key West and part of UNESCO's World Network
of Biosphere Reserves, the park includes seven enchanting islands and--with 99
percent of the park being underwater--a treasure trove of marine life. Through
the lens of conservation photographer Ian Wilson-Navarro, readers will discover
lush seagrass beds, vibrant coral reefs, and mesmerizing turquoise waters that
are difficult for the public to visit.

The book's nearly 200 color images are
accompanied by essays by Sarah Fangman, Cori Convertito, Curtis Hall, and Nancy
Klingener, individuals with intimate knowledge of the park who explore its history,
culture, and environment. They elucidate the complex relationships between
nature and humanity that have long existed in the Dry Tortugas and emphasize
the importance of preserving both historic structures such as Fort Jefferson on
Garden Key and the undisturbed habitats that allow countless wildlife species
to flourish.

From
graceful green sea turtles and magnificent frigatebirds to intricate coral
formations and spectacular starry skies, the photographs in Dry Tortugas
inspire awe and appreciation for an environmental sanctuary that serves as a
baseline for Florida Keys ecology during a time of accelerating climate change for
the planet. Educational and emotionally resonant, this book is a powerful
testament to the park's allure and its incredibly special natural wonders.

Funding for this publication was
provided through a grant from Florida Humanities with funds from the National
Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or
recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily represent
those of Florida Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Wall Street Journal's Five Best Books About Cults

The true story of
cult leader Cyrus Teed and his hollow earth theory

For five days in December 1908 the body of Cyrus Teed lay in a bathtub at a beach house just south of Fort Myers, Florida. His followers, the Koreshans, waited for signs that he was coming back to life. They watched hieroglyphics emerge on his skin and observed what looked like the formation of a third arm. They saw his belly fall and rise with breath, even though his swollen tongue sealed his mouth. As his corpse turned black, they declared that their leader was transforming into the Egyptian god Horus.

Teed was a charismatic and controversial guru who at the age of 30 had been illuminated by an angel in his electro-alchemical laboratory. At the turn of the twentieth century, surrounded by the marvels of the Second Industrial Revolution, he proclaimed himself a prophet and led 200 people out of Chicago and into a new age. Or so he promised.

The Koreshans settled in a mosquito-infested scrubland and set to building a communal utopia inside what they believed was a hollow earth--with humans living on the inside crust and the entire universe contained within. According to Teed's socialist and millennialist teachings, if his people practiced celibacy and focused their love on him, he would return after death and they would all become immortal.

Was Teed a visionary or villain, savior or two-bit charlatan? Why did his promises and his theory of cellular cosmogony persuade so many? In The Allure of Immortality, Lyn Millner weaves the many bizarre strands of Teed's life and those of his followers into a riveting story of angels, conmen, angry husbands, yellow journalism, and ultimately, hope.