Panic in Paradise

Panic in Paradise
Author: Raymond B. Vickers
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780817307233

Even when lawsuits disclosed the chicanery, state and federal regulators misled the public. Despite the official denials, the public panicked. The ensuing runs caused the banking crash.

Mizner's Florida

Mizner's Florida
Author: Donald Walter Curl
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1987
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

This is the first complete biography of the inimitable society architect Addison Mizner, whose Spanish Revival buildings created a new style of resort architecture for Palm Beach and south Florida during the boom years of the 1920s. By 1925, Mizner ranked as one of the country's most prominent architects, as important in his own time as Richard Morris Hunt and Stanford White had been in theirs. The book's 150 illustrations include plans and historical photographs - many published for the first time - showing Mizner's handling of space, the relation of his houses to the landscape, and the many picturesque buildings that combined the comfort and convenience expected by his clients. Donald W. Curl is Professor of History at Florida Atlantic University. The Architectural History Foundation American Monograph Series.

Dreamers, Schemers and Scalawags

Dreamers, Schemers and Scalawags
Author: Stuart B. McIver
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1998-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781561641550

Florida has been the home of many unusual characters throughout the years. Meet Ned Buntline, Laura Riding, Wilson Mizner, Sam Jones, and many others. Storytellers, lawbreakers, movers and shakers, sportsmen, moviemakers, visionaries, and mobsters all left their mark on Florida. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

The Fabulous Wilson Mizner

The Fabulous Wilson Mizner
Author: Edward Dean Sullivan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1935
Genre: Klondike River Valley (Yukon)
ISBN:

Mizner was a playwright, raconteur, entrepreneur, and swindler. He frequented New York, Hollywood, and Florida. He was known for his witticisms.

How to Dress for Success

How to Dress for Success
Author: Edith Head
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780810921337

"First published by Random House, Inc., New York, 1967"--T.p. verso.

Southern Ladies & Gentlemen

Southern Ladies & Gentlemen
Author: Florence King
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1993-07-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1466816252

Looking for guidance in understanding the ways and means of Southern culture? Look no further. Florence King's celebrated field guide to the land below the Mason-Dixon Line is now blissfully back in print, just in time for the Clinton era. The Failed Souther Lady's classic primer on Dixie manners captures such storied types as the Southern Woman (frigid, passionate, sweet, bitchy, and scatterbrained--all at the same time), the Self-Rejuvenating Virgin, and the Good Ole Boy in all his coats and stripes. (The Clinton questions--is he a G.O.B. or isn't he?--Miss king covers in her hilarious new Afterword.) No one has ever made more sharp, scathing, affectionate, real sense out of the land of the endless Civil War than Florence King in these razor-edged pages.

We Got Fired!

We Got Fired!
Author: Harvey Mackay
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2004-09-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0345480546

No fight left? No future? Does the handwriting on the wall say utter failure? Harvey Mackay, one of the world’s best-selling motivational and business authors tells you why it isn’t so. He reveals anecdotes and secrets from some of the best and brightest headliners in our world today. Their gripping accounts show that no one is immune to bad judgment or backstabbing. In colorful detail, these remarkable success stories reveal what the best of the best did to get back on top. Each story tells a unique tale and contains valuable lessons that are applicable to any reader who wants his or her career to flourish; indeed, this is the book that will inspire, instill hope . . . and give more than a glimpse into what makes these stalwarts strong. When Fortune magazine called Mackay “Mister Make-Things-Happen,” it was right on the money—getting this amazing group of people from various walks of life to talk openly about their abilities to bounce back shows him to be a master at getting people to divulge some of their defeats and their dreams. Hopeful, tough-minded, and filled with indispensable advice, We Got Fired! . . . And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us will show anyone how to turn a modern bummer into a major blessing. It’s a rarity: a sure thing in our shaky times.