Best. State. Ever.

Best. State. Ever.
Author: Dave Barry
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2017-09-05
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1101982616

A New York Times bestseller—a brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry gets a call from some media person wanting to know, “What the hell is wrong with Florida?” Somehow, the state's acquired an image as a subtropical festival of stupid, and as a loyal Floridian, Dave begs to differ. Join him as he goes in hunt of the legendary Skunk Ape; hobnobs with the mermaids of Weeki Wachee Springs; and visits Cassadaga, the psychic capital of the world, to have his dog's aura read (apparently, she's "very spiritual"). Hitch a ride for the non-stop thrills of alligator-wrestling ("the gators display the same fighting spirit as a Barcalounger"), the hair-raising spectacle of a clothing-optional bar in Key West, and the manly manliness of the Machine Gun Experience in Miami. It's the most hilarious book yet from “the funniest damn writer in the whole country” (Carl Hiaasen, and he should know). By the end, you'll have to admit that whatever else you might think about Florida—you can never say it's boring.

Oh, Florida!

Oh, Florida!
Author: Craig Pittman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2016-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1250071208

A fun- and fact-filled investigation into why the Sunshine State is the weirdest but also the most influential state in the Union.

The Florida Experience

The Florida Experience
Author: Luther J. Carter
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 415
Release: 2013-11-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134000375

First Published in 2011. The early 1970s will be recorded as the years when Florida's environmental crisis, or, more specifically, its land crisis, was proclaimed. Ever since intensive settlement of Florida began a century ago, people have been trying to remake, with increasingly troubling results, a delicate, low-lying peninsula wrought by natural forces over the geological ages. This study looks at the land crisis and the challenge it presents to the state and local governments.

Florida

Florida
Author: Kenneth Lewis Roberts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1926
Genre: Florida
ISBN:

The Boys from Old Florida

The Boys from Old Florida
Author: Buddy Martin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1613212968

In The Boys from Old Florida, Buddy Martin takes the reader beneath the surface of Florida football as, without bias or sugar coating, he skillfully excavates the truths behind “The Gator Nation.” In this book, Martin, a Florida native, has chronicled the real stories of Gator coaches and players through their own eyes and in their words over a 55-year period since 1950—and not all are valentines. The school asked all but one of the coaches interviewed to leave or move up. Some players became estranged or never really felt appreciated. Yet, others are forever grateful for their experience as Gator players and feel a sense of brotherhood. Liberating moments such as the arrival of Ray Graves come to life through the words of somebody who experienced it firsthand. Martin’s fresh investigations have bolstered his sharp memory of those moments as they unfolded, including Graves’s firing after a fairy tale season with his “Super Sophs.”

Recovering Correctional Costs Through Offender Fees

Recovering Correctional Costs Through Offender Fees
Author: Dale Parent
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 78
Release: 1990
Genre: Correctional institutions
ISBN: 9781568061511

Contents: overview of correctional fee policies and procedures; correctional fee program administration; effective collection methods, and recommendations. Appendices: fee collection practices in Texas, Oregon, Florida, California and Indiana. 29 tables.