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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Lonely Planet Miami & the Keys
• Nick Selby
• Corinna Arnold
GUIDEBOOK •
2008 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
This practical guide to Miami features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and plenty of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With color photographs and excellent travel information.
(FLA21, $18.99) |
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Miami
• Joan Didion
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1998 •
PAPER
• 240 PAGES
Acclaimed essayist Jon Didion looks to Miami in this book of astute commentary. The drug war, Cuba, political scandals and race relations all find their way into this trenchant examination of a completely unique American city.
(FLA22, $14.00) |
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The Exile, Cuba in the Heart of Miami
• David Rieff
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1994 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
A portrait of modern Cuban Miami and the challenges it embodies. Rieff traces the history of Cuban immigration to Miami and how these exiles' dreams of returning home are becoming increasingly distant.
(FLA46, $16.95) |
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Miami Map
• Borch Maps
2006 •
MAP
A laminated, folding map of the center of Miami, at a great scale of 1:15,000. Two Sides. 20 X 28 inches.
(FLA25, $7.95) |
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Also Recommended
National Geographic Miami & the Keys
• Mark Miller
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A compact guidebook published by National Geographic in its attractive, visual style. It features many color photographs, maps and good information on history, nature, culture and travel.
(FLA91, $22.95)
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City on the Edge, The Transformation of Miami
• Alejandro Portes
• Alex Stepick
• HISTORY
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A look at how immigrant communities shaped the urban landscape of Miami.
(FLA38, $26.95)
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Cuba Confidential, Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana
• Ann Louise Bardach
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Investigative reporter Bardach uses the media circus and shenanigans surrounding Elian Gonzalez as a lens to examine heated relations between Cuban exiles in Miami, Castro's government and the United States.
(CBA71, $16.95)
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Fool's Paradise, Players, Poseurs, and the Culture of Excess in South Beach
• Steven Gaines
• HISTORY
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From its origins as dredged up sand and swamp to its current notoriety, Gaines covers the checkered history of this famous strip of stand with panache.
(FLA99, $15.00)
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Miami Then and Now
• Avra Moore Parks
• Carolyn Klepser
• HISTORY
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This visual record comparing Miami's past and present features captioned archival and contemporary photos. An entry in the "Then and Now" series.
(FLA40, $19.95)
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The New History of Florida
• Michael Gannon
• HISTORY
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A history of Florida, covering the last 10,000 years.
(FLA26, $34.95)
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Dreaming in Cuban
• Cristina Garcia
• LITERATURE
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A short, poetic novel of three generations of Cuban women, their reaction to the revolution and the complex relation between those who remained in Cuba and those who settled in the United States. Excellent reading.
(CBA18, $13.95)
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Stormy Weather
• Carl Hiassen
• LITERATURE
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The bestseller set in Florida incorporating natural and cultural history.
(FLA06, $7.99)
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Oranges
• John McPhee
• NATURAL HISTORY
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McPhee has managed to write a short but fascinating book on (of all things) oranges.
(FLA20, $14.00)
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The Orchid Thief
• Susan Orlean
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A fast-paced history of orchid-mania, and the arrest and conviction of a South Florida hobbyist for making off with a protected species.
(FLA33, $15.00)
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Florida's Birds, A Handbook and Reference
• Herbert Kale
• David Maehr
• FIELD GUIDE
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The definitive guide to Florida's many birds.
(FLA13, $21.95)
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