Browse by Subject: Culture

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Miami's Art Boom: From Local Vision to International Presence

In Miami’s Art Boom, art critic Elisa Turner captures the evolution of Miami’s visual arts community before and after the inaugural Art Basel Miami Beach, revealing how local artists, galleries, and museums transformed the city into a hub of global artistic exchange.

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Cultural Sites of North Florida: A Backroads Guide to Small Museums and Other Local Treasures

This guidebook highlights 43 intriguing, little-known destinations in the northern part of the Florida panhandle that reflect the stories and communities of the region and show what makes this area of the state unique.

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Cow Creek Chronicles: The Rise and Fall of an Early Florida Cattle Ranch

Cow Creek Chronicles explores the history of cattle ranching in Florida through the century-long saga of the Raulerson family, pioneers who moved south to Florida during the 1800s and built a cattle empire between Fort Pierce and Okeechobee.

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Other People's Mothers

This coming-of-age memoir explores the relationship between a daughter, her mother, and the other mothers present in their lives, revealing a young woman grappling with complex messages about who she is permitted—or destined—to become.

 

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Al Burt's Florida: Snowbirds, Sand Castles, and Self-Rising Crackers

This book takes readers on a tour of Florida through the writing of Al Burt, longtime reporter for the Miami Herald, exploring the charm, substance, and fantasy of a complex and fascinating state.

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On a Rising Swell: Surf Stories from Florida's Space Coast

In this high-speed glide through Florida surf culture, Dan Reiter chronicles stories of the sport in a region that has produced some of the world’s finest surf champions, Pipe masters, and surfboard builders.

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Welcome to Florida: True Tales from America's Most Interesting State

In these stories, Craig Pittman introduces readers to the people, creatures, places, and issues that make up the Florida of today, capturing the heart of the nation’s fastest growing state.

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Modern Cuban: A Contemporary Approach to Classic Recipes

In this cookbook, Ana Quincoces reimagines traditional Cuban recipes for today’s home chefs, helping readers make timeless dishes that showcase the distinctive flavors of classic Cuban cuisine while crafting meals that are accessible to everyone.

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Sunset Colonies: A Visual Elegy to South Florida's Mobile Home Communities

In a collection of photographs accompanied by essays, this book portrays the vulnerabilities experienced by residents of South Florida’s mobile home communities amid rapid urban transformation and the threat of economic displacement.

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Florida Spectacular: Extraordinary Places and Exceptional Lives

Explaining why the state is more than the “Florida Man” stories and other stereotypes, this book celebrates what makes Florida worth a deeper understanding in a lively trip through the state’s natural beauty and fascinating history.