Florida Reads

Florida Bucket List Adventure Guide & Journal: Explore 50 Natural Wonders You Must See!

by Bridge Press With Florida Bucket List Adventure Guide & Journal, you will be able to enjoy and discover every landscape and magical place in the different regions in Florida without getting lost! Featuring more than 50 must-see destinations in the state alongside the Atlantic border, you will be well-equipped to start your adventure! As you travel the distance through the wetlands and beaches of Florida, and then all the way through its pristine waterfalls and various springs, you’ll have the time of your life getting lost in the Sunshine State’s immersive beauty. From nature’s wonders like the Dry Tortugas, to the Florida Keys, and the Everglades, Florida just begs to be explored!

The Swamp Peddlers: How Lot Sellers, Land Scammers, and Retirees Built Modern Florida and Transformed the American Dream

by Jason Vuic In The Swamp Peddlers, Jason Vuic tells the raucous tale of the sale of residential lots in postwar Florida. Initially selling cheap homes to retirees with disposable income, by the mid-1950s developers realized that they could make more money selling parcels of land on installment to their customers. These swamp peddlers completely transformed the landscape and demographics of Florida, devastating the state environmentally by felling forests, draining wetlands, digging canals, and chopping up at least one million acres into grid-like subdivisions crisscrossed by thousands of miles of roads. Generations of northerners moved to Florida cheaply, but at a huge price: high-pressure sales tactics begat fraud; poor urban planning begat sprawl; poorlyregulated development begat environmental destruction, culminating in the perfect storm of the 21st-century subprime mortgage crisis.

Florida Day Trips by Theme (Day Trip Series)

by Mike Miller Discover hundreds of unique attractions around the Sunshine State. This comprehensive guide is jam-packed with Florida’s top spots for fun and entertainment. Take a simple day trip, or string together a longer vacation of activities that appeal to you. Useful for singles, couples, and families visitors and residents alike this guide encompasses a wide range of interests.

Florida’s Seashells: A Beachcomber’s Guide

by Blair and Dawn Witherington Florida’s Seashells, the bestselling guide for beachcombers, is now updated and expanded in a new edition. This new volume has more shells identified and explained, with 287 species represented by over 400 full-color images and 175 range maps. This book showcases the diversity of Florida’s seashells and presents them in the way they come to us on beaches. Knowing the names, stories, and varied appearances of seashells can sharpen a beachcomber’s eyes to their beauty and rarity, and offer collectors an outlet for the appreciation of nature’s splendor. The book’s elegant organization allows easy identification of seashells common to the southeastern United States and the Caribbean.

A History Lover’s Guide to Florida (History & Guide)

by James C. Clark Florida is a state of transplants. Even people who relocated here decades ago still claim their birthplace as their home. They might change their mind if they knew that the Sunshine State owns one of the richest histories in the nation. Decades before the Pilgrims, the Spanish celebrated Thanksgiving in Florida. Centuries before the first St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York, the holiday was celebrated in St. Augustine, where urban renewal was underway when Jamestown settlers arrived. Author James Clark offers a lifetime of places to explore and thousands of facts to fascinate, tracing the state’s long history from Pensacola to the Florida Keys.

Florida’s Living Beaches: A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber

by Blair and Dawn Witherington The first edition of Florida’s Living Beaches (2007) was widely praised. Now, the second edition of this supremely comprehensive guide has even more to satisfy the curious beachcomber, including expanded content and additional accounts with more than 1800 full-color photographs, maps, and illustrations. It heralds the living things and metaphorical life along the state’s 700 miles of sandy beaches. The expanded second edition now identifies and explains over 1400 curiosities, with lavishly illustrated accounts organized into Beach Features, Beach Animals, Beach Plants, Beach Minerals, and Hand of Man.

20 Best Florida Beaches and Coastal Cities: A look at the history, highlights and things to do in some of Florida’s best beaches and coastal cities

by Gillian Birch For those living in the area, or proposing to do so, this book offers a host of local information and photographs so that you can clearly picture each place in your mind before you visit. The book is written by a freelance travel writer who has lived and worked in Florida, and has authored several other popular travel books about Florida. Reading this book is like visiting the state with a local. It gives clear descriptions of each Florida beach and coastal city running around Florida’s coastline from Amelia Island in the northeast to Pensacola in the far northwest, picking out some of the main highlights along the way.

The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera: An Insider’s History of the Florida-Alabama Coast

by Harvey H. Jackson III The Rise and Decline of the Redneck Riviera is the culmination of sixteen years of research drawn from local newspapers, interviews, documentaries, community histories, and several scholarly studies that have addressed parts of this region’s history. From his 1950s-built family vacation cottage in Seagrove Beach, Florida, and on frequent trips to the Alabama coast, Jackson witnessed the changes that have come to the area and has recorded them in a personal, in-depth look at the history and culture of the coast.

Introducing Our Newest Family Member

Tracy Shibla, Nurse Practitioner, (APRN)

General Dermatology, Cosmetic Dermatology

Tracy Shibla is a Family Nurse Practitioner. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with both her Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in Nursing. Tracy has over 12 years of diverse, comprehensive medical experience, but her passion is dermatology. Her experience has ranged from working in the hospital, primary care, long-term care, pain management, urgent care, and dermatology settings. Tracy specializes in treating patients of all ages in general dermatology, but has an interest in hair loss and cosmetic procedures.