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Printed on heavy stock, water-resistant paper and featuring stunning full color photography throughout, East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers is a field guide wildflowers found in a region of the United States including Southwest Georgia, Northwest Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, and parts of Southeastern Louisiana. An introduction and overview offers maps, information about floral diversity, and tips for using the guide, yet the bulk of East Gulf Coastal Plain Wildflowers is devoted to single-column entries of individual blossoms. Each flower's entry includes a color photograph, extensive text description, information on its bloom season and habitat range, and more. A glossary and index round out this superb quick-reference field guide.

Compiled by Corey Sandler, Walt Disney World Universal Orlando 2003 is a fact-filled, guide for vacationers determined to enjoy the best of what the Magic Kingdom, MGM Studios, Epcot and more have to offer. Pricing comparisons for tourists on a budget, day-trip itineraries, hints on the least busy days and weeks in the year to go, and much more round out this recommended resource. Also including SeaWorld and Central Florida attractions, as well as several pages of money saving coupons, the Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando 2003 travel guide is a welcome and very highly recommended resource for planning a truly memorable holiday or summer vacation experience.

I recently took my kids to Disney World and Universal Studios in Florida. It was a first trip for all of us so I had no idea what to expect. This book proved to be crucial in planning every aspect of our vacation. It shows you how to get the best deals on everything from hotels and plane tickets as well as the best times of the year, the best days and even the best time of day to visit every attraction. I must have refered to the book at least 20 times a day for the best places to eat, overviews of each ride and the maps.
Overall, we saved a lot of money, but the most important thing is that we saved so much time. In knowing where to go, what to do first and which rides were best for my children, we spent very little time waiting in lines or for a table at a restaurant. In fact, during most of our time at the theme parks, we found ourselves going in the opposite direction as everyone else.
I am so grateful to Corey and Janice for all their hard work and thorough research. It was like having my own private tour guide for my vacation!

I have borrowed about 8 books from the library on DisneyWorld and found this one to be the best combined with The Complete Walt Disney World.

This book has information that you want, like what days to go to every park, how to buy a plain ticket and how to get around efficiently.

outstanding quality and comprehensive, still a starting point for enhancing small city downtowns. Applies in Florida and elsewhere. Well done

For more than a decade, 'Ecosystems of Florida' has become the standard by which all other books on Florida's unique ecology are judged. The flora, fauna, soil, climate, and hydrological characteristics of all of Floridas ecosystems are explained in exhaustive yet accessible detail. The book also has general information about the soil, climate, and geological history of Florida that helps the reader explore the ecosytem chapters with a broader understanding of the ecology of the state as a whole. Concluding chapters tie in the influence of people to the history of Florida's ecology and explain the role people will take in shaping or breaking Florida's natural areas in the future. This book has become more than a reference to me. It presents a very complex set of information in a clear, easily-read, and entertaining format that makes it hard to put down.

Panache, verve, whimsical humor, Professor Ingber has it all. A treat to read - intellelectually stimulating, comestible, sultry. What more can be said?

In the course of drafting complaints, Florida attorney Arthur L. Berger found himself researching the elements of various causes of action and saving the results in a file marked "Elements." He noticed that he kept referring to the file over and over, making him wonder if the material ought to be compiled into a book and made available to other Florida litigators. The result of that compilation is "Elements of Florida Civil Causes of Action and Defenses," now in its second edition.
The book lists, in alphabetical order, well over 100 causes of action recognized in Florida. Under each cause of action, the elements are enumerated for each DCA [District Court of Appeal] with citations to case law from that DCA. Also listed are defenses to the cause of action, related issues, and references. The book is the result of over 3,000 hours of research and the pay-off is enormous.
The author claims that he uses the book himself in preparing complaints and in considering what alternative causes of action can be asserted in a complaint. "The various causes of action are the arsenal of the litigator," Berger claims. "With a list of the elements of the cause of action, a skilled attorney can efficiently prepare a complaint that will withstand a motion to dismiss." From a librarian's perspective, the book provides the perfect answer to so many types of reference questions we hear from litigators: "What are the elements of fraudulent misrepresentation?" "What are the defenses to an action for tortious interference with a contractual relationship?" "Are the elements for negligent hiring the same in all DCA's?" The answers are all here, in a format so convient and so organized that it warms a librarian's heart.
The book is published by the author and is an excellent investment. If your library does not have a copy, run don't walk and buy one. If you already have it, by another--one to circulate and one to keep in your office under lock and key.
[Reprinted from the SFALL Newsletter, Winter 2002, a quarterly publication of the South Florida Association of Law Libraries; NOTE: The SFALL Newsletter did not rate the book 1 to 5 stars. The "5 star rating" was added, and was necessary to post this review since all blanks in the book review form must be filled in to post a review.]

This book has given me an overall understanding of the historic economics of Cuba and how their present economic situation has evolved. It also helped me form an understanding of the economic dynamics of the U.S. and Cuba. Dr. Fernandez has researched and written an important historical book which is interesting to read and easy to understand. I highly recommend this book for any student of Carribbean history and/or economics.

Excellant resource for practicing clinicans in Florida that need a quick guide to challenging questions affecting mental health concerns. Wish they had a New Edition as it frequently saves time for me in looking up the exact statutues. "491" Board Member Sue White