Florida: 73 books
The Shark Attack Files
Investigating the World's Most Feared Predator
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world.
In 1958, a panel funded by the Office of Naval...
When the Seas Rise
Global Changes and Local Impacts
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society's most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world.
Sea levels are rising around the globe, and in Florida--with...
Plugged In
Cybersecurity in the Modern Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2016
The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. Cybersecurity is the most pressing issue of our increasingly...
Born to Learn
Innovations in Early Childhood Studies
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. The human brain’s largest and most important developmental...
Microbes to Ecosystems
Charting Biodiversity through Informatics
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world. In Microbes to Ecosystems, follow the scientists, researchers,...
Tapping the Source
Inside UF's Water Institute
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world.
Florida has 51,858 miles of rivers and streams,...
The Flight of the Creative Class
The New Global Competition for Talent
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2010
Research–driven and clearly written, bestselling economist Richard Florida addresses the growing alarm about the exodus of high–value jobs from the USA.
Today's most valued workers are what economist Richard Florida calls the Creative Class. In his bestselling The Rise of the Creative Class,...
by Richard Florida
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
World-renowned urbanist Richard Florida's bestselling classic on the transformation of our cities in the twenty-first century -- now updated with a new preface
In his modern classic The Rise of the Creative Class, urbanist Richard Florida identifies the emergence of a new social class reshaping...
The Wind Engineers
Building a Hurricane-Safe House
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society's most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world.
Hurricanes and tornadoes--and the devastation they...
From Florida With Love
Sunsets & Happy Endings
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2014
Southwest Florida Romance Writers (SWFRW) offers a unique anthology with eleven original stories. They each feature a gorgeous Southwest Florida sunset, pink flamingos in all forms, and romance. Enjoy enchanting tales about love, including old and new love, lost love, second chances, and even puppy love.The...
No Student Left Behind
Transforming Education in the Online Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society's most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world.
For many years, higher education was mostly limited...
The Diabetes Epidemic
Controlling, Curing, and Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
The University of Florida has an ambitious goal: to harness the power of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni to solve some of society’s most pressing problems and to become a resource for the state of Florida, the nation, and the world.
The Diabetes Epidemic explores the complicated...
The Disease Detectives
Unraveling How Viruses Go Viral
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
The experts at UF’s Emerging Pathogens Institute make it their mission answering baffling questions such as how is a pig-borne disease transmitted in a Muslim country, what kinds of parasites do Florida ticks carry and how has a cholera strain from Nepal evolved in Haiti? Gatorbytes highlight for...
The Rise of the Creative Class--Revisited
Revised and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
A provocative new way to think about why we live as we do today-and where we might be headed.
Initially published in 2002, The Rise of the Creative Class quickly achieved classic status for its identification of forces then only beginning to reshape our economy, geography, and workplace. Weaving...