Florida: 73 books

This book includes the relatively unknown stories of six important women who laid the foundation for improving women’s equality in the U.S. While they largely worked behind the scenes, they made a significant impact. In the group are two female political operatives who worked behind the scenes along...

This book explains how or government has or hasn't helped it's citizens and what we can do about it.Do they help us or as many claim, do they stand in the way of economic ,social, and personal development and growth?

America has been on a long spiral of decline for many years,not only financially, but morally, militarily and spiritual as well there are many reason for this, all of which can be traced back to one group of people, who are they?

From Richard Florida, author of the bestselling books The Rise of the Creative Class and Who’s Your City?, comes a book that frames the economic meltdown of 2008–09 not as a crisis but as an opportunity to “reset.” In doing so, he paints a fascinating picture of what our economy, society, and geography will look like—of how we will work and live—in the future.

In his compelling follow-up to The Rise of the Creative Class, Richard Florida outlines how certain cities succeed in attracting members of the 'creative class' - the millions of people who work in information-age economic sectors and in industries driven by innovation and talent.

Traveling in the outback of Australia, one encounters adventures not experienced any where else on the planet.

Merribeth is getting ready for the regional swim meet finals - when her parents tell her she has to go to Arizona with her grandmother instead. It sounds like a trip to purgatory but it doesn't turn out that way. When her best friend, stage-struck Jennifer, is included in the trip, interesting things begin to happen.

Sixty years ago, Britannia was the home of the largest copper mine in the British Empire. Several thousand people lived in its two main communities: the Townsite and the Beach. Although it was a scant 50 miles from Vancouver, it was accessible only by boat, as were its neighboring communities of Squamish...

I grew up in the 50's on a small dairy farm in southeastern Indiana. Financially, times were hard , my dad and mom had purchased an extremely impoverished farm when I was three years old. We ,along with my brother , who came along later, spent the next several years restoring it to a more productive...

With the onset of winter, we all need a reminder to follow safe driving habits and rules so we may safely reach our destination in all types of driving conditions.

A short but informative story about the upcoming presidential election.

Have we lost our way? Freedom of speech is very important in our culture. Even though we are guaranteed freedom of speech by our Bill of Rights, that doesn't mean we should vilify others, even though we have the right to do it.

Since time immemorial , humankind has embarked on a spiritual journey to seek enlightenment. All travel this path, although not at the same time and more especially not at the same pace. Each must seek his own path and destination.

Global warming is always a hot topic of discussion. Is it real, or just another fear tactic to increase the sales of newspapers and television ads.