Our books are blossoming with praise and positive reviews this spring! Enjoy just a few highlights from this season below. Saving Florida: Women's Fight for the Environment in the Twentieth Century By Leslie Kemp Poole “Makes significant contributions to the broader fields of American history and environmental history by continually placing the actions of … Continue reading Spring Review Roundup
Winter Review Roundup
This winter brought with it much praise for UPF books and authors! Here are some highlights from reviews our books recently received. Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League By César Brioso “Conjures a colorful era of baseball that predated big-money sports.”—Foreign Affairs Embracing Cuba By Byron Motley … Continue reading Winter Review Roundup
2015 Review Recap: Celebrating the Year’s Outstanding Books
This past year, we were proud to see our books and authors recognized again and again in media outlets across the country. We're celebrating a year of excellent reviews! Here are some of the top reviews UPF books received in 2015. Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League by César Brioso … Continue reading 2015 Review Recap: Celebrating the Year’s Outstanding Books
October Review Roundup
Read highlights from some of the best reviews we received in October! Our newly published book George Merrick, Son of the South Wind: Visionary Creator of Coral Gables by Arva Moore Parks received a delightful review from the Miami Herald this month. The reviewer called the book "a sweeping account of how one man came to symbolize the optimism of his time … Continue reading October Review Roundup
September Review Roundup
Read highlights from some of the best reviews we received in August! Our new photography book, Embracing Cuba by Byron Motley, received plenty of praise this month. Booklist not only gave the book a star rating, but also gave the review "Review of the Day" on September 21 and awarded it "Best Travel Book of the Year." Booklist said that "anyone who … Continue reading September Review Roundup
August Review Roundup
Read highlights from some of the best reviews we received in August! . Seth C. McKee's book Jigsaw Puzzle Politics in the Sunshine State received a welcome shout-out from the Tallahassee Democrat, who stated that "if timing is everything in politics, the University Press of Florida just hit a publishing jackpot." . . . . . . The Florida Times-Union published … Continue reading August Review Roundup
July Review Roundup
Read highlights from some of the best reviews we received in July! . Jon L. Mills's recent book, Privacy in the New Media Age, was reviewed in the Florida Bar Journal. They praised the book as "a thought provoking exposition of the common law’s struggle to adapt in an environment of rapid technological change." CHOICE said the book "weaves stories of … Continue reading July Review Roundup
June Review Roundup
The highlights below are from just some of the nearly 100 reviews and news mentions our authors received throughout June. . . Walking St. Augustine Elsbeth "Buff" Gordon "Through descriptive prose, pictures, photos and maps, [Walking St. Augustine] brings to life five centuries of the city’s past. . . .A welcome addition to the lexicon of … Continue reading June Review Roundup
May Review Roundup
Below are highlights from just some of the many reviews our books received throughout May! . Deemed "the book any self-respecting mini-golf fan has to read next" by Golf Digest, Tim Hollis's The Minibook of Minigolf is "a delightful and nostalgic journey through the often wacky world of miniature golf." . . . . Saving Florida by Leslie Kemp … Continue reading May Review Roundup
April Review Roundup
Enjoy the highlights below from some of the reviews we received in April! . "It isn't honey, it isn't molasses, and it sure isn't sugar. Sorghum syrup is a homegrown Southern sweetener in a class of its own," says Garden & Gun, praising Ronni Lundy's Sorghum's Savor as "an equally deep look at the lengthy history of this versatile … Continue reading April Review Roundup
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