Miami The Magic City
by Arva Moore Parks. The Official History of The City of Miami is a must for anyone who wants to learn Miami's history. It begins at the beginning--with Indians and explorers in a tropical wilderness--and takes the reader on a fabulous roller-coaster ride through time up to the heated fever pitch of the 90's. "Parks is a rarity," wrote Miami Today, "an historian whose works meets the highest standards of scholarship, yet whose eye for romantic detail makes history actually interesting." 255 pp. 9-1/4 x 12-1/4. Color and b/w photos, bibliography, index. Hardcover. $39.95. ISBN: 0-9629402-2-4.

Miami
The American Crossroad
by Arva Moore Parks and Gregory W. Bush with Laura Pincus.

Miami Then & Now
by Arva Moore Parks. The Official Here, in one small book, is the incredible story of the development of Miami from a scarggly Florida frontier town to a major American metropolis. When rare early photographs are paired with exciting modern ones--taken on the same site, from to same perspective--the results are remarkable. 64 pp. 9 x 5-3/4. Photos, notes. Softcover. $4.95. ISBN: 0-9629402-1-6.

Our Miami The Magic City an entertaining, informative and highly acclaimed video on the history of Miami from pre-historic times to the present. Produced by the Junior League of Miami, Inc. and authored by Arva Moore Parks, it includes rare photographs and old film footage. 60 minutes, Color and b/w. $24.95.

Miami Beach A History
by Howard Kleinberg. A lively and richly documented account of the evolution of a rabbit-infested coconut plantation into a chic, world-renowned tropical destination. Miami Beach is an absorbing, well-paced, entertaining narrative, filled with a journalist's keen eye for details, a historian's eye for perspective. - Evelyn Wilde Mayerson.

The Florida Hurricane & Disaster: 1926 & 1992
by Leo F. Reardon and Howard Kleinberg. Created in one edition, as back-to-back volumes, this book chronicles Florida's two most infamous storms--from the perspective of two reporters, separated by more than 60 years. "Both accounts," according to the Miami Herald, "are buttressed by photographs, news reports and other material, but it is the men's words that draw the starkest images. If we could only own one hurricane book, it would be this one." The only hardcover book published on Hurricane Andrew, this book is destined to become a collector's item. (Introduction by Arva Moore Parks.) 112 pp. (1926) and 89 pp. (1992). 8-3/4 x 10-3/4. Photos, illustrations. Hardcover. $29.95. ISBN: 0-9629402-4-0.

Harry Truman and
The Little White House in Key West
by Arva Moore Parks. The Official This is the story of President Truman's favorite retreat and the 175 days he spent there while he was president. A concise volume with candid photos of the President and the First Lady from the time of their youth to the late '60s, this is the only book about Truman that focuses on his Florida days. 64 pp. 6 x 9. Photos, notes, bibliography. Softcover. $4.95. ISBN: 0-9629402-0-8.

Places In Time
Photographs by John Gillan; Introduction by Arva Moore Parks. The Official This is the first publication of its kind to juxtapose are-quality photographs and authoritative texts written by experts in their fields. The result is one of the most sensitive and revealing records ever assembled on Miami's historic sites. 192 pp. 9 x 9, Photos, appendix, bibliography. Softcover. $30.00. ISBN: 0-9640784-0-6.