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Don E Albrecht
Blinded by the Lights

Using the lens of arguably the state's most popular sport, this book describes the highs and lows in the ongoing battle for equal educational opportunities for all Texas students. "Texas schools were…

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John B Anderson
Gulf Coast Demise?

"The once formidable Rio Grande Delta has vanished, and unsustainable land loss in south Louisiana will result in the virtual loss of the Mississippi River Delta by 2050. Barrier islands, peninsulas,…

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Brian T Atkinson
East Nashville Skyline

"In his introduction, author Brian T. Atkinson calls singer-songwriter Todd Snider "a marvel and a mystery" who "creates at any cost." Snider, originally hailing from the Portland…

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Jennifer L Bristol
Parking Lot Birding

Texas boasts greater bird diversity than almost any state, with more than six hundred species living in or passing through during spring and fall migrations. Jennifer L. Bristol's Parking Lot Birding, now…

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Jennifer L Bristol
Wild Women for Good

Women have been shaping the conservation movement in Texas since the nineteenth century, though their stories are rarely told. Women played an invaluable role in the establishment of parks, protection of …

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Jim Burnett
Saltgrass Prairie Saga

"Texas during the Civil War period is often viewed through the lenses of military tactics and the state's role in the Confederacy. But what was life like for the families who endured wartime separati…

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Edward Cavallerano
Fire in the Piney Woods

"Fire lookout towers are enjoying a retrospective rebirth, attracting the curious and the adventurous, as Americans seeking escape for moments of solitude rediscover the structures' national signific…

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Stephen S Cure
A Centennial Perspective on Texas in the Great War

"In 2017, the centennial of our nation's military entry into World War I provided the perfect opportunity to bring the war's historical lessons to a wider American and Texan audience. Working in tand…

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Doris Douglas Davis
The Ahern Home of Texarkana

"Focused on an early twentieth-century home in Texarkana, Arkansas, Doris Douglas Davis's The Ahern Home of Texarkana offers not only a discussion of the architecture of a Classical Revival dwelling …

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Kaleta Doolin
Fritos(r) Pie

"Kaleta has written a deep-fried, wide-eyed American saga of family and food."---Davia Nelson of NPR's award winning Kitchen Sisters"Fun and detailed glimpse into the history of an American…

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Sylvia Earle
Sea Change

Equal parts memoir, adventure tale, and call to action, Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans has become a classic of environmental literature, at once the gripping adventure story of Earle's three decades …

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Linda English
Run for Your Lives!

"The "Runaway Scrape" is, among Texas historians, at once recognizable but often less understood. While shelves of books examine the fall of the Alamo and the revolutionary victory at San J…

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Brent Evans,
Replenishing Our Hills

"The Hill Country, 'sweet spot of Texas,' is in danger of being loved to death, or so it seems. The first recorded name for the Hill Country was Lomeria Grande, meaning The Great Hills. The unique an…

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Shane Ford
The Ballad of Blind Willie Johnson

In 1977, when the Voyager deep space probes were launched on their journey into interstellar space, they each carried a gold record containing music from a wide variety of cultures. Of the four selections…

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David Garlock
Three Roads to Death: The Massacre at Goliad

In this thoroughly researched account of the Battle of Coleto and subsequent massacre of Texian soldiers at the Presido La Bahía near the settlement of Goliad, Texas, author David E. Garlock describes the…

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Sean P Graham
North American Deserts

Deserts cover about one third of the earth's surface and are its largest terrestrial ecosystem. Six unique desert ecosystems stretch across the United States: the Great Basin, Mojave, Chihuahuan, Sonoran,…

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James C Griffin
Pressed, Clean, and Properly Fitted

The Corps of Cadets is the oldest student organization at Texas A&M University. Founded in 1876, it is one of the more visible and pervasive Aggie traditions, with its members easily identified by the…

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Meg Griffiths, Frances Jakubek,
A Yellow Rose Project

"August 18, 2020, marked the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1920, women wearing yellow roses stood shoulder to shoulder in Tennessee,…

lieferbar ab 14.7.2025.

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Mark Gustafson
A Naturalist's Guide to the Texas Hill Country

In this guide, biologist Mark Gustafson introduces residents and visitors to the history, geology, water resources, plants, and animals found in the nineteen counties occupying the eastern part of the Edw…

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Michael H Henderson, Melissa L Mednicov
Monumental

As the creator of the 67-foot-tall "Big Sam" statue of Sam Houston that overlooks Interstate 45 just south of Huntsville, Texas, David Adickes is a pivotal, if sometimes enigmatic, figure in Tex…

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