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Adventures with a Texas Naturalist
• Roy Bedichek
• Rick Bass
• NATURAL HISTORY
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First published in 1947, this classic combines Bedichek's profound observation and his curiosity with the natural world. Employing a friendly, narrative style and a love of literature, Bedichek delivers memorable commentaries on subjects such as the northern mockingbird, country people and the naming of birds and wildflowers.
(TEX14, $22.95)
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Arte Latino, Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Jonathan Yorba
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A colorful celebration of over 200 years of Latino art in America.
(ART32, $19.95)
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Austin Map
• Streetwise
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A laminated, folded street map of Austin, Texas at a scale of 1:30,000.
(TEX70, $6.95)
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Barren, Wild and Worthless, Living in the Chihuahuan Desert
• Susan J. Tweit
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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These seven personal essays celebrate the nature and culture of the Chihuahuan Desert.
(USW431, $17.95)
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Battle on the Bay: The Civil War Struggle for Galveston
• Edward T. Cotham
• HISTORY
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A thorough recreation of the Battle of Galveston that incorporates historical elements and detailed characters of the battle.
(TEX02, $25.00)
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The Best of the West, An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West
• Tony Hillerman
• ANTHOLOGY
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A campfire collection of unforgettable portraits of the West, this anthology takes in travelers, homesteaders, Navajos, government officials, pioneers and authors as diverse as Meriwether Lewis, John Steinbeck and Edward Abbey.
(USW87, $18.00)
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Big Bend National Park Map
• Trails Illustrated
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This full-color topographic map of Big Bend at a scale of 1:1000,000 is printed on waterproof paper and includes information on Big Bend's major features.
(USW91, $11.95)
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The Big Bend, A History of the Last Texas Frontier
• Ron C. Tyler
• HISTORY
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A history of West Texas and Big Bend from Spanish exploration through pioneer days and the establishment of the national park.
(USW90, $15.95)
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Big Bend, A Homesteader's Story
• J. Oscar Langford
• Fred Gipson
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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First published in the 1950s, this is one man's chronicle of life along the Rio Grande in the first half of the 20th-century. Short and simply told, it's also a nice introduction to the landscapes of Big Bend National Park.
(TEX44, $17.95)
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The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession
• Mark Obmascik
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled.
(BRD29, $14.00)
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Birding in the American West
• Kevin Zimmer
• FIELD GUIDE
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A guide to finding birds -- and distinguishing among similar species -- in the West.
(USW404, $29.95)
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Birding Texas
• Roland H. Wauer
• Mark A. Elwonger
• GUIDEBOOK
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A site guide to the birds of Texas featuring birding strategies, a list of resources for planning a birding trip, and information on 200 of the best birding sites.
(TEX17, $22.95)
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Birds of Texas
• Peterson Field Guides
• FIELD GUIDE
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The standard guide to the birds of Texas in the Peterson series, featuring color plates of each species.
(USW92, $23.00)
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Birds of Texas
• John H. Rappole
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photographic field guide to the birds of Texas.
(USW93, $18.95)
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
• Christopher W. Leahy
• Gordon Morrison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching.
(NAM21, $19.95)
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Boat People
• Mary Gardner
• LITERATURE
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A novel about Vietnamese refugees in Galveston.
(TEX26, $15.95)
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Buried Alive: The Biography of Janis Joplin
• Myra Friedman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The story of a woman from Port Arthur, Texas, whose revolutionary music helped change America; we see Janis at the height of her musical and cultural power and the depths of her indulgence in this spare-no-blows insider biography from her former publicist.
(TEX67, $16.95)
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Butterflies through Binoculars, The West
• Jeffrey Glassberg
• FIELD GUIDE
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A photographic identification guide to butterflies found throughout the western United States.
(BUG11, $24.95)
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Can't Be Satisfied: The Life and Times of Muddy Waters
• Robert Gordon
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The story of the genius with the slide guitar, one of the fathers of the blues, from his southern roots to international fame.
(TEX68, $15.95)
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Christopher Columbus and the Conquest of Paradise
• Kirkpatrick Sale
• EXPLORATION
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A new edition of this wide-ranging and lucid portrait of the man and the legends surrounding him, originally published in 1990. Columbus is no hero in Sale's view but rather a sea-faring adventurer in search of glory, gold and god.
(USA134, $15.95)
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Chronicles of the Big Bend, A Photographic Memoir of Life on the Border
• W. D. Smithers
• Kenneth B. Ragsdale
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Smithers captures the spirit of the Big Bend's frontier years of the early 20th century in this photographic portrait.
(TEX54, $29.95)
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Compass Guide Texas
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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This wonderfully written handbook features outstanding color photography, good maps and in-depth information on the culture, history and attractions of Texas.
(TEX25, $21.95)
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Crossings, Photographs from the U.S.- Mexico Border
• Tom Miller
• Alex Webb
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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(SWU179, $50.00)
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Desert Solitaire
• Edward Abbey
• NATURAL HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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One of the great works on the value of the desert, eloquent and laugh-out-loud funny. Although Abbey writes specifically about his experiences as a ranger at Arches National Park outside Moab Utah, his message is universal.
(DES02, $14.95)
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Enterprising Women, 250 Years of American Business
• Virginia Drachman
• HISTORY
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Profiles of the most important women in American industry, from colonial times through the twentieth century.
(GEN317, $39.95)
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Falcon Guide, Hiking Big Bend
• Laurence Parent
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to the hiking trails of Big Bend National Park, a 1,200-square mile tract of public land that sprawls across West Texas. With maps and black-and-white photographs.
(USW85, $14.95)
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A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians
• Robert Stebbins
• FIELD GUIDE
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The definitive field guide, with a special section on Baja's endemic species.
(FG08, $22.00)
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For All Seasons, A Big Bend Journal
• Roland H. Wauer
• Nancy McGowan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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These diary entries, compiled over 30 years, chronicle a year in Big Bend National Park. Wauer is the former chief naturalist at the park.
(USW89, $19.95)
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Galveston
• Sean Stewart
• LITERATURE
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A story of magic and morality set in a Galveston of the near future.
(TEX34, $14.95)
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Galveston and the 1900 Storm
• Elizabeth Hayes Turner
• Patricial Bellis Bixel
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A well-illustrated book of the devastating storm in 1900.
(TEX01, $34.95)
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Galveston Map
• Rand McNally Maps
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(TEX27, $4.95)
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The Galveston That Was
• Peter H. Brink
• Ezra Stoller
• Henri Cartier-Bresson
• Howard Barnstone
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A book that inspired successful restoration of Galveston's architectural treasures.
(TEX06, $49.95)
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Galveston, A History
• David G. McComb
• HISTORY
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A history of Galveston, focusing on the growth of the cotton port and the great storm of 1900.
(TEX13, $24.95)
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Galveston: A History of the Island
• Gary Cartwright
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An entertaining historical look at the history of Galveston
(TEX05, $17.95)
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Getting Over the Color Green
• Scott Slovic
• ANTHOLOGY
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An anthology and tribute to the American desert.
(SWU62, $19.95)
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Gilead
• Marilynne Robinson
• LITERATURE
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A story about fathers and sons whose family history intersects with the U.S. Civil War. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
(USW441, $14.00)
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The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic, A Walk in Austin
• Kinky Friedman
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A rowdy, rollicking tour of the state's capital city by onw of Austin's own.
(TEX63, $16.95)
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Great River, The Rio Grande in North American History
• Paul Horgan
• HISTORY
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First published in 1954, this classic book won both the Bancroft and the Pulitzer Prizes for history.
(TEX21, $32.95)
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Growing Up Latino
• Harold Augenbraum
• Ilan Stavans
• ANTHOLOGY
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A collection of Latino author's experiences growing up in America.
(USA58, $15.00)
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Gulf Coast Seashore Life, Alabama to Texas
• Raymond Leung
• James Kavanaugh
• FIELD GUIDE
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This fold-out, laminated reference features illustrations of almost 150 species commonly found on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.
(USS217, $5.95)
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Houston Hispanic Artists, New Views
• Bela Bibliowicz
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A brief exhibition catalog.
(TEX39, $7.00)
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I'll Gather My Geese
• Hallie Crawford Stillwell
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Stillwell details the difficulties and adventure of life on a Big Bend ranch circa 1916 in this plainly told memoir.
(TEX55, $19.95)
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The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock
• Jan Reid
• Scott Newton
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A revised edition of a classic look into the music scene in Austin (first published in 1974), where such luminaries as Willie Nelson and Janis Joplin spurred a movement in the early 1970s.
(TEX65, $29.95)
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The Indians of Texas: From Prehistoric to Modern Times
• William Wilmon Newcomb
• HISTORY
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An excellent reference of history and cultures of Native Americans in Texas.
(TEX10, $22.95)
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Insiders' Guide to Austin
• Hilary Hylton
• Cam Rossie
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive practical guide to the city, now in its 4th edition. Filled with detailed information on lodging, restaurants, shopping, day-trips, real estate, attractions and more.
(TEX58, $18.95)
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
• Erik Larson
• Isaac Monroe Cline
• HISTORY
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A blend of history and science that tells the story of the devastating hurricane of 1900.
(TEX03, $14.95)
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Kaufman Birds of North America
• Kenn Kaufman
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact field guide, well-organized and featuring digitally enhanced color photographs.
(NAM03, $18.95)
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Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
• Kenn Kaufman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year.
(BRD27, $14.00)
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Land of the Desert Sun: Texas' Big Bend Country
• D. Gentry Steele
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The evocative black-and-white photographs of this book capture the scale and magnificence of the desert landscapes of Big Bend.
(USW84, $19.95)
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Lizards on the Mantel, Burros at the Door: A Big Bend Memoir
• Etta Koch
• June Cooper Price
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A memoir drawn from the journals and letters of Etta Koch and her daughter, June Cooper Price, about city dwellers who settle in Big Bend during the 1940s. It is a tale of modern pioneer living, full of anecdote, as well as descriptions of the land and its inhabitants
(USW111, $19.95)
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Lonesome Dove
• Larry McMurtry
• LITERATURE
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McMurty's beloved Western tells of a pair of former Texas Rangers on a cattle-drive from the Rio Grande to Montana.
(USW446, $7.99)
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico.
(NAM11, $19.95)
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National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America
• National Geographic
• FIELD GUIDE
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From Alaska to Baja California, this field guide, now in its fifth edition is the one to carry.
(FG09, $24.00)
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National Geographic United States Atlas for Young Explorers
• National Geographic
• REFERENCE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The third edition of this colorful guide to the U.S. -- state by state and region by region.
(USA93, $24.95)
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Native Universe, Voices of Indian America
• Clifford E. Trafzer
• ANTHOLOGY
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This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
(USA95, $40.00)
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Naturalist's Big Bend, An Introduction to the Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles
• Roland H. Wauer
• FIELD GUIDE
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Commonly encountered plants and animals of Big Bend.
(USW82, $15.95)
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A Naturalist's Guide to Canyon Country
• David Williams
• Gloria Brown
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact field guide to the wildlife of the high desert of the Colorado Plateau and the nine national parks of the region. Williams includes an overview of the history, geology and ecology of the high desert along with basic information on identifying common plants and animals.
(USW289, $22.95)
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The New Encyclopedia of the American West
• Howard R. Lamar
• REFERENCE
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A massive -- and entertaining -- reference to the West.
(USW416, $80.00)
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Northern Chihuahuan Desert Wildflowers
• Steve West
• FIELD GUIDE
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A handy field guide to the plants of western Texas and southern New Mexico.
(USW432, $24.95)
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Out of Work, A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States (20th Anniversary Edition)
• Alice Kessler-Harris
• HISTORY
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A historical examination of the changing role of women in the workplace in the United States.
(GEN318, $24.95)
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Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians, Eastern and Central North America
• Roger Conant
• FIELD GUIDE
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A handy guide for the hertologically inclined of the eastern US.
(FG46, $21.00)
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Philip Johnson & Texas
• Frank D. Welch
• Paul Hester
• Philip Johnson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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American architect Philip Johnson and his buildings in Texas.
(TEX41, $39.95)
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Places in the World a Person Could Walk: Family, Stories, Home, and Place in Texas Hill Country
• David Syring
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A tribute to the natural and social landscapes of the Texas Hill Country.
(TEX61, $18.95)
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Poet of the Appetites, The Lives and Loves of M.F.K. Fisher
• Joan Reardon
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A biography of the prolific food and travel writer, who wrote over thirty books from 1943 until her death in 1992.
(GEN316, $15.00)
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
• Phillip Hoose
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An engaging and well-researched history of the ivory-billed woodpecker, and the struggles surrounding its survival. It's a suspenseful and entertaining book about modern conservation and environmental issues for middle-school readers.
(BRD30, $21.00)
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Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories
• Ronald J. Drez
• David Eisenhower
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs and plenty of historical information.
(USA96, $17.95)
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Return of the Whooping Crane
• Robin W. Doughty
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The story of the whooping crane's recovery from the brink of extinction.
(TEX18, $24.95)
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Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
• Scott Weidensaul
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America.
(USA123, $15.00)
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Roadhouse Blues: Stevie Ray Vaughan and Texas R&B
• Hugh Gregory
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A profile of the Texas rocker Vaughan and a survey of the music and musicians he drew from to form his unique style, including Buddy Holly, Willie Nelson, Janis Joplin and Waylon Jennings.
(TEX66, $19.95)
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Roadside Geology, Texas
• Darwin Spearing
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The geology of Texas as seen through the car window.
(TEX51, $20.00)
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Sailing Ship Elissa
• Jim Cruz
• Patricia Bellis Bixel
• HISTORY
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Life of Elissa as a working sailing ship, to the glorious restoration at the Texas Seaport Museum.
(TEX09, $22.95)
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Scats and Tracks of the Desert Southwest
• James Halfpenny
• Todd Telander
• FIELD GUIDE
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A pocket guide to tracks, scats and signs of the animals of the region.
(SWU61, $9.95)
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Shifra Stein's Day Trips from Houston
• Carol Barrington
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to getaways within two hours of Houston.
(TEX36, $14.95)
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The Sibley Guide to Birds
• David Sibley
• GUIDEBOOK
• FAVORITE
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With 6,600 original paintings, full-color detailed range maps and Sibley's mania for accuracy, this is the book that every North American birder must own. It's beautiful, too.
(FG48, $35.00)
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Smithsonian Handbooks, Birds of Texas
• Fred J. Alsop, III
• FIELD GUIDE
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An illustrated handbook and field guide, in the trademark, graphic Eyewitness style.
(USW433, $23.00)
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South Central Texas Map
• Map Ventures
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A folded map of Texas, covering the region surrounding San Antonio and Austin.
(TEX62, $4.95)
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The Spanish Frontier in North America
• David Weber
• HISTORY
•
The definitive history of the Spanish colonial period in America.
(NAM01, $28.00)
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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account.
(NAM20, $17.00)
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The Story of Big Bend National Park
• John R. Jameson
• HISTORY
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A short history of Big Bend National Park, covering the political and economic development of the park.
(TEX43, $19.95)
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The Story of the West
• Robert Utley
• HISTORY
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A hefty, illustrated history chronicling the span of America's West from prehistoric times to present.
(USW429, $40.00)
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Stray Tales of the Big Bend
• Elton Miles
• Bill Wright
• LITERATURE
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Miles evokes Indian, Mexican and Anglo traditions that converge in this area in this collection of tales.
(TEX53, $17.95)
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Streetfinder Houston Map
• Streetwise
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A folded, laminated pocket map of Houston, shown at a scale of 1:31,000.
(TEX32, $7.95)
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Texas and the Arkansas River Valley: Smithsonian Guides to Historic America
• Alice Gordon
• Jerry Camarillo Dunn
• Mel White
• Tim Thomson
• Donald Young
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to places of historical interest in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas
(TEX28, $19.95)
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Texas Heartland, A Hill Country Year
• Jim Bones
• John Graves
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A celebration in pictures with essays by novelist John Graves
(TEX60, $32.95)
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The Texas Hill Country Book, A Complete Guide
• Eleanor S. Morris
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent, locally produced travel guide.
(TEX59, $18.95)
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Texas Map
• Hallwag
•
A detailed, colorful road map of Texas, at a very good scale of 1:1,200,000.
(TEX50, $12.95)
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Texas, 150 Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
• Houston Museum of Fine Arts
• Alison De Lima Greene
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An exhibition catalog focusing on Texan art.
(TEX40, $55.00)
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This Land, A Guide to Central National Forests
• Robert H. Mohlenbrock
• Mike Dombeck
• GUIDEBOOK
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(USM100, $25.95)
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Through a Night of Horrors
• Shelley Henley Kelley
• Casey Edward Greene
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Letter and memoirs documenting the disastrous storm of 1900.
(TEX04, $24.95)
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To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession
• Dan Koeppel
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Koeppel chronicles his father's growing obsession and accomplishment as an elite birdwatcher, one of a handful of people who have tallied 7,000 species.
(BRD28, $14.00)
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The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder
• Peter Cashwell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes.
(BRD26, $14.95)
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A Weekend in September
• John Edward Weems
• HISTORY
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An honest and vivid account of the Galveston storm, as told from survivors of the storm.
(TEX12, $13.95)
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Wildflowers of Texas
• Geyata Ajilvsgi
• FIELD GUIDE
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A field guide to 378 common wildflowers.
(TEX29, $19.95)
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Writing on the Edge, A Borderlands Reader
• Tom Miller
• ANTHOLOGY
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(SWU180, $19.95)
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