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Enrich your travels with reading! Here's a hand-picked list prepared for your journey in conjunction with the book experts at Longitude.

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In a Narrow Grave, Essays on Texas

In a Narrow Grave, Essays on Texas

by Larry McMurtry

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 173 PAGES

First published in 1968, this is a wide-ranging collection of essays on the Texan character. McMurtry covers topics such as rural Texas sexual behavior, cowboys, southwestern literature and country music. (TEX20, $14.99)

Wildflowers of Texas

by Geyata Ajilvsgi

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 544 PAGES

A field guide to 378 common wildflowers. (TEX29, $19.95)

Austin, San Antonio & the Texas Hill Country

Austin, San Antonio & the Texas Hill Country

by Amy Brown

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

An excellent, locally produced guide mixing history, culture, and anecdote with a shipload of up-to-date practical information and overview of this area's rich tradtions and nature. (TEX59, $18.95)

 

Austin Map


by Streetwise

  • MAP

A laminated, folded street map of Austin, Texas at a scale of 1:30,000. (TEX70, $6.95)

Texas, A Modern History

Texas, A Modern History


by David G. McComb

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 237 PAGES

A brief, entertaining history of Texas by a distinguished Texas historian. It covers the oil industry, land and nature, Spanish legacy, bluebonnet, Texas rangers and the "Texas mystique." (TEX24, $24.99)

The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock

The Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock


by Jan Reid | Scott Newton

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 379 PAGES

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)

Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation


by John Phillip Santos

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

An impassioned, affecting memoir of the Santos family's long history in Texas -- an American heartland which is also (as Santos reminds us here) an ancient Mexican homeland. (TEX49, $16.00)

The Raven, A Biography of Sam Houston


by Marquis James

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 489 PAGES

A fascinating biography of Sam Houston, who was elected president of the Republic of Texas in 1836. (TEX33, $29.95)

All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses


by Cormac McCarthy

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 301 PAGES

The best-selling, coming-of-age novel of John Grady Cole, a 16-year-old boy who ventures from his Texas ranch across the Mexican border on horseback. (TEX22, $15.00)

Adventures with a Texas Naturalist

Adventures with a Texas Naturalist


by Roy Bedichek | Rick Bass

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 330 PAGES

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, $25.00)

Birds of Texas

Birds of Texas


by Peterson Field Guides

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

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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