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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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Galveston and the 1900 Storm

Galveston and the 1900 Storm

by Elizabeth Hayes Turner  •  Patricial Bellis Bixel

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

This fully illustrated volume covers the devastating Galveston storm and its long-lasting aftermath. The author collects eyewitness accounts and uses them to tell the story of the storm, the destruction in its wake and the rebuilding of the city. With 86 black-and-white phographs.  (TEX01, $34.95)

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