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Uvalde’s Darkest Hour
$30.00 Read moreWhen the police scanner announced an active shooter at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022, Uvalde Leader-News staff writers held their collective breath. In those confusing and terrifying moments, these
- Author: Garnett, Craig
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1648432999
- Language: English
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Riders in the Sky: Romancing the West with Music and Humor
$30.00 Add to cart” . . . Bobbie and Bill Malone secure the Riders’ rightful place in country music history, recounting the story of their remarkable journey, which simultaneously entertained millions of people and rev
- Author: Malone, Bobbie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1648432859
- Language: English
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Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans
$26.95 Read moreEqual 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 dec
- Series: Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Series,
- Author: Earle, Sylvia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1648432727
- Language: English
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North American Deserts: Ecology of Our Arid Lands
$40.00 Read moreDeserts cover about one third of the earth’s surface and are the largest terrestrial ecosystem in the world. They are the only biome that is actually expanding, largely due to human activities and cl
- Series: W. L. Moody JR. Natural History
- Author: Graham, Sean P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 392
- Publish Date: January 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1648432212
- Language: English
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Animals in the American Classics: How Natural History Inspired Great Fiction
$38.00 Read moreAs defined by conservation biologist Thomas Fleishner, natural history is “a practice of intentional, focused receptivity to the more-than-human world . . . one of the oldest continuous human traditio
- Series: Integrative Natural History Series, Sponsored by Texas Resea
- Author: Gruesser, John Cullen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1648430201
- Language: English
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The Mammals of Trans-Pecos Texas: Including Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks
$60.00 Read moreOne hundred and five species of mammals are native to the Trans-Pecos region of Texas. The greatly varied terrain, climate, and vegetation make its mammalian life exceptionally varied, ranging from ti… [more below]
- Series: Integrative Natural History Series, Sponsored by the Museum of Natural History Collections, Sam Hous
- Author: Yancey, Franklin D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: July 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1648430244
- Language: English
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Duck Walk: A Birder’s Improbable Path to Hunting as Conservation
$33.00 Read moreIn fall 2016, lifelong birdwatcher, naturalist, and esteemed Texas artist Margie Crisp decided to take up a shotgun and start hunting ducks.
Few nature enthusiasts understand the role that the hunti
- Series: Kathie and Ed Cox Jr. Books on Conservation Leadership, Spon
- Author: Crisp, Margie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1648430775
- Language: English
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Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas: With Keys, Taxonomic Synopses, Bibliography, and Distribution Maps Volume 45
$39.95 Read moreThis third edition of James R. Dixon’s Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas: With Keys, Taxonomic Synopses, Bibliography, and Distribution Maps, completely redesigned throughout with color photographs, re
- Series: W. L. Moody, Jr., Natural History (Paperback) #45
- Author: Dixon, James R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 460
- Publish Date: January 14 2013
- ISBN10: 1603447342
- Language: English
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Enjoying Big Bend National Park: A Friendly Guide to Adventures for Everyone Volume 41
$22.95 Read more“After you give Enjoying Big Bend National Park to the one you love, they are going to want to go there on vacation. . . . The Clarks provide valuable, practical information . . . this book will help … [more below]
- Series: W. L. Moody JR. Natural History
- Author: Clark, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1648431623
- Language: English
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The Woolly West, 44: Colorado’s Hidden History of Sheepscapes
$38.00 Read moreWinner, 2019 National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum Western Heritage Award for the Best Nonfiction Book
Winner, 2019 Colorado Book Awards History Category, sponsored by Colorado Center for the B… [more below]- Series: Elma Dill Russell Spencer the West and Southwest
- Author: Gulliford, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 420
- Publish Date: November 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1623499305
- Language: English
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Texas Water Safari: The World’s Toughest Canoe Race
$40.00 Read moreIn the summer of 1962, Frank Brown and “Big Willie” George launched a 133-pound motorboat–with no motor–into the San Marcos River and headed for the Texas coast. Over the next three weeks they paddl… [more below]
- Series: River Books, Sponsored by the Meadows Center for Water and t
- Author: Spain, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1648430589
- Language: English
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Fifth Ward to Fourth Quarter: Football’s Impact on an NFL Player’s Body and Soul
$35.00 Read moreAfter his release from the Green Bay Packers, realizing that his football career was abruptly over, Delvin Williams asked himself some hard questions: What happened to the game he fell in love with a
- Series: Swaim-Paup Sports Series, Sponsored by James C. ’74 & Debra
- Author: Williams, Delvin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1648430716
- Language: English
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Texas Dives: Enduring Neighborhood Bars of the Lone Star State
$35.00 Read moreWhile sometimes mischaracterized as the last respite of alcoholism, despair, and questionable motives, Texas dive bars are a reminder that life is not limited to the pressures and profits of the 9-to-
- Series: Texas Experience, Books Made Possible by Sarah ’84 and Mark
- Author: Head, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1648430120
- Language: English
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Pickers and Poets: The Ruthlessly Poetic Singer-Songwriters of Texas
$32.95 Read moreMany books and essays have addressed the broad sweep of Texas music–its multicultural aspects, its wide array and blending of musical genres, its historical transformations, and its love/hate relatio… [more below]
- Series: John and Robin Dickson Texas Music, Sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas
- Author: Clifford, Craig E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: September 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1648432115
- Language: English
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All Trails Lead to Houston: Riding to the Rodeo
$50.00 Read moreFor years, veteran Houston photographer Ray Viator has followed the trail rides that lead up to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and has captured the color, the camaraderie, and the flavor of this… [more below]
- Series: Nancy and Ted Paup Ranching Heritage
- Author: Viator, Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: December 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1648431526
- Language: English
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Heaven’s Harsh Tableland: A New History of the Llano Estacado
$42.00 Read moreThe Llano Estacado–dubbed by author Paul H. Carlson as “heaven’s harsh tableland”–covers some 48,000 square miles of western Texas and eastern New Mexico. In this new survey of the region, the story… [more below]
- Series: American Wests, Sponsored by West Texas A&m University
- Author: Carlson, Paul H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: September 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1648431542
- Language: English
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Cheryl Hazeltine’s Central Texas Gardener: Volume 45
$34.95 Read moreFor almost thirty years, gardeners from Dallas to San Antonio have come to depend on Cheryl Hazeltine for expert advice on getting the most from their trees, shrubs, yardscapes, flowering plants, and
- Series: Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment (Paperback) #45
- Author: Hazeltine, Cheryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 29 2010
- ISBN10: 1603442065
- Language: English
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The Cowboy Ike Rude: Riding Into the Wind
$32.00 Read moreBorn in 1894 in Greer County, Texas–which became part of Oklahoma Territory two years later–Ike Rude would go on to have one of the most remarkable rodeo careers ever recorded. His storied life woul… [more below]
- Series: Nancy and Ted Paup Ranching Heritage
- Author: Compton, Sammie Rude
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: December 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1648431771
- Language: English
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Unraveling the Myth of Sgt. Alvin York: The Other Sixteen
$32.95 Read moreOn October 8, 1918, seventeen soldiers from the 82nd Division, American Expeditionary Force, led by acting Sgt. Bernard Early, flanked a German machine gun nest that had inundated their unit with wit
- Series: C. A. Brannen
- Author: Gregory, James Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: December 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1648430759
- Language: English
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Historic Buildings of Waco, Texas
$45.00 Read moreCommunity life takes place in the spaces where business is transacted, where worship and fellowship take place, where goods and services are purchased, where students are educated, and where working a… [more below]
- Author: Hafertepe, Kenneth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 02 2023
- ISBN10: 164843083X
- Language: English
