Texas: The Great Theft
Carmen Boullosa and Samantha Schnee (trans.)
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An imaginative writer in the tradition of Juan Rulfo, Jorge Luis Borges, and Cesar Aira, Carmen...
Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence - And Changed America
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From bestselling historian and long-time Texan H. W. Brands, a richly textured history of one of the...
Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker
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Benny Binion was many things: a cowboy, a pioneering casino owner, a gangster, a killer, and founder...
Chicano Soul: Recordings and History of an American Culture
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In 2007, Ruben Molina published the first-ever history of Mexican-American soul and R&Bmusic in his...
Native Lands: A Global Journey into History and Memory
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Native Lands is Norman Davies's account of a global circumnavigation, of the places he visited and...
Jade Visions: The Life and Music of Scott Lafaro
Helene Lafaro-Fernandez and Don Thompson
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Jade Visions is the first biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential jazz...
Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982
Alan Schaefer, Joe Nick Patoski and Nels Jacobson
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Before Austin became the "live music capital of the world" and attracted tens of thousands of music...
Mightier Than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History
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In this engaging examination of the media's influence on US history and politics, Rodger...
Comin' Right at Ya: How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country, or, the Often Outrageous History of Asleep at the Wheel
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A six-foot-seven-inch Jewish hippie from Philadelphia starts a Western swing band in 1970, when...
A Guide to the Historic Buildings of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County
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This richly illustrated book tracks the evolution of Fredericksburg architecture and guides readers...