Death on the Gallows: The Encyclopedia of Legal Hangings in Texas, Hardcover - West C. Gilbreath

The most comprehensive work ever done on legal executions by hanging in Texas. Arranged by counties, this book documents 467 executions in Texas, m...

Reducere. In A Haven in the Sun, nature writer B. C. Robison presents a unique portrayal of birds of the Texas Coast. Through the stories of birds that have ...

Reducere. The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history. Nearly one in 50 people, excluding ch...

In the sixteenth century, the Franciscan friar Bernardino de Sahag n and a team of indigenous grammarians, scribes, and painters completed decades ...

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Reducere. In a salute to Moore's A Visit From St. Nicholas, "The Christmas Eve Visitor" is a modern retelling of the tale, in a more relatable language for t...

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Reducere. On December 28, 1894, the day before the fourth anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee, Lakota chief Two Sticks was hanged in Deadwood, South ...

Reducere. Sweet Child Born in Texas, the first of a series of books about the fifty states, depicts the rich culture and history of the state of Texas. With ...

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Reducere. First published in 2003, City on Fire is a gripping, intimate account of the explosions of two ships loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer that d...

Reducere. Marfa and the Mystique of Far West Texas, Hardcover

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Run for your life! When a bolt of lightning struck a labratory cabinet full of chemicals, police scientist Barry Allen gained super-speed abilities...

With a laugh, Laura Lewis says of her art, "I am uncomfortable painting mountains, because they get in the way of the view." The challenge for this...

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Killing Justice in the Lone Star State is a reality check on active Death Row cases. The book offers a fresh perspective for campaigners and reform...

Reducere. FBI agent Manny Tanno is taking some much needed R and R at the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. But when a death on the reservation cuts...

Reducere. This is the first biography written from a legal perspective on the public life of Judah P. Benjamin (1811-1884); a prominent figure in the common ...

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Reducere. Provides information on hundreds of serial murder cases - from early history. This book includes major serial killers, as well as many older cases ...

Reducere. In the 1940s Henry J. Kaiser was a household name, as familiar then as Warren Buffett and Donald Trump are now. Like a Horatio Alger hero, Kaiser r...

This book about Texas and its oldest university system is set in communities traversing the State from the Sabine River, to the Piney Woods, to the...

Reducere. Hangings and Lynchings in Dallas County, Texas: 1853 to 1920 documents all of the known hangings in Dallas County including . . . Jane Elkins, a sl...

The most comprehensive and practical guide available to the extraordinary healing powers of natural medicine. From the world-renowned naturopathic ...

Reducere. The Encyclopedia of High-Altitude Baking begins where other cookbooks fear to go. Written from the Colorado Rockies and the Pacific Northwest that ...

When people think of legendary Texas cattle ranches the images that first come to mind are iconic, open-range operations like King Ranch of South T...

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Reducere. This biography of Marcus Garvey documents the forging of his remarkable vision of pan-Africanism and highlights his organizational skills in framin...

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In the West, Japanese culture comes in the form of Power Rangers, Godzilla movies, and Sanrio products, but of course the indigenous pop culture is...

Reducere. With over 300 unique bead crochet patterns, The Encyclopedia of Tubular Bead Crochet is undoubtedly the most thorough guide to this beautiful craft...