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Reducere. DescriptionThis is another Civil War history book, but it deals with an aspect of the Civil War that does not appear-even as an aside or footnote-i...

DescriptionMost general histories of the Civil War pay scant attention to the many important military events that took place in the Lower Rio Grand...

Reducere. Tradition meets tragedy in the chilling local lore of the Rio Grande Valley. Hidden in the dense brush and around oxbow lakes wait sinister secrets...

Recovers the history of a significant regional revolt against the Mexican Republic, presaging other federalist rebellions and the Mexican-American ...

Reducere. DescriptionTexas birdlife is strongly influenced by the incredible diversity of habitats found within its borders. The Rio Grande corridor is a gre...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Franklin FolsomIntroduction by: Alfonso OrtizThis award-winning account of the Pueblo Revolt, originally published in 1973 ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Elena Zamora O'SheaIntroduction by: Leticia M. Garza FalconIntroduction by: Andres TijerinaThe open country of Texas betwee...

The Brazos River and the Rio Grande: what lies between are physical and cultural geographies stretching south from the Texas Hill Country to the bo...

Reducere. During the turbulent years of the Civil War and Reconstruction, a squall of violence and lawlessness swept through the Nueces Strip and the Rio Gra...

Reducere. DescriptionLewels' tales of a young Mexican-American coming of age on the border are riveting. Sometimes they are zany and at other times heart bre...

Reducere. When a woman dies after falling from a hot-air balloon at Albuquerque's world famous balloon fiesta, private investigator Sonny Baca's intuition te...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Rio Grande was ancient long before the first humans reached its banks. These days, the highly regulated river looks nothing like it ...

Reducere. In River of Hope, Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez examines state formation, cultural change, and the construction of identity in the lower Rio Grande regio...

Reducere. The isolated Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle stretched before John Erickson and Bill Ellzey as they began a journey through time and what the...

Reducere. Description"Occasionally a truly remarkable book appears-one that takes a topic in need of discussion, thoroughly researches it, and presents credi...

Reducere. DescriptionOne hundred thirty-two species, subspecies, and varieties of cacti may be found in Texas. About one hundred of them occur in the state's...

Reducere. Texas has one of the largest Jewish populations in the South and West, comprising an often-overlooked vestige of the Diaspora. The Chosen Folks bri...

Focuses specifically on the lower reaches of the Rio Grande/RIo Bravo as it exits the mountains and meanders across a coastal plain. Bringing toget...

Reducere. The 1848 treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo that ended the Mexican-American War described a boundary between the two countries that was to be ascertained ...

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...

Fierce, funny, and fabulous - a would-be love child sired by John Waters and birthed by Joan Rivers - Bianca sandblasted her name in the annals of ...

Reducere. DescriptionLocated in the southern San Luis Valley of Colorado, the remote and relatively unknown town of Antonito is home to an overwhelmingly His...

Reducere. "A kind of homemade book-imperfect like a handmade thing, a prize. It's a galloping, spontaneous book, on occasion within whooping distance of that...

Reducere. In this culmination of over twenty years of research, the author employs modern science and anthropological studies innovatively and cautiously to ...

Reducere. DescriptionA novel, set in South Texas, that challenges the Lone Ranger story with a Chicano Superhero in the early 20th century. Mexican Tejano fa...

Reducere. This book illuminates the myriad personalities and interests that combined and clashed over the Pecos Valley reservoirs and canals. Many Americans,...

Reducere. DescriptionThis guidebook to the dance ceremonies of New Mexico Pueblo Indians is a wonderful aid for anyone looking to visit the pueblos. It conta...

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 ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionPura Belpr Honor-winning author David Bowles joins Newbery Honor-winning Adam Gidwitz as co-author of the newest Unicorn Rescue Society ...

Reducere. Widely acclaimed as the greatest Western ever made, Lonesome Dove has become a true American epic. Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel wa...

The Pursuit of Style in English Drama embraces and expands the concept of style to offer new readings of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Matthe...

Investigates the ways in which race and gay/lesbian sexuality intersect and operate in Chicano/a literature and film. This book presents an analyse...

Explores the many links between the centuries-old graphic tradition of Japanese painting and scroll making and the more recent discipline of the ci...

Reducere. Rooted in tradicion mexicana and infused with Texas food culture, tacos are some of Texans all-time favorite foods. In The Tacos of Texas, the taco...