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Super Black
American Pop Culture and Black Superheroes
By Adilifu Nama
University of Texas Press
An exploration of black superheroes as a fascinating racial phenomenon and a powerful source of racial meaning, narrative, and imagination in American society.
My Stone of Hope
From Haitian Slave Child to Abolitionist
By Jean-Robert Cadet and Jim Luken
University of Texas Press
From the author of Restavec: From Haitian Slave Child to Middle-Class American, which has sold more than 25,000 copies, comes a searing memoir that puts a human face on the issue of child slavery and sounds a call to end it through advocacy and education.
Greenback Planet
How the Dollar Conquered the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It
By H. W. Brands
University of Texas Press
With fascinating stories of money men, from Alexander Hamilton to Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke, and deft explanations of the ins and outs of monetary policy, Greenback Planet clarifies why the dollar rules the world—and why that should frighten us all.
Gael Stack
University of Texas Press
Lavishly illustrated with color plates, Gael Stack is the first retrospective monograph on the art of one of America’s most accomplished contemporary painters, whose work charts the uncertain territories of memory.
From Uncertain to Blue
By Keith Carter; Introduction by Horton Foote
University of Texas Press
This superb re-envisioning of Keith Carter’s highly acclaimed first book presents classic images of small-town life in a completely redesigned volume that also offers insight into Carter’s creative process through a new essay, contact sheets, and an amplified travel journal.
Border Junkies
Addiction and Survival on the Streets of Juárez and El Paso
By Scott Comar; Introduction by Howard Campbell
University of Texas Press
From the sweaty summer days of a junky’s nightmare to the bittersweet success of true surrender and emergence into a new way of life, Border Junkies paints a searing, first-hand portrait of addiction, poverty, and recovery on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Zaprudered
The Kennedy Assassination Film in Visual Culture
University of Texas Press
This fascinating account examines how Abraham Zapruder’s accidental footage of the Kennedy assassination has been transformed from documentary evidence to an aesthetic and cultural lodestone.
Portuguese
A Reference Manual
University of Texas Press
A boon for students and instructors of the language, culture, and literature of the Portuguese-speaking world, this language resource manual delves beyond the realm of traditional language textbooks.
Lone Stars III
A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1986-2011
University of Texas Press
Completing a landmark documentation of 175 years of Texas quilt history they began in Lone Stars I and II, Texas’s leading quilt experts present two hundred traditional and art quilts that represent “the best of the best” quilts being made in Texas today.
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