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Border Healing Woman
The Story of Jewel Babb as told to Pat LittleDog (second edition)
By Jewel Babb and Pat Littledog
University of Texas Press
The story of Jewel Babb, from her early years as a tenderfoot ranch wife to her elder years as a desert healing woman.
The Birds of South America
Vol. II, The Suboscine Passerines
By Robert S. Ridgely and Guy Tudor
University of Texas Press
A major reference work on South American birds.
Hollywood TV
The Studio System in the Fifties
University of Texas Press
This pioneering study offers the first thorough exploration of the movie industry's shaping role in the development of television and its narrative forms.
The Writing of Elena Poniatowska
Engaging Dialogues
University of Texas Press
Readings of Poniatowska's work from a variety of critical approaches.
More Tales of a Low-Rent Birder
University of Texas Press
Twenty-five essays on birds and birding.
Claytie and the Lady
Ann Richards, Gender, and Politics in Texas
University of Texas Press
The first in-depth look at how gender affected the 1990 Texas governor's race.
Flintknapping
Making and Understanding Stone Tools
University of Texas Press
The most detailed handbook on flintknapping currently available, and the only one written from the archaeological perspective of interpreting stone tools as well as making them.
Doctor Mary in Arabia
Memoirs
By Mary Bruins Allison; Edited by Sandra J. Shaw; Introduction by Lucie Wood Saunders and John Clarke Saunders
University of Texas Press
The memoir of a medical missionary who worked in the Middle East from the 1930s to the 1970s.
A Natural State
Essays on Texas
University of Texas Press
In this remarkable collection of essays, Stephen Harrigan explores, with an unfailing depth of feeling, the human longing to feel at home in the world of nature.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Faith and Empowerment among Mexican-American Women
By Jeanette Rodríguez; Introduction by Fr. Virgilio Elizondo
University of Texas Press
The role of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the lives of second-generation Mexican-American women.
Birds and Other Wildlife of South Central Texas
A Handbook
University of Texas Press
This handbook offers a concise natural history of Central Texas and a complete checklist of all native and naturalized vertebrate animals, including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, as well as invertebrates that include butterflies and land
The War of the Fatties and Other Stories from Aztec History
By Salvador Novo; Translated by Michael Alderson
University of Texas Press
This collection of nearly all of Salvador Novo's Aztec-related writings,taken together, provides a delightful introduction to Novo’s later works and a light-hearted, historically accurate introduction to Aztec culture.
Senhora
Profile of a Woman
By José de Alencar; Translated by Catarina Feldmann Edinger
University of Texas Press
In this Brazilian novel, originally published in 1875, the heroine uses newly inherited wealth to "buy back" and exact revenge on the fiancé who had left her for a woman with a more enticing dowry.
Principles of Adaptation for Film and Television
By Ben Brady
University of Texas Press
In this practical, hands-on guide, veteran TV and screenwriter Ben Brady unlocks the secrets of the adaptation process, showing aspiring writers and writing teachers how to turn any kind of narrative material into workable, salable screenplays for film an
Iphigenia
(The diary of a young lady who wrote because she was bored)
By Teresa de la Parra; Translated by Bertie Acker
University of Texas Press
A novel about a passionate woman who lacks the money to establish herself in the liberated, bohemian society she craves.
Daughter of Damascus
A Memoir
By Siham Tergeman; Translated by Andrea Rugh
University of Texas Press
A personal account of a Syrian woman's youth in Damascus in the 1940s.
Contemporary Short Stories from Central America
Edited by Enrique Jaramillo Levi and Leland H. Chambers
University of Texas Press
This volume collects some of the best short fiction from the six Spanish-speaking countries of Central America--Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
America's First Cuisines
University of Texas Press
A detailed description of the cuisines of the Aztecs, the Maya, and the Inca.
The Word of Islam
Edited by John Alden Williams
University of Texas Press
This anthology includes writings central to Islamic thought, some translated earlier but here redone, and others which have never before appeared in any Western language.
The Farm Labor Movement in the Midwest
Social Change and Adaptation among Migrant Farmworkers
University of Texas Press
The development and effectiveness of a farmworkers' advocacy group.
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