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The Charles Bowden Reader

By Charles Bowden; Edited by Erin Almeranti and Mary Martha Miles; Introduction by Jim Harrison
University of Texas Press

With excerpts from his major books—Blue Desert, Desierto: Memories of the Future, Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals, A Shadow in the City, Trinity, and Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing—as well as prominent magazine articles and early journalism, this anthology gathers the best and most representative writing from Charles Bowden’s entire career

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Texas Through Women's Eyes

The Twentieth-Century Experience

University of Texas Press

Combining scholarly research with vivid, first-person accounts, this lively history for the first time tells the story of women’s experiences in twentieth-century Texas, with an inclusive focus on rural women, working-class women, and women of color.

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Texas Bobwhites

A Guide to Their Foods and Habitat Management

University of Texas Press

This field guide to the seeds most commonly eaten by northern bobwhites will help hunters identify likely places to find coveys of quail, while landowners and rangeland managers will use it to learn how to conserve and improve bobwhite habitat.

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Oaxaca al Gusto

An Infinite Gastronomy

University of Texas Press

Renowned as the Julia Child of Mexican cooking and author of the definitive books on the subject, including The Cuisines of Mexico, The Art of Mexican Cooking, My Mexico, and From My Mexican Kitchen, Diana Kennedy has now written her magnum opus—an irreplaceable record of the traditional regional cuisines of Oaxaca.

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Multicultural Comics

From Zap to Blue Beetle

Edited by Frederick Luis Aldama; Introduction by Derek Parker Royal
University of Texas Press

Exploring a wide range of mainstream and independent comic books, this is the first comprehensive collection of scholarly and archival work on multicultural comics from around the world.

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Before Brown

Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice

University of Texas Press

The inspiring story of the courageous Houston mailman whose struggle to attend the University of Texas School of Law provided the precedent for the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka that ended segregation in public educ

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An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days

University of Texas Press

Amplified with reading lists and quotations from a wide diversity of writers, best-selling mystery author Susan Wittig Albert’s thoughtful and thought-provoking journal of the tumultuous year 2008 is a must-read for everyone fascinated by the writing life and the writer’s role in society.

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Defying Displacement

Grassroots Resistance and the Critique of Development

University of Texas Press

The first book to document the resistance movements of people and communities threatened with involuntary displacement and resettlement by development projects around the world.

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Broadcasting the Civil War in El Salvador

A Memoir of Guerrilla Radio

University of Texas Press

A riveting account of the 1980s civil war in El Salvador from the rebels’ point of view, written by the man who directed the main news outlet for the guerrilla organization that challenged the Salvadoran government.

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Quixote's Soldiers

A Local History of the Chicano Movement, 1966–1981

University of Texas Press

One of the foremost scholars in Chicana/o studies offers a compelling, authoritative history of the Chicano movement in San Antonio—a movement that provided models for organizing that broke barriers to political participation and power for Latinos across

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