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Bowie

An Illustrated Life

By María Hesse and Fran Ruiz; Translated by Ned Sublette
University of Texas Press

An inventive biography of David Bowie, featuring María Hesse’s cosmic illustrations of this otherworldly music legend.

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Earl Campbell

Yards after Contact

University of Texas Press

A fascinating biography of the legendary Texas football star who earned the Heisman Trophy and an MVP award—while making wrenching sacrifices to achieve his record-setting greatness.

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The Value of Aesthetics

Oaxacan Woodcarvers in Global Economies of Culture

University of Texas Press

An ethnographic study of the economic and cultural impact of aesthetics, focusing on an internationally renowned workshop where Oaxacan woodcarvings, or alebrijes, are highly profitable.

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Television Rewired

The Rise of the Auteur Series

University of Texas Press

From Twin Peaks (including the 2017 return) to Girls, a veteran critic and scholar draws on decades of industry expertise and exclusive interviews with renowned creators to examine the rise of art television.

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Mushrooms of the Gulf Coast States

A Field Guide to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida

University of Texas Press

The first book devoted to the nearly 1,400 mushroom species found in the five-state Gulf Coast region—with more than 650 color illustrations and dichotomous identification keys that will delight foragers, cooks, and scholars alike.

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Trail of Footprints

A History of Indigenous Maps from Viceregal Mexico

University of Texas Press

This study explores how postconquest Mexican indigenous communities used maps to defend prized lands, to create a visual and social history of life before the Spanish, and to record knowledge of pre-Columbian plants.

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Millennials in Architecture

Generations, Disruption, and the Legacy of a Profession

University of Texas Press

The first book to explore the impact of the newest generation of architects—with a call for firms and educators to foster leadership in Millennials, tapping their innovative capacity to shape the twenty-first century.

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Graphic Memories of the Civil Rights Movement

Reframing History in Comics

University of Texas Press

A study of five graphic novels or memoirs that have reshaped the narrative of civil rights in America—and an examination of the format’s power to allow readers to participate in the memory-making process.

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Human Matter

A Fiction

University of Texas Press

In this provocative novel from an award-winning Guatemalan storyteller, a fiction writer dangerously delves into the long-buried National Police archive, exposing the legacies of systematic brutality and resistance.

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Accountability Across Borders

Migrant Rights in North America

University of Texas Press

A timely, transnational examination of the institutions in Mexico, Canada, and the United States that engage migrant populations in becoming agents of change for immigrant rights while holding government authorities accountable.

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