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Understanding Misunderstandings
A Practical Guide to More Successful Human Interaction
University of Texas Press
Why many common types of misunderstandings arise and how they can be avoided or corrected.
Islam's Political Culture
Religion and Politics in Predivided Pakistan
University of Texas Press
An examination of the political dimension of Islam in predivided Pakistan (1947–1971).
Eight Plays for Children
The New Generation Play Project
Edited by Coleman A. Jennings; Introduction by Suzan L. Zeder
University of Texas Press
This book provides the full text of the plays produced through the NGPP.
Lizards on the Mantel, Burros at the Door
A Big Bend Memoir
By Etta Koch and June Cooper Price
University of Texas Press
A woman's life in the Big Bend in the 1940s.
The Forgetting of Air in Martin Heidegger
By Luce Irigaray; Translated by Mary Beth Mader
University of Texas Press
In this complex, lyrical, meditative engagement with the later work of the eminent German philosopher, Irigaray critiques Heidegger's emphasis on the element of earth as the ground of life and speech and his "oblivion" or forgetting of air.
Pobre Raza!
Violence, Justice, and Mobilization among México Lindo Immigrants, 1900-1936
University of Texas Press
This book examines the response of Mexican immigrants to Anglo American prejudice and violence early in the twentieth century.
Men and Popular Music in Algeria
The Social Significance of Raï
University of Texas Press
A popular music form as a lens for viewing Algerian society.
Earth, Water, and Sky
A Naturalist's Stories and Sketches
University of Texas Press
In these popularly written, often lyrical essays, Johnsgard describes some of his most fascinating encounters with birds.
Disputes and Democracy
The Consequences of Litigation in Ancient Athens
University of Texas Press
This study uses Athenian court speeches to trace the consequences for both disputants and society of individuals’ decisions to turn their quarrels into legal cases.
A Vaquero of the Brush Country
The Life and Times of John D. Young
By John D. Young and J. Frank Dobie
University of Texas Press
This true story of the Texas brush range and the first cowboys, as thrilling as any tale of fiction, has become a classic in Western literature.
The Kin Who Count
Family and Society in Ottoman Aleppo, 1770-1840
University of Texas Press
A groundbreaking study of family life among the upper classes of the Ottoman Empire in the pre-modern and early modern period.
Machado de Assis
Reflections on a Brazilian Master Writer
Edited by Richard Graham
University of Texas Press
This book is designed not only to call new attention to this Brazilian master but also to raise questions about the nature of literature itself and current alternative views on how it can be approached.
Western Representations of the Muslim Woman
From Termagant to Odalisque
By Mohja Kahf
University of Texas Press
How the image of Muslim women changed in Western literature from medieval times to the Romantic era.
Exchange and the Maiden
Marriage in Sophoclean Tragedy
By Kirk Ormand
University of Texas Press
Insights into how Athenians thought about the institution of marriage, gleaned from the plays of Sophocles.
Women in Television News Revisited
Into the Twenty-first Century
By Judith Marlane; Introduction by Howard Rosenberg
University of Texas Press
Seventy of the foremost women in television news reflect on their professional successes, the personal and professional sacrifices that often bought those successes, and the barriers that still confront women in the news business.
Gender and Modernity in Andean Bolivia
University of Texas Press
How the state's desire for a racially and culturally homogenous society has been deployed through images of womanhood that promote the notion of an idealized, acculturated female body.
Xicoténcatl
An anonymous historical novel about the events leading up to the conquest of the Aztec empire
Edited by Guillermo Castillo-Feliú
University of Texas Press
Written as Spain’s New World colonies fought for their independence in the early nineteenth century, Xicoténcatl stands out as a beautiful exposition of an idealized New World about to undergo the tremendous changes wrought by the Spanish Conquest.
The Okapi
Mysterious Animal of Congo-Zaire
By Susan Lyndaker Lindsey, Mary Neel Green, and Cynthia L. Bennett; Introduction by Jane Goodall; Illustrated by Mary Neel Green
University of Texas Press
In this popularly written book, three long-time observers of the okapi present a complete, contemporary natural history of this appealing relative of the giraffe.
The Green Republic
A Conservation History of Costa Rica
University of Texas Press
A readable history of how Costa Rica established a national park system as a response to rapid destruction of its tropical ecosystems.
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