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A critical study of the thought of Augusto Cesar Sandino and his followers.

Spanning some three hundred years, this masterful study of the transmission of the Virgin of Guadalupe from Spain to the Americas and back again explores the subjectivity of seeing and the power of an image at the intersection of religion and politics.

This novel tells the story of a would-be utopian community built on an old plantation of the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

In this lively memoir and how-to handbook for aspiring journalists, a veteran correspondent who has reported for National Geographic and Newsweek tells "the stories behind the stories" that reveal the hard work, skill, and luck it takes to be a successful

Offers advice on growing nearly 150 herbs suited to Texas and South-Western gardens, along with information on each plant's landscape, culinary, medicinal, and other uses. This book contains individual entries that give each herb's common and scientific names and instructions for planting, growing, harvesting, and storing it.

A first-of-its-kind anthology of English translations of the key texts of Greek surrealism from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Leading historians discuss the roles of the Spanish, Mexican, and U.S. militaries in mapping the Greater Southwest from the sixteenth through the mid-nineteenth centuries.

Complete and detailed reports of the excavations carried out at Ceren, "the Pompeii of the New World".

The long-lost romantic memoir of Alma Reed, an American journalist and companion of Mexican martyr Felipe Carrillo Puerto.

Thirty-two wide-ranging voices pay tribute to the late Gloria Anzaldua, the beloved poet and fiction writer who redefined lesbian and Chicana/o identities for thousands of readers.

A biography of renowned U.S. congressman, Texas state legislator, labor lawyer, and political organizer Bob Eckhardt.

Kaarle Krohn's Folklore Methodology was the first systematic attempt to state a method of studying folkloristic materials and became the handbook for the great Finnish School of folklore research.

The third volume of archaeological investigations in southern Italy by the Institute of Classical Archaeology that will present a wealth of new information about the region's ancient rural economy and culture.

A superb collection of previously unpublished portraits of children and a selection of iconic images from Keith Carter's books Mojo, Heaven of Animals, Holding Venus, and The Blue Man.

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 education.

A detailed critical analysis and historical contextualization of three Aztec pictorial histories.

An anthology of remarkable voices drawn from the U.S. Latino & Latina WW II Oral History Project, bringing to life the transformations they spurred.

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Robert Earl Keen offers fans a very personal, beautifully designed songbook, scrapbook, and photo album with lyrics and sheet music for twenty-four favorite songs, intriguing glimpses into the stories behind the songs, photos o

A collection of essays that elaborate themes such as art world systems versus an art of commitment; artistic genealogies and how they are consecrated; and, the possibilities for artistic agency.

A state-of-the-art overview of prehistoric Moche culture by an international, multidisciplinary team of scholars who are at the forefront of Moche research.

An interpretive analysis of a sixteenth-century Aztec painted history from a provincial city in Central Mexico.

Acclaimed photographer Laurence Parent and former Texas Parks & Wildlife editor David Baxter create a masterful portrait of one of the world's most beautiful, ecologically diverse, and increasingly endangered rivers.

An authoritative overview of water issues in Texas for a general readership.

An irreplaceable collection of photographs that documents ways of living off the land that once were common across the entire South.

One of Texas's top organic gardening experts presents nearly 400 trees, shrubs, groundcovers and vines, annuals and perennials, and grasses suitable for Southeast Texas, illustrated with 400 color photos.

A multifaceted exploration of La Malinche, the ballet created by Jose Limon, one of the leading figures of modern dance in the twentieth century.

A visual survey of the career of acclaimed documentary photographer Alan Pogue, whose work has focused on social and political movements from Texas to the Middle East.

The first authoritative biography of one of the 20th century's foremost ornithologists, whose 1934 Field Guide to the Birds was one of the two foundational books that launched the environmental movement.

A remarkable photo album of the buttons, bumper stickers, and myriad other items Texas politicians have used to put their names and messages before the public.

The first book to show the full range and quality of Russell Lee's work, as well as the first major publication of his photographs since 1978--contains over 140 images, 101 of which have never appeared in book publication.