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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson Publisher Comments National Bestseller September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston by Marquis James Publisher Comments This is the stuff of which legend is made, this story of the making of Texas, and Houston is one with those semilegendary characters--with Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, with Marion the Swamp Fox and Ethan Allen. . . . In a sense he is too good to be... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Big Bend: A History of the Last Texas Frontier by Ronnie C Tyler About the Author Dr. Ron C. Tyler is the executive director of the Texas State Historical... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Beneath the Window: Early Ranch Life in the Big Bend Country by Patricia W Clothier Publisher Comments A wonderful story of growing up in the 1930s and 1940s on a vast ranch in the mountains and desert hugging the Mexican border in the Big Bend country of Texas, before it became a national park. The author's family weathered rattlesnakes and drought... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis by William Davis Publisher Comments Three Roads to the Alamo is the definitive book about the lives of David Crockett, James Bowie and William Barret Travis—the legendary frontiersmen and fighters who met their destiny at the Alamo in one of the most famous and tragic battles in... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Time of the Rangers: Texas Rangers: From 1900 to the Present by Mike Cox Publisher Comments Texas writer-historian Mike Cox explores the origin and rise of the famed Texas Rangers. Starting in 1821 with just a handful of men, the Rangers' first purpose was to keep settlers safe from the feared and gruesome Karankawa Indians, a... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Texas Curiosities 2ND Edition by John Kelso Publisher Comments Texas Curiosities is your round-trip ticket to 234 of the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Lone Star State has to offer. Humor columnist John Kelso has traveled 13,000 Texas miles in search of the one-of-a-kind gems that... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dallas Then & Now (Then & Now) by Ken Fitzgerald Publisher Comments Celebrating America's favorite cityscapes, this series combines historic interest and contemporary beauty. Then and Now features fascinating archival photographs contrasted with specially commissioned, full-color images of the same scene today. A visual... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Strong West Wind: A Memoir by Gail Caldwell Publisher Comments In this exquisitely rendered memoir set on the high plains of Texas, Pulitzer Prize winner Gail Caldwell transforms into art what it is like to come of age in a particular time and place. A Strong West Wind begins in the 1950s in the wilds of the Texas... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Texas Land Ethics by Pete Gunter Publisher Comments From the dense forests of the Big Thicket to the limitless vistas of the Davis Mountains, Texas is a land of astonishing diversity and natural beauty. Yet it is also a land where commuters endure endless traffic jams in the major cities and where... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Daughter of Fortune (Women of the West) by Sherrie S Mcleroy Publisher Comments Her name was Rebecca Aston Brown, but the world knew her as Miss Bettie. Artist, world traveler, and for the times most shocking of all, a spinster to the end of her days, Bettie's life has been the subject of conjecture and rumor.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Scuse Me While I Whip This Out: Reflections on Country Singers, Presidents, and Other Troublemakers by Kinky Friedman Publisher Comments Kinky Friedman is back with 'Scuse Me While I Whip This Out, and gets it on with all manner of egos. In this collection of twisted takes on life, the Kinkster gives us funny, irreverent, and insightful looks at outsized personalities, from people he's... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Texas Hold 'em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad by Kinky Friedman Publisher Comments "Texas Hold 'Em is more than just a card game. It deals…with that fine, forgotten art of playing a poor hand well…Texas Hold 'Em is a state of mind, a spiritual survival technique, a way of holding on to things that might just be important in this... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Texas (America) by Whitecap Books Publisher Comments As expansive as America itself, this outstanding series captures outstanding views of panoramic landscapes, brilliant city skylines, and picturesque communities -- 96 pages and 70 stunning images by internationally renowned photographers, plus... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Dallas Myth: The Making and Unmaking of an American City by Harvey J Graff Publisher Comments The ninth largest city in the United States, Dallas is exceptional among American cities for the claims of its elites and boosters that it is a “city with no limits” and a “city with no history.” Home to the Dallas Cowboys, self... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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Texas, a Modern History: Revised Edition by David G Mccomb Publisher Comments Since its publication in 1989, Texas, A Modern History has established itself as one of the most readable and reliable general histories of Texas. David McComb paints the panorama of Lone Star history from the earliest Indians to the present day with a... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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The World of Texas Politics by Charles P Elliott About the Author Robert E. Biles has taught college students about Texas politics in Texas, Colombia, and Ecuador and to students in the free world and in Texas prisons. He is Professor and former chair of Political Science at Sam Houston State University. He received... (read more) List Price $122.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Texas Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Texas Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other) by John Kelso Publisher Comments Humor columnist John Kelso captures the strange-but-true spirit of Texas with this combination almanac, off-the-wall travel guide, and wacky news gazette. His narrative entertains and provides plenty of choice material worthy of repeating at social... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Treasury of Texas Tales by Webb B Garrison Publisher Comments Each of these collections of unusual, interesting, and little-known tales provides insight into the people and history of these states. Counter displays of all books are available. All are illustrated and indexed.... (read more) List Price $9.25 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence - And changed America by H W Brands Publisher Comments From bestselling historian and long-time Texan H. W. Brands, a richly textured history of one of the most fascinating and colorful eras in U.S. history--the Texas Revolution and the forging of a new America. "For better or for worse, Texas was very... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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