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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: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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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: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Women and Children of the Alamo by Crystal Sa Ragsdale Publisher Comments Everyone knows the epic saga of the fall of the Alamo with none of the brave defenders left alive to tell the tale, but there were survivors -- more than a dozen women and children who did live through the ordeal to tell their tales.... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Weekend in September by John Edward Weems About the Author John Edward Weems, a freelance writer living in Waco, has published several books on Texas and American history, including To Conquer a Peace: The War Between the United States and Mexico, published by Texas A&M University... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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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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: $6.95 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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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: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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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: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Alamo & the Texas War of Independence: Heroes, Myths & History by Albert A Nofi Publisher Comments It was a small war—probably no more than 2,500 men were ever engaged in a single action, both sides taken together. It was a short war too, lasting only about seven months. And it was fought in what was, at the time, one of the most obscure corners... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Call to Glory by Michael J Gilhuly Publisher Comments Infused with blood and honor of Jim Bowie, Davie Crockett and Sam Houston -- Texans became tough, hell bent for leather. Here you will find such men, the Wiley brothers. This is their story on how they started the Texas Rangers to bring law and order to... (read more) List Price $23.25 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Memoirs of a Beautiful Boy by Robert Leleux Publisher Comments In the Dear John letter Daddy left for Mother and me, on a Saturday afternoon in early June 1996, on the inlaid Florentine table in the front entry of our house, which we found that night upon returning from a day spent in the crème-colored light of... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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