Jane's Window: My Spirited Life in West Texas and Austin [1 ed.] 9781603449793, 9781603448024

Mary Austin and the American West 9780520942264

Mary Austin (1868-1934)—eccentric, independent, and unstoppable—was twenty years old when her mother moved the family we

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My Eighty Years in Texas 9780292769533

Almost a century and a half went into the making of My Eighty Years in Texas. It began as a diary, kept by fifteen-year-

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The Enchanted Suitcase: A Window Onto My German Father's World War II Life

Unexpectedly finding her German father's World War II memoirs in an old suitcase, transports author Helga Warren to

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The Austin Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from Deep in the Heart of Texas 9781683352228, 9781419728938

The acclaimed food writer's "go-to guide for Austin eating" shares classic and creative recipes from the

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Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas 9780292792944

Austin, Texas, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, is experiencing one of the most dynamic periods in its hist

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The City Moves West: Economic and Industrial Growth in Central West Texas 9781477301319

Where water supply, railway transportation, and oil reserves have been abundant, towns in central West Texas have prospe

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My Life in China and America 9781513279077

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On the Porch: Life and Music in Terlingua, Texas 9781477323656

In sunbaked Terlingua, Texas (pop., a few hundred), residents joke that there is a musician under every rock. Located te

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Lonely Planet San Antonio, Austin and Texas Backcountry Road Trips 9781760341527, 1760341525

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Whether exploring your own backyard or somewhere new, d

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Spirited Politics: Religion and Public Life in Contemporary Southeast Asia 9781501719486

The essays in Spirited Politics throw light on predicaments that spring from the intersection of religion, ethnicity, an

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