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Maps of the Imagination
Turchi posits the idea that maps help people understand where they are in the world in the same way that literature, whether realistic or experimental, attempts to explain human realities
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River of Traps
A Pulitzer-nominated portrait of changing times and changing lives in the mountains of New Mexico
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Dodgers to Damascus
An adventure-driven story that helps us understand the Middle East and Syria
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San Antonio 1718
More than 100 portraits, landscapes, religious paintings, and devotional and secular objects that put San Antonio's founding in context
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The WPA Guide to North Dakota
The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the states.
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Talking on the Water
On-the-water interviews with thirteen writers, scientists, conservationists, and artists connecting nature to the creative process
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How the Gringos Stole Tequila
A definitive look at the evolution of North America's only truly native spirit
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Coming of Age at the End of Nature
Twenty-two essays by writers of the climate change generation exploring what it means to come of age in an environmentally damaged world
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Wild Spectacle
“Janisse Ray at her best…. If there’s a more open, honest, and appealing writer today, I’ve not met her.” — Bill McKibben, author Wandering Home: A Long Walk across America’s Most Hopeful LandscapeFrom the bestselling author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, an exploration of the astounding and ...
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The Last Speaker of Bear
Four decades of expeditions in the north from Canada to Siberia
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New Cooking from Old Mexico
Mexican cuisine spanning indigenous, pre-Hispanic, colonial, and contemporary eras
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The Plazas of New Mexico
The definitive, richly illustrated, investigation of New Mexico’s Hispanic plazas, Native American center places, and Anglo courthouse squares
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I've Heard the Vultures Singing
One woman’s struggle to find her place in a difficult new world
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Poets on the Psalms
Literary perspectives on the the Psalms, the most popular book in the Bible
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A Sunny Place for Shady People
A personal and critical examination of how a powerful cabal on the Mediterranean island nation of Malta planned an assassination
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Irish Writers on Writing
Irish writers past and present talk about the literary life in their native country
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A Natural History of North American Trees
First paperback edition celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the original publication of Trees You Want to Know, the basis for this important work
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A Muse and a Maze
The follow-up to the bestselling Maps of the Imagination, connecting puzzles, mystery, and magic to the art of writing
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Domesticity
A book about love, libido, and lamb, with seventy-five recipes by a writer well versed in the domestic dance between food and relationships
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Rollergirls
Photographs that highlight the godmothers of flat track derby
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The Nation Must Awake
Eyewitness statements compiled by a woman who survived the Tulsa race massacre of 1921
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The Encyclopedia of Trouble and Spaciousness
Essays exploring politics and place, written with the lyricism of a poet and the wisdom of a modern-day sage
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Romanian Writers on Writing
Romanian writers past and present talk about the literary life in their country
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On the Edge
A timely book that deals with regional identity and the subject of limited water resources in our age of pronounced droughts
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Hail of Fire
A memoir of loss and renewal in the wake of the most destructive wildfire in Texas history
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The Winds and Words of War
A rare collection of posters from the World War I era created in 1916 and 1917
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The Artist's Field Guide to Yellowstone
Original works by artists and writers celebrating Yellowstone’s diverse flora and fauna
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Terra Antarctica
A dazzling portrait of a vast empty continent
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Wisdom for a Livable Planet
Explores critical issues that affect everyone, including climate change, population control, local living, and sustainable farming
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A Kite in the Wind
Twenty contributors demonstrate the nuances of fiction, revealing why it’s so challenging to write and so enticing to read
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Insane Devotion
Fourteen writers and critics examine the craft of a legendary American poet
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Art History 101 . . . Without the Exams
A millennia of art history condensed into 20 accessible chapters
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Colors on Clay
A study of the scenic tiles produced in San Antonio from the 1930s to the 1970s
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The Road of a Naturalist
An autobiographical wonder written by one of America's most beloved naturalists
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Chinese Writers on Writing
China through the lens of its literature and the eyes of its leading writers
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The Middle of Somewhere
An artist explores Virginia’s natural and human history through essays, sketches, and multimedia assemblages
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Self-Portrait with Dogwood
Beloved poet and essayist Christopher Merrill's personal tale of life and tree limb
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Painters in Prehistory
The story of ancient canyon dwellers along the Lower Pecos and their culture
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Putting on the Dog
Explores the age-old relationship between humans and animals, providing fascinating details about the historic and current use of animals as clothing
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My Heart Is Not Blind
Portraits and personal narratives of a diverse group of visually-impaired individuals connected by a similar experience of vision and perception
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In the Sun's House
A fledgling teacher finds his place in the unlikeliest of settings
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Terroir
Eight essays exploring how identity is shaped by place and its people
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Dream Song
The definitive biography of John Berryman, one of the twentieth century's foremost poets
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The Burning Island
An intimate, multilayered portrait of the Hawaiian volcano region
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Green Laurels
America's most-beloved naturalist takes on history's foremost nature historians
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The Shaping of Us
An international exploration of how our physical environments shape and define us
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Mossback
Debut essay collection exploring landscapes and mythologies at the intersection of environmental, indigenous, and social justice
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The Way of Natural History
A testament to the importance and reward of paying attention to our fragile world
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The Grand Array
A rare collection of daring essays about science, the arts, and spirituality
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Tides
A global journey through the science and wonder of the oceans
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Steel on Stone
The epic story of eight years spent living and working in the Grand Canyon
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The Plan for New Haven
A gem of American urban planning history that would become a benchmark in discussions about the shape of the new American city
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Open Midnight
A memoir of wilderness, metaphysical transformation, ancestral immigration, and Charles Darwin
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The Walk
An exploration of the connection between personal history and natural history
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Unchopping a Tree
An intimate, beautifully illustrated gift edition of poet laureate W. S. Merwin's wondrous story about how to resurrect a fallen tree
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Stealing History
The diary of a brilliant mind and a cultural observer unlike any other in our time
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Nobody Home
A collection of interviews and letters between beloved poet Gary Snyder and South African writer and scholar Julia Martin
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Iceland Summer
Drawn by the natural beauty, rich literary tradition, and charming eccentricities of the island nation, two lifelong friends journey across Iceland
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The Land's Wild Music
Profiles of four American writers showing how they interact with the landscapes they live and write in
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The Architectural Legacy of Alfred Giles
An illustrated guide to the best restorations of a famed South Texas architect
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Death Watch
America’s foremost living poet sifts through life and the inevitability of the end
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The Last Atoll
A groundbreaking exploration of the unknown, outermost reaches of the Hawaiian archipelago
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Wishbone
The story of a Texas woman's path to self-discovery in the early 1980's
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Maximilian and Carlota
The saga of the tragic, epoch moment in the arc of French colonial rule
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Aelian's On the Nature of Animals
An entertaining, fanciful, and sometimes suspect Roman-era encyclopedia of off-color animal behaviors
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Cargoes and Harvests
Famed naturalist Donald Culross Peattie’s first book eloquently explores agriculture and trade in America’s past
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A Cloud of Unusual Size and Shape
Essays on memory, history, and place that give voice to the sorrow and joy of being human
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Words without Walls
More than seventy-five poems, essays, stories, and scripts by contemporary writers provide inspiration for students in writing workshops in prisons, rehabilitation centers, and other alternative learning environments
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Rambling Prose
Essays on animal rights, silence, mortality, eroticism, film, and language
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Dispatches from the End of Ice
Science and storytelling about the search to understand disappearance
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A Gathering of Birds
Celebrated nature writing on the wonders of birds and birding
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Land and Light in the American West
The first major collection of master photographer John Ward’s gorgeously detailed black-and-white images of the American West
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The Jane Effect
More than 100 testimonies by Goodall’s friends and colleagues honoring her as a scientific pioneer, inspiring teacher, and engaging spirit
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Clowns and Rats Scare Me
One columnist’s views on subjects from child abuse to clownophobia
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Diversions of the Field
Hunting, fishing, game animals, and wildlife through the eyes of one America's famed naturalists
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William Carlos Williams
The definitive biography of William Carlos Williams, one of the twentieth century's foremost poets
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What I Can't Bear Losing
Engaging coming-of-age essays from one of America’s most-beloved poets
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We Are Animals
Collection of personal essays tackling social stigmas around mothering, childbirth, and feminism in the twenty-first century
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The Animal One Thousand Miles Long
Debut collection of essays from a young writer celebrating Vermont
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(Don't) Stop Me if You've Heard This Before
Peter Turchi’s third book on the craft of fiction goes beyond the basics to explore the intricate mechanics of storytelling.
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Crossing the Plains with Bruno
A female Travels with Charley that takes us through the soul of the American West into the vast unknown of the human heart
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The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods
The seminal guide to sacred Greek architecture by North America’s preeminent architectural historian
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Bushwhacking
Part writing memoir, part nature memoir, and part meditation on a life well lived
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American Architecture and Urbanism
A classic of American architectural and urban planning history
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19th Century American Writers on Writing
Essays, letters, poems, prose, and excerpts of interviews by fifty-seven leading authors of the century
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Thirty-Three Ways of Looking at an Elephant
From trunk to tail, these thirty-three essential historical, scientific, and cultural writings on the elephant range from folktales to current practices, creating a greater understanding of this creature.
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An Almanac for Moderns
Essays for each day of the year contemplating a unique but factual aspect of unbridled nature
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José María de Jesús Carvajal
A pioneering biography of the Mexican revolutionary Carvajal, a central figure in the development of colonial Texas
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Outside
Six short stories about the natural world by the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams
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Writing Architecture
A practical primer for students and practitioners alike on how to write successfully about architecture
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Dwelling in the Wilderness
Intimate journey into the lives of contemporary Roman Catholic monks and their sense of place
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A Book of Hours
Twenty-four essays, one for each hour of the day, that seek to bridge the gap between natural science and organic beauty
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The West Will Swallow You
Essays on the American West
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Not So Golden State
Leading environmental historian Char Miller looks below the surface of California’s ecological history to expose some of its less glittering conundrums
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Getting to Grey Owl
More than a dozen essays covering one man’s journey across four continents as he reflects on the pleasures of the wandering life
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