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This I Can Leave You: A Woman's Days on the Pitchfork Ranch
Mamie Sypert Burns · Texas a & M Univ Pr
Pages: 281 Format: Hardcover
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When D Burns arrived at the mighty Pitchfork Ranch as the new manager in 1942, he walked straight into the hostility of a lot of longtime hands who did not want to take orders from an outsider. Gradually, though, D and his wife, Mamie, won allies and made a place for themselves on the historic... |
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Adapt: How Humans Are Tapping into Nature's Secrets to Design and Build a Better Future
Amina Khan · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 352 Format: Print book
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Amina Khan believes that nature does it best. In Adapt, she presents fascinating examples of how nature effortlessly solves the problems that humans attempt to solve with decades worth of the latest and greatest technologies, time, and money. Humans are animals too, and animals are incredibly... |
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The Life and Love of the Sea
Lewis Blackwell · Abrams, in association with PQ Blackwell, 2015.
Pages: 216 Format: Print book
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Showcasing cutting-edge underwater photography from the world's leading marine and nature photographers, The Life & Love of the Sea is a breathtaking visual tour of the ocean's great diversity. Readers will experience land meeting sea with images of dramatic coastlines, barrier... |
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The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea
Jack E Davis · Liveright
Pages: 608 Format: Hardcover
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The tragic collision between civilization and nature in the Gulf of Mexico becomes a uniquely American story in this environmental epic.When painter Winslow Homer first sailed into the Gulf of Mexico, he was struck by its "special kind of providence." Indeed, the Gulf presented... |
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Restoring Texas: Raiford Stripling's Life and Architecture
Michael McCullar · Texas A&M University Press
Pages: 161 Format: Hardcover
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Restoration architect Raiford Stripling rescued some of Texas' most historic sites from oblivion, including Ashton Villa in Galveston, the French Legation in Austin, Independence Hall at Washington-on-the-Brazos, and Presidion La Bahía in Goliad. This handsome volume, inspired by the 1983... |
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The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd
Joe Camp · Crown; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A surprise birthday gift plunged Joe Camp and his wife, Kathleen, into the world of horses as complete neophytes without a clue as to what horses needed or wanted. The Camps went searching for logic and sense in the rule books of traditional horse care and what they found was not what they... |
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Reader's Digest North American wildlife.
Reader's Digest Association. · Reader's Digest
Pages: 191 Format: Paperback
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A colorful, illustrated identification guide provides general information on each species, including behavior patterns, diet, and dominant physical characteristics, as well as individual profiles and tips on locating and approaching each animal. Original. |
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A Rock between Two Rivers: The Fracturing of a Texas Family Ranch
Hugh Fitzsimons III · Trinity University Press
Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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A Rock between Two Rivers is the story of a man coming to terms with the environmental legacy of his family's ranch in Dimmitt County, Texas, and reckoning with the birthright he'll leave for the generations who follow. What began for Hugh Fitzsimons as a mission to expose local... |
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Matagorda Island: A Naturalist's Guide
Wayne H. McAlister · Univ of Texas Pr
Pages: 354 Format: Hardcover
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Once, all barrier islands were natural places where sand dunes and sea grasses, water birds and beach creatures flourished, undisturbed by human development. Matagorda Island still is. Part of a chain of five major barrier islands that shelter the Texas coastline from the Gulf of Mexico,... |
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Basic Texas Birds: A Field Guide
Mark Lockwood · University of Texas Press
Pages: 403 Format: Paperback
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Finding all the birds in Texas can be a lifetime pursuit. Basic Texas Birds, an easy-to-use field guide, will help you identify over 180 species of birds that are found across the state, including a selection of the rarer "Texas specialties" that draw birders to Texas from around... |
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