Texas A M University Press: 358 books
Unnatural Texas?
The Invasive Species Dilemma
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
The story of introduced species in Texas is long (hogs were introduced by European settlers in the 1500s) and fraught with controversy. In Unnatural Texas? The Invasive Species Dilemma, Robin W. Doughty and Matt Warnock Turner introduce the “big hitters” of invasive species in the state. They...
Hummingbirds of Texas
with Their New Mexico and Arizona Ranges
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2015
Written for a general audience, with spectacular images for birders and nature enthusiasts at every level, Hummingbirds of Texas reveals the enormous appeal of this tiniest and shiniest of birds. The book opens with a look at the many manifestations of the human attraction to these flying jewels.
by Bill Scheick
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Gardening in Texas is not for the faint of heart or weak-willed. Given the remarkable variety of soils, climate ranges, and the obstacles of stifling heat, humidity, and drought, the dedication of so many gardening enthusiasts speaks to the powerful hold plants have over people.
Living and...
Deep Ellum
The Other Side of Dallas
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Deep Ellum, on the eastern edge of downtown Dallas, retains its character as an alternative to the city’s staid image with loft apartments, art galleries, nightclubs, and tattoo shops. It first sprang up as a ramshackle business district with saloons and variety theatres and evolved, during the...
The Lifelong Impact of 4-H
Stories from Texas
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Heartwarming, surprising, and inspirational: this collection of thirty-one stories from families and individuals whose lives have been touched by 4-H covers more than a century of history in Texas. It traces the organization from its agricultural origins at the turn of the twentieth century to its...
Archie P. McDonald
A Life in Texas History
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Historian Archie P. McDonald (1935–2012) retired in 2008 as director of the East Texas Historical Association and editor of the East Texas Historical Journal after thirty-seven years of service. A beloved professor and author of numerous books, he charted the course of the ETHA and served as leader...
Sense of Home
The Art of Richard Stout
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Winner, 2018 CASETA Publication Award, sponsored by the Center for Advancement and Study of Early Texas Art
Richard Stout’s legacy as an artist is broad, deep, and firmly moored to his Texas Gulf Coast origins. Born in Beaumont in 1934, he has been painting, sculpting, and teaching in Houston...
The Art of Found Objects
Interviews with Texas Artists
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2016
In this first book of interviews with visual artists from across Texas, more than sixty artists reflect on topics from formative influences and inspirations to their common engagement with found materials. Beyond the art itself, no source is more primary to understanding art and artist than the artist’s...
Over at College
A Texas A&M Campus Kid in the 1930s
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
In 1926 James Knox Walker, staff civil engineer in charge of building at A&M, and his new bride moved onto the campus of what was then known as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. The greater community, of which this small on-campus neighborhood was a part, was known simply as “College.”...
Everyday Music
Exploring Sounds and Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Native American drumming and chant; Czech and German polka; country fiddling; African American spirituals, blues and jazz; cowboy songs; Mexican corridos; zydeco; and the sounds of a Cambodian New Year’s celebration — all are part of the amazing cultural patchwork of traditional music in Texas....
Citizens at Last
The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
“There is so much to be learned from the documents collected here. . . . Where better than in this record to find the inspiration to achieve another high point of women’s political history?”—from the foreword by Anne Firor Scott
Citizens at Last is an essential resource for anyone interested...
Seasons at Selah
The Legacy of Bamberger Ranch Preserve
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
In 1969, J. David Bamberger bought what he described as “the sorriest piece of land” in the Texas Hill Country for the specific purpose of restoring the degraded landscape. Today, Selah, Bamberger Ranch Preserve is one of the largest habitat restoration projects in the state—5,500 acres—and...
Pioneering Archaeology in the Texas Coastal Bend
The Pape-Tunnell Collection
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
When Harold F. Pape moved to Gregory, Texas, in 1927, he quickly became fascinated by the wealth of Native American artifacts along the nearby shoreline of Corpus Christi Bay and what is now called Port Bay, a southern arm of the larger Copano Bay.
A lifelong natural history enthusiast and...
The Dama Gazelles
Last Members of a Critically Endangered Species
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
Finalist, 2019 Outstanding Publications Award, sponsored by the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Dama gazelles, the largest of the gazelles, were once a common sight in Northern Africa, with a habitat ranging from the Atlantic Ocean east almost to the Nile River. Today, these animals are...