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Dann, David.
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(2019)
| 9781477318775 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 776pp | Availability last checked: 28/2/2020
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Named one of the world’s great blues-rock guitarists by Rolling Stone,Mike Bloomfield (1943–1981) remains beloved by fans nearly forty years afterhis untimely death. Taking readers backstage, onstage, and into the recordingstudio with this legendary virtuoso, David Dann tells the riveting storiesbehind...
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(2018)
| 9781477310335 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 240pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 111.95 (inc. GST), AUD 101.77 (ex. GST),
Garry Winogrand—along with Diane Arbus and Lee Friedlander—was one of themost important photographers of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as one of theworld’s foremost street photographers. Award-winning writer Geoff Dyerhas admired Winogrand’s work for many years. Modeled on JohnSzarkowski’s...
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(2018)
| 9781477312360 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 300pp | Availability last checked: 21/2/2020
AUD 51.95 (inc. GST), AUD 47.23 (ex. GST),
The “First Lady of Show Business” and the “Last of the Red Hot Mamas,”Sophie Tucker was a star in vaudeville, radio, film, and television. A gutsy,song-belting stage performer, she entertained audiences for sixty years andinspired a host of younger women, including Judy Garland, Carol Channing,...
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(2014)
| 9780292745490 | University Of Texas Press | pbk. | book | 261pp
AUD 45.95 (inc. GST), AUD 41.77 (ex. GST),
Just about everyone loves Mexican food, but should you eat it if you want tomanage your weight or diabetes? Yes, absolutely! There are literally hundreds ofauthentic Mexican dishes that are naturally healthy—moderate in calories, fat,and sugar—and completely delectable. In Naturally Healthy Mexican...
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McLeese, Don.
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(2012)
| 9780292723818 | University Of Texas Press | pbk. | book | 232pp
AUD 33.95 (inc. GST), AUD 30.86 (ex. GST),
From his formative years playing pure, hardcore honky-tonk for mid-'80s LosAngeles punk rockers through his subsequent surge to the top of the countrycharts, Dwight Yoakam has enjoyed a singular career. An electrifying liveperformer, superb writer, and virtuosic vocalist, he has successfully bridgedtwo...
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Newest & Forthcoming Releases
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Gonzalez, Martha.
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(2020)
| 9781477321126 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 192pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 166.95 (inc. GST), AUD 151.77 (ex. GST),
Coming in July 2020
As the lead singer of the Grammy Award–winning rock band Quetzal and a scholarof Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, Martha Gonzalez is uniquely positioned toarticulate the ways in which creative expression can serve the dual roles ofpolitical commentary and community building. Drawing on postcolonial,...
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Erdim, Burak.
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(2020)
| 9781477321218 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 360pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 92.95 (inc. GST), AUD 84.50 (ex. GST),
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Landed Internationals examines the international culture of postwar urbanplanning via the case of the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara,Turkey. Today the center of Turkey's tech, energy, and defense elites, METU wasfounded in the 1950s through an effort jointly sponsored by the UN, theUniversity...
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Bradley, Barrie Scardino. Fox, Stephen. Sabatino, Michelangelo.
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(2020)
| 9781477320556 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 360pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 92.95 (inc. GST), AUD 84.50 (ex. GST),
Coming in July 2020
Complex, controversial, and prolific, Howard Barnstone was a central figure inthe world of twentieth-century modern architecture. Recognized asHouston’s foremost modern architect in the 1950s, Barnstone came toprominence for his designs with partner Preston M. Bolton, which transposed therigorous...
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Gibbings, Julie. Vrana, Heather.
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(2020)
| 9781477320853 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 336pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 83.95 (inc. GST), AUD 76.32 (ex. GST),
Coming in July 2020
Guatemala’s “Ten Years of Spring” (1944–1954) began when citizensoverthrew a military dictatorship and ushered in a remarkable period of socialreform. This decade of progressive policies ended abruptly when a coupd’état, backed by the United States at the urging of the UnitedFruit...
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Gonzalez, Martha.
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(2020)
| 9781477321133 | University Of Texas Press | pbk. | book | 192pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 55.95 (inc. GST), AUD 50.86 (ex. GST),
Coming in July 2020
As the lead singer of the Grammy Award–winning rock band Quetzal and a scholarof Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, Martha Gonzalez is uniquely positioned toarticulate the ways in which creative expression can serve the dual roles ofpolitical commentary and community building. Drawing on postcolonial,...
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Dixon, James R. Forstner, Michael. Werler, John E.
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(2020)
| 9781477320419 | University Of Texas Press | pbk. | book | 400pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 46.95 (inc. GST), AUD 42.68 (ex. GST),
Coming in July 2020
With species ranging from the legendary, fear-inspiring western diamond-backedrattlesnake to the tiny threadsnakes, Texas has a greater diversity of snakesthan any other state in the country. This fully illustrated field guide to Texassnakes, written by two of the state’s most respected herpetologists...
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Callary, Edward. Callary, Jean K.
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(2020)
| 9781477320648 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 432pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
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Coming in June 2020
Was Gasoline, Texas, named in honor of a gas station? Nope, but the name doeshonor the town’s original claim to fame: a gasoline-powered cotton gin.Is Paris, Texas, a reference to Paris, France? Yes: Thomas Poteet, who donatedland for the town site, thought it would be an improvement over “Pin...
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Bradley, Barrie Scardino.
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(2020)
| 9781477320198 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 412pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 83.95 (inc. GST), AUD 76.32 (ex. GST),
Coming in June 2020
Just over 180 years ago, the city of Houston was nothing more than analligator-infested swamp along the Buffalo Bayou that spread onto a flat,endless plain. Today, it is a sprawling, architecturally and culturally diversemetropolis. How did one transform into the other in such a short period?Improbable...
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Schwartz, Stephanie.
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(2020)
| 9781477320624 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 288pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 83.95 (inc. GST), AUD 76.32 (ex. GST),
Coming in June 2020
“No Politics whatever.” Walker Evans made this emphatic declaration in 1935,the year he began work for FDR’s Resettlement Administration. Evansinsisted that his photographs of tenant farmers and their homes, breadlines, andthe unemployed should be treated as “pure record.” The Americanphotographer’s...
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Marashi, Afshin.
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(2020)
| 9781477320792 | University Of Texas Press | hbk. | book | 328pp | Availability last checked: 26/2/2020
AUD 101.95 (inc. GST), AUD 92.68 (ex. GST),
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In the aftermath of the seventh-century Islamic conquest of Iran, Zoroastriansdeparted for India. Known as the Parsis, they slowly lost contact with theirancestral land until the nineteenth century, when steam-powered sea travel, theincreased circulation of Zoroastrian-themed books, and the philanthropic...
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