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Imperium In Imperio / Sutton E. Griggs ; Preface By A.J. Verdelle ; Introduction By Cornel West

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Book, 2003 Modern library pbk. ed, The Modern Library, 2003
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Self-published in 1899 and sold door-to-door by the author, this classic African-American novel?a gripping exploration of oppression, miscegenation, exploitation, and black empowerment?was a major bestseller in its day. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Racially mixed people · Fiction · African American men · Black nationalism · Radicals · Racism · Texas · Griggs, Sutton E. 1872-1933
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3513.R7154 I56 2003 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3513.R7154 I56 2003	AVAILABLE

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All That Matters : The Texas Plains In Photographs And Poems

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photographs of the Southwest Collection selected by Janet M. Neugebauer ; new and selected poems by Walter McDonald
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Book, Texas Tech University Press, 1992
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Plains · Texas · Poetry · Pictorial works · McDonald, Walter · Neugebauer, Janet M., 1935- · Texas Tech University. Southwest Collection
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3563.A2914 A79 1992 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3563.A2914 A79 1992	AVAILABLE

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Canyon Visions : Photographs And Pastels Of The Texas Plains

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photographs by Dan Flores ; pastels by Amy Gormley Winton ; text by Dan Flores and Amy Gormley Winton ; foreword by Larry McMurtry
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Book, Texas Tech University Press, 1989
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Canyons · Llano Estacado · Pictorial works · Texas · Texas Panhandle · Texas Panhandle (Tex.) · Flores, Dan L. 1948- · Winton, Amy Gormley
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) F392.L62 F56 1989 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	F392.L62 F56 1989	AVAILABLE

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Colors On Desert Walls : The Murals Of El Paso

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by Miguel Juárez ; photographs by Cynthia Weber Farah ; foreword by José Antonio Burciaga ; Spanish translation by Richard Ford
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Book, 1st ed, Texas Western Press, the University of Texas at El Paso, 1997
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Miguel Juarez, a cultural arts historian, who had been involved in arts projects for some years, interviewed the major artists of El Paso murals, some of them long-time professional painters such as Manuel Acosta and Mago Gandara, and others commanding groups of volunteers. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Mural painting and decoration, American · Texas · El Paso · 20th century · Mexican American art · Street art · Juárez, Miguel, 1958- · Farah, Cynthia, 1949-
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) ND2638.E4 J83 1997 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	ND2638.E4 J83 1997	AVAILABLE

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From A Watery Grave : The Discovery And Excavation Of La Salle’s Shipwreck, La Belle

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James E. Bruseth and Toni S. Turner
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Book, 1st ed, Texas A&M University Press, 2005
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Pounded in the Texas bay by gale-force winds and storm surges, La Belle finally slipped beneath the water and sank to the bottom, where it would remain for centuries. Using cutting-edge technology and scientific innovation, investigators excavated the shipwreck and salvaged from its watery grave more than a million artifacts, including bronze guns, muskets, trade beads, axes, rings, bells, dishes, medicines?everything a New World colony needed for survival. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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La Salle, Robert Cavelier, · sieur de, · 1643-1687 · La Belle (Frigate) · Shipwrecks · Texas · Matagorda Bay · Matagorda Bay (Tex.) · Antiquities · Bruseth, James E · Turner, Toni S
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(LOWER LEVEL) F352 .L35 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	F352 .L35 2005	AVAILABLE

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An Unexpected Minority : White Kids In An Urban School

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Edward W. Morris
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Book, Rutgers University Press, 2006
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- Table of contents
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School integration · Texas · Case studies · Urban schools · Sociological aspects · Children, White · Education · United States · Race relations · Morris, Edward W., 1973-
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(LOWER LEVEL) LC214.22.T48 M67 2006 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	LC214.22.T48 M67 2006	AVAILABLE

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Singular Multiples : The Peter Blum Edition Archive, 1980-1994

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by Barry Walker ; with contributions by Faye Hirsch … [et al.]
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Book, The Museum of Fine Arts, 2006
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Generously illustrated and handsomely produced, this book includes thematic essays that address the various collaborations between prominent artists and Peter Blum. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Peter Blum Edition · Exhibitions · Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Catalogues raisonnés · Prints · 20th century · Multiple art · Proofs (Printing) · Artists’ preparatory studies · Texas · Houston · Walker, Barry, 1945- · Hirsch, Faye · Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) NE490 .W35 2006 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	NE490 .W35 2006	AVAILABLE

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The First Waco Horror : The Lynching Of Jesse Washington And The Rise Of The NAACP

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Patricia Bernstein
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Book, 1st ed, Texas A&M University Press, 2005
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Du Bois provided grist for the efforts of the NAACP to raise national consciousness of the atrocities being committed and to raise funds to lobby anti-lynching legislation. Drawing on extensive research in the national files of the NAACP, local newspapers and archives, and interviews with the descendants of participants in the events of that day, Patricia Bernstein has reconstructed the details of not only the crime but also its aftermath. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Washington, Jesse · National Association for the Advancement of Colored People · History · 20th century · Lynching · Texas · Waco · Murder · United States · Race relations · Bernstein, Patricia, 1944-
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(LOWER LEVEL) HV6465.T4 B47 2005 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	HV6465.T4 B47 2005	AVAILABLE

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An Unreasonable Woman : A True Story Of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, And The Fight For Seadrift, Texas

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Diane Wilson ; foreword by Kenny Ausubel
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Book, Chelsea Green Pub, 2005
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When Diane Wilson, fourth-generation shrimp-boat captain and mother of five, learns that she lives in the most polluted county in the United States, she decides to fight back. Wilson?s vivid South Texas dialogue resides somewhere between Alice Walker and William Faulkner, and her dazzling prose brings to mind the magic realism of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, replete with dreams and prophecies. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Wilson, Diane, · 1948- · Shrimpers (Persons) · United States · Biography · Chemical plants · Waste disposal · Environmental aspects · Texas · Seadrift · Environmental protection · Citizen participation · Environmentalism · Wilson, Diane, 1948-
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(UPPER LEVEL) SH20.W55 A3 2005 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	SH20.W55 A3 2005	AVAILABLE

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The Tequila Worm

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Viola Canales
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Book, Wendy Lamb Books, 2005
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Here are her tales of growing up in the barrio in McAllen, Texas, full of the magic and mystery of family traditions: making Easter cascarones, celebrating el Dia de los Muertos, preparing for quincea (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Canales, Viola
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CHILD LIT (LOWER) 804 C212t AVAILABLE

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CHILD LIT (LOWER)	804 C212t	AVAILABLE

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Shoulders : A Novel

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by Georgia Cotrell
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Book, Firebrand Books, 1987
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Lesbians · Fiction · Texas · Cotrell, Georgia, 1949-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3553.O7645 S5 1987 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3553.O7645 S5 1987	AVAILABLE

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Texas Joins The United States

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Christy Steele
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Book, World Almanac Library, 2005
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Texas · History · To 1846 · Juvenile literature · K-12 elementary · Revolution, 1835-1836 · K-12 elementary · Republic, 1836-1846 · United States · Territorial expansion · Steele, Christy, 1970-
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K-12 CURRICULUM (LOWER) He.211 W672t 2005 AVAILABLE

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K-12 CURRICULUM (LOWER)	He.211 W672t 2005	AVAILABLE

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No Country For Old Men

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Cormac McCarthy
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Book, 1st ed, Knopf, 2005
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Set in our own time along the bloody frontier between Texas and Mexico, this is Cormac McCarthy?s first novel since Cities of the Plain completed his acclaimed, best-selling Border Trilogy. A harrowing story of a war that society is waging on itself, and an enduring meditation on the ties of love and blood and duty that inform lives and shape destinies, No Country for Old Men is a novel of extraordinary resonance and power. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Drug traffic · Fiction · Treasure troves · Sheriffs · Texas · McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PS3563.C337 N6 2005 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PS3563.C337 N6 2005	AVAILABLE

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Perfect Circle : A Novel

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Sean Stewart
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Book, 1st ed, Small Beer Press, 2004
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“All-around terrific.”-Booklist (starred review) “Perfectly hilarious.”-Texas Monthly William “Dead” Kennedy is in trouble. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Family reunions · Fiction · Fathers and daughters · Divorced men · Unemployed · Death · Texas · Stewart, Sean, 1965-
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(UPPER LEVEL) PR9199.3.S794 P47 2004 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	PR9199.3.S794 P47 2004	AVAILABLE

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JFK, LBJ, And The Democratic Party

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Sean J. Savage
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Book, State University of New York Press, 2004
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- TABLE OF CONTENTS
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JFK, LBJ, and the Democratic Party is a richly detailed, comprehensive, and provocative account of presidential party leadership in the turbulent 1960s. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Kennedy, John F. · (John Fitzgerald), · 1917-1963 · Johnson, Lyndon B. · (Lyndon Baines), · 1908-1973 · Democratic Party (U.S.) · History · 20th century · Political culture · United States · Massachusetts · Texas · Politics and government · 1961-1963 · 1963-1969 · 1951- · Savage, Sean J., 1964-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E841 .S28 2004 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E841 .S28 2004	AVAILABLE

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