Holiday Offer: Signed Texas Books at 40% off, free shipping!

Through midnight on Monday, December 11, the University of Texas Press is proud to offer signed copies of select Texas books delivered in time for the holidays at 40% off, with free standard domestic shipping.

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• Enter the discount code GIFTBOOKS before checkout.
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Books will ship on Thursday, December 14. No rush shipping. Not valid for orders outside the United States. If you have questions or concerns about your order, or would like assistance, please call 512-232-7637. 

Armadillo World Headquarters A Memoir By Eddie Wilson, with Jesse Sublett The founder of Armadillo World Headquarters recalls the lively history of this legendary music venue and its role in launching cosmic cowboy/redneck rock and making Austin, Texas, the live music capital of the world. Hardcover, $20.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-1382-4 Buy Now Surf Texas By Kenny Braun Evocative and nostalgic, this extended photo essay presents an insider’s portrait of the surf culture of Texas, one of the top six surfing states in America, as well as the singular and sometimes unexpected beauty of the Texas coast. Hardcover, $33.00 (40% off) ISBN: 978-0-292-75770-7 Buy Now Republic of Football Legends of the Texas High School Game By Chad S. Conine With interviews and stories of celebrated players, including past and present NFL stars, as well as legendary coaches and dynastic teams from across Texas, The Republic of Football captures the standout moments in Friday night lights. Hardcover, $14.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-0371-9 Buy Now Under Surveillance Being Watched in Modern America By Randolph Lewis Tackling one of today’s most timely issues from a broad, humanistic perspective, this book explores the emotional, ethical, and aesthetic challenges of living under constant surveillance in post-9/11 American society. Hardcover, $16.77 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-1243-8 Buy Now They Came from the Sky The Spanish Arrive in Texas By Stephen Harrigan This signed edition presents a spellbinding preview of the inaugural volume of the Texas Bookshelf—a major new history of Texas by the New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harrigan. Hardcover, $11.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-1294-0 Buy Now

A Love Letter to Texas Women By Sarah Bird The acclaimed author of Above the East China Sea and The Yokota Officers Club celebrates the uniqueness of Texas women in this beautifully designed gift book Hardcover, $10.17 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-0949-0 Buy Now The Face of Texas Photographs by Michael O'Brien. With stories by Elizabeth O'Brien With twenty-three new portraits, including John Graves, Richard Linklater, Joel Osteen, and Cat Osterman, as well as updated profiles of all of the subjects, here is the face of Texas captured in the faces of noteworthy Texans by one of America’s premier portrait photographers. Paperback, $14.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-0-292-76313-5 Buy Now Texas Sports Unforgettable Stories for Every Day of the Year By Chad S. Conine With a stirring story for every day of the year, this book celebrates the athletes and teams in more than twenty-five sports that have made Texas a dynamo in the world of sports across more than a century. Paperback, $11.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-1273-5 Buy Now Texas BBQ By Wyatt McSpadden Destined to become a classic like Smokestack Lightning and Legends of Texas Barbecue Cookbook, Wyatt McSpadden's Texas BBQ is the only large format, full-color photographic odyssey into the world of traditional barbecue. Hardcover, $23.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-0-292-71858-6 Buy Now The Making of Gone With The Wind By Steve Wilson More than 600 rarely seen items from the David O. Selznick archive, this exhibition catalog that celebrates the 75th anniversary of Gone with the Wind offer fans and film historians alike a must-have behind-the-camera view of the production of this classic movie on its seventy-fifth anniversary. Hardcover, $30.00 (40% off) ISBN: 978-0-292-76126-1 Buy Now One More Warbler A Life with Birds By Victor Emanuel, with S. Kirk Walsh With stories of sighting rare birds ranging from an Eskimo Curlew to the cranes of Asia, one of America’s foremost birders recalls a lifetime of birding adventures, including friendships with luminaries Roger Tory Peterson, Peter Matthiessen, and George Plimpton. Hardcover, $17.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-1238-4 Buy Now

Tacos of Texas By Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece With authentic recipes, behind-the-scenes stories, and recommendations of where the locals eat, this is the indispensable guide to Texas’s appetizingly diverse tacos and taco culture by the authors of Austin Breakfast Tacos. Paperback, $11.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-1043-4 Buy Now Thursday Night Lights The Story of Black High School Football in Texas By Michael Hurd Telling an inspiring, largely unknown story, Thursday Night Lights recounts how African American high school football programs produced championship teams and outstanding players during the Jim Crow era. Hardcover, $14.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-1034-2 Buy Now The Swimming Holes of Texas By Julie Wernersbach and Carolyn Tracy; photography by Carolyn Tracy Full of practical information to help plan your visits and enticing color photos of one hundred freshwater swimming holes, here is the first-ever guide to the best places to swim in Texas. Paperback, $13.17 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-1237-7 Buy Now The Texanist Fine Advice on Living in Texas By David Courtney and Jack Unruh The first collection of acclaimed illustrator Jack Unruh’s work, this book gathers the best of the illustrations he created for The Texanist, Texas Monthly’s back-page column, along with the serious and not-so-serious questions that inspired them. Hardcover, $14.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-1-4773-1297-1 Buy Now ¡Viva Tequila!  Cocktails, Cooking, and Other Agave Adventures By Lucinda Hutson With a festive blend of inspired recipes for fabulous drinks and dishes, lively personal anecdotes, spicy cultural history, and colorful agave folk art, proverbs, and lore, America’s premier tequila expert shows us how to savor the most Mexican of all libations. Hardcover, $20.97 (40% off) ISBN: 978-0-292-72294-1  Buy Now