Showing posts with label The Texanist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Texanist. Show all posts

Monday, December 4, 2017

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.

To order your signed, personalized copy:
  • Place any book below (scroll to view selections) in your shopping cart.
  • Enter the discount code GIFTBOOKS before checkout.
  • In the comments field during checkout, write your personalized message: What should the author write in the book? Click to view an example inscription.
  • Complete checkout.
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
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



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Surf Texas
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







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The Republic of Football
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







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Under Surveillance
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







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They Came from the Sky
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



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A Love Letter to Texas Women
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







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The Face of Texas
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







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Texas Sports
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







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Texas BBQ
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







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The Making of Gone With The Wind
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







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One More Warbler
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







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The Tacos of Texas
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
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ISBN: 978-1-4773-1043-4







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Thursday Night Lights
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







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The Swimming Holes of Texas
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







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The Texanist
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


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¡Viva Tequila!
¡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 


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Monday, October 30, 2017

UT Press at the 2017 Texas Book Festival

This weekend, the University of Texas Press and many of our authors will enjoy the 22nd annual Texas Book Festival on the Capitol grounds in downtown Austin and environs.



We'll have a booth on Colorado Street with tons of titles for sale at a great discount, so please stop by. There are a lot of wonderful authors in attendance this year, so we’ve distilled our authors' appearances into a single UT Press schedule (browse the full schedule here):



Saturday

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Texas Institute Of Letters Award Winners
Author: Stephen Harrigan
Moderator: Steve Davis
Location: Capitol Extension Room E2.036
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)

Enjoy seeing some of the top writers in Texas at this lively panel discussion featuring winners of the Texas Institute of Letters’ 2017 Literary Awards. The TIL was founded in 1936 and has been a leading force in Texas literature for more than 80 years.


Where to find the author online: @stephenharrigan | Website
 


11:00 AM - 11:45 AM



Author: Michael Hurd
LocationC-SPAN2/ Book TV Tent
Booksigning: Main Book Signing Tent (Congress near 10th Street)

Michael Hurd, sportswriter and director of Prairie View A&M University's Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture, and journalist Bobby Hawthorne discuss the inspiring, largely unknown story of African American high school football in Texas, showing how football offered a potent source of pride and ambition in the black community. While "Friday night lights" shone on white high school football games, African American teams across Texas burned up the gridiron on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Thursday Night Lights is their story.