Texas boasts greater bird diversity than almost any state, with more than six hundred species living in or passing through during spring and fall migrations. Jennifer L. Bristol's Parking Lot Birding speaks to people who would love to observe a wide variety of birds in easy access locations that don't require arduous hikes or a degree in ......
On the surface of a mine, overburden is the excess landscape-soil, stone, roots-excavated and pushed aside to get to the valuable material below. But what accumulates when we displace and disrupt? Inside the language of extraction, what can we undercover in that overlooked excess? Jolene Brink's Overburden excavates these questions. Across four ......
Amy Hale Auker's first book of essays, Rightful Place, was the story of awoman fi nding beauty in her place, the Llano Estacado. Her new collectionof creative non-fi ction, Ordinary Skin, explores her mid-life transitionwith prose poems and essays that illustrate a new terrain as well as new ways ofbeing in the world. Touching on faith and body ......
Bells and Mitch, space aliens from the planet Exergy, come back to Earth for more exciting adventures in science! Our heroes dive deep into Earth's Pacific Ocean to solve a problem: how can they protect their home city on Exergy? Could the creatures living in the Pacific Ocean--who use camouflage to hide from predators--hold the answer? Join Bells ......
When America entered World War II, the surge of patriotism was not confined to men. Congress authorized the organization of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later renamed Women's Army Corps) in 1942, and hundreds of women were able to join in the war effort. Charity Edna Adams became the first black woman commissioned as an officer. Black ......
This is the story of Watson Mithlo, Chiricahua Apache, his family, and his life. Watson's story embodies the life of the Chiricahua Apache people, who in 1886 were forced into exile to Fort Marion, Florida, by the US government and considered prisoners of war until 1914. This story tells Watson's lived history as the Chiricahua were relocated from ......
Only nine countries have possessed nuclear weapons in the roughly eighty years since the US first introduced the atomic bomb to the world. Since then, a dangerous game of "will they, won't they?" has been played between these nations. The most infamous standoff is the Cold War between the US and USSR, but the emergence of North Korea's nuclear ......
Deserts cover about one third of the earth's surface and are the largest terrestrial ecosystem in the world. They are the only biome that is actually expanding, largely due to human activities and climate change. In the United States, six unique desert ecosystems stretch across the country: the Great Basin, Mojave, Chihuahuan, Sonoran, Peninsular, ......
Texas history is often recounted through tales of revolution, oil booms, and cattle drives. But what if we considered a different lens-one shaped by wind and wildfire, rivers and drought, grasslands and pine forests? Nature and Place in Texas reimagines the Lone Star story by centering its ecosystems. This collection of essays by leading ......
