"A history of design piracy in the women's ready-to-wear fashion industry. Presents arguments both for and against piracy by analyzing legal and apparel industry documents; governmental reports; and r
A tale of westering, high in adventure and long on characterThe Old West and westering are an American story—even when the story winds up in New York and the hero is only seventeen.Lured by the promis
Two women, separate but bound by hopeWhen Sybille arrives in Paris from Guadeloupe with her infant son, she encounters the extravagant and marvelous Lila. Sybille is young and black with her life stil
Storytelling World/Storytelling Magazine Award Winner "I love a book that gives me what it promises, and this one does: fifty real ghost stories, drawn from a variety of sources and told in as many v
"There's no denying [Hartman's] abilities as a photographer. Shape, color, and light, he has an impeccable eye for composition, for juxtaposing line against line, drawing the viewer's eye into his sub
Sex as a Political Condition: A Border Novel is a raucous, hilarious journey through political dangers that come in all shapes, cup sizes, and sexual identities, a trip into the wild, sometimes outrag
This personal, casual, and straightforward story follows the artist's rise from a lonely childhood on a South Texas farm to recognition as one of the leading printmakers in the world today. The story
Over 110 species of mammals roamed the forests, mountains, and deserts of this ancient "Land of Canaan"?Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine. Their impact on humans can be seen in cave drawings m
"A most significant yet unsung contribution within the field of Turkish studies over the past quarter of a century has been the work of Barbara K. Walker in collecting, preserving, and sharing Turkish
From its beginnings, American Cotton Growers strove toward ever more effective processing and marketing of the cotton grown on the High Plains. The men who were the driving force behind ACG realized w
Walt McDonald's A Band of Brothers sheds light on the Vietnam war through the eyes of a pilot in painstaking detail. Walter McDonald's collection [is] one of the most moving and insightful accounts
Welcome to Judge Roy Bean Country! The landscape is big enough and wild enough to contain any legend?even one the size of Judge Roy Bean. Jack Skiles started with a determination to learn the truth b
In 1916, in the tiny West Texas town of Benjamin, a gunman slips into a courtroom and murders the defendant. In 1912, in Fort Worth’s finest hotel, a young man kills an old gentleman in cold blood in
There is such excitement and joy in the poems of Laura Fargas?a rush to embrace the earth, an exuberant "giddy greed" for life. "I like the voice, the spirit I find in her poems," says Walter McDonald
It is not every day that a person is in the right place at the opportune time with the knowledge and drive to meet the challenge of a totally new enterprise. Sanford B. Kauffman was that young man. A
