Trinity University Press: 154 books
by Gretchen Daily
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Intimate in size yet quietly breathtaking in scope, this graceful gift book will forever change how you think, and how you feel, about trees. In poetically sparse scientific observations, renowned conservation biologist Gretchen Daily narrates the evolution, impact, and natural wonder of trees. Alongside...
The WPA Guide to Pennsylvania
The Keystone State
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the...
The WPA Guide to North Carolina
The Tar Heel State
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the...
The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods
Greek Sacred Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
When The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods first appeared in 1962, it was hailed by the critics for it erudition, historical imagination and boldness. Subsequently, this comprehensive study of Greek temples and site-planning has been widely accepted as a landmark of architectural history, for it offers...
The Luck Archive
Exploring Belief, Superstition, and Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Artist Mark Menjivar was in an antique bookshop in Fort Wayne, Indiana, when he found 4 four-leaf clovers pressed between the yellowed pages of an aged copy of 1000 Facts Worth Knowing. Their discovery beguiled Menjivar so much that he began a multiyear exploration into the concept of luck and its...
The WPA Guide to South Carolina
The Palmetto State
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the...
The WPA Guide to Mississippi
The Magnolia State
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the...
The WPA Guide to Washington
The Evergreen State
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the...
Not So Golden State
Sustainability vs. the California Dream
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
In Not So Golden State, leading environmental historian Char Miller looks below the surface of California's ecological history to expose some of its less glittering conundrums. In this necessary work, Miller asks tough questions as we stand at the edge of a human-induced natural disaster in the region...
The Last Atoll
Exploring Hawai'i's Endangered Ecosystems
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
The Last Atoll is a first-person account of journalist Pamela Frierson’s ten-year exploration of the exotic and ecologically significant small lands at the far northwestern end of the Hawaiian island chain. Frierson takes readers on a rare journey to eight of these remote and ancient islands, including...
Reagan's Comeback
Four Weeks in Texas That Changed American Politics Forever
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Never before has the story been told of the dramatic turning point when Ronald Reagan found his voice as a presidential contender and overcame the Republican establishment. Reagan's Comeback is the story of how one state, one man, and one month changed national politics forever. Chronicling how Reagan’s...
by Cary Clack
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
San Antonians love Cary Clack for the sparkle of wit and wisdom he brings to them in his column in the San Antonio Express-News. But his style and sensibility make his work equally popular far beyond that city. He offers pithy, probing coverage of national issues such as terrorism, racism, and child...
The WPA Guide to Louisiana
The Pelican State
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the...
The WPA Guide to Virginia
The Old Dominion State
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
During the 1930s in the United States, the Works Progress Administration developed the Federal Writers’ Project to support writers and artists while making a national effort to document the country’s shared history and culture. The American Guide series consists of individual guides to each of the...