Native Plant Book Review - Cacti and Succulents
Cacti and succulent gardeners who are fans of native plants are going to love this book from Texas. "Rare Plants of Texas-A Field Guide" by Jackie M. Poole et al is a flexbound guide from Texas A & M University Press. By four leading [... more]
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 Author: Henry C. Dethloff Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 070.594 EAN: 9780890968789 Edition: Limited edition Format: Special Edition ISBN: 0890968780 Number Of Pages: 161 Publication Date: 1999-09 [... more]
$29.95
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The Only War We Had: A Platoon Leader's Journal of ...
GREAT BOOK!!!: This is one of the best books I've ever read, when it comes to documenting the day to day events of a soldier in war. Based on the writer's journal as an Infantry platoon leader, and reinforced with letters sent & kept by the authors [... more]
$19.95
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Soissons 1918
Soissons 1918: On July 18-21, 1918, American and French divisions fought and won the bitter Battle of Soissons. This critical battle was the start of the Aisne-Marne Offensive and marked the turning point of WW1. Soissons was the turning point because [... more]
$29.95
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Home from Siberia: The Secret Odysseys of Interned ...
A Review of "Home From Siberia": "Home From Siberia: The Secret Odysseys of Interned American Airmen in World War II" by Otis Hays, Jr. (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1990. Pp. 232.) Few people realize the extent [... more]
$19.95
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The Rebirth of the Missouri Pacific, 1956-1983
A superb work on recent railroad history: This book gives a good look at the forces that shaped the Missouri Pacific Railroad during its final era, from job forces, line acquisitions and locomotives to corporate doings and "pleasing the stockholders. [... more]
$24.95
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Close Calls: Jan Reid's Texas
A Spellbinding Craftsman at Work: Writing fine magazine stories is harder than it appears. But then, the best writers have a way of making it look easy. A real craftsman must satisfy two needs---his own urgent need to reveal a story through lines that [... more]
$29.95
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The Courthouses of Texas: A Guide
Warning: This book made me want to start my quest to visit ALL of the courthouses of Texas. This has become something of a burden to me now. Some of the most beautiful ones are quite remote. Be warned - when you see a really beautiful courthouse - you [... more]
$18.95
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Vietnam, 1969-1970: A Company Commander's Journal (Texas ...
An Excellent Real World Vietnam Book: I missed the Vietnam War by a year or two. I served as an 11B from 72-78. I always wondered what it would have been like to have been there in a rifle company. Plenty of books about SF and LRRPs, but not very many [... more]
$19.95
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The Development of Propulsion Technology for U.S. ...
Reliable and balanced account: In the October 2008 issue of _Technology and Culture_, Yasuchi Sato wrote about this book: "The first two chapters provide a reliable and balanced account of the development of all major space-launch vehicles, military [... more]
$65.00
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To the Limit of Endurance: A Battalion of Marines in the ...
CWO4 Allan Cordera USMC Retired: An exceptional job by Lieutenant Colonel Pete Owen on his research and writing by masterfully piecing together first hand accounts of the Marines of all ranks that fought at Belleau Wood and Soissons. A well organized, [... more]
$32.50
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Gunning for the Red Baron (C.A. Brannen, No. 7)
Another Unique study of WWI air Warfare by Bennett: Those of you that have read Leon Bennett's "Three Wings for the Red Baron" already are aware of his excellent abilities to analyze early air combat in new and informative ways. A master of the [... more]
$29.95
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