The Texas Landscape Project explores conservation and ecology in Texas by presenting a highly visual and deeply researched view of the widespread changes that have affected the state as its population and economy have boomed and as Texans have worked ever harder to safeguard its bountiful but limited natural resources. Covering the entire state, from Pineywoods bottomlands and Panhandle playas to Hill Country springs and Big Bend canyons, the project examines a host of familiar and not so familiar environmental issues. A companion volume to The Texas Legacy Project, this book tracks specific environmental changes that have occurred in Texas using more than 300 color maps, expertly crafted by cartographer Jonathan Ogren, and over 100 photographs that coalesce to fashion a broad portrait of the modern Texas landscape. The rich data, compiled by author David Todd, are presented in clearly written yet marvelously detailed text that gives historical context and contemporary statistics for environmental trends connected to the land, water, air, energy, and built world of the second-largest and second-most populated state in the nation. An engaging read for any environmentalist or conscientious citizen, The Texas Landscape Project provides a true sense of the grand scope of the Lone Star State and the high stakes of protecting it. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.

"Is there in all republics this inherent and fatal weakness? Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?"As president Lincoln told Congress his war aims at the start of the Civil War, this statement leaps off the lectern. What freedoms did the nation have? What rights did the states have? Did they have the right to leave the Union just because things didn't go the way they liked at the ballot box? This was the issue that confronted the nation in 1861, already in motion when Lincoln took office.Documenting America: Civil War Edition, explores this question, and more. Looking at documents produced during the time of fighting, the historical context of the document is discussed, followed by drawing meaning from it relative to an issue we face today. The U.S.A.'s history is rich in documents. Explore them, and be informed by them.

Stephen Cross, of Ipswich, and Elizabeth Cheney, of Newbury, both in Massachusetts Bay Colony, married in 1672 and lived in Ipswich. This book tells the story of their lives. It is a mixture of genealogy, family history, and biography. Stephen was a coastal mariner, Elizabeth kept the home. They were an average colonial family, both born in Massachusetts to parents who had emigrated there from England. Included are Stephen's many days in court and three seafaring adventures he was part of. Also Included is a brief account of Stephen's and Elizabeth's children and grandchildren.

A dad has promised to spend a Saturday with his daughter. He almost backed out because he has so much to do. But he fulfills his promise, and off they go to make memories. They drive to a state park and hike, encountering people and activities along the way. Back at home he is reminded that he promised to spend "the day" with her, not just the morning. So she "helps" him do his chores. They conclude the day with a casual supper and games. "Daddy-Daughter Day" tells the story of the time they shared, and how each was affected by the day. The story is told in a series of poems.

Adam has a family to provide for and protect and a business to run as the land of Israel becomes a boiling pot of unrest, and his son Augustus has a new wife and no job. Adam helps Augustus gain a lucrative assignment writing a manual for the growing, far-flung church, a book of the apostles' teachings that will help the church maintain common doctrine and practices. The two men go their separate ways before they can reconcile from their sharp disagreement about Christianity.Then the Jewish rebellion breaks out. Adam is caught up in it, while Augustus has traveled to Egypt for research and is far away from the fighting. He feels the pressure to complete the book when the war prevents him from rejoining his wife. Adam and most of the family encounter grave danger from the war. Both men lament that they are not together so they can reconcile.The Teachings is the story of Adam and Augustus in the midst of war, each fighting for family, each hoping to be reunited to work out their differences.

The development of the U.S, Constitution, in response to the failing Articles of Confederation, happened in a few years following the Revolution. This book looks at a number of key documents from those years: analysis of the problem, pre-Convention debates, the Convention deliberations, post-Convention debates in the press and in State conventions, and the Bill of Rights. The discussions of those days are then tied to an issue we still deal with in the 21st Century.

The story goes like this: Seth Boynton Cheney left home when he was 16 years old to join the Gold Rush to California. His descendants, however, have had a hard time finding footprints for him during those years. For many decades his family knew only that he was a 49er, by 1880 he was in the Texas Panhandle and by 1882 in southwestern Kansas, starting a family with a woman 30 years younger than him. Where was he for those missing years, and what was he doing?This book is primarily for the descendants of Seth Cheney. It gives them a little information on Seth, and throws a spotlight on the missing years, as well as on the rest of his life. It includes twenty pages of information on the immigrant ancestor, John Cheney of Newbury, and his son Peter. They are Seth's ancestors.