Fourteen-year-old Jessie Barstow has the rare ability to travel to other locations and other worlds at will, and she's being hunted for it. While on the run from the power hungry and mysterious forces, Jessie stumbles into Martin, a young man who helps her hide from the strange beings chasing her. Unbeknownst to Jessie, Martin has a magical talent of his own, one he himself has denied since childhood. As her pursuers close in, Jessie pulls Martin with her to a world robbed of magic...

"No single existing publication includes the kind of information featured in this book," a natural history of the flora of the Lone Star State (A. Michael Powell, Professor of Biology Emeritus and Director of the Herbarium, Sul Ross State University).With some 6,000 species of plants, Texas has extraordinary botanical wealth and diversity. Learning to identify plants is the first step in understanding their vital role in nature, and many field guides have been publ...

The story of introduced species in Texas is long (hogs were introduced by European settlers in the 1500s) and fraught with controversy. In Unnatural Texas? The Invasive Species Dilemma, Robin W. Doughty and Matt Warnock Turner introduce the “big hitters” of invasive species in the state. They profile the usual suspects—feral hogs, salt cedar, and fire ants—and also lesser known invasives, such as cats and sparrows. Blending natural and environmental history with geography, this bo...