“An important story not just about [Texas’s] water history, but also about its social, economic, and political identity” (Western Historical Quarterly). A

The story of the publicly financed Central Valley Project in California which built dams, reservoirs, hydroelectric plants, and canals. De Roos ( San Francisco

A Dry and Thirsty Land is the account of my nearly 11 years of living in Tripoli, Libya, and teaching English at the Oil Companies School.

As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become