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$29.95  Buy | Tailwind Both Ways
A Cowman’s Chronicle
Laurence M. Lasater
In the first autobiography written by a major player in the current generation of cattlemen and women, Laurence Lasater tells just what it takes to survive in a mythologized yet rapidly changing industry. A descendant of two of America's great pioneer ranching clans, the Lasaters and the Matthews/Reynolds. Laurie has continued and added to his family's traditions of integrity, innovation and willingness to take risks. This is the story of a couple that "took the big risk" leaving the family ranch to operate for over 40 years on leased land and borrowed money. Against that backdrop, it recounts the Lasaters' struggle to survive and prosper... More » | | | |  Hard Cover
$24.95 Buy | Barn Burning Barn Building
Tales of a Political Life, from LBJ to George W. Bush and Beyond
Ben Barnes
How did the Democratic Party – party of JFK, LBJ, and civil rights – fall from glory? How did Texas, home of its most promising players, become Bush territory? What do politicians on either side need to do today to get our country back on track? Ben Barnes has the answers. Barnes had a front-row seat through it all. His political savvy and bravado made him a standout in the rough-and-tumble world of Texas politics. He won a seat in the Texas Legislature in 1960, at the unheard-of age of 22, and four years later became the youngest Speaker of the House since the Civil War. In 1968, he helped Congressman George Herbert Walker Bush... More » | | | |  Hard Cover
$24.95 Buy | Warden
Texas Prison Life and Death from the Inside Out
Jim Willett and Ron Rozelle
Jim Willett never intended to preside over more legal executions than anyone else alive. Warden is the story of Willett’s 30-year career in Texas prisons, from his first night as a shotgun-wielding guard to the last man he accompanied to the death chamber. He saw first-hand the Carrasco hostage crisis, the longest prison siege in the history of the United States. He worked as an internal-affairs investigator, earning the resentment of his colleagues as he asked questions about guards’ abuse of prisoners. And he watched the crowds gather when Texas reinstated the death penalty. ... More » | | | |  Hard Cover
$24.95 Buy | Winning My Wings
A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II
Marion Stegeman Hodgson
One of the first women in the United States to train as a military pilot, Marion Hodgson was part of a little-known World War II experiment called the WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) program, which gave young women the then unheard-of opportunity to fly military aircraft. An unlikely volunteer, Hodgson was at first terrified of flying, but she and other WASPs succeeded not only in winning their wings, but in breaking the barriers against women in military cockpits. This is an action-packed story, often humorous and sometimes harrowing, told mostly through letters Hodgson wrote to a Marine pilot fighting for his life after a fiery crash. ... More » | | | |  Hard Cover
$34.95 Buy | The Face of Texas
Portraits of Texas
Michael O'Brien
Texas! Hearing the word "Texas" conjures images of a state as diverse as it is large. And Michael and Elizabeth O'Brien's The Face Of Texas captures the array of people -- from common folks 'done well,' such as Willie Nelson, who sings to the nation, to a couple who have gone to Washington to lead the nation and reside in the White House, yet still have Texas branded deep in their hearts and souls. Michael's well-visualized and executed photographs of the "Faces" of Texas pair with the journalistic skills of Elizabeth, his wife, who has penned portraits of Michael's subjects, giving the reader a visual panoramic of Texas... More » | | | |  Hard Cover
$29.95 Buy | Okinawa Odyssey
Bob Green
Upon the 60th anniversary of the Battle for Okinawa comes this remembering of the Tenth Army of the Pacific Theatre campaign, recounted by Bob Green, then a 20-year-old Second Lieutenant of the 763d Tank Battalion attached to the 96th Infantry Division. The invasion, launched on April Fool’s Day/Easter Sunday, 1945, began the last major battle of World War II, fought as war in Europe ended and President Roosevelt died. Three months later, the Okinawa arena was declared secure, at sobering sacrifice by the 1st, 2d and 6th Marine Divisions and the 96th, 7th, 77th and 27th Army Divisions... More » | | | |  Hard Cover
$24.95 Buy | One Heartbeat II
The Road to the National Championship
Mack Brown and Bill Little
One Heartbeat II chronicles some of the life and times of Mack Brown in his journey from Cookeville, Tennessee (where as a child he rode the team bus with the high school football teams his grandfather coached (to Austin, Texas, where today he is head football coach of The University of Texas Longhorns and the recipient of the 2005 American Football Coaches Association Regional Coach of the Year. Poignantly crafted with award-winning writer Bill Little, One Heartbeat II is an anthology of pieces from the heart with thoughts and stories from Brown who, in following his dream of coaching, has built winning football programs everywhere he’s coached. ... More » | | | |  Hard Cover
$16.95 Buy | David Crockett
Hero and Legend
Mary Dodson Wade
Colonel David Stern Crockett was a celebrated 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the age of 49 at the Battle of the Alamo. Crockett's early years were filled with adventure, hardship, and traveling. Shortly after being sent to school, he ran away from home. He did not return until his 16th birthday. Crockett was twice elected to the United States House of Representatives. In 1835, Crockett left Tennessee for Texas. When William B. Travis, commander in charge at the siege at the Alamo... More » | | | |  Hard Cover
$16.95 Buy | Gregorio Esparza
Alamo Defender
William R. Chemerka
In 1836, during the Texas Revolution, about 189 Texans defended the Alamo against the Mexican army. Some of the defenders of the Alamo were Mexicans who lived in Texas and supported Texas independence. One of these Tejanos—Texans of Mexican heritage—was Gregorio Esparza. In October 1835, he joined the Texas army. When General Santa Anna and the Mexican army arrived to recapture San Antonio, Esparza and his family fled to the Alamo. General Santa Anna surrounded the Alamo and the Texans chose to fight. Before the Battle of the Alamo began... More » |
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