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2221) Threads of home
Author
Series
Quilting story volume pt. 2
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"The past threatens to destroy the good days ahead.Liz has overcome the emptiness of her husband's death, the hardships of the trip west and even the robbery and murder of her beloved grandfather. Standing at the altar, she feels hope for the first time in many years.Settling into their new home in Fort Worth, Texas, the cousins begin to build a new life now that grandfather is gone, but their minds are never at rest. Abby initiates the work necessary...
Author
Series
Nathan Hale's hazardous tales volume 6
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Remember the Alamo!" That rallying cry has been a part of Texas lore for generations. But what, exactly, should we remember? Who were the ragtag group of adventurers behind the famous slogan, and how did they end up barricaded in a fort against a Mexican army? Who survived, who died, and how? This sixth book in the bestselling Hazardous Tales series tracks the Lone Star State's bloody fight for independence from the Mexican government. It features...
2227) Family pictures
Author
Publisher
Children's Book Press
Pub. Date
[c1990]
Language
English
Description
The author describes, in bilingual text and illustrations, her experiences growing up in a Hispanic community in Texas.
Series
Publisher
GoodTimes Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1994
Language
English
Description
Big Bend National Park covers 788,682 acres in the bend of the Rio Grande in Brewster County, Texas. Created in 1943, the park is in an area that the early Spanish explorers called "the uninhabited place" and was once home to fierce Apache and Comanche warriors. With its varied topography, the park is filled with a startling array of plants and animals, some of which are found nowhere else in the country.
2230) Teen Frankenstein
Series
High school horror volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"When science prodigy Tori Frankenstein accidentally kills a teen boy in a midnight car accident, there's only one thing for her to do--use her science project to bring him back to life"--
2232) Flaming star
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
"In the years after the Civil War, western Texas is an uneasy meeting ground of two cultures: one white, the other Native-American. When fighting breaks out between the settlers and natives, Pacer Burton (Elvis Presley), the son of a white rancher (John McIntire), is pulled into the deadly violence despite his peacemaking efforts"--Container.
2234) Ringo's tombstone
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Texas Ranger John Ringold rides into Tombstone on detached service. His mission - to go undercover as John Ringo and stamp out the gangs ravaging Wells Fargo in a string of unsolved robberies and murder. Ringo tackles the desperate job of running down the night-riding bandits, headed by the mysterious robber chieftan "Saguro," only to find himself hurled into a head-on confrontation with the Earps and Doc Holliday. Events build swiftly with Ringo...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This is a searing family memoir of a wild boyhood in Texas that led to the vicious murder of the author's brother by actor Woody Harrelson's father. In 1968 the author's brother, Alan, was murdered by Charles Harrelson, notorious hit man and father of Woody Harrelson. Alan was only thirty-one when he disappeared and for more than six months his family did not know what had happened to him, until his remains were found in a ditch in Texas. There was...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In this compelling new installment of bestselling author Ralph Compton's Sundown Riders series, a man seeks revenge for the death of his wife and sons while caring for his traumatized daughter. Carl Novak returned to the Texas hill country after fighting in the Civil War, but unlike most of his neighbors, Carl didn't fight for the Confederacy. He was a Union soldier. Carl tries to resume his life as a farmer with his wife and three children. One...
2238) The lifeguards: a novel
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The bonds between three picture-perfect, viciously protective mothers are tested when their sons uncover a horrible crime in this provocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters. In Austin's Zilker Park, vigilance and money are enough to keep one insulated from the world's problems and inconveniences. Here, three mothers-Whitney, Annette, and Liza-have grown thick as thieves, and so have their fifteen-year-old sons....
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"From beloved food blogger Lisa Fain, aka the Homesick Texan, comes this follow-up to her wildly popular debut cookbook, featuring more than 125 recipes for wonderfully comforting, ingredient-driven Lone Star classics that the whole family will love. Nobody knows and loves Texan food more than Lisa Fain. With The Homesick Texan's Family Table, Fain serves up more of the appealing, accessible, and downright delicious fare that has made her blog so...