Download or read book God Save Texas written by Lawrence Wright and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-04-17 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower—and a Texas native—takes us on a journey through the most controversial state in America. • “Beautifully written…. Essential reading [for] anyone who wants to understand how one state changed the trajectory of the country.” —NPR Texas is a red state, but the cities are blue and among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king, but Texas now leads California in technology exports. Low taxes and minimal regulation have produced extraordinary growth, but also striking income disparities. Texas looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create. Bringing together the historical and the contemporary, the political and the personal, Texas native Lawrence Wright gives us a colorful, wide-ranging portrait of a state that not only reflects our country as it is, but as it may become—and shows how the battle for Texas’s soul encompasses us all.

Download or read book I Love You as Big as Canada written by Rose Rossner and published by Hometown World. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Love You as Big as Canada is the perfect addition to any baby's bookshelf! Adorable illustrations and clever rhymes highlight all the places that you and Baby love about your city, state, or country. Combining the evergreen message of love with regional touchpoints, each book features top landmarks for that specific location with all the snuggle-worthy sentiment that baby board books in this category provide.

Download or read book For the Love of Texas written by Betsy Christian and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Texas was Texas, it was a lot of things to a lot of different people. Comanche, Choctaw, French, Spanish, Mexican and more laid claim to Texas soil as their own, and no one wanted to share. The fights and alliances that arose out of the colonization of Texas shaped the state's future. Find out all about the beginning of the state and the colonists who helped pave the way for the Texas we now know. Saddle up with Betsy and George Christian for an interactive, fun chapter in Texas history for kids that challenges them to ask questions about the history they're told and the world in which they live.

Download or read book I Love Oklahoma I Hate Texas written by Jake Trotter and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spotlighting a team that holds the edge in a series dating back to 1915, this pro-Georgia history proves why fans should love the Bulldogs and hate their archrivals, the Florida Gators. A pep talk from Vince Dooley is featured as is beloved mascot Uga, and the "Gator Stomp" that made Tim Tebow look even goofier than usual is highlighted for good measure. This entertaining chronicle argues for adoring Buck Belue while raking Rex Grossman over the coals, relating the fantastic coaching stories of the legendary W.A. Cunningham, Wally Butts, and Vince Dooley as well as up-close and personal chats.

Download or read book A Love Letter to Texas Women written by Sarah Bird and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it that distinguishes Texas women—the famous Yellow Rose and her descendants? Is it that combination of graciousness and grit that we revere in First Ladies Laura Bush and Lady Bird Johnson? The rapier-sharp wit that Ann Richards and Molly Ivins used to skewer the good ole boy establishment? The moral righteousness with which Barbara Jordan defended the US constitution? An unnatural fondness for Dr Pepper and queso? In her inimitable style, Sarah Bird pays tribute to the Texas Woman in all her glory and all her contradictions. She humorously recalls her own early bewildered attempts to understand Lone Star gals, from the big-haired, perfectly made-up ladies at the Hyde Park Beauty Salon to her intellectual, quinoa-eating roommates at Seneca House Co-op for Graduate Women. After decades of observing Texas women, Bird knows the species as few others do. A Love Letter to Texas Women is a must-have guide for newcomers to the state and the ideal gift to tell any Yellow Rose how special she is.

Download or read book Dear Santa Love Texas written by Michele Robbins and published by Familius. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the night before Christmas, Santa mounted his sleigh. The presents were packed; Time to be underway! The night air was chilly, the hour was late-- When a letter came in from a faraway state. Santa is all ready to leave on Christmas Eve, but last-minute letters are arriving from Texas! From a little girl who is wishing for snow, to a bluebonnet, guadalupe bass, and mockingbird all looking for a bit more attention, to the bears asking the reindeer for a play date, each letter contains a humorous request that gets even Santa chuckling. Even better, each letter comes tucked in its own pocket envelope with other delightful extras like cards, money for toll roads, and even a map of Texas! How will Santa respond? It's Texas Christmas magic you'll have to see!

Download or read book Welcome to Texas Welcome To written by and published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Texas! Whether they're locals or visitors, young readers will love this bright, cheerful, fact-filled picture book celebration of "The Lone Star State." With information about the state's animals, plants, regions, food, people, customs, and fun places to visit, this tribute to Texas is the perfect gift for vacationers and residents alike. The warm, bright illustrations highlight the many delights to be found throughout the state, and the easy-yet-informative details ("Texas is BIG! It's the second-largest state in the USA") give just the right amount of information to kids from preschool on up.

Download or read book The Texanist written by David Courtney and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Courtney's columns from the Texas Monthly, curing the curious, exorcizing bedevilment, and orienting the disoriented, advising "on such things as: Is it wrong to wear your football team's jersey to church? When out at a dancehall, do you need to stick with the one that brung ya? Is it real Tex-Mex if it's served with a side of black beans? Can one have too many Texas-themed tattoos?"--Amazon.com.

Download or read book I Love Texas I Hate Oklahoma written by Pete Davis and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented in a unique reversible-book format, this is the ultimate Texas Longhorns fan guide to the passionate and historic rivalry with the Oklahoma Sooners. Full of interesting trivia, hilarious history, and inside scoops, the book relates the fantastic stories of legendary Longhorn coaches and star players, as well as the numerous villains and their even worse fans who have represented the Sooners over the years. Like two books in one, this completely biased account of the rivalry shows there really is no fine line between love and hate; rather, it's as wide as the Red River itself. This is the defining book on the Texas-Oklahoma rivalry and is a must-read for every true Longhorns fan.

Download or read book Texas in Her Own Words written by Tweed Scott and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2nd Edition. This book is a peek into the Texas psyche and explains why Texans are the way they are...where all that attitude comes from.

Download or read book Texas Love Song written by Jodi Thomas and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996-10-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Harmony McLain and Whispering Moutain series' McCall Harrison was looking for a man. Not a man to love and hold, for her heart had died with her husband. What she needed now was a man for her mission... Sloan Alexander was looking for redemption. The war had stolen his hope and pride. But a beautiful widow promised him honor, if he helped her save the Cheyenne children... Taking the children home to the Great Plains as the Indian War raged, they risked their lives. But when danger ignited their desires, they met the greatest risk of all—falling in love...

Download or read book The Tacos of Texas written by Mando Rayo and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooted in tradición mexicana and infused with Texas food culture, tacos are some of Texans’ all-time favorite foods. In The Tacos of Texas, the taco journalists Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece take us on a muy sabroso taco tour around the state as they discover the traditions, recipes, stories, and personalities behind puffy tacos in San Antonio, trompo tacos in Dallas, breakfast tacos in Austin, carnitas tacos in El Paso, fish tacos in Corpus Christi, barbacoa in the Rio Grande Valley, and much more. Starting with the basics—tortillas, fillings, and salsas—and how to make, order, and eat tacos, the authors highlight ten taco cities/regions of Texas. For each place, they describe what makes the tacos distinctive, name their top five places to eat, and listen to the locals tell their taco stories. They hear from restaurant owners, taqueros, abuelitas, chefs, and patrons—both well-known and everyday folks—who talk about their local taco history and culture while sharing authentic recipes and recommendations for the best taco purveyors. Whether you can’t imagine a day without tacos or you’re just learning your way around the trailers, trucks, and taqueros that make tacos happen, The Tacos of Texas is the indispensable guidebook, cookbook, and testimonio.

Download or read book Big Wonderful Thing written by Stephen Harrigan and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Texas is the story of struggle and triumph in a land of extremes. It is a story of drought and flood, invasion and war, boom and bust, and of the myriad peoples who, over centuries of conflict, gave rise to a place that has helped shape the identity of the United States and the destiny of the world. “I couldn’t believe Texas was real,” the painter Georgia O’Keeffe remembered of her first encounter with the Lone Star State. It was, for her, “the same big wonderful thing that oceans and the highest mountains are.” Big Wonderful Thing invites us to walk in the footsteps of ancient as well as modern people along the path of Texas’s evolution. Blending action and atmosphere with impeccable research, New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harrigan brings to life with novelistic immediacy the generations of driven men and women who shaped Texas, including Spanish explorers, American filibusters, Comanche warriors, wildcatters, Tejano activists, and spellbinding artists—all of them taking their part in the creation of a place that became not just a nation, not just a state, but an indelible idea. Written in fast-paced prose, rich with personal observation and a passionate sense of place, Big Wonderful Thing calls to mind the literary spirit of Robert Hughes writing about Australia or Shelby Foote about the Civil War. Like those volumes it is a big book about a big subject, a book that dares to tell the whole glorious, gruesome, epically sprawling story of Texas.

Download or read book Everybody Loves Grace written by Katy McQuaid and published by . This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time to leave Pennsylvania and Grace says goodbye to her special friend, Nathan. Grace shares the next part of her road trip adventure to Washington, DC and Virginia. She also visits where her mommy used to work in Virginia.

Download or read book Love Texas Style written by Danny Michaels and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After his latest recording hits the charts and rises to number one, Stoney Mason is a star at age twenty-two. While strolling through the airport in Houston on a return trip from his initial appearance at the Grand Ole Opry, he meets the girl of his dreams-seventeen-year-old Ginny York. Although the two share a palpable chemistry, their chance encounter is brief. Eighteen years later, the now famous Stoney Mason and his Mason-Dixon band headlines nightly in San Antonio at the world's largest country nightclub run by an international thug. Though he is now a heavy drinker, Stoney is still a ladies man. It has been years since Stoney and Ginny first met, but a second chance encounter reunites them. When Ginny's sexy younger sister arrives in San Antonio, Stoney's heart and mind are suddenly torn in two different directions. Will the temptations of the flesh prove too much for Stoney to resist? Love....Texas Style provides an intricate behind the scenes look at the entertainment industry and shows a side most have never imagined. Follow the strange journeys and serious complications of Stoney, Ginny, and her sister over the course of twenty years.

Download or read book One in a Million and Love Texas Style written by Ruth Jean Dale and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2 BRAND-NEW, FULL-LENGTH NOVELS ONE IN A MILLION Like taking candy from a baby. Not! Sophie Brannigan—a four-year-old "penny pincher"—is the prime suspect in the theft of a one-cent coin. Quint Sterling is hot on her trail, and that of her mother, Amber—because both penny and woman are one in a million. He soon discovers he's no match for the little girl, but Amber is another story… LOVE, TEXAS STYLE Even cowgirls get the blues… New York lawyer Suzanne Hillsbury is looking for love in all the wrong places. So, inspired by a commercial for a Wild West getaway, she decides what she needs is an honest to goodness cowboy, one who believes in hard work, old-fashioned values…and looks good in a pair of tight jeans. Sexy Brett Maxwell seems to be just the man she's been looking for. But little does she guess that under Brett's Western bravado, he's more of a city slicker than she is…

Download or read book LOVE TEXAS STYLE written by Annette Broadrick and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Cole saw the boy who looked so much like him, he asked him his name. The boy said, “My name is Tony Alvarez. It was my grandfather’s name.” That was also the name of a shepherd from Cole’s family farm who had disappeared fifteen years ago. And he’d taken his daughter, Allison, who had been Cole’s girlfriend, with him! Could Tony be Cole’s son?