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In hostile skies: an American B-24 pilot in World War II (North Texas military biography and memoir series #no. 3)
By James M Davis, James M. Davis, David L. Snead. 2006
North Texas military biography and memoir series 3. In his memoir, Davis describes training to fly the B-24 and then…
arriving in Europe on D-Day in 1944 to take part in the last year of the war when the heaviest bombing took place. "A near-perfect example of the greatest generation."In 1966, college basketball was almost completely segregated. But out at little-known Texas Western College, the only race coach Don…
Haskins cared about was the race to the national championship. In the now-legendary NCAA championship game that year, the Texas Western Miners took the country by storm with a surprising victory against the all-white University of Kentucky and clinched the 1966 NCAA tournament title. "Glory Road" is the inspiring true story of Don Haskins's distinguished career, his storied team of players, and the game that changed America forever. Some violence and some profanityCowboy wrecks & rattlesnakes: tales of a Texas brush country rancher
By Bob Kingsbery, Jack Kingsbery. 1998
Born in 1922, Jack Kingsbery grew up on a ranch near Santa Anna in Coleman County, Texas. He was one…
of three brothers who were expert cowboys and horsemen by the time they were teenagers. Jack served in the Army Air Corps in Europe during World War II and graduated from Texas A&M College in 1949 with a degree in Animal Husbandry. The stories told here came from a lifetime of ranchingFootnotes: a memoir
By Tommy Tune. 1997
Born and raised in Texas, Tommy Tune (yes, that is his real name) has delighted audiences with his energetic and…
graceful dancing. He has been equally successful as a choreographer, actor, and director. This memoir is Tune's collection of short vignettes from his life, written in a folksy style with no particular chronology. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong languageNever the same again: a rock 'n' roll gothic
By Jesse Sublett, Jessie Sublett. 2004
The autobiography of famed punk band member and crime novelist Jesse Sublett, covering his first love's tragic murder, his music…
career, and his struggle with cancer. Adult. Some descriptions of sex. Some violence. Strong languageHonky tonk hero
By Brad Reagan, Billy Joe Shaver. 2005
In his autobiography, Billy Joe Shaver describes his thirty-year up-and-down career as a singer-songwriter in Nashville and Texas, his bouts…
with alcohol and drugs, his pleasure in touring with his son Eddy during the 1990s, and the pain of losing Eddy, his wife of forty years, Brenda, and Billy Joe's mother all within the year 1999-2000. Shaver's songs have been recorded by such artists as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Patty Loveless, John Anderson, Tom T. Hall, the Allman Brother, the Oak Ridge Boys, and Tex Ritter. Some strong language. 2005Let me tell you what I've learned: Texas wisewomen speak (Louann Atkins Temple women & culture series #bk. 4)
By Paula Jo Pierce, Pj Pierce, P. J. Pierce. 2002
In this collection of interviews, twenty-five Texas women ranging in age from 53 to 93 share the wisdom they've acquired…
through living unconventional lives. Responding to the question "What have you found that really matters about life?" they offer keen insights into motherhood, anger, assertiveness, managing change, persevering, power, speaking out, fashioning success from failure, writing your own job description, loving a younger man, and recognizing opportunities disguised as disaster. These interviews present the distilled wisdom of female "tribal elders" who took paths not previously open to womenYo soy la hija de mi padre: una vida sin secretos
By Liz Balmaseda, Rosario Camacho-Koppel, Maria Elena Salinas, María Elena Salinas, Maria E. Salinas. 2006
Maria Elena Salinas cuenta la increible historia de su exitosa carrera y la de su lucha por descubrir y aceptar…
los secretos que envolvian su vida familiar. Desde su infancia en un barrio pobre de Los Angeles, a sus anos de adolescencia pasados trabajando en una fabrica de ropa en el sur de California, a su extraordinario debut en el mundo de la television y su cobertura de algunos de los sucesos y desastres mas significativos de las ultimas decadas, Maria Elena cuenta su propia historia y la de su padre en el tono calido y directo que la caracterizaThe first book of Presidents (A First book)
By Harold Coy. 1977
Describes the general duties and responsibilities of the President and summarizes the careers of the men who have held the…
office, from George Washington through Jimmy Carter. For grades 4-7 and older readersHonest, Abe: is there really no business like show business?
By Abe Burrows. 1980
The Brooklyn-born author whose mother wanted him to be a doctor became instead a successful playwright, producer, director, lyricist, and…
entertainer. Collaborator on such smash musicals as "Guys and Dolls" and "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying," Burrows praises and pokes fun at such legendary greats he has known as Lauren Bacall, Rudy Vallee, and Ethel MermanEisenhower the President: crucial days, 1951-1960
By William Bragg Ewald. 1981
A speechwriter for President Eisenhower draws upon his long association with the president and upon sensitive presidential papers to shed…
an admiring light on the man and his administration. Includes information on Eisenhower's role in the Army-McCarthy hearings, the appointment of Chief Justice Warren, the U.S. refusal to help France in Viet Nam, and some thirteen other issuesI am Chrystie
By Chrystie Jenner. 1977
The wife of the Olympic decathlon champion candidly describes her marriage and her supportive role in her husband's amateur athletic…
career. Deliniates her growth as a woman and her development through psychotherapy and women's liberationThe master of Sunnybank, a biography of Albert Payson Terhune
By Irving Litvag. 1977
Portrays the life of the author of the famous collie stories as a likeable, outspoken bear of a man whose…
main objectives were to make money from his writing and to live undisturbed on his New Jersey estateJohn Calvin: a biography
By T. H. L Parker. 1975
Depicts the life of a man of order and peace who was born into a world of conflict and became…
a leader of the Reformation. Discusses his years at universities in Paris and Orleans as an arts and law student, sheds new light on his conversion and details his impact on GenevaSon of Sam: based on the authorized transcription of the tapes, official documents and diaries of David Berkowitz
By Lawrence D Klausner. 1981
The story of the man who single-handedly terrorized New York City for a year and of one of the biggest,…
most political manhunts in the history of the New York City Police DepartmentMaybe: a story
By Lillian Hellman. 1980
Brief memoir of people, events, and conversations recalled from Hellman's past. Centers around the elusive Sarah Cameron whom the author…
saw intermittently over forty years and whose personality intrigued the author. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexRaices
By Alex Haley. 1978
Historical account of the author's family from its roots in eighteenth-century Africa to slavery in Virginia. Continues with the family's…
resettlement in Tennessee following the Civil War. Bestseller 1974. Spanish languageConfieso que he vivido: memorias
By Pablo Neruda. 1978
Autobiography and memoirs of Pablo Neruda, the famous Chilean poet, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. The…
last chapter, written just before the poet's death, laments the overthrow of the Chilean communist government and the death of his personal friend, Salvador Allende. Spanish languageBiography of the young Teddy Roosevelt, his childhood, education, early political career, the personal tragedy of losing his young wife,…
and life at the Dakota ranch to which he retreated after his candidate lost the Republican Presidential Nomination in 1882. Bestseller. 1981.Crossroads
By Leon Jaworski. 1981
The man who is best known for his role as chief prosecutor at the Watergate hearing describes how his religious…
principles have figured in his personal and professional life. He tells of his experiences as a lawyer and prosecutor in several difficult cases, including the Nazi war-crimes trials, the prosecution of a Mississippi governor, the investigation of the Kennedy assassination, and the Watergate and Koreagate scandals