Simple text and photographs introduce the life of Sam Houston, who served as governor of Texas after helping fight for the region's independence from Mexico.
Eleven-year-old Poppy is not sure she believes in any of the paranormal talents her family members claim to have, but when a crew of ghosts follows her home from the graveyard she may be the only one who can help them move on.
Hank and Drover fall asleep in the back of Slim's truck and wake up at the livestock show, but when Drover wanders off to go and visit with his mother, Hank scrambles to find his friend before Slim decides to head back to the ranch.
Eleven-year-old Poppy's parents are paranormal investigators who have never actually found anything, but that may change when they move to Austin, Texas, and Poppy meets a goblin in the attic of their new house.
Examines the history behind Juneteenth, a holiday celebrated each year on June 19 in honor of the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas finally received the news that they were free.
the story of Lawrence v. Texas : how a bedroom arrest decriminalized gay Americans
Carpenter, Dale
2012
Chronicles the events leading up to "Lawrence v. Texas," the landmark Supreme Court decision of 2003 that overturned America's sodomy laws; introduces the defendants and arresting police officers; and discusses the legal strategies of the Lambda Legal attorneys and the Houston prosecutors.
A satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq that explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders.
The author provides a detailed looked into the world of horseracing and her efforts to save over 700 racehorses that are no longer able to race and find them new homes.
Two former Texas Rangers, Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call, leave their Texas ranch to lead a cattle drive to Montana, encountering outlaws, Native Americans, and ex-loves along the way.
The story of young John Grady Cole, the last of a long line of Texas ranchers, who, along with two companions, sets off on an idyllic, sometimes comic adventure, to a place where dreams are paid for in blood.
