BULLETINS FROM DALLAS Reporting the JFK Assassination by BILL SANDERSON Genre: Biography / Journalism Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Date of Publication: November 1, 2016 Number of Pages: 280 Scroll down for Giveaway! Thanks to one reporter’s skill, we can fix the exact moment on November 22, 1963 when the world stopped and held its […]
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OF BULLETINS AND BOOZE A NEWSMAN’S STORY OF RECOVERY by Bob Horton Genre: Journalism / Memoir Publisher: Texas Tech University Press Date of Publication: March, 2017 Number of Pages: 284 Scroll down for Giveaway! Bob Horton began his journalism career as a reporter for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Innate skill and good fortune took him from […]
The Conversations We Never Had, by Jeffrey H. Konis, is a historical fiction novel / memoir that highlights the importance of family history. Synopsis When Jeffrey’s grandma died, he was left with a sense of guilt and profound regret for not having gotten to know her better. “My father remembers nothing about his real parents. They were dead […]
Synopsis Are you suffering from a personal energy crisis?Are you constantly running through your day, feeling chronically exhausted? Are you desperately overcommitted? Do you find yourself sacrificing your health, family time and quality of life just to meet the never-ending demands on your time? Are you exhausted when you go to bed at night and […]
WALKING THE LLANO A TEXAS MEMOIR OF PLACE by Shelley Armitage Genre: Eco-Memoir / Nature Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Date of Publication: February 15, 2016 Number of Pages: 216 Scroll down for Giveaway! When American explorers arrived in the Texas Panhandle, they dubbed the region the “Great American Desert.” Its rough terrain […]
Excerpt – Sorrows & Songs by Janice Wood Wetzel #memoir @KamaTimbrell
November 28, 2016
Title: Sorrows & Songs: One Lifetime – Many Lives Author: Janice Wood Wetzel Pages: 255 ISBN: 978-0-9968-3010-2 In words as clear and sharp as cut crystal glass, the memoir Sorrows & Songs: One Lifetime – Many Lives unflinchingly tells the story of a bright, beautiful, and promising young child who forged towards a fully […]
Synopsis “A riveting first-person account of a six-year Prisoner of War in the Hanoi Hilton. “ When Lieutenant Robert Wideman’s plane crashed on a bombing run in the Vietnam War, he feared falling into enemy hands. Although he endured the kind of pain that makes people question humanity, physical torture was not his biggest problem. […]
CHAMPION OF THE BARRIO The Legacy of Coach Buryl Baty by R. Gaines Baty Genre: Biography / Sports / Civil Rights Publisher: Texas A&M University Press Date of Publication: February 9, 2015 Number of Pages: 288 Scroll down for Giveaway! In 1947, after serving in WWII and quarterbacking the Texas Aggies during the glory […]
PIGSKIN RAPTURE Four Days in the Life of Texas Football by Mac Engel Photos by Ron Jenkins Genre: Texas Sports / Football / Photography Publisher: Lone Star Books Date of Publication: August 26, 2016 Number of Pages: 240 Scroll down for Giveaway! You know what they say: Sunday in Texas belongs to God and football; […]
Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson by William Hazelgrove After President Woodrow Wilson suffered a paralyzing stroke in the fall of 1919, his wife, First Lady Edith Wilson, began to handle the day-to-day responsibilities of the Executive Office. Mrs. Wilson had had little formal education and had only been married to President Wilson […]