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    The Ruthlessly Poetic Singer-Songwriters of Texas

    Collections series John and Robin Dickson Series in Texas Music, sponsored by the Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University
    Many books and essays have addressed the broad sweep of Texas music—its multicultural aspects, its wide array and blending of musical genres, its historical transformations, and its love/hate relationship with Nashville and other established music business centers. This book, however, focuses on an essential thread in this tapestry: the Texas singer-songwriters to whom the contributors refer as ... En savoir plus

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  • Power

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    Collections series The Texas Experience, Books made possible by Sarah '84 and Mark '77 Philpy
    According to author Joe Holley, the story of the Texas Electric Cooperatives, a collective of some 76 member-owned electric providers throughout the state, is a story of neighborliness and community, grit and determination, and persuasion and political savvy. It’s the story of a grassroots movement that not only energized rural Texas but also showed residents the power they have when they band ... En savoir plus

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  • Native Texan

    Stories from Deep in the Heart

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    Native Texan: Stories from Deep in the Heart is a lively and personal tour of small town and big city Texas in search of what makes the state unique. Nationally acclaimed columnist Joe Holley is widely loved for his popular “Native Texan” column, which appears in the Houston Chronicle. In thirty stories curated from column archives, Holley introduces readers to his favorite people and places ... En savoir plus

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  • More Finish Lines to Cross

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  • At Home on the Great Plains of Texas

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    With a laugh, Laura Lewis says of her art, “I am uncomfortable painting mountains, because they get in the way of the view.” The challenge for this High Plains realist is to create strong compositions out of the extreme horizontals that predominate her chosen artistic geography. As the works in this book will attest, Lewis excels in capturing the views discovered in her ramblings across the length ... En savoir plus

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  • Conversations with Texas Writers

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    Larry McMurtry declares, "Texas itself doesn't have anything to do with why I write. It never did." Horton Foote, on the other hand, says, "I've just never had a desire to write about any place else." In between those figurative bookends are hundreds of other writers—some internationally recognized, others just becoming known—who draw inspiration and often subject matter from the unique places and ... En savoir plus

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  • Sutherland Springs

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    **Winner of the 2021 Texas Institute of Letters Carr P. Collins’ Award for Best Book of Nonfiction**One part Columbine, one part God Save Texas, Joe Holley's riveting, compassionate book examines the 2017 mass shooting at a church in a small Texas town, revealing the struggles and triumphs of these fellow Texans long after the satellite news trucks have gone.Sutherland Springs was the last place ... En savoir plus

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  • Hometown Texas

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    Brown and Holley are interested in place and what makes people who they are. With particular interest in how people take the hand they’ve been dealt—fate, family, circumstance, luck—and craft a life for themselves, the authors celebrate the grit and gumption of these Texas originals. Introducing quirky characters and tenacious spirits, Holley’s stories seek out the personality of the small town ... En savoir plus

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  • The Texas Hill Country

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    Collections Livre 11 - Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Texas Photography Series
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    Sutherland Springs

    God, Guns, and Hope in a Texas Town

    par Joe Holley ...
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    Version Longue

    12 heure 38 min

    One part Columbine, one part God Save Texas, Joe Holley's riveting, compassionate book examines the 2017 mass shooting at a church in a small Texas town, revealing the struggles and triumphs of these fellow Texans long after the satellite news trucks have gone.Sutherland Springs was the last place anyone would have expected to be victimized by our modern-day scourge of mass shootings. Founded in ... En savoir plus

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