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Reader review: 'The Dark Knight'
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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For all those Batman fans out there, this is a movie you don't want to miss. Full story »
How to Relish the Next 72 Hours
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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How to save $5: First, become informed that you can hear live hip-hop Friday at the Abilene Civic Center, 1100 N. 6th St. Second, get your tickets in advance, because the tickets cost $5 more at the door. Full story »
How to Kill the Next 72 Hours
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Things to do on the weekend Full story »
'Greatest center fielder' forgotten by today's fans
Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007
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When the first class was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., a Texan from the small town of Hubbard was one of 14 men recognized. Full story »
Pair of essays tell of writer's experiences with guns, dogs
Saturday, Sept. 15, 2007
Two personal literary essays by beloved Texas writer John Graves have been put together in a fine little book, "My Dogs and Guns," published by veteran publisher Nick Lyons under his new Skyhorse Publishing imprint ($19.95 hardcover). Full story »
Historical Texas figures profiled in new books
Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007
INSIDE: Glenn Dromgoole column on books by TX authors or books about Texas. w/mug Full story »
Gimenez's latest offering grabs reader, won't let go
Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007
Texas author Mark Gimenez hit the big time two years ago with his first novel, "The Color of Law," which zoomed to the top of the best-seller list in the United States, England and Australia. Full story »
Delve into the world of espionage
Saturday, Aug. 25, 2007
James M. Olson, former chief of CIA counterintelligence, has written a fascinating book, "Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying" (Potomac Books, $28.95 hardcover). Full story »
Brown's formula succeeds again in 'Play Dirty'
Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007
Sandra Brown is no doubt Texas's best-selling author. Full story »
Texas true crime tales hard to put down
Saturday, Aug. 11, 2007
Longtime Texas Monthly writer Skip Hollandsworth takes the lead in a collection of true crime stories, Texas Monthly on True Crime (University of Texas Press, $19.95 trade paperback). Full story »
'Tending Roses' series comes to satisfactory end
Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007
With the publication of "A Thousand Voices" (Penguin, $13.95 trade paperbck), popular Texas author Lisa Wingate concludes her five-book "Tending Roses" series. Full story »
What would Texas be without its beloved armadillos?
Sunday, July 29, 2007
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Dr. Bill Klemm, who teaches in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University, has written an entertaining and easy to read book on a fascinating Texas icon -- the armadillo. Full story »
Pecan recipe book makes use of Texas nuts
Sunday, July 22, 2007
The pecan is the state tree and the state health nut of Texas, so it is appropriate that a pecan cookbook would be published in Texas.
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The last Harry Potter tale doesn't disappoint
Sunday, July 22, 2007
As my friend and I wandered around Books-A-Million on Friday night for the release of ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' - she dressed like Sybill Professor Trelawney, I dressed like Harry Potter - we noticed customers wearing badges indicating the different houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. We wanted one.
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Texas authors pay tribute to many people
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Originally published in 1984, Texas A&M University Press has a new edition of ''Wildcatters: Texas Independent Oilmen'' by Roger Olien and Diana Davids Hinton ($18.95 trade paperback). Full story »
- West Texas Fair & Rodeo -- 09/07/08 at Taylor County Expo Center
- Church lunch -- 09/07/08 at First Baptist Church, Stamford
- Soccer/flag football sign-up -- 09/07/08 at Comanche Junior High
- Vintage "base ball" practice -- 09/07/08 at Buffalo Gap Historic Village
- World Refugee Day -- 09/07/08 at Festival Gardens
- Youth Rally -- 09/07/08 at Stamford Common Ground Youth Ministry
- West Texas Fair & Rodeo -- 09/08/08 at Taylor County Expo Center
- Give blood - the gift of life -- 09/08/08 at Abilene High School
- Immunizations -- 09/08/08 at Stamford Memorial Hospital
- Cub Scout Roundup -- 09/08/08 at Gorman First United Methodist
Brien Murphy - Critique of the Week and What's Happening (Audio)
