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{"id":3398,"date":"2024-10-29T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=3398"},"modified":"2024-12-03T19:51:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:51:58","slug":"2024-hgg-nonfiction-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/?p=3398&lang=ar","title":{"rendered":"2024 HGG Nonfiction Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Holiday Gift Guide Nonfiction<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamupress.com\/book\/9798989120345\/the-barber-the-astronaut-and-the-golf-ball\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/04_bagb_cover.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 263px;\">The Barber, The Astronaut, and the Golf Ball<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Barbara Radnofsky &amp;&nbsp;Ed Supkis<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Biography \/ Golf \/Space Travel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Stoney Creek Publishing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">October&nbsp;2024<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">202 pages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><em>The Barber, The Astronaut, and the Golf Ball<\/em>&nbsp;offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes of America\u2019s space program at its pinnacle and shows the ordinary people who supported one of the nation\u2019s most monumental scientific endeavors.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><meta charset=\"UTF-8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stoneycreekpublishing.com\/radnofsky%2C-barbara\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/barbara_radnofsky.jpeg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/ed_supkis.jpeg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 150px;\">Barbara Radnofsky<\/strong> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/stoneycreekpublishing.com\/supkis%2C-ed\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ed Supkis<\/strong><\/a> grew up in the 1960s in the shadow of NASA\u2019s Manned Spacecraft Center and married in 1982. They have three children and five grandchildren. The couple \u2014with many other community members \u2014 are co-owners of Brazos Bookstore, an independent bookseller.<br \/>As children of NASA scientists, Barbara, and Ed had front-row seats to the development of the space program and the community built around it on rural cow pastures near Webster, Texas.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamupress.com\/book\/9798987900208\/bound-in-silence\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/bis_cover.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 263px;\">Bound in Silence<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Christena Stephens<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">True Crime \/ Texas History \/ Nonfiction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Stoney Creek Publishing<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">February 2024<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">286&nbsp;pages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">On a nearly moonless night in October 1943, a single gunshot rang out in Littlefield, Texas. A prominent Texas doctor and his wife were found bound, shot, beaten, and murdered. The only witness: their five-year-old daughter, who was bound to silence and refused to speak about what happened. Author and historian Christena Stephens spent more than a decade researching, re-examining every twist and turn in the legal process, uncovering new evidence, and drawing new conclusions about who might have been responsible. She also convinced Jo Ann Hunt to break 70 years of silence and tell her story for the first time. <em>Bound in Silence<\/em> is a true crime tour-de-force, a meticulously researched, impeccably told tale of unsolved murder on the High Plains.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><meta charset=\"UTF-8\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/christena_stephens.jpeg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stoneycreekpublishing.com\/stephens%2C-christena\" target=\"_blank\">Christena Stephens<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">is a native Texan growing up amongst cotton fields and spending time exploring the nature of the Llano Estacado. After earning two Master of Science degrees, she started a project to preserve a historical Texas ranch, thus began her interest in history, research, and writing. She did not intend to be a historian but was mentored by the best Texas historians. Several of her writings have been published in anthologies, along with her photographs. In science and history, truths need to be accurately told. That is her mission-truth and authenticity. She still resides on the Llano Estacado enjoying sunsets and chance porcupine encounters. She is an ardent advocate of wildlife conservation and her heart belongs to her dogs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Everythings-Two-Step-but-Waltz-Reluctant\/dp\/B0D1XY2MPX\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/chick_morgan.jpeg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 266px;\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><u><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Everythings-Two-Step-but-Waltz-Reluctant-ebook\/dp\/B0D7QMQC6Q\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29P7IQW063V8Z&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CZLj3AWln_QgwlIeiXP92A.Q-3oj0lr7UGyqGfe4PeIQwVM2Tzup9VmwSQ15hYlI6w&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=Everything\u2019s+a+Two-Step+but+a+Waltz%3A+The+Reluctant+Texan+Comes+Home&amp;qid=1730143467&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C411&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Everything\u2019s a Two-Step but a Waltz: The Reluctant Texan Comes Home<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Chick Morgan<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Memoir<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Mezcalita Press, LLC<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">April 2024<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">294 pages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">EVERYTHING&#8217;S A TWO-STEP BUT A WALTZ: THE RELUCTANT COMES HOME is a &#8220;coming of aging&#8221; story of a late-life collision between New York Class and Texas Sass, the idyllic life Chick Morgan was living that crashed and burned on a single day with an unimaginable double heartbreak, forcing her to return to Texas after swearing she&#8217;d never live there again, and wondering how she got to this point so late in life when she&#8217;s certainly old enough to know better.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chickmorgan.com\" target=\"_blank\">Eileen S. (&#8220;Chick&#8221;) Morgan, PhD<\/a><\/strong>, is the author of three books, ranging from international business with the Soviet Union, cross-cultural business ethics, and her first memoir. Chick is a singer-songwriter, cabaret performer, podcast host, radio host, Arts Entrepreneur. Chick produces music, storytelling, and writers&#8217; events both in Wimberley and internationally.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flowersongpress.com\/books\/p\/mi-carnal-frank-a-family-memoir-and-biography-of-us-congressman-frank-mariano-tejeda-jr-1945-1997-by-juan-tejeda\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><u><em><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/juan_tejeda.png\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 263px;\"><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flowersongpress.com\/books\/p\/mi-carnal-frank-a-family-memoir-and-biography-of-us-congressman-frank-mariano-tejeda-jr-1945-1997-by-juan-tejeda\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Mi Carnal Frank: A Family Memoir and Biography of U.S.&nbsp;Congressman Frank Mariano Tejeda Jr.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><strong><em><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">&nbsp;1945 &#8211; 1997<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Juan Tejeda<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Memoir \/ Biography<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">FlowerSong Press<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">February 2024<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">330 pages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><meta charset=\"UTF-8\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Utilizing interviews with family and close friends, plus, 127 photos, documents and newspaper articles, <em>Mi Carnal Frank<\/em> chronicles Frank\u2019s early years being raised by poor Mexicano parents on the southside of San Antonio, through his Marine Corps service and combat duty in Vietnam, college education, and 20-year career as a politician and elected public servant, first as a Texas State Representative, then a Texas Senator and U.S. Congressman. During these twenty years, Frank was a fierce advocate for social, educational, economic and environmental justice, the rights of the poor and his Mexican American community, and the people he represented. This book also tells the tale of how Frank developed and was the leader of a grassroots political alliance of elected officials in San Antonio known as the \u201cSouthside Coalition\u201d (who some called a \u201cpolitical machine,\u201d while others called it the \u201cBrown Mafia\u201d), and in the process became one of the most powerful Mexican American\/Chicano politicians that San Antonio and the State of Texas have ever known.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/juantejeda.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Juan Tejeda<\/a><\/strong> retired in 2016 as a professor of Mexican American Studies and Music at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas. A writer, musician, educator, arts administrator and activist, from 1980 to 1998 he was the Xicano Music Program Director at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center where, among his many duties, he founded and directed the annual Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio. He is the button accordionist for the Conjunto Aztlan, and he and his wife, Anisa Onofre, are the publishers of Aztlan Libre Press, a small, independent publishing company based in Yanawana that is dedicated to the publishing, promotion, and free expression of Indigenous\/Xicanx literature and art.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shewritespress.com\/product\/little-pink-dress\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/04_tpd_cover.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 227px;\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><u><em><a href=\"http:\/\/shewritespress.com\/product\/little-pink-dress\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">The Pink Dress: A Memoir of a Reluctant Beauty Queen<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Jane Little Botkin<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Memoir<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">She Writes Press<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">September 2024<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">277 pages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><meta charset=\"UTF-8\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Growing up in West Texas, Jane Little Botkin didn\u2019t have designs on becoming a beauty queen. But not long after joining a pageant on a whim in college, she became the first prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of El Paso\u2019s Richard Guy and Rex Holt, known as the \u201cKings of Beauty\u201d\u2014just as the 1970\u2019s counterculture movement began to take off. A pink, rose-covered gown\u2014a Guyrex creation\u2014symbolizes the fairy tale life that young women in Jane\u2019s time imagined beauty queens had. Its near destruction exposes reality: the author\u2019s failed relationship with her mother, and her parents\u2019 failed relationship with one another. Weaving these narrative threads together is the Wild West notion that anything is possible, especially do-overs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Having scoured the West for firsthand sources in family, library, and museum collections, award-winning author <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/janelittlebotkin.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jane Little Botkin<\/a><\/strong> melds personal narratives of American families with compelling stories of western women, labor radicals, miners, lawmen, and outlaws in settings rich with a history that transitions into the New West.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamupress.com\/book\/9798989120383\/richard-coke-texan\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/04_rct_cover.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 280px;\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamupress.com\/book\/9798989120383\/richard-coke-texan\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Richard Coke: Texan<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Rosser Coke Newton, Sr.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">History \/ Biography<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">November 2024<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Stoney Creek Publishing Group<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">300 pages<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><meta charset=\"UTF-8\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Richard Coke played one of the most crucial roles in Texas history. His leadership of his beloved Texas still resonates today \u2013 150 years after he became governor.&nbsp;<em>Richard Coke: Texan<\/em>&nbsp;weaves a rich mosaic of real people and events that immerses the reader in the life and times of Richard Coke.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><meta charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Richard Coke brought Texas out of Reconstruction following the Civil War and is often credited for restoring democracy to the state after this perilous time.&nbsp;<em>Richard Coke: Texan<\/em>&nbsp;is his story \u2013 one in which a young Virginia lawyer emigrates to a Texas frontier village and changes history. It follows Coke as he starts a new life in Waco, Texas, serves in the Civil War, endures the hardships of Reconstruction, and is called into service as governor to rebuild the state and return rights to local government and the people of Texas. The story of Coke and his legislature taking office is one of the more spectacular in Texas history, with Coke\u2019s predecessor, Edmund Davis, engaging armed forces to occupy the Capitol to remain in office. But the true story is the leadership shown by Coke as a committed citizen, an honored soldier, a dedicated governor, then as a respected senator\u2014the results of which still impact the government of Texas today.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Before the advent of digital technology, much of the record of this time was inaccessible to researchers. Authored by Rosser Coke Newton, Sr., an indirect descendant of the governor, the book is enriched by first-person accounts, Coke family records, Richard Coke\u2019s direct correspondence, as well as actual events documented by journals and debates from constitutional conventions, the Secession Convention, and legislative sessions. These are supplemented by newspaper articles, census records, city directories, and a myriad of other sources of information compiled at the time. These sources have been combined into&nbsp;<em>Richard Coke: Texan&nbsp;<\/em>which not only delivers a rich history of the era, but a personal look at one of Texas\u2019 greatest leaders.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stoneycreekpublishing.com\/newton-sr-%2C-rosser-coke\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/rosser_coke_newton_sr.jpeg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 150px;\">Rosser Coke Newton, Sr<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<meta charset=\"UTF-8\">is a prominent businessman and an indirect descendent of Richard Coke. An avid collector of Texas memorabilia, Newton is a trustee for the Dallas Historical Society and a co-founder and co-chair of the Alamo Letter Society. He is the author of&nbsp;<em>Reflections on Love<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Time and Nature<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>The Need for a Little More<\/em>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bayoucitypress.com\/product\/savoring-the-camino-de-santiago-paperback\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/camino.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 258px;\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bayoucitypress.com\/product\/savoring-the-camino-de-santiago-paperback\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Savoring the Camino de Santiago: It&#8217;s the Pilgrimage, Not the Hike<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Julie Gianelloni Connor<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Travel Guide\/ Memoir<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">September 30, 2020<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Bayou City Press, LLC<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">276 pages<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Are you interested in the Camino but afraid of the walking?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Do you like art, architecture, history, and culture?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Does learning about one woman\u2019s Camino journey appeal to you?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Would you like tips on designing a unique Camino trip?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Then this book is for you.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Pilgrims have traveled the Camino de Santiago in Spain for over a thousand years, and a recent resurgence in walking this storied route now brings more than 300,000 travelers a year to Santiago de Compostela. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">After thinking about making a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela for more than 40 years, Julie Gianelloni Connor set out on the French route. She followed her 49 days on the Camino with visits to Madrid and Toledo. Julie\u2019s philosophy differs from that of most other authors since she believes in emphasizing the joy of this adventure by taking the time to savor its delights, rather than just walking as quickly as possible along the route.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bayoucitypress.com\/bcp-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/julie.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 150px; height: 150px;\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bayoucitypress.com\/bcp-staff\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Julie Gianelloni Connor&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;is the owner and editor of Bayou City Press in Houston, Texas, which specializes in travel writing, Houston, and international affairs. The Bayou City Press website (BayouCityPress.com)carries columns on travel and on Houston.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Julie founded Bayou City Press after spending 33 years as a diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service, working on a variety of areas, ranging from nuclear non-proliferation to international women&#8217;s issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She has one son, James, and two cats, Halloween and Mimi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><font face=\"Georgia, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b><i><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0985437561\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/suddenly_jewish_-_joan_moran.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 263px;\"><\/a><\/u><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0985437561\" target=\"_blank\"><font face=\"Georgia, serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b><i><u>Suddenly Jewish: The Life and Times of My Jewish Mother<\/u><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Joan Moran<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Memoir<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">October 15, 2024<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">288 pages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><meta charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">From the bustling streets of Odesa to the vibrant cities of London, Montreal, New York, and San Francisco\u2019s Jewish Fillmore District, Joan Moran\u2019s captivating historical memoir of her mother weaves a vivid portrait of one woman\u2019s quest for identity and freedom against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world. This story blends history and religion as it takes the reader through an engaging saga about what it means to deny one&#8217;s Jewish identity.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Suddenly Jewish is not just one woman\u2019s story \u2014 it&#8217;s also the story of a family torn between tradition and rebellion, and the secrets that shape their lives: Rose, the matriarch, Esther, her rebellious daughter, and Joan, Esther\u2019s daughter who learns the secrets of her family on the eve of her wedding.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">The backdrop is San Francisco, the Jewish Fillmore district and the time in 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Meet Esther, a young Jewish woman struggling to find her place in the world and escaping from antisemitism in America. From her humble beginnings in 1911, she embarked on a journey in pursuit of reinvention, to hide her Jewish identity and to be accepted in to a gentile world.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/joanfrancesmoran.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Joan Moran<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter and producer, and eventually wrote\u202fher memoir 60, Sex &amp; Tango: Confessions of a Beatnik\u202fBoomer. She is the author of An Accidental Cuban, optioned for a streaming series, and Once a Homecoming Queen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Thoughtful-Travel-Journal-Amber-Royer\/dp\/1952854229\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em><strong><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/amber_royer_1.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 279px;\">The Thoughtful Travel Journal<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><strong>Amber Royer<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Nonfiction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Golden Tip Press<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">July 26, 2024<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">206 pages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><em>The Thoughtful Travel Journal<\/em> includes prompts and ample space for recording your travel adventures. Its small size makes it easy to carry, while still allowing for over 150 pages for your insights and memories. The accompanying text covers ways to deepen your journaling experience. It discusses the rich history of travelogues and travel journals, as well as ways to use your journal to improve your writing and storytelling skills. There is also some discussion of how to share your journal, through blog entries or other media. This journal will guide you through designing your travel bucket list, and help you find a style and intention for your journal. It will also help you develop your observation skills and use sensory writing to create more vivid journal entries.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amberroyer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amber Royer<\/a><\/strong> writes the Chocoverse space opera series, and the Bean to Bar Mysteries. She is the author of <em>Story Like a Journalist: a Workbook for Novelists<\/em>, and has co-authored a chocolate-related cookbook with her husband. She also teaches creative writing and is an author coach.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Worse-Than-You-Think-Teachers\/dp\/0875658857\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lonestarliterary.com\/sites\/lonestarliterary.etypegoogle10.com\/files\/article_body_images\/worse_than_you_think_2.jpg\" style=\"border-width: 5px; border-style: solid; margin: 5px; float: left; width: 175px; height: 263px;\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><u><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Worse-Than-You-Think-Teachers\/dp\/0875658857\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Worse Than You Think: The Mostly True Story of Two Teachers Running for Congress Deep in the Heart of Texas<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Todd Allen &amp; Heath Hamrick<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">Political Memoir \/ Humor<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">TCU Press<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">September 2024<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-style:normal\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\"><span style=\"letter-spacing:normal\"><span style=\"text-transform:none\"><span style=\"white-space:normal\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"text-decoration:none\">318 pages<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in; text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">In contemporary American politics, where absurdity often overshadows reality, <em>Worse Than You Think<\/em> emerges as a refreshingly candid and witty account of what happens when ordinary individuals, fueled by a blend of idealism and frustration, leap into the political arena. This narrative dives into the real-life journey of a high school teacher, Edward &#8220;Todd&#8221; Allen, who took the bold step of running for Congress in 2018. Along for the ride was his best friend and fellow educator, Heath Hamrick, who had a simple job: make everything work out in the end. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\">Todd and Heath embark on a quest to fix the &#8220;crazy circus&#8221; of our partisan divide, only to find themselves in a series of comical and eye-opening situations, encountering bizarre characters that could only arise deep in the heart of American politics. <em>Worse Than You Think<\/em> offers laughter, surprises, and perhaps a spark of inspiration to those contemplating their role in democracy. Whether you&#8217;re seeking validation for your political cynicism, a guide on what not to do in a political campaign, or just a good laugh, this book promises to be an engaging read.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texaswinterconsulting.com\" target=\"_blank\">Todd Allen<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.texaswinterconsulting.com\" target=\"_blank\">Heath Hamrick<\/a><\/strong> are award-winning educators, creative consultants, and just possibly the most naive, idealistic, and clueless political neophytes in the long history of American politics. Both Todd and Heath graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio with degrees in political science, and by 2004 both were in Texas classrooms, facing the surprising knowledge that they were born educators. 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