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<\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n9.17.2017\u00a0\u00a0 Book pays tribute to 2016 Dallas Cowboys<\/h1>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/a><\/span><\/span>Triumph Books has published a 128-page full-color book<\/span> recapping the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 2016 season, The Boys Are Back: Dak, Zeke, and a New Cowboys Era in Big D<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Jean-Jacques Taylor<\/span> ($15.95 paperback).<\/p>\nAs the title indicates, the tribute book focuses on the dynamic rookie duo of Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, who led the Cowboys to a remarkable 13-3 record.<\/p>\n
Cowboys fans might want to scoop it up as a souvenir edition. Chapters include \u201cWhy Zeke Made Sense,\u201d \u201cDak\u2019s Faith-Based Journey to QB,\u201d \u201cHow Dak Won Over the Cowboys Locker Room,\u201d and \u201cZeke\u2019s Kettle Jump.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/a><\/span><\/span>Diane Kelly:<\/span> The sixth book in Diane Kelly\u2019s \u201cPaw Enforcement\u201d series is Enforcing the Paw<\/span><\/a><\/span> (St. Martin\u2019s, $7.99 paperback), again featuring Fort Worth police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner, Brigit. Kelly\u2019s stories weave in some mystery, some humor, some romance, and some dogology as Megan and Brigit try to figure out which of two former lovers is stalking the other. They both point the finger at their ex, and it gets harder to sort out truth and lies as hostilities escalate.<\/p>\nKelly, who has been favorably compared to novelist Janet Evanovich<\/span>, is one of the featured authors at the West Texas Book Festival (Sept. 21-23). Read more at abilenetx.com\/apl\/bookfest<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\nShe also is the author of the \u201cDeath and Taxes\u201d series featuring female IRS agent Tara Holloway. The twelfth and final book of that series is due later this fall.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/a><\/span><\/span>First novel:<\/span> Sixth-generation Texan W. W. McNeal<\/span> has written his first novel, Plum Creek<\/span><\/a><\/span> (TCU Press, $22.95 paperback), set in Texas during Reconstruction in the late 1860s.<\/p>\nBilly McCulloch, almost 16, joins a former Texas Ranger captain (\u201cthe baddest white man that ever lived\u201d) and a posse of relatives as they hunt for a notorious half-breed murderer who kidnapped the captain\u2019s 14-year-old niece after slaughtering her family. On his sixteenth birthday, Billy gets a pistol as a present from his late father and soon has to use the business end of it. Billy finds he has a lot to learn about life, and about his mysterious family.<\/p>\n
Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is West Texas Stories<\/span><\/a><\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 9.17.2017\u00a0\u00a0 Book pays tribute to 2016 Dallas Cowboys Triumph Books has published a 128-page full-color book…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/div>\n<\/a><\/span><\/span>Triumph Books has published a 128-page full-color book<\/span> recapping the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 2016 season, The Boys Are Back: Dak, Zeke, and a New Cowboys Era in Big D<\/span><\/a><\/span> by Jean-Jacques Taylor<\/span> ($15.95 paperback).<\/p>\n As the title indicates, the tribute book focuses on the dynamic rookie duo of Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, who led the Cowboys to a remarkable 13-3 record.<\/p>\n Cowboys fans might want to scoop it up as a souvenir edition. Chapters include \u201cWhy Zeke Made Sense,\u201d \u201cDak\u2019s Faith-Based Journey to QB,\u201d \u201cHow Dak Won Over the Cowboys Locker Room,\u201d and \u201cZeke\u2019s Kettle Jump.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/span><\/span>Diane Kelly:<\/span> The sixth book in Diane Kelly\u2019s \u201cPaw Enforcement\u201d series is Enforcing the Paw<\/span><\/a><\/span> (St. Martin\u2019s, $7.99 paperback), again featuring Fort Worth police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner, Brigit. Kelly\u2019s stories weave in some mystery, some humor, some romance, and some dogology as Megan and Brigit try to figure out which of two former lovers is stalking the other. They both point the finger at their ex, and it gets harder to sort out truth and lies as hostilities escalate.<\/p>\n Kelly, who has been favorably compared to novelist Janet Evanovich<\/span>, is one of the featured authors at the West Texas Book Festival (Sept. 21-23). Read more at abilenetx.com\/apl\/bookfest<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n She also is the author of the \u201cDeath and Taxes\u201d series featuring female IRS agent Tara Holloway. The twelfth and final book of that series is due later this fall.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/span><\/span>First novel:<\/span> Sixth-generation Texan W. W. McNeal<\/span> has written his first novel, Plum Creek<\/span><\/a><\/span> (TCU Press, $22.95 paperback), set in Texas during Reconstruction in the late 1860s.<\/p>\n Billy McCulloch, almost 16, joins a former Texas Ranger captain (\u201cthe baddest white man that ever lived\u201d) and a posse of relatives as they hunt for a notorious half-breed murderer who kidnapped the captain\u2019s 14-year-old niece after slaughtering her family. On his sixteenth birthday, Billy gets a pistol as a present from his late father and soon has to use the business end of it. Billy finds he has a lot to learn about life, and about his mysterious family.<\/p>\n Glenn Dromgoole\u2019s<\/span> latest book is West Texas Stories<\/span><\/a><\/span>Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n Texas Reads>> archiveGlenn Dromgoole 9.17.2017\u00a0\u00a0 Book pays tribute to 2016 Dallas Cowboys Triumph Books has published a 128-page full-color book…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonestar.a1professionals.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/div>\n<\/div>\n>> Read his past Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Literary Life here.<\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"