In My Family/En mi familia3 reviews Carmen Lomas Garza Children's Book Press, 2000 A great book by a great artist + Great for English and Spanish learners + Beautiful pictures This is a great book, and Carmen Lomas Garza is a great artist. Everything is so detailed, and she tells you exactly who's who. All her pictures are real memories. There is something going on in every corner             Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern, 1950-19956 reviews Terry Southern, Nile Southern, ..., 2001 He's Too Hip, Baby! + Great Fun + Sex, drugs, rock'n'roll...and the "quality lit game" + the long awaited sequel to Red Dirt Marijuana             Texas: A Novel36 reviews James A. Michener Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002 Our Texas Longhorns are Mexican? + good overview of Texas history + A great read but forget last two chapters + Other Books + A little hard to get into.             A Morning for Flamingos26 reviews James Lee Burke Avon, 1991 First in Robicheaux series + A Cop Story For People Who Don't Read Cop Stories + A classier brand of detective novel. + James Lee Burke             The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter14 reviews Katherine Anne Porter Harvest Books, 1979 Nobody Writes Like Porter: Incredible + A Master Prose Stylist + Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter + Dazzling, thought provoking, profound + An awesome collection of literary gems             Custer's Brother's Horse4 reviews Edwin Shrake John M. Hardy Publishing Company, 2007 A Terrific Novel! + Pulls you right in + One of the best books I have ever read. What a terrific novel! This type of entertaining story-telling just doesn't come along very often. Put it among the best-written historical novels of Texas, with THE WONDERFUL COUNTRY and LONESOME DOVE, and with great recent post-Civil War novels, ENEMY WOMEN and COLD MOUNTAIN. There are ...             Dead Man's Walk : A Novel81 reviews Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster, 2000 First in the series + hold onto your seat + Dead Man's Walk + Good prequel             Corpus Christi: Stories9 reviews Bret Anthony Johnston Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2005 An Exquisite, Powerful Debut + Corpus Christi + Bittersweet Stories of Love and Death in Texas + A Wonderful Collection             Shrub : The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush135 reviews Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose Vintage, 2000 Molly Ivins' Shrub' + Why Voters Should Do Homework Prior to Voting + Molly Ivins Is Missed! + Good golly Ms. Molly + Anyone can be President             Cowboy Logic: The Wit and Wisdom of Kinky Friedman (and Some of His Friends)7 reviews Kinky Friedman St. Martin's Griffin, 2007 Cowboy Logic: The Wit and Wisdom of Kinky Friedman + "When the horse dies,get off." + very funny A Texan relative once introduced an old friend of his to me. They passed what sounded to be reminiscences of theirs with enduring crinkly-eyed smiles and grins. After closing-off the seemingly off-handed encounter, my relative pointed out the covert subtlties of the preceding event as we walked ...             Goodbye to a River: A Narrative21 reviews John Graves Vintage, 2002 Unique look at a specific area and history of the Lone Star State + What is lost is not just another river + Steinbeckian reflections on a Texas few still know + Goodbye to a River--Hello to the Past + As Good as Walden             The Gates of the Alamo91 reviews Stephen Harrigan Penguin Mass Market, 2003 Gates of the Alamo + A Different Viewpoint + I look at the Alamo in a whole new way now. + Great Read             The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (Modern Library)10 reviews O. Henry Modern Library, 1994 The best short story writer in American history + Stories with a Twist + A wonderfully funny group of stories + Life's ups and downs + Good Collection             Men, Women and Relationships: Making Peace with the Opposite Sex23 reviews John Gray Harper Paperbacks, 2002 Practical and Insightful + Not all new info, but still a good read .... + Thank you for this book!!! + Very enlightening + Must read for all young people             Casa y Comunidad: Latino Home and Neighborhood Design3 reviews BuilderBooks, 2006 Breezy enough to enjoy, thorough enough to learn from. I have been selling houses to Latino families 20 years. What I know, I found reflected in these pages and learned new details of Latino buying habits, family life and demographic distribution. Although the book aims to inform real estate and homebuilding professionals, it is really universal book ...             The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain (Everyman's Library)40 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Everyman's Library, 1999 the single most influential series i've read in my life + I am sure it will be great! + Cormac Mccarthy + The Border Trilogy             Shrub : The Short but Happy Political Life of George W. Bush135 reviews Molly Ivins, Lou Dubose Vintage, 2000 Molly Ivins' Shrub' + Why Voters Should Do Homework Prior to Voting + Molly Ivins Is Missed! + Good golly Ms. Molly + Anyone can be President             The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, Cities of the Plain (Everyman's Library)40 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Everyman's Library, 1999 the single most influential series i've read in my life + I am sure it will be great! + Cormac Mccarthy + The Border Trilogy             Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern, 1950-19956 reviews Terry Southern, Nile Southern, ..., 2001 He's Too Hip, Baby! + Great Fun + Sex, drugs, rock'n'roll...and the "quality lit game" + the long awaited sequel to Red Dirt Marijuana             The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter14 reviews Katherine Anne Porter Harvest Books, 1979 Nobody Writes Like Porter: Incredible + A Master Prose Stylist + Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter + Dazzling, thought provoking, profound + An awesome collection of literary gems