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<\/span><\/span><\/span>Texas Reads<\/span>Glenn Dromgoole<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

>> archive<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Successful Houston trial lawyer profiled in new Hardy title<\/h1>\n

Michael Lee Lanning,<\/span> author of more than twenty books, has written an interesting biography about high-profile Houston\/Galveston trial lawyer Tony Buzbee.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/span><\/span>Tony Buzbee: Defining Moments<\/span><\/a><\/span> (John M. Hardy Publishing, $28.95 hardcover) focuses primarily on Buzbee\u2019s success in winning multi-million\u2013dollar verdicts or settlements for his clients.<\/p>\n

Buzbee grew up poor in East Texas, graduated from Texas A&M in 1990 on an ROTC scholarship, served as a Marine platoon leader, and graduated second in his law class at the University of Houston before launching his practice in the Houston\/Galveston area. A generous benefactor of Texas A&M, he was appointed to the Texas A&M System Board of Regents in 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a tough business,\u201d Buzbee says. \u201cI didn\u2019t get into it to make friends. I got into it to make a small, sometimes large, difference in the lives of those who deserve it. Sometimes that means I, in some circles, am the bad guy, but so long as I do what I do with integrity and honesty, I don\u2019t worry one whit about what others think.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are some parallels between the author and Buzbee. Lanning grew up poor on a farm in West Texas (Fisher County) in a house with no telephone or running water. He graduated from Trent High School in 1964 before going on to Texas A&M and a career in the Army. He lives on the Bolivar Peninsula across the bay from Galveston.<\/p>\n

Lanning, best known for his books on military history, especially Vietnam, also published a book last year on his own battle with cancer, At War with Cancer<\/span> ($14.99 paperback). Read more about his books on his website, michaelleelanning.com.<\/p>\n

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Narrative Poems: <\/span>Gwendolyn Zepeda,<\/span> named Houston\u2019s first poet laureate, has a new collection of sixty-two narrative poems titled Monsters, Zombies, and Addicts: Poems<\/span><\/a><\/span> (Arte P\u00fablico Press, $14.95 paperback). It is Zepeda\u2019s second book of poems. She also is the author of a short story collection and three novels.<\/p>\n

Her poems cover a variety of topics related to life in the modern metropolis, touching on such matters as ants, maggots, worms, shoes, fears, TV, paper dolls, animals, hurricanes, family and death. The poem \u201cSad Shock\u201d begins: \u201cA woman who worked in our building killed herself this morning.\u201d Recalling that she had spoken with the woman just the day before in the ladies\u2019 room, the poet reflects, \u201cI wished aloud\u2014offered the hundred dollars in my savings for the chance to go back in a time machine to yesterday, to somehow know what she was thinking, and to somehow change her mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Glenn Dromgoole<\/span> is co-author of 101 Essential Texas Books.<\/span><\/a><\/span> Contact him at g.dromgoole@suddenlink.net.<\/p>\n

>> <\/span>Check out his previous
Texas Reads columns in Lone Star Lit<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h1>\n

Book NOTICES\u00a0 5.17.2015<\/span><\/h1>\n

Received Jan-May 2015<\/span><\/p>\n

At Lone Star Literary Life, we genuinely appreciate every title submitted to us for review consideration. Our goal is to help Texas readers, booksellers, and libraries discover books they\u2019ll likely want to read or showcase. If a new title is about, or set substantially in, Texas, whether fiction or nonfiction, we\u2019ll make every effort to review it in our pages. If it\u2019s a book of poetry or short stories by a Texas author, we\u2019ll give it coverage as we\u2019re able. Other books received in our offices are listed here; current titles on this list may be scheduled for future reviews.<\/p>\n

Baty, R. Gaines<\/span><\/p>\n

Champion of the Barrio: The Legacy of Coach Buryl Bary<\/span><\/p>\n

Biography<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-266-3<\/p>\n

288 pgs., $24.95<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

February 2015<\/p>\n

Bradley, Ed<\/span><\/p>\n

We Never Retreat: Filibustering Expeditions into Spanish Texas, 1812-1822<\/span><\/p>\n

History<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-257-1<\/p>\n

344 pgs., $47.00<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

February 2015<\/p>\n

Brandimarte, Cynthia, with Angela Reed<\/span><\/p>\n

Texas State Parks and the CCC: The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps<\/span><\/p>\n

History<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-296-0<\/p>\n

188 pgs., $25.00<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

January 2013<\/p>\n

Brickhouse, Jamie<\/span><\/p>\n

Dangerous When Wet: A Memoir<\/span><\/p>\n

978-1-4668-3730-0<\/p>\n

286 pgs., hardcover, $25.99<\/p>\n

St. Martin’s Press<\/p>\n

April 2015<\/p>\n

Cartwright, Gary<\/span><\/p>\n

The Best I Recall: A Memoir<\/span><\/p>\n

978-0-292-74907-8<\/p>\n

272 pgs., hardcover, $27.95<\/p>\n

University of Texas Press<\/p>\n

June 2015<\/p>\n

Chaplo, Paul V.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country<\/span><\/p>\n

978-1-62349-168-0<\/p>\n

192 pgs., softcover, $29.95<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

July 2014<\/p>\n

Ch\u00e1vez, Denise<\/span><\/p>\n

The King and Queen of Comez\u00f3n<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/span><\/p>\n

978-0–8061-4483-2<\/p>\n

328 pgs., paperback, $19.95<\/p>\n

University of Oklahoma Press<\/p>\n

September 2014<\/p>\n

Dixon, Kemp<\/span><\/p>\n

Chasing Thugs, Nazis, and Reds: Texas Ranger Norman K. Dixon<\/span><\/p>\n

Biography<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-256-4<\/p>\n

256 pgs., $29.95<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

February 2015<\/p>\n

Fields, Tricia<\/span><\/p>\n

Firebreak<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/p>\n

978-1-250-05505-7<\/p>\n

288 pgs., $25.99<\/p>\n

Minotaur Books<\/p>\n

March 2015<\/p>\n

Garcia, Elizabeth A.<\/span><\/p>\n

Border Ghosts: Deputy Ricos #4<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction (Crime)<\/p>\n

978-0-9905259-9-8<\/p>\n

306 pgs., paperback, $18.95<\/p>\n

Iron Mountain Press<\/p>\n

July 2015<\/p>\n

Holcombe, Larry<\/span><\/p>\n

The Presidents and UFOs: A Secret History from FDR to Obama<\/span><\/p>\n

History<\/p>\n

978-1-250-04051-0<\/p>\n

$27.99<\/p>\n

St. Martin’s Press<\/p>\n

March 2015<\/p>\n

Jackson, Ron J., Jr., and Lee Spencer White; foreword by Phil Collins<\/span><\/p>\n

Joe, the Slave Who Became an Alamo Legend<\/span><\/p>\n

Biography\/History<\/p>\n

978-0-8061-4703-1<\/p>\n

352 pgs., hardcover, $29.95<\/p>\n

University of Oklahoma Press<\/p>\n

March 2015<\/p>\n

Kent, Kathleen<\/span><\/p>\n

The Outcast<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction (Historical)<\/p>\n

978-0-316-20611-2<\/p>\n

352 pgs., $16.00<\/p>\n

Little Brown<\/p>\n

October 2014<\/p>\n

Kibler, Julie<\/span><\/p>\n

Calling Me Home: A Novel<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/p>\n

978-1-250-02043-7<\/p>\n

352 pgs., $15.99<\/p>\n

St. Martin’s Griffin<\/p>\n

January 2014<\/p>\n

Koenig, Minerva<\/span><\/p>\n

Nine Days<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/p>\n

978-1-250-05194-3<\/p>\n

$24.99<\/p>\n

Minotaur Books<\/p>\n

September 2014<\/p>\n

Masters, Ben<\/span><\/p>\n

Unbranded: Four Men and Sixteen Mustangs. Three Thousand Miles across the American West<\/span><\/p>\n

Memoir\/Photography<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-281-6<\/p>\n

188 pgs., hardcover, $40.00<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

January 2015<\/p>\n

McKenzie, C. B.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bad Country<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/p>\n

978-1-250-05354-1<\/p>\n

Hardcover, $24.99<\/p>\n

Minotaur Books<\/p>\n

November 2014<\/p>\n

Meyer, Kimberly<\/span><\/p>\n

The Book of Wanderings: A Mother-Daughter Pilgrimage<\/span><\/p>\n

Memoir<\/span><\/p>\n

978-0-316-25121-1<\/p>\n

368 pgs., $27.00<\/p>\n

Little, Brown<\/p>\n

March 2015<\/p>\n

Moran, Jan<\/span><\/p>\n

Scent of Triumph: A Novel of Perfume and Passion<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction<\/p>\n

978-1-250-04890-5<\/p>\n

$15.99<\/p>\n

St. Martin’s Griffin<\/p>\n

March 2015<\/p>\n

Paulda, Mark A.<\/span><\/p>\n

El Paso 120: Edge of the Southwest<\/span><\/p>\n

Photography\/Essay<\/p>\n

978-0-87565-602-1<\/p>\n

128 pgs., $35.00<\/p>\n

Texas Christian University Press`<\/p>\n

October 2014<\/p>\n

Ridge, Rachel, Anne; foreword by Priscilla Shiver<\/span><\/p>\n

Flash: The Homeless Donkey Who Taught Me about Life, Faith, and Second Chances<\/span><\/p>\n

Memoir\/Pets<\/p>\n

978-1-4143-9783-2<\/p>\n

254 pgs., hardcover, $19.99<\/p>\n

Tyndale<\/p>\n

May 2015<\/p>\n

Riley, Gretchen, and Peter D. Smith with Stephanie Foresythe-Sword<\/span><\/p>\n

Famous Trees of Texas (Texas A&M Forest Service Centenial Edition)<\/span><\/p>\n

Natural History<\/span><\/p>\n

978-1-62349-238-0<\/p>\n

188 pgs., hardcover, $35.00<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

January 2015<\/p>\n

Shankle, Melanie<\/span><\/p>\n

Nobody’s Cuter Than You: A Memoir about the Beauty of Friendship<\/span><\/p>\n

Memoir<\/p>\n

978-1-4143-9748-1<\/p>\n

236 pgs., paperback, $15.99<\/p>\n

Tyndale<\/p>\n

April 2015<\/p>\n

Sitton, Thad (narrative); photographs by Carolyn Brown<\/span><\/p>\n

Caddo Lake: Visions of a Southern Cypress Lake<\/span><\/p>\n

Natural History<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-239-7<\/p>\n

188 pgs., $30.00<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

January 2015<\/p>\n

Smith, J. Griffis<\/span><\/p>\n

On the Road with Texas Highways: A Tribute to True Texas<\/span><\/p>\n

Photography\/Essay<\/p>\n

978-1-62349-183-3<\/p>\n

244 pgs., paperback<\/p>\n

$29.95<\/p>\n

Texas A&M University Press<\/p>\n

September 2014<\/p>\n

Wells, Lynn Chandler<\/span><\/p>\n

Wink of an Eye, A Mystery<\/span><\/p>\n

978-1-250-05319-0<\/p>\n

$24.99<\/p>\n

Minotaur Books<\/p>\n

November 2014<\/p>\n

Beings: Contemporary Peruvian Short Stories<\/span><\/p>\n

Fiction (short stories)<\/p>\n

9781908616739<\/p>\n

212 pgs., paperback<\/p>\n

Somos Libros<\/p>\n

July 2015<\/p>\n

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