Author Archives: John Berkeland

29 New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

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Suspense, an Ace cartoonist, and Texas history take centerstage in these titles now available for download on BARD.

There are nearly 2,150 locally produced Texas titles on BARD! Learn more about the Texas Talking Book Program’s stellar Volunteer Recording Studio.

1941: TEXAS GOES TO WAR
DBC 28839
Adult Non-Fiction

ABC’S OF TEXAS WILDFLOWERS by Glenna Grimmer
DBC 28835
Juvenile Non-Fiction

ACE REID, COWPOKE by John R. Erickson
DBC 28832
Adult Non-Fiction

AT POINT BLANK: A SUSPENSE NOVEL by Virginia Stem Owens
DBC 28844
Adult Fiction

AUSTIN CITY BLUE by Jan Grape
DBC 28859
Adult Fiction

BABY, BE MINE by Emily McKay
DBC 28842
Adult Fiction

BLACK DIXIE: AFRO-TEXAN HISTORY AND CULTURE IN HOUSTON
DBC 28858
Adult Non-Fiction

BLACK SOLDIERS IN JIM CROW TEXAS, 1899-1917 by Garna L. Christian
DBC 18392
Adult Non-Fiction

BRIGHTON HONEYMOON by Sheri Cobb South
DBC 26218
Adult Fiction

COMANCHE MOON by Anita Mills
DBC 28843
Adult

CONTRA TODA ESPERANZA by Armando Valladares
DBC 28852
Adult Non-Fiction (Spanish)

CURE THE TEXAS FEVER by J. T. Edson
DBC 28831
Adult Fiction

FINDING JUPITER by Kelis Rowe
DBC 28907
Young Adult Fiction

GONE TO TEXAS by Donald E. Worcester
DBC 28855
Adult Fiction

HOT TEXAS NIGHTS by Mary Lynn Baxter
DBC 26998
Adult Fiction

MOON LAKE by Joe Lansdale
DBC 28905
Adult Fiction

NUEVA PSICOLOGÍA DEL AMOR by M. Scott Peck
DBC 28847
Adult Non-Fiction (Spanish)

OS OFREZCO EL BIG BANG by Ralph Barby
DBC 26997
Adult Fiction (Spanish)

PANCHO VILLA by Santiago Garcia
DBC 28834
Juvenile Non-Fiction (Spanish)

PERFECT MURDER: FIVE GREAT MYSTERY WRITERS CREATE THE PERFECT CRIME
DBC 28866
Adult Fiction

RANDOMS by David Liss
DBC 18473
Juvenile Fiction

SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER by Trish Macdonald Skillman
DBC 28851
Adult Fiction

TEXAS RODEO MURDER by George Wilhite
DBC 28854
Adult Fiction

TEXANIST: FINE ADVICE ON LIVING IN TEXAS edited by David Courtney
DBC 18771
Adult Non-Fiction

TEXAS REVOLUTIONARY EXPERIENCE: A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL HISTORY, 1835-1836 by Paul D. Lack
DBC 28838
Adult Non-Fiction

THIRD TEXAS CAVALRY IN THE CIVIL WAR by Douglas Hale
DBC 26975
Adult Non-Fiction

TREASURE by Suzanne Robinson
DBC 28849
Adult Fiction

TWO POINTS FOR MURDER by D. B. Borton
DBC 27004
Adult Fiction

VIDA NO DEBE HERIR: EL MALTRATO, EL ABUSO, Y LA VIOLENCIA EN LA FAMILIA by Karen L Randau
DBC 28848
Adult Non-Fiction (Spanish)

28 New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

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Frank Hamer, Bill Pickett, U.S. Grant, and the grandfather of Austin country music highlight these legendary Texas titles now available on BARD.

Dig into Texas gardening, unravel a nefarious New Braunfels murder mystery, meet gutsy Texas women, and gather ’round for wild camp tales and unique cuentos de fantasma.

Get powerful results. Read!

BLACK GOLD by Frederic Bean
DBC 26999
Adult Fiction

CENTELLA by James Oliver Curwood
DBC 28826
Adult Fiction (Spanish)

DEEP WEST by Ernest Haycox
DBC 18418
Adult Fiction

EPITAPH by L. J. Washburn
DBC 28853
Adult Fiction

FAMILY IZQUIERDO: A NOVEL by Rubén Degollado
DBC 28906
Adult Fiction

FANTASMAS: SUPERNATURAL STORIES BY MEXICAN AMERICAN WRITERS
DBC 26194
Adult Fiction

FOLK ART IN TEXAS
DBC 28857
Adult Non-Fiction

FROM RATTLESNAKES TO ROAD AGENTS: ROUGH TIMES ON THE FRIO by Frances Bramlette Farris
DBC 28833
Adult Non-Fiction

GUTS: LEGENDARY BLACK RODEO COWBOY BILL PICKETT by Cecil Johnson
DBC 26965
Adult Non-Fiction

HIGH PLACES by Stephen Bransford
DBC 27007
Adult Fiction

I’M FRANK HAMER: THE LIFE OF A TEXAS PEACE OFFICER by H. Gordon Frost
DBC 28861
Adult Non-Fiction

LEGENDARY LADIES OF TEXAS
DBC 28856
Adult Non-Fiction

MORE WILD CAMP TALES by Mike Blakely
DBC 27003
Adult Non-Fiction

MYSTERIES OF THE MAGNOLIA HOTEL by Erin O. Wallace
DBC 18483
Adult Non-Fiction

OUTLAW’S JUSTICE by A. J. Arnold
DBC 26991
Adult Fiction

RED SABBATH by Lewis B. Patten
DBC 28845
Adult Fiction

SANTA ANNA: PATRIOT OR SCOUNDREL by Ruby C. Tolliver
DBC 18637
Juvenile Non-Fiction

SHADOW WALKERS by Nina Romberg
DBC 26948
Adult Fiction

TEXAS GARDENING THE NATURAL WAY: THE COMPLETE HANDBOOK by Howard Garrett
DBC 18790
Adult Non-Fiction

TEXAS, THE DARK CORNER OF THE CONFEDERACY: CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS OF THE LONE STAR STATE IN THE CIVIL WAR
DBC 26976
Adult Non-Fiction

THREADGILL’S: THE COOKBOOK by Eddie Wilson
DBC 26954
Adult Non-Fiction

THREE YEARS AMONG THE COMANCHES: THE NARRATIVE OF NELSON LEE, THE TEXAS RANGER by Nelson Lee
DBC 28840
Adult Non-Fiction

TIME IS THE SIMPLEST THING by Clifford D Simak
DBC 18639
Adult Fiction

ULYSSES: A BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL OF U.S. GRANT by Robert Skimin
DBC 26291
Adult Fiction

UNDENIABLE by Francis Ray
DBC 26940
Adult Fiction

UNSOLVED TEXAS MYSTERIES by Wallace O. Chariton
DBC 28823
Juvenile Non-Fiction

WHY SOME POSITIVE THINKERS GET POWERFUL RESULTS by Norman Vincent Peale
DBC 28846
Adult Non-Fiction

WOMEN IN EARLY TEXAS
DBC 26957
Adult Non-Fiction

24 New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

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Mysteries, romance with a Western flair, and Texas feuds highlight these titles recently produced by the Texas Talking Book Program’s world-class Volunteer Recording Studio.

Relish tales by J. Frank Dobie, (don’t) go dancin’ in Anson, and ride herd with the Texas Rangers on Civil War deserters and draft dodgers.

Saddle up. Adventures await!

AND DELIVER US FROM EVIL: A TRILOGY OF MURDER, MINISTERS, AND MILLIONAIRES by Mike Cochran
DBC 28824
Adult Non-Fiction

CALLE QUE TODOS OLVIDAN by Joaquín Bestard Vásquez
DBC 27001
Adult Fiction (Spanish)

DALLAS DECEPTION: A JACK KYLE MYSTERY by Richard Abshire
DBC 26911
Adult Fiction

DEATH BY DRESSAGE by Carolyn Banks
DBC 26996
Adult Fiction

FAMOUS TEXAS FEUDS by C. L. Douglas
DBC 28829
Adult Non-Fiction

FRESH PERSPECTIVE by Elisabeth Fairchild
DBC 26925
Adult Fiction

FRONTIER DEFENSE IN THE CIVIL WAR: TEXAS’ RANGERS AND REBELS by David Paul Smith
DBC 26973
Adult Fiction

HIGHLY RESPECTABLE MARRIAGE by Sheila Walsh
DBC 26344
Adult Fiction

HISTORIC CHURCHES OF TEXAS: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE by Frank A. Driskill
DBC 28830
Adult Non-Fiction

I’LL TELL YOU A TALE by J. Frank Dobie
DBC 28828
Adult Non-Fiction

IN SEARCH OF SATISFACTION by J. California Cooper
DBC 26921
Adult Fiction

JOHN HENRY FAULK: THE MAKING OF A LIBERATED MIND: A BIOGRAPHY by Michael C. Burton
DBC 28820
Adult Non-Fiction

LAST KARANKAWAS: A NOVEL by Kimberly Garza
DBC 28885
Adult Fiction

LOA A UN ANGEL DE PIEL MORENA: SERIE DETECTIVESCA GLORIA DAMASCO by Lucha Corpi
DBC 25009
Adult Fiction (Spanish)

MUSTANG ANNIE by Rachelle Morgan
DBC 28913
Adult Fiction

NELL PLANTS A TREE by Anne Wynter
DBC 28869
Juvenile Fiction

NO DANCIN’ IN ANSON: AN AMERICAN STORY OF RACE AND SOCIAL CHANGE by Ricardo C. Ainslie
DBC 26912
Adult Non-Fiction

PERISH: A NOVEL by LaToya Watkins
DBC 28884
Adult Fiction

QUÉ HACES CON UNA VOZ ASÍ?: LA HISTORIA DE LA EXTRAORDINARIA CONGRESISTA BARBARA JORDAN by Chris Barton
DBC 28873
Juvenile Non-Fiction (Spanish)

ROMANCED TO DEATH by Susan Rogers Cooper
DBC 26202
Adult Fiction

SHADOW GATE by Margaret Ball
DBC 26995
Adult Fiction

SURVIVORS WILL BE SHOT AGAIN: A SHERIFF DAN RHODES NOVEL by Bill Crider
DBC 18843
Adult Fiction

WHERE I COME FROM: AS TOLD TO BRYAN WOOLLEY
DBC 18346
Adult Non-Fiction

WILD CAMP TALES by Mike Blakely
DBC 27002
Adult Non-Fiction

35 New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

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Big Bend, Fort Davis, and the Alamo are among legendary locales featured in these newly available Texas titles on BARD.

Lighthouses and tall tales add additional Texas color, while the smoggy streets of London lend a dash of mystery and intrigue.

Feed your imagination and stroll through history by sampling these Texas delights.

BIG BEND: A HISTORY OF THE LAST TEXAS FRONTIER by Ronnie C Tyler
DBC 26301
Adult Non-Fiction

BLACK LIGHT: STORIES by Kimberly King Parsons
DBC 18808
Adult Fiction

BLUEBONNET AT THE ALAMO by Mary Brooke Casad
DBC 28822
Juvenile Fiction

DAZE OF OUR LIVES by Jean Burchett
DBC 27009
Adult Non-Fiction

DEAD DOG BLUES by Neal Barrett, Jr.
DBC 26958
Adult Fiction

DEATH IN THE AIR: THE TRUE STORY OF A SERIAL KILLER, THE GREAT LONDON SMOG, AND THE STRANGLING OF A CITY by Kate Winkler Dawson
DBC 18779
Adult Non-Fiction

DUST DEVILS OF THE PURPLE SAGE by Barbara Burnett Smith
DBC 26952
Adult Fiction

FAST GREENS by Turk Pipkin
DBC 26938
Adult Fiction

FOLKLORE AND CULTURE ON THE TEXAS-MEXICAN BORDER by Américo Paredes
DBC 26937
Adult Non-Fiction

FORT DAVIS: THE MEN OF TROOP H by Scott Thybony
DBC 26974
Adult Non-Fiction

HAN RAPTADO A “NEY” by Maria Marcela Sánchez Coquillat
DBC 28825
Juvenile Fiction (Spanish)

HEAVEN’S GOLD by Giles Tippette
DBC 26306
Adult Fiction

HOME IS WHERE THE MURDER IS by Carolyn Rogers
DBC 26945
Adult Fiction

IMPROBABLE RISE OF REDNECK ROCK by Jan Reid
DBC 26941
Adult Non-Fiction

INHERIT THE ALAMO: MYTH AND RITUAL AT AN AMERICAN SHRINE By Holly Beachley Brear
DBC 26917
Adult Non-Fiction

INTO THE FAR, WILD COUNTRY: TRUE TALES OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST by George Wythe Baylor
DBC 26303
Adult Non-Fiction

JESUCRISTO by Bernard Rey
DBC 26943
Adult Non-fiction

LEGEND OF THE INDIAN PAINTBRUSH by Tomie DePaola
DBC 28827
Juvenile Non-Fiction

LIGHTHOUSES OF TEXAS by T. Lindsay Baker
DBC 26994
Adult Non-Fiction

NUEVA COCINA VEGETARIANA by Ingri Früchtel
DBC 26928
Adult Non-Fiction (Spanish)

PALABRA DE HONOR by Babbis Friis-Baastad
DBC 26993
Juvenile Fiction (Spanish)

PROBLEMA DEL DOLOR by C. S. Lewis
DBC 26351
Adult Non-Fiction (Spanish)

REDEMPTION OF JESSE JAMES by Preston Lewis
DBC 26780
Adult Fiction

SECOND TEXAS INFANTRY: FROM SHILOH TO VICKSBURG by Joseph E. Chance
DBC 26977
Adult Non-Fiction

SURVIVING ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER: THE JOURNAL OF AN ORPHAN GIRL IN SAN SABA COUNTY by Sarah Harkey, B. Hall
DBC 26299
Adult Non-Fiction

TALL TALES FROM A RANCH by Annie M. Boyce
DBC 27005
Young Adult Fiction

TEXAS BOUND: 19 TEXAS STORIES
DBC 26920
Adult Fiction

TEXAS MATCHMAKER by Andy Adams
DBC 26992
Adult Fiction

THUNDER MOON by Max Brand
DBC 27006
Adult Fiction

TRAGIC CAVALIER: GOVERNOR MANUEL SALCEDO OF TEXAS, 1808-1813 by Félix D. Almaráz
DBC 26913
Adult Non-Fiction

VIDA ES SUEÑO; EL ALCALDE DE ZALAMEA; EL PINTOR DE SU DESHONRA by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
DBC 28821
Adult Non-Fiction (Spanish)

WATERLOO by Karen Olsson
DBC 26244
Adult Fiction

WESTWARD THE TEXANS: THE CIVIL WAR JOURNAL OF PRIVATE WILLIAM RANDOLPH HOWELL by William Randolph Howell
DBC 26978
Adult Non-Fiction

WRATH OF THE LION by Jack Higgins
DBC 26972
Adult Fiction

WRITERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE by Barbara Burnett Smith
DBC 26951
Adult Fiction

Take Time Out for “Take Five”!

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Jazz aficionados and music lovers of all persuasions will want to savor a National Library Service (NLS) Music Notes Zoom special event on Tuesday, October 24 at 6:00 p.m. (Central).

Time Out for “Take Five” features a pre-recorded conversation between Music Section Head Juliette Appold and Brian McCurdy, Music Reader Services Librarian. Appold and McCurdy will discuss the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s “Take Five” and its relevance to the NLS Music collection. A live Q&A session will follow.

Whet your musical appetite by reading McCurdy’s excellent 2020 blog post about “Take Five.”

You can also learn more on the NLS Music Notes Blog.

The direct link to join the October 24 Zoom meeting is

https://loc.zoomgov.com/j/1613884698?pwd=VkJsekxVcWROV0F2VkZVY085ZzNoUT09

We hope you’re able to “Take Five” with us on October 24!

Seven New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

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There are now more than 2,000 locally produced Texas titles on BARD! Learn more about the Texas Talking Book Program’s stellar Volunteer Recording Studio.

San Antonio intrigue, romance redux, a suspenseful road trip across Texas, and America’s premiere tequila expert enliven this blend of Texas titles. Imbibe and enjoy!

FAMILY JEWELS: THE CIA, SECRECY, AND PRESIDENTIAL POWER by John Prado
DBC 18674
Adult Non-Fiction

FIRST LOVE, TAKE TWO by Sajni Patel
DBC 26979
Adult Fiction

HUNTING PARTY by Elizabeth Moon
DBC 18336
Adult Fiction

MILAGRO LANE: A NOVEL by Jay Brandon
DBC 18394
Adult Fiction

PAPER GHOSTS: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE by Julia Heaberlin
DBC 18825
Adult Fiction

TEARS OF THE TRUFFLEPIG: A NOVEL by Fernando A. Flores
DBC 18557
Adult Fiction

VIVA TEQUILA!: COCKTAILS, COOKING, AND OTHER AGAVE ADVENTURES by Lucinda Hutson
DBC 18865
Adult Non-Fiction

19 New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

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19 New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

Our Volunteer Recording Studio recently reached a Texas-sized milestone: there are now more than 2,000 locally produced, Texas-related titles now available on BARD!

Red Adair, extraterrestrial visitation,. and the Yellow Rose of Texas highlight this blowout collection of Texas titles. Scuba diving, grassroots Texas folklore, and Victorian sleuths cap off our newest additions to BARD.

AMERICAN HERO THE RED ADAIR STORY: AN AUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY by Philip. Singerman
DBC 26950
Adult Non-Fiction

AS WE LIVED: STORIES BY BLACK STORYTELLERS by Jakie L. Pruett
DBC 26939
Adult Non-Fiction

CAN’T LET YOU GO by Jenny B. Jones
DBC 18671
Young Adult Fiction

DARLING DAHLIAS AND THE RED HOT POKER by Susan Wittig Albert
DBC 26982
Adult Fiction

DEATH AT DAISY’S FOLLY by Robin Paige
DBC 26295
Adult Fiction

EMILY, THE YELLOW ROSE by Anita R. Bunkley
DBC 26959
Adult Fiction

FIRESTORM: A NOVEL by Taylor Moore
DBC 18469
Adult Fiction

HAMMON AND THE BEANS AND OTHER STORIES by Américo Paredes
DBC 26936
Adult Fiction

HEARTBEAT, DRUMBEAT by Irene Beltran Hernandez
DBC 26929
Young Adult Fiction

HUGGING THE JUKEBOX by Naomi Shihab Nye
DBC 26934
Adult Non-Fiction

ILLEGAL by Bettina Restrepo
DBC 18474
Young Adult Fiction

JACOB’S WELL: A NOVEL by Stephen Harrigan
DBC 26962
Adult Fiction

LADY AND DOC HOLLIDAY by Preston Lewis
DBC 26931
Adult Fiction

LOLA CASANOVA by Francisco Rojas González
DBC 26947
Adult Fiction (Spanish)

SOLDIERS, SUTLERS, AND SETTLERS: GARRISON LIFE ON THE TEXAS FRONTIER by Robert Wooster
DBC 26956
Adult Non-Fiction

SWAMP WHISPERER by Sylvia Dickey Smith
DBC 25461
Adult Fiction

UFOS: AN INSIDER’S VIEW OF THE OFFICIAL QUEST FOR EVIDENCE by Roy Raig
DBC 24975
Adult Non-Fiction

YEAR OF THE GUN: A NOVEL by Michael Mewshaw
DBC 26933
Adult Fiction

ZEALOT AND THE EMANCIPATOR: JOHN BROWN, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICAN FREEDOM by H. W. Brands
DBC 18650
Adult Non-Fiction

18 New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

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J. Frank Dobie, Kinky Friedman, and Langston Hughes headline these Texas additions to BARD.
Take a comic romp through Blanco County, explore historic towns of Texas, and absorb the inspiring story of Marbridge Ranch!
There are now over 1,900 locally produced Texas titles on BARD! Learn more about the Texas Talking Book Program’s stellar Volunteer Recording Studio.

A SANGRE Y FUEGO CON PANCHO VILLA by Juan Bautista Vargas Arreola
DBC 26910
Spanish
Adult Non-Fiction

ANGELINA AND THE PRINCESS by Katharine Holabird
DBC 26892
Juvenile Fiction (Grades K-3)

ARMADILLOS & OLD LACE by Kinky Friedman
DBC 26894
Adult Fiction

BIG SEA: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Langston Hughes
DBC 24944
Adult Non-Fiction

BUM STEER: A BLANCO COUNTY MYSTERY by Ben Rehder
DBC 18855
Adult Fiction

FAMILY PICTURES = CUADROS DE FAMILIA by Carmen Lomas Garza
DBC 26932
English/Spanish
Juvenile Non-Fiction (Grades 4-7)

HAND ON THEIR SHOULDER: THE SPECIAL LOVE STORY AT MARBRIDGE RANCH by Mary Mae Hartley
DBC 26878
Adult Non-Fiction

HISTORIC TOWNS OF TEXAS. VOLUME II: GONZALES, COLUMBUS, JEFFERSON by Joe Tom Davis
DBC 24938
Adult Non-Fiction

IN SEARCH OF THE HOLY MOTHER OF JOBS by Pat Littledog
DBC 26431
Adult Fiction

LEGEND OF THE BLUEBONNET: AN OLD TALE OF TEXAS by Tomie DePaola
DBC 26961
Juvenile Non-Fiction (Grades 3-6)

LEGENDS OF TEXAS by J. Frank Dobie
DBC 26887
Adult Non-Fiction

MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN (PERHAPS): A HUMOROUS MURDER MYSTERY by H.B. FOX
DBC 26927
Adult Fiction

OUTBACK STATION: OUTBACK SAGA #2 by Aaron Fletcher
DBC 26901
Adult Fiction

PLEASANTVILLE by Attica Locke
DBC 18656
Adult Fiction

RITES AND WITNESSES: A COMEDY by Rolando Hinojosa
DBC 26963
Adult Fiction

ROBBERS, ROGUES, AND RUFFIANS: TRUE TALES OF THE WILD WEST IN NEW MEXICO by Howard Bryan
DBC 26898
Adult Non-Fiction

SHADOWS OF YESTERDAY by Sandra Brown
DBC 26891
Adult Fiction

THORNY ROSE OF TEXAS: AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF GOVERNOR ANN RICHARDS by Mike Shropshire
DBC 26373
Adult Non-Fiction

14 New Texas Titles Now on BARD!

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Folklore, true crime, and magnificent barbarians highlight these locally produced titles now available on BARD.

J. Frank Dobie, John Graves, Winston Groom, and Carlton Stowers are among the authors that transport readers from the hard scrabble Hill Country through the frigid desolation of Canada to the shattering battlefields of Vietnam.

Be a Hogg and read them all!

BETTER TIMES THAN THESE: A NOVEL by Winston Groom
DBC 26875
Adult Fiction

BY ALL ACCOUNTS: GENERAL STORES AND COMMUNITY LIFE IN TEXAS AND INDIAN TERRITORY by Linda English
DBC 18860
Adult Non-Fiction

BYRON DALRYMPLE ON TROUT FISHING: 50 YEARS OF SUCCESS by Byron W. Dalrymple
DBC 26394
Adult Non-Fiction

COFFEE IN THE GOURD by J. Frank Dobie
DBC 26426
Adult Non-Fiction

CORAZONES DE HIELO by James Oliver Curwood
DBC 26882
Adult Fiction (Spanish)

DEVIL’S BONEYARD by William W. Johnstone
DBC 26440
Adult Fiction

FAMILY PLOT: ANOTHER JOHN PICKETT MYSTERY by Sheri Cobb South
DBC 18415
Adult Fiction

HARD SCRABBLE: OBSERVATIONS ON A PATCH OF LAND by John Graves
DBC 26411
Adult Non-Fiction

I LOVE YOU, DAISY PHEW by Ruby C. Tolliver
DBC 18618
Juvenile Fiction (Grades 4-7)

LAST CAPTIVE by A.C. Greene
DBC 26377
Adult Non-Fiction

MAGNIFICENT BARBARIANS: LITTLE-TOLD TALES OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION by Bill Walraven
DBC 26874
Adult Non-Fiction

MISS IMA AND THE HOGG FAMILY by Gwendolyn Cone Neeley
DBC 26872
Adult Non-Fiction

OPEN SECRETS: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE, JEALOUSY, AND MURDER by Carlton Stowers
DBC 26862
Adult Non-Fiction

TRAGEDIA DE LA SELVA by James Oliver Curwood
DBC 26885
Adult Fiction (Spanish)

May 2023 Book Club Title Announced!

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Please join us on Thursday May 18 at 7:00 p.m. (Central) for our Book Club discussion of FUZZ: WHEN NATURE BREAKS THE LAW by Mary Roach (DB 105210; BR 23940; LB 13656).

We host our Book Club discussions via Zoom. However, all you need to participate is a telephone!

If you have a land line, we will provide a telephone number for accessing the Book Club.

If you have a smart phone, we will email an easy “one click” number you can use to join the discussion.

We can also send an email Zoom invitation to those who prefer to use a computer.

Patrons who register for the discussion will receive this information a week before the Book Club meeting.

Please contact a Reader’s Advisory Librarian at 1-800-252-9605 or tbp.ral@tsl.texas.gov with any questions, or to RSVP.

FUZZ: WHEN NATURE BREAKS THE LAW is available by mail as a digital cartridge and is also available to download on BARD.

We’re looking forward to having you join us on May 18!

FUZZ: WHEN NATURE BREAKS THE LAW by Mary Roach

DB 105210; BR 23940; LB 13656

Author of GRUNT (DB 86098) analyzes the investigation and crafting of policy around human-wildlife interactions and conflicts. Roach highlights the work of animal-attack forensics investigators, human-elephant conflict specialists, bear managers, and “danger tree” faller blasters. She discusses the ways conservation efforts are influenced by human impact. Strong language and some violence. 2021.