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Books to read if you're planning a vacation in "Texas", sorted by average review score:

Deadly Intentions
Published in Hardcover by St. Martin's Press (September, 1982)
Authors: Ehrlich and William Randolph Stevens
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truth stranger than fiction
I read the book and saw the movie Deadly Intentions. I believe it but how can anyone be so sick? People like that are a threat for as long as they live.

Very good !!!
It's a very good book , here we can even feel the coldness of this young doctor and his terryfied wife .Mr.Stevens did a wonderful work. It really worth reading!!!!


Death of an Evangelista
Published in Hardcover by St. Martin's Press (March, 1999)
Author: Allana Martin
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Allana was my high school journalism teacher.
Allana was my high school journalism teacher when she taught at Fort Worth Paschal High School in 1971 so I think you ought to buy several copies of this book.

More than a good mystery
One of those rare books that is a good mystery and a good novel. Not a 'cozy' but basically traditional. Reminds me of Sue Grafton. Complex characters, fascinating background (Te-Mex border)but still a good read. Ending a bit weird. My first exposure to this author, and I will definitely read the others in this series.


Decker
Published in Hardcover by Mullaney Corporation (14 December, 1999)
Author: Jim Gatewood
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FINALLY-- A FITTING TRIBUTE TO DECKER & HIS DEPUTIES
Congratulations to Jim Gatewood for capturing, with accuracy and excitement, the life and times of Dallas legend Bill Decker, and those who loyally served the citizens of Dallas during his watch. My father, John Rutledge, was a Dallas Morning News police reporter whose actions during the jail riot were detailed by Gatewood as well. This is a must-have for anyone interested in the real history of Dallas.

Exciting Ten Hour Read! Can't wait for the movie!
Gatewood tells a great story about Bill Decker. I couldn't put it down....took a little over 10 hours to read in one setting. From the dark excitement of tales of early Dallas law enforcement to the foggy mysteries of the assassination of President Kennedy, Gatewood weaves a true to life documented tale of the streets of Dallas as seen by Sheriff Bill Decker.

If the Dallas police had listened to Sheriff Bill Decker's security concerns for Lee Harvey Oswald, Mafia hitman Jack Ruby wouldn't have silenced the voice of of Oswald, the "patsy" in the conspiracy to kill the President!

When an assassin is assassinated, there is a conspiracy! (Old French cliche'!)


The Deer Pasture
Published in Hardcover by Texas A&M University Press (September, 1900)
Authors: Rick Bass and Elizabeth Hughes
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More than just a deer hunting book
Rick Bass is not your typical hunter, and The Deer Pasture is not your typical hunting story. An admitted "tree hugger," Bass uses his family deer lease as the setting for a narrative essay that deals with everything from hunting ethics and wildlife conservation to family values and romantic love. His observations on Texas Hill Country society (including the dogs--especially the dogs) are thorough without sounding scientific. Bass's Mark Twain-style humor serves as comic relief to the very serious issues that he tackles. This book is destined to become a Texas literary classic.

Deer Camp Explained
This is a great book for all deer hunters, especially those who hunt in the Texas Hill Country. Bass goes beyond the hunt to take a light-hearted look at why we go back to deer camp year after year. The essays put into words the excitement and wonder of hunting, the Hill Country and all the small things that make deer hunting so much more than just the hunting of deer.


Depression Desperado: The Chronicle of Raymond Hamilton
Published in Paperback by Eakin Publications (October, 1995)
Author: Sid Underwood
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Giving Raymond His Due
Excellent, highly readable, well documented biography of Raymond Hamilton, a colorful Texas bank robber of the 1930's. Hamilton is chiefly remembered today as a sometime accomplice of Clyde Barrow but his own criminal career is equally interesting and far more spectacular.

Depression Desperado is Definitive
Sid Underwood has written an extremely in-depth account of the Gentleman Bandit. Underwood has traced the history of Hamilton and his cohorts, including Bonnie & Clyde, as well as interviewed many people who have since passed away that knew Bonnie & Clyde, including relatives. Besides giving very detailed accounts pulled from records and the interviews, the book is filled with some great photos. Depression Desperado is both historical and entertaining.


Economic damage caused by the sweetpotato whitefly : hearing before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, April 14, 1992, Corpus Christi, TX
Published in Unknown Binding by U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office ()
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Economic damage by sweetpotato whitefly
Economic damage by whitefly and Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) on tomato from Dominican Republic reach more than 90% in loss of yield for 1992 year. In Dominican Republic did import all material prime for factoring sauce durin 1992-94 years. But the implemetation of an Integrate Pest Management Program, began in 1993, was possible to control to Bemisia spp and the virus, decreasing the damages to less than 10%. Now is not needy to import tomato sauce.

Economic damage by sweetpotato whitefly
Economic damage by whitefly on tomato from Dominican Republic reach more of 90% in loss of yield for 1992 year. In Dominican Republic did import all material prime for factoring sauce


Evil Hours
Published in Paperback by PublishingOnline (16 September, 2001)
Author: Raymond Benson
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Excellent novel by the "James Bond" author.
Raymond Benson is known for writing the continuation James Bond novels, so when I picked up this, his first non-Bond book, I expected a tightly crafted fast moving mystery thriller. I wasn't disappointed. But what did surprise me was how darkly moving EVIL HOURS was as a neo-noir crime drama. I've heard other reviewers liken this book to Twin Peaks, and while I do see similarities, I think that's selling this book a bit short. I was reminded more of intense real-life crime dramas like The Onion Field and The Thin Blue Line. Benson's masterful use of detail makes the book so believable that, by the end, it has evolved from a mystery thriller into something that's very tragic and profound. And darn right creepy in a "this-only-happens-in-real-life" sort of way. The emotional reality of the book is what sets it apart from other thrillers by better-known authors, and what makes it surpasses even Benson's Bond books as a work of fiction (suggesting a bright future for Benson after Bond). By the end of this book -- with the ultimate revelation and CHILLING reenactment of the crime -- I found myself creeped-out and moved at the same time. Wild. This book was a real experience and one I would recommend highly, especially if you're a fan of character driven true-life crime. It would also make a terrific film.

Moody and haunting!
Raymond Benson, author of the recent James Bond novels, has given us something completely different: a novel that reminds me of that movie "Lone Star" or similar-- it takes place in a small Texas town and is the story about a murder, or a mystery of a murder, and how one woman searches for the truth about what happened. The narrative is interesting, moving back and forth from the present to the past, and slowly revelations are unravelled. I found it to be haunting, moody, and compelling.


Exploring Texas With Children
Published in Paperback by Republic of Texas Pr (January, 1999)
Author: Sharry Buckner
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IF I COULD ONLY KEEP MY COPY HOME
I thought this would be the perfect book since I have eleven grandchildren and would love showing them (one at a time, I don't lack ALL my senses) our great state! And I was, the book was everything I expected and more. Only thing is, I always have to hunt it down and find who borrowed it last. From my own kids to my brothers and sisters, I never know exactly where it is. Guess I need to order everyone their own copy!! Keep that in mind when you get yours. It's a wonderful guide to all the places you know about and so SO many you don't. If you're planning on traveling Texas with your lil' rugrats, you need this book! It'll will guarantee a good time for all.

Great guide for family travel
A travel guide for families that hits the highlights of Texas without complicating the trip planning with too many details. Only problem is that phone numbers (at least area codes) keep changing, but this book lists web pages to help a family get more information on the part of the state they want to see.


Extravagaria (Texas Pan American Series)
Published in Paperback by Univ of Texas Press (November, 1900)
Authors: Pablo Neruda and Alastair Reid
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Touching this world and the next and loving and hating both
Pablo touched me as no poet that I have read in the last 25 years. His lines particularly sees the world with wisened eyes, writen in his later days. He embraces his past occationally crushing it with bittersweet energy. At the same time he looks forward to rest and what's next. He never stopped Becoming, as Sarte would say, through the years. "Her" declares the need and joy of loving and working life together with his spouse. "Larnyx" chills with news from the doctor that all of humanity dreads.

The spanish on the facing page lets one glimpse at hidden meanings, reaching back for our Spanish 101 or Elementary Latin, a treat. If you buy one poetry book this year, this should be the one. If you are silver haired, as I, then this is the poetry of the decade for you.

THE MOST PROLIFIC AND INFLUENTIAL POET OF SPANISH LANGUAGE.
One of the most interesting books I have ever read. It taught me that there's poetry in every movement we make and every moment we live.


Famous Texas Outhouses And Other B.S.
Published in Hardcover by Brown Books (July, 2000)
Author: D. N. "Big Don" Page
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Famous Texas outhouses and other BS
This book was sooo funny-- I laughed til i cried! Everyone who needs a good laugh should buy this book! thanks Don page! Write another book - i shall be 1st in-line to order it ! Virginia Davis

So dang funny, I couldn't catch my breath!
What makes this book so great is its true! I wasn't born in Texas but got a copy of this terrific book and leave it in the "bath" for times when I need to study for a while. My wife asked what the heck I was doing, laughing so hard, with the door to the bathroom closed. She probably thinks I'm a little strange, but whats wrong with a little humor!

We are planning to buy a dozen for Christmas. This is sure to become a best seller. It was worth the $15 just to spend a good hour laughing out loud. What a blast! Plus, you don't get that many books in full color for $15 these days.

Hope you enjoy it as much as we have.


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