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Spotlight on Texas is a biannual cassette publication announcing
the latest audio books produced by volunteers at the Talking Book
Program Volunteer Recording Studio in Austin and at the Recording
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Midland. The
audio version of "Spotlight on Texas" is distributed on
request to Texans with disabilities who are registered to receive
the Talking Book Program's free library service.
Since 1978, Talking Book volunteers have recorded thousands of
fiction and nonfiction titles by Texas authors or about the history,
culture, and people of the Lone Star state. Titles recorded include
biographies, histories, westerns, romances, mysteries, self-help,
and travel. More than ten new books are completed each month, offering
an increasing variety of Texas topics from which to choose. In addition,
volunteers record three Texas magazines: Texas Monthly, Texas Parks
& Wildlife, and Texas Highways.
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Fiction
Biggie and the Quincy Ghost
CT 6594
by Nancy Bell, narrated by Jeanne Guichard, 2 cassettes
Biggie Weatherford and her friends travel to the neighboring town
of Quincy to learn how to start a historical society in their own
town of Job's Crossing. Young J.R., who once again narrates the
adventures of his detecting grandmother, is not thrilled with the
trip, but soon finds that the town of Quincy isn't as quiet as he
thought. The second day in Quincy, J.R. looks out the window of
their inn to see the dead body of a young woman. Since the local
sheriff is in the hospital with appendicitis, Biggie uses her detecting
skills to find out who killed the woman.
Bone Dry: A Blanco County, Texas, Novel
CT 6702
by Ben Rehder, narrated by Dick Collins, 3 cassettes
Life can get a little wild from time to time for John Marlin, the
game warden in Blanco County, Texas. This season, hunters all over
the county are reporting an incredible sight: a six-foot-tall, drop-dead-gorgeous
blonde roaming the woods, searching out camouflage-clad men with
guns and disarming them with her powers of seduction. Blanco County
residents are all enjoying hearty laughs at the expense of the few
embarrassed hunters, until one of them turns up dead in the woods.
It's just the start of another unforgettable hunting season.
Caballeros of Ruby, Texas
CT 6699
by Cynthia Leal Massey, narrated by Jeanne Guichard, 2 cassettes
Don Miguel Caballero, a successful contractor in Texas' Rio Grande
Valley and later, in California's Salinas Valley, enjoys the good
life: prosperity, the respect of his community, a marriage of thirty
years, six bright children. But gradually all he has worked for
begins to unravel. Three of his daughters give their versions of
the disintegration of an idyllic way of life.
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Canis
CT 6695
by Robert E. Armstron, narrated by Craig York, 2 cassettes
Dr. Duncan MacDonell has stumbled into the world's worst job working
as a veterinarian for the Health Department in Houston, Texas. He
thought he had the world by the tail, but in the big city the tame
animals and the wild people are continually consorting to drive
him crazy. Enter a sinister mega-dog that begins devouring homeless
street people.
Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order: The Final Years of the
Vietnam War
CT 6667
by Dan Dane, narrated by Danny Ledford, 2 cassettes
As a civilian attorney drafted to serve in the Vietnam War, Bill
Blake encounters fragging, racism, and heroin addiction while defending
soldiers in court-martial trials. Much like the soldiers he defends,
Blake finds himself in conflict with his superior officers. Captain
Blake's experiences accentuate many of the troublesome aspects of
the war, including the draft, authority of Commanding Generals,
domestic demand for troop withdrawal, and in the end, the delivery
of heroin to the American troops. This book contains some profanity.
Eye of the Cat
CT 6708
by A. L. McWilliams, narrated by Huff, Jack, 2 cassettes
Good-looking, good-natured, and good-for-nothing: that's how the
folks back home in Fort Griffin, Texas, thought of Catlin Myers.
But farther west he was known as a dangerous man, a lone mercenary
whose services had become a necessary evil in the lawless territories
of New Mexico and Arizona. Catlin's reputation as a professional
is unblemished until a Tucson businessman hires him to avenge the
rape of his young wife. Catlin pulls off the job without a hitch
- discovering too late that the man had been wrongly accused. This
book contains some violence.
Hangover Soup
CT 6497
by Louise Redd, narrated by Janice Langlinais, 2 cassettes
Faith met Jay in college, "where it's hard to tell who's a true
alcoholic and who's not." They fell in love, got married, got jobs
- Jay as a smooth-talkin' disk jockey, Faith as a tutor for the
University of Texas football and baseball teams. But at home, in
the evenings, Faith found herself watching Jay go slack-jawed after
dinner and too many gin and tonics, unable to hold up his end of
a conversation, much less fulfill any of his other conjugal duties.
So Faith leaves her husband and moves herself and her china to the
dorms where she takes up residence with her student athletes. Jay
convinces Faith he will sober up, but her hopes of having a normal
marriage are demolished when Jay kills a woman while driving drunk.
This book contains some sex and profanity.
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Hank the Cowdog: The Fling
CT 6654
by John R. Erickson, narrated by Robert Eidbo, 1 cassette
When Hank the Cowdog accidentally hitches a ride into town on a
cattle truck, he meets up with his old pal, Dogpound Ralph. Ralph
convinces Hank to join him on a fling - dodging traffic, stealing
meat from backyard barbecues, and hiding form the dogcatcher. It
sounds like fun, but after a day of running from the law, Hank starts
to long for the humble comforts of home. Can Hank survive his fling
and make it back to the ranch in one piece?
Hank the Cowdog: The Secret Laundry Monster Files
CT 6653
by John R. Erickson, narrated by Charles Watson, 1 cassette
When Hank the Cowdog hears suspicious sounds coming from near Sally
May's clothesline, it leads to a midnight investigation of the ranch.
Before he knows it, Hank finds himself caught up with his old friend
Eddy the Rac - and face-to-face with one of a dog's greatest enemies:
the dreaded Laundry Monster. Could this mean the end of everyone's
favorite Head of Ranch Security? Or is it just Eddy the Rac up to
his old tricks?
Hank the Cowdog: The Case of the Missing Bird Dog
CT 6693
by John R. Erickson, narrated by Robert Eidbo, 1 cassette
It's the first day of quail season, and Plato the Bird Dog is missing.
At first, Hank is willing to let him stay lost. But when Beulah
pleads for help, Hank caves in and takes off in search of Plato.
Before he can catch a scent of spotted bird-dog, he finds himself
face-to-face with an angry mother hog and her litter. Can Hank's
quick wits help him out of this fix?
I Cannot Tell a Lie, Exactly, and Other Stories
CT 6633
by Mary Ladd Gavell, narrated by Jeanne Guichard, 1 cassette
The sixteen stories collected here include the anthologized classic
"The Rotifer," in which a young woman learns the extent to which
a bit of innocent interference - or the refusal to interfere - can
change the course of lives. "The Swing" depicts a mother's strange
reconnection to her adult son's childhood as she is summoned outside,
night after night, by the creak of his old swing. "Baucis" introduces
a woman longing for widowhood who is cheated of the respite she
craves and whose last words are tragically misunderstood by her
family. This book contains some profanity.
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In Times Like These
CT 6713
by Emilie Baker Loring, narrated by Jeanne Guichard, 2 cassettes
Page Wilburn is young, beautiful and embittered by a callous fiance.
She hides her beauty and takes a secretarial job. Then one day Page
is asked to pose as the in-name-only fiancée of the dashing Vance
Cooper. Together they discover love as they uncover a diabolical
plot of treason.
Jitter Joint
CT 6487
by Howard Swindle, narrated by Stephen Flynn, 2 cassettes
Jeb Wuinlin has been issued an ultimatum by his boss and his wife:
dry out or get out. So he hits his favorite bar for a last fifth
of Wild Turkey and reluctantly enters detox. Once inside, Jeb is
forced to confront his years of alcoholism with the help of Librium,
hard-core therapy, and AA meetings. But someone is taking the words
of the Big Book too far, as rehab patients begin to die mysteriously,
each tagged with one of AA's Twelve Steps. Now Jeb is on a sobering
hunt for the Twelve-Step killer, a twisted psychopath who's taking
the battle with the bottle to horrifying new heights.
Massacre at Goliad
CT 6597
by Elmer Kelton, narrated by Bob Brown, 2 cassettes
When Texan-born Josh Buckalew met Teresa, a young and beautiful
Mexican woman, it was love at first sight. but with the Alamo recently
sieged and destroyed, Josh knew this rosebud love would be unobtainable.
So the Buckalew brothers, Josh and Thomas, come together with other
Texans to protect their land at Goliad against the Mexicans who
have just ravished the Alamo.
Murder Under Blue Skies
CT 6595
by Willard Scott, narrated by Janice Lathin, 2 cassettes
After twenty years as the nation's most popular weatherman on the
top-rated TV morning show, Hello, World! Stanley Waters looks forward
to semi-retirement and a sunny future as innkeeper of the bed-and-breakfast
Blue Skies in the beautiful rolling hills of Virginia. But an unexpected
storm front brings scattered violence, and one of the guests at
the cozy B & B's gala grand opening drops dead. Now Stanley must
play sleuth and uncover a cunning killer. (Written with Bill Crider.)
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Peter Arbiter
CT 6683
by Edwin Shrake, narrated by Carol Esler, 2 cassettes
In this perfect, funny marriage of the Texas tall-tale with the
cock-tail party repartee, three social misfits, a runaway teenage
boy, an old con-man poet, and a bisexual interior decorator, skip
irreverently through the world of Texas's moneyed society, the politicos,
ranchers, and oilmen, in settings that range from a house with a
golf course in the living room to a kinky sexual rejuvenation clinic.
It's a hilarious romp as power and money, in the form of some devilish
caricatures of well-known Texas personalities, try to cope with
the exuberance and energy of these three cavalier interlopers. This
book contains some sex, profanity, and violence.
Restored to Death: A Judge Jackson Crain Mystery
CT 6700
by Nancy Bell, narrated by Robert Brown, 2 cassettes
Restored to Death introduces Jackson Crain, a widowed county judge
who lives with his delightfully idiosyncratic thirteen-year-old
daughter. When his deceased wife's sister is bludgeoned to death,
and her husband, Ron Hughes, is accused of the crime, the judge
decides to assist the investigation. Things do not look good for
Ron, who is rumored to be having an affair with the red-haired waitress
at the town's only cafe. Soon a young vagrant girl is discovered:
She has been bludgeoned to death, too. As Judge Crain explores further,
he is surprised to find a possible connection between the murdered
girl and a new woman in town whom he finds attractive. This book
contains some sex, some profanity and some violence.
Reynolds
CT 6701
by Donley Watt, narrated by Ev Lunning, 1 cassette
Reynolds is a forty-something liquor-store owner on Clear Creek
Lake in East Texas. Once he was a banker, but the real estate scandals
of the '80s taught him he had trusted the wrong people and now he
owns Lake Country Liquor Store and lives in a trailer behind the
store, with several women passing through his life for intermittent
periods. He also has a weird family including a bible-thumping mother
and a brother who is a survivalist with a stash of AK47s and other
automatic weapons, which he sells illegally from time to time. This
book contains some sex and profanity.
River Season: A Novel
CT 6687
by Jim Black, narrated by Jack Gazzale, 2 cassettes
In a small Texas town in 1966, a thirteen-year-old boy named Jim
looks forward to a long summer. With his two best friends, Charles
and Gary, he shares the tomfoolery and rites of summer typical of
boys their age: baseball, playing practical jokes, telling scary
tales, hanging out at the local barbershop, and teasing pretty girls.
Fishing, however, is a pleasure Jim prefers to enjoy alone - until
he meets Sam, an older African-American man who lives on the edge
of town. When he finds Sam fishing in his favorite spot, he's unsure
how to feel about the intrusion. But Jim quickly becomes attached
to Sam who takes on the role of father figure to the boy.
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Screen Door Jesus and Other Stories
CT 6697
by Christopher Cook, narrated by Dianna Dorman, 2 cassettes
Ten stories set in the fictional East Texas town of Bethlehem. Cook
brings to life the relationship between the people who live in this
small town and their beliefs. The question is not IF you believe
in God - the question is HOW you believe. Belief stretches beyond
Sunday mornings into the weekday life of oil workers, lawyers, car
dealers, bankers and the woman who looks at her screen door one
morning and sees Jesus. This book contains some profanity.
Seasonal Rain and Other Stories
CT 6678
by Robert Flynn, narrated by Robert Brown, 1 cassette
In this collection of stories, the author manages to paint the human
experience with warmth, humor, and perception. "The Midnight Clear"
is the story of a recently met, newly-wed couple on their way to
a new life together in Wanderer Springs. In a world that swings
back and forth between the cynical and the sentimental, Flynn's
characters shine through as both hopeful and fully human. This book
contains some sex, profanity and violence.
Skeletons in Purple Sage: A Jolie Wyatt Mystery
CT 6682
by Barbara Burnett Smith, narrated by Nancy Shaw, 2 cassettes
Purple Sage, Texas is experiencing a natural disaster, with flood-waters
rushing through the streets and torrential downpours continuing
with no end in sight.The governor's in town to assess the damage
and Jolie Wyatt, mystery novelist and amateur sleuth, is hosting
an after-tour reception in his honor. The governor's visit is running
smoothly until a dead body turns up in a rain-drenched ditch. The
investigation takes the whole town by storm, forcing Jolie to step
in to find out what really happened on that dark and rainy night.
Slayer of Gods: A Lord Meren Mystery
CT 6671
by Lynda S. Robinson, narrated by Carol Esler, 2 cassettes
Royal advisor, Lord Meren discovers that, contrary to rumor, Queen
Nefertiti died not of the plague but was poisoned. To give the pharaoh
peace of mind, Meren determines to discover the murderer. Enlisting
the help of Anath, a seductive female spy known as the Eyes of Babylon,
he sets out on a dangerous quest for the truth that will threaten
not only his life but also the lives of his family.
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South of Reason
CT 6684
by Cindy Eppes, narrated by Cindy Johnson, 2 cassettes
This coming-of-age story is told through the experiences of 13-year-old
Kayla Sanders. When Kayla's family relocates from the sheltering
piney woods of Cameron to her parents' childhood home of Rosalita
in South Texas, everything about Kayla's life changes. From the
very day of their early summer arrival, secrets and unanswered questions
loom over Kayla's family and that of their new next-door neighbors,
the young widow Lou Jean Perry and her two sons. The author weaves
the difficult themes of adultery, abortion, and mental illness into
her story without descending into melodrama.
Soy la Avon Lady and Other Stories
CT 6647
by Lorraine Lopez, narrated by Denise Descouzis, 2 cassettes
This collection of short stories questions what it means to be differrent
- in class, race, and culture especially - and how identities can
be lost in the struggle to fit in. The title story, for example,
examines identities in the Latino community by focusing on Molly,
who has become so alienated from her roots that she forgets large
chunks of her childhood, including that she once spoke Spanish.
When she gets lost in a Latino neighborhood, each step she takes
makes her feel more and more like a stranger in a foreign country.
Starlight Passage
CT 6242
by Anita Richmond Bunkley, narrated by Staci Thompson, 3 cassettes
Kiana Sheridan is determined to discover what happened to her ancestors
who escaped slavery in Tennessee by the Underground Railroad - and
then disappeared. As her search grows cold, she enlists the help
of handsome photojournalist Rex Tandy to retrace her great-great
grandfather's route to freedom - leading to a Smoky Mountains village
filled with danger and the answer to her quest. This book contains
some sex, profanity and violence.
Strawman's Hammock
CT 6680
by Darryl Wimberley, narrated by Dick Collins, 2 cassettes
Barrett Raines, a detective with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement,
stationed in the state's northern gulf region, is offered an opportunity
to run for Lafayette County sheriff against Lou Sessions. Backing
Raines is Linton Loyd, a powerful businessman in the county and
Sessions' enemy. Then Loyd's son, Gary, becomes a suspect in the
death of a Hispanic migrant woman who was shackled and eaten by
a mad dog in a swamp called Strawman's Hammock. The likelihood of
Raines being the first black man to run for office in his county
is diminished when he finds himself caught between the sheriff and
the Loyd family. This book contains some sex, profanity and violence.
Stroke of Fortune
CT 6705
by Christine Rimmer, narrated by Linda Fox, 1 cassette
Eligible bachelor Flynt Carson struck a hole-in-one when his Sunday
golf ritual at the Lone Star Country Club unveiled an abandoned
baby girl. Although temporary fatherhood for Flynt Carson dredged
up painful memories, this was just the beginning of mayhem for Flynt
and the town of Mission Creek. Flynt felt he had no business raising
a child or reuniting with Josie Lavender, a woman too innocent for
a man with his tarnished soul. But the lovestruck nanny was determined
to help him raise the mysterious baby. And what happened next was
anyone's guess. This book contains some sex.
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Tending Roses
CT 6712
by Lisa Wingate, narrated by Jeanne Guichard, 2 cassettes
Christmas is going to be difficult for Kate Bowman this year. Traveling
with her husband and infant to the family farm in Missouri, she
has the unpleasant task of convincing her 89-year-old Grandma Rose
to move to a nursing home. Kate hasn't been back for six years and
is dreading the confrontation with Grandma. But Grandma Rose makes
things easier by leaving her journal out for Kate to read and through
the the journal, Kate discovers the essence of the remarkable Grandma
Rose and is forced to reevaluate her priorities and those of her
family.
Texas Bound
CT 6590
by Jason Manning, narrated by Jack Huff, 2 cassettes
On an open prairie in front of a mission called the Alamo, Santa
Annas soldiers won a brutal victory - in a battle that became a
call to arms around the country. Brave men answered from across
the United States: New Englanders and Virginians, Kentuckians and
Cajuns, all came to the province called Texas to sign a Declaration
of Independence on Sam Houston's birthday. Now four men from Alabama,
new recruits in John Shakleford's Red Rovers, have joined the fight:
Pierce Hammond, the cowardly son of a wealthy plantation owner;
Mingo Green, a runaway slave; Boone Tasker, too poor to marry the
woman he loves; and Gabe Cochran, a young widower with nothing left
to live for. Fleeing their pasts, they are bound by a noble cause.
And they will back up their words with their honor, their courage,
and their lives. This book contains some violence.
Texas Rules
CT 5752
by Jack Curtis, narrated by Ed Corrigan, 1 cassette
Crossing lawless Texas after the Civil War with a herd that is 'do
or die' for himself and a woman rancher back home, Cotton Dunbar
defeats stampedes, rustlers, and bad weather only to find that his
financial backers reneged on their agreement. He wants to avoid
bloodshed but Cotton will resort to a gun when reason and common
sense fail.
Texas Silver
CT 6706
by Holly Harte, narrated by Cindy Johnson, 2 cassettes
They called her Silver Eagle, revered by her people as a great medicine
woman. Karina Valdez learned the healing power of plants from her
Apache grandfather and the ways of the white man from her Spanish
father. Yet now, as her visions warned of great danger to the Devil
Mountain, Karina stood at a perilous crossroads, torn between love
for her people, fear for their future, and desire for the bold stranger
who asked her to help him. Rafe Tucker, a loner and a wanderer,
came from Missouri to become a Texas Ranger. But rumors of a hoard
of lost gold lured him to the desolate country of Trans-Pecos, Texas.
This book contains some sex and violence.
Texas Weather: A Novel
CT 6598
by Tricia Allen, narrated by Karen Watkins, 2 cassettes
In 1947, Dallas County assistant DA David Weather prepares to prosecute
a rich, remorseless killer, known as "the Maniac," while dodging
a spurned mistress, an angry husband and a protocol-driven boss.
When he meets a beautiful reporter, sparks fly. Then an anonymous
messenger threatens his fiancee, while old and new family secrets
endanger his job - then his freedom and his life. This book contains
some profanity and violence.
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True Facts, Tall Tales and Pure Fiction
CT 6508
by Larry L. King, narrated by Ev Lunning, 2 cassettes
This volume brings together five essays that King considers "true
fact," ten that constitute "tall tales," and four short stories
that he classifies as "pure fiction." All of these pieces represent
an on-going attempt to define and understand his native place and
his mind's country. They cover subjects ranging from a rape trial
to dubious recipes and points between: writing, politics, Little
League baseball, Texas basketball, racial integration in the military,
dogs, sinning, and stories of troubled lives. This book contains
some sex and profanity.
Twice Dead: A Taylor Madison Mystery
CT 6711
by Elizabeth Dearl, narrated by Janice Langlinais, 2 cassettes
More than thirty years ago, a minister named Ralph Posey absconded
with the church funds, abandoning his wife and daughter. At least,
that's what everyone in Perdue thought...until now. A startling
discovery makes it obvious that he never left town at all - he was
murdered, and all evidence implicates his wife as the killer. Bonita
Posey admittedly detested her husband, but she denies taking his
life. Can Taylor uncover the truth in time to keep her octogenarian
friend out of prison? This book contains some sex, profanity and
violence.
Two Texas Hearts
CT 6596
by Jodi Thomas, narrated by Brie Carlson, 2 cassettes
Kora Adams did not believe in curses, but she had known nothing
but bad luck all of her life. Then, one night, there was a knock
on her door. It was a handsome but solemn stranger with a story
to tell. Winter McQuillen had inherited a sprawling Texas ranch
not far from the one room cabin Kora called home. But the only way
he could claim it was if he found a wife that night. The thought
of wedding a man she did not know scared Kora to death. But the
security of marriage - and even the faintest hope of love - was
like a dream come true. Kora knew she needed every bit of comfort
marriage would provide. What she didn't know was that Winter needed
her even more. This book contains some sex.
Valedictorian and Other Stories
CT 6710
by S. D. Navarro, 1918-2000, narrated by Sue Bilich, 1 cassette
The stories in this collection fall into two thematic groups: Latino
experience in America and war-veteran nostalgia. (The war stories
may not be appropriate reading material for young adults.) The stories
about mid-twentieth century Latino family experiences capture a
new immigrant's terror and hope, as well as the imaginative play
and fascination with gory stories shared by all children. In the
title story, an Anglo boy and a Mexican immigrant compete for top
honors at their school as they form a tenuous friendship. In another,
a Mexican immigrant goes to his first American school without knowing
any English.
When Angels Sing: A Christmas Story
CT 6703
by Turk Pipkin, narrated by Ed Corrigan, 1 cassette
When Michael Walker was a child, he'd wished that every day could
be Christmas. But that was thirty years ago, before a tragic accident
changed his life one Christmas morning. He still can't muster any
spirit for the holidays. For him, it will always be a time of pain,
a memory of that day. But when his young son faces a sadness as
profound as his own, Michael is the only one who can save him. It
takes nothing short of a miracle to give Michael the courage to
make peace with his past and find the hope, joy, and spirit he lost.
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Nonfiction
All Honest Men: The Story of J. Willis Newton and America's
Most Successful Outlaw Gang
CT 6707
by Claude Stanush, narrated by Jack Gazzale, 3 cassettes
This amusing narrative traces J. Willis Newton's transformation
from disgruntled cotton picker on his daddy's Texas farm to one
of America's most notorious bandits. Most famously, in 1924, Willis
and his three brothers carried out the largest train robbery in
U.S. history, netting more than $3 million. The authors conducted
scores of interviews with Willis Newton before his death in 1979
and the book is narrated from Willis's point of view. This book
contains some profanity and some violence.
Challenged to Win
CT 5839
by Nancy K. Shugart, narrated by Ruth Borinstein, 1 cassette
An autobiography by a Texan whose dream of becoming a teacher seemed
impossible when she lost 90% of her sight.
Dallas Doc: All the City and Country Critters in the Life of
a Texas style Vet
CT 6694
by David Carlton, narrated by Jack Gazzale, 2 cassettes
(Subtitle: "All the City and Country Critters in the Life of a Texas
style Vet") A native Texan, and veterinarian, chronicles an ongoing
practice in Dallas. These stories, originally written as personal
memoirs for his family, have become a collection of Doc's day-to-day
experiences with "critter clients." In this first of the series,
Doc shares his beginnings and introduces readers to his "daredevil"
partner, Rich Vest, irreplaceable assistants, Rachel and Tracy,
and his infamous, cattle-gored clinic truck, Ol' Blue. This book
contains some profanity and violence.
Horse Fixin': Forty Years of Working with Problem Horses
CT 6704
by Frankie McWhorter, narrated by Ed Corrigan, 1 cassette
In this memoir, Frankie reminisces about horses and horsemen he
has known and discusses his innovative, unconventional approach
to horsemenship. Founded on intelligence, compassion, experience,
and a profound practical understanding of a horse's mind, his methods
derive also from the cowboy tradition in which he was schooled and
can be read as western folklore. This book contains some violence.
(Violence takes the form of animal abuse.)
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Night Train Lane: Life of Hall of Famer Richard "Night Train"
Lane
CT 6600
by Mike Burns, narrated by Jack Gazzale, 1 cassette
Biography of Hall of Famer Richard "Night Train" Lane. He was born
in Austin to a prostitute who left him in a dumpster when he was
three months old. A nearby neighbor heard him crying, rescued him,
and raised him. Lane went on to become a famous football player.
Scream at the Sky: Five Texas Murders and One Man's Crusade
for Justice
CT 6677
by Carlton Stowers, narrated by Jack Gazzale, 3 cassettes
Wichita Falls, Texas, in seventeen months, five women were brutally
beaten and murdered. The killer's identity was not known until fourteen
years later when an investigator who had been assigned the cold
case brought to it a renewed dedication. He found a detail that
led to the serial killer who had eluded justice for so long. How
he tracked down Wardrip and used the legal system to beat the killer
at his own game of deception is a remarkable story of justice served.
This book contains some sex, profanity and violence.
Some More Horse Tradin'
CT 6591
by Ben K. Green, narrated by J. Noble Atkins, 2 cassettes
This 1972 sequel to Green's "Horse Tradin'" offers more of the same
type of anecdotal stories about raising and selling horses. Green
was a veterinarian in Texas, and he came across a number of colorful
characters - some four-legged - throughout his career.
Texas Sheriff: Lord of the County Line
CT 6593
by Thad Sitton, narrated by Jack Gazzale, 3 cassettes
The "Texas Sheriff" takes a fresh, colorful, and insightful look
at Texas law enforcement during the decades before 1960. In the
first half of the twentieth century, rural Texas was a strange,
often violent, and complicated place. Nineteenth-century lifestyles
persisted, blood relationships made a difference, and racial apartheid
remained rigidly enforced. Citizens expected their county sheriffs
to uphold local customs as well as state laws. The rural sheriff
served as his county's "Mr. Fixit," its resident "good old boy,"
and the lord of an intricate rural society. This book contains some
violence.
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Spanish Nonfiction
Milagros de la Oracion: Historias Veridicas del Sorprendente
poder de la oracion
CT 6698
by Quin Sherrer, narrated by Mario Zamora, 2 cassettes
Milagros de la oracion nos ensena que Dios todavia hace milagros
y cambia vidas. El ha contestado las oraciones de muches y quiere
contestar las suyas tambien. Quin Sherrer nos ofrece historias inspradoras
de gente comun y corriente que ha ordo y recibido respuestas extraordiarias.
Aqui encontrara hisorias increibles de sanidad. protecion y rescate,
junto a sabiduria que le servira de guia en sus propias oraciones.
"Miracles happen when you pray" shows us that God still does miracles
and transforms lives. He has answered a lot of prayers and he would
like to answer yours too. This book offers inspirational stories
of people that have prayed and their prayers have been answered
in extraordinary ways.
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