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Big Red Tequila
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Rick Riordan
Ten years ago, Jackson "Tres" Navarre left San Antonio and the memory of his father's murder behind. Now he's back, looking for answers, but all he finds is mob-style corruption and local politicians out to ruin his homecoming. When his girlfriend turns up missing, Tres must act fast to rescue her, nail his Dad's killer--then save his own hide!
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Charade
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Sandra Brown
Cat Delaney was one of Hollywood's glitterati when tragedy struck. A heart transplant was the only thing that saved her life. Cat's near death experience prompted her to move out of the limelight to San Antonio, where she begins to host a television show about children with special needs, and to start a romance with writer Alex Pierce. Everything ...
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Sleuthing the Alamo: Davy Crockett's Last Stand and Other Mysteries of the Texas Revolution
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James E Crisp
In Sleuthing the Alamo, historian James E. Crisp draws back the curtain on years of myth-making to reveal some surprising truths about the Texas Revolution - truths often obscured by both racism and "political correctness," as history has been hijacked by combatants in the culture wars of the past two centuries. Beginning with a very personal ...
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The Gates of the Alamo
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Stephen Harrigan
The siege of the Alamo is the centerpiece of this finely detailed historical novel, set in 1836, when a group of Texans, holding the Alamo in an attempt to thwart Mexican takeover, succumbed to the superior power of the Mexican army. A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000.
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Death on the River Walk
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Carolyn Hart
San Antonio's famous River Walk is the setting for this fifth installment in the Henrie O mystery series. The ex-reporter's search for her friend's missing granddaughter takes her to the Tesoros Gallery on the River Walk, where the granddaughter was employed. Henrie O discovers that amidst the exquisite objects in the prestigious gallery is hidden ...
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The Alamo 1836: Santa Anna's Texas Campaign
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Stephen Hardin
Focussing on one of the most fascinating episodes in military history, this book tells the story of the 1836 campaign in Texas, including the epic siege of the Alamo and the battle of San Jacinto. Dissatisfaction with increasingly oppressive Mexican rule on the part of the Texians led, ultimately, to war and in February 1836 Santa Anna marched his ...
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Switching Well
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Peni R Griffin
Two twelve-year-old girls in San Antonio, Texas, Ada in 1891 and Amber in 1991, switch places through a magic well and try desperately to return to their own times.
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A Time to Stand
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Walter Lord
A "fascinating recreation of the battle of the Alamo."-Books Across the Sea
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The Widower's Two-Step
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Rick Riordan
Southern boy Tres Nevarre tracks down a killer against a country-music backdrop.
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Three Roads to the Alamo: The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis
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William C Davis
A combination of history and biography, this work strips away the many layers of myth, legend and fable which surround Davey Crockett, Jim Bowie and William Travis. It provides an account of their lives and the driving force which impelled them out West, and shows what really happened at the Alamo.
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A Line in the Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory
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Randy Roberts, James Stuart Olson
San Antonio, Texas, 1836. A Mexican army led by Santa Anna attacks a small fort called the Alamo. Disputes still rage over exactly what happened, why it happened and how it should be remembered. Indeed, the battles fought over the memory of the Alamo have been almost as fierce as their subject. In a riveting combination of history and cultural ...
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13 Days to Glory: The Siege of the Alamo
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Lon Tinkle
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Remember the Alamo
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William W Johnstone, J A Johnstone
Only career politicians could dream up a stunt like this: courting the growing Hispanic community that keeps them in office, the geniuses in charge in San Antonio agree to grant temporary dominion over the Alamo to the Mexican government for a week-long celebration. That doesn't sit too well with Gulf War vet Phil Cody, who remembers his Texas ...
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David Crockett: Hero of the Common Man
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William Groneman, III
Perhaps no other figure in American history is more shrouded in myth and legend than David ("Davy") Crockett, the Tennessee frontiersman whose death at the Alamo in 1836 ensured his place in the Valhalla of American heroes. Crockett himself was responsible for much of the folklore about his life. A gregarious, fun-loving man, he was more than ...
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Alamo Traces: New Evidence and New Conclusions
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Thomas Ricks Lindley, Stephen Harrigan (Foreword by)
Never wavering in its search for the bedrock of fact, this book is a methodical, piece-by-piece dismantling of what we thought we knew and a convincing speculation about what might have really happened during that courageous fight for independence.
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The Alamo: An Illustrated History
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Edwin Palmer Hoyt (Editor)
A dramatic portrait of Texas' most heroic moment, "The Alamo" not only recounts the legendary defense of the mission by a small band of larger-than-life heroes, but also chronicles the site's history from the 1820s to 1836. Illustrations. 8-page color insert.
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Austin, San Antonio & the Texas Hill Country: A Complete Guide
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Amy K Brown
Filled with local history, down-to-earth tips, and offbeat observations, this guide will lead you to the region's favorite spots to stay, eat, drink, and celebrate. Central Texas is an unpretentious, free-spirited region filled with treasured taquerias, hallowed music venues, juicy BBQ, and revered natural wonders. A non-stop schedule of cultural ...
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Bugles Are Silent
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John R Knaggs
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Milagro Lane
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Jay Brandon, Rick Casey (Foreword by)
A tale of murder wrapped in family secrets, potentially incestuous relationships, and a diabolic plot to avenge lost love, this intriguing mystery is set in San Antonio, Texas - a traditional city where races and ethnic groups blend. When Estela Valenzuela appears at the funeral of the patriarch of one of the oldest, richest families in town, she ...
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Something Borrowed, Something Black
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Loren D Estleman
Peter Macklin, contract killer--retired--has found himself the perfect woman. He's convinced young, beautiful, innocent Laurie that he is simply a salesman from Detroit, and they're passionately honeymooning in Los Angeles. . . . until the phone call. Peter tells Laurie he has to go to Sacramento to take care of business, and he'll be back in a ...
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Duel of Eagles
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Jeffery Long, Jeffrey Long, M.D
The myths began before the first wall crumbled of that fortress ennobled by the rallying call "Remember the Alamo". Duel of Eagles gives us the true story, as dramatic as any legend, of the people and events on both sides of the border that led to the battle for Texas. 28 photographs; 3 maps.
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Sterling Biographies: Davy Crockett: Frontier Legend
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George E Stanley
Davy Crockett was a child of the frontier, where violence and danger were everywhere. A hunter, soldier and backwoods politician, he helped settle large swaths of the still-growing United States. In the process, he became an American legend, with his life and exploits dramatised - and often fictionalised - in film and TV. Renowned author George ...
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Running with the Dead
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Jay Brandon
Sexual politics, corruption in high-school athletics, revenge, and a mysterious stalker combine for an explosive new legal thriller by lawyer/author Brandon featuring San Antonio District Attorney Chris Sinclair.
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The Alamo: An Illustrated History
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George Nelson
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The Alamo
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Frank Thompson
Based on the new film set for release Christmas Day from Touchstone Pictures--starring Dennis Quaid and Billy Bob Thornton--this novelization is a suspenseful account of events in the spring of 1836 in Texas when settlers revolted against the new Mexican dictator.
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