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Chris Tomlinson spent most of his life comfortable that he knew who he was and where he came from. After all, a small part of Texas was named after his…
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Good guys and bad guys are always easy to sort out in thrillers, right? Not so fast. In the murky waters of Jeff Abbott's latest novel Inside Man, the…
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From the small Texas town of Killeen, Oveta Culp Hobby grew up into a remarkable woman, serving her country and opening doors for women in the military.…
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If you read fiction, and you don’t know about "The Rosie Project," you’re missing something. The book was a breakout hit all over the world, raking in…
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Summer reading season is here. So what are you taking (metaphorically or not) to the beach? Fear not: In this edition of Kirkus on the Standard, David…
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This weekend not only kicks of the summer vacation and travel season. It also kicks off the summer reading season. So The Texas Standard reached out to…
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What do transistors, lithium batteries and AK-47s have in common?Each one of those inventions fast-forwarded human history. They and many more, argues…
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In the 1960s, Pres. Lyndon Baines Johnson signed a major change in immigration rules into law. Eliminating per country quotas, the move made it easier for…
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"It's an Orange Aardvark!" is the new book from Michael Hall. It's a short book, so we don't want to give anything away. But we can tell you it involves…
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There are few incidents in Texas history as compelling as the UT Tower shooting.On August 1, 1966, a UT student and ex-marine named Charles Whitman…