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Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin's courageous, candid memoir of his return to Earth after the historic moon landing and his personal struggle with fame and depression. "We landed with all the grace of a freight elevator," Buzz Aldrin relates in the opening passages of Return to...

An examination of Austin's rapid economic and creative growth and local attitudes toward the Texas capitol's transformation as an urban center.    Austin, Texas, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, is experiencing one of the most...

"Fans of live music will get a kick out of" this Texas Country Music Hall of Famer's "fond but brutally honest memories, playing gigs with Willie Nelson" ( Publishers Weekly).   When it comes to Texas honky-tonk, nobody knows the music or the scene...

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year * A Southwest Book of the Year "Top Pick" "American history did not begin in the Northeast. It began in the Southwest,' Parker asserts, in this sweeping history." --The New Yorker A revelatory work of...

THIS TIME TOGETHER is 100 percent Carol Burnett – funny, irreverent, and irresistible.   Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America.The Carol Burnett Showwas seen each week by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in...