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White Rock Lake (Images of America)

by Sally Rodriguez

Published: 2010-02-01

Paperback: 128 pages

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In 1909, Dallas city leaders approved the damming of White Rock Creek to create a new water source for the increasing needs of a growing city. As a result, so much of the life and history of Dallas has echoed through the life and history of White Rock Lake. In the early decades, the lake was home to...

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Candy Barr: The Small-Town Texas Runaway Who Became a Darling of the Mob and the Queen of Las Vegas Burlesque

by Ted Schwarz

Published: 2008-05-21

Hardcover: 312 pages

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Born Juanita Slusher in Edna, Texas, in 1935, the entertainer who became Candy Barr was perhaps the last great dancer in burlesque, a stripper who insisted on live, improvisational music and who at one time commanded $2,000 a week in 1950s Las Vegas. But as Juanita she had started life as a prematurely...

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The New York Times Book of the Dead: 320 Print and 10,000 Digital Obituaries of Extraordinary People

Published: 2016-10-18

Hardcover: 656 pages

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The obituary page of The New York Times is a celebration of extraordinary lives. This groundbreaking package includes 300 obits in the book with exclusive online access to 10,000 more of the most important and fascinating obituaries the Times has ever published. The obituary page is the se...

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Everyone Knows You Go Home

by Natalia Sylvester

Published: 2018-03-13

Kindle Edition: 330 pages

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“Everyone Knows You Go Home is prescient, tackling issues of family division, the arduous journey of crossing from one country into the next, and the sacrifices we make in exchange for a better future.” —Houston ChronicleThe first time Isabel meets her father-in-law, Omar, he’s alr...

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American Obscurantism: History and the Visual in U.S. Literature and Film

by Peter Lurie

Published: 2018-06-01

Hardcover: 232 pages

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American Obscurantism argues for a salutary indirection in U.S. culture. From its earliest canonical literary works through late twentieth and early twenty-first century film, the most compelling manifestations of America's troubled history have articulated this content through a unique fo...

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The Cast: A Novel

by Amy Blumenfeld

Published: 2018-08-14

Paperback: 310 pages

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Twenty-five years ago, a group of ninth graders produced a Saturday Night Live–style videotape to cheer up their ailing friend. The show’s running time was only ninety minutes, but it had a lasting impact: Becca laughed her way through recovery, and the group?Jordana, Seth, Holly, and ...

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How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature

by Scott D. Sampson

Published: 2016-06-21

Paperback: 352 pages

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“This timely, significant work carries a far-reaching message for families and the planet.”—Publishers Weekly  “In a time when the connection between humans and the rest of nature is most vulnerable, Scott offers parents and teachers a book of encouragement and knowledge, and to c...

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Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children

by Angela J. Hanscom

Published: 2016-04-22

Paperback: 256 pages

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"Angela Hanscom is a powerful voice for balance." —Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods In this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outdoor play and unstructured freedom of movement are vital for children’s cognitive develop...

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Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World

by Tony Wagner

Published: 2015-02-10

Paperback: 304 pages

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Tony Wagner’s groundbreaking bestseller—“a road map for parents who want to sculpt their children into innovative thinkers” (USA TODAY) and a guide for “an employer looking to have a pipeline of creative talent” (Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO).Harvard education expert Tony Wagner expl...

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Dumbing Us Down: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling

by John Taylor Gatto

Published: 2017-06-13

Paperback: 144 pages

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After over 100 years of mandatory schooling in the U.S., literacy rates have dropped, families are fragmented, learning "disabilities" are skyrocketing, and children and youth are increasingly disaffected. Thirty years of teaching in the public school system led John Taylor Gatto to the sa...