Books

Rodriguez Elementary Gets Library Makeover

Joey Palacios — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:45:21 +0000

The Cleto Rodriguez Elementary School library is receiving a complete renovation and makeover with the addition of new books.

Volunteers were hard at work piecing together new tables and bookshelves and thanks to The Heart of America Foundation and Capital One 6,000 books are being donated.

"We’ll be painting the walls, we’ve added inspiration quotes, we’ve shelved books, we’re also providing financial literacy in all the classrooms ," Monica Shortino, a community relations manager with Capital One.

The Source: Boy Kings Of Texas And The Bexar County Sheriff

Paul Flahive — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:07:16 +0000

In The First Segment:

Domingo Martinez's "The Boy Kings of Texas" transports people into his Brownsville childhood, warts and all, in his memoir.

It's been called "an emotional roller coaster rendered in exquisite detail," by Publisher's Weekly and was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Martinez was in town for the San Antonio Texas Book Festival last weekend and stops by the studio to talk about his recent literary success and why living in Texas is not something he ever sees himself doing again.

The Texas History Behind John Ford's "The Searchers"

Nathan Cone — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:36:57 +0000

John Ford's 1956 film "The Searchers" is one of the finest of the great director's career. And with its overtones of racism, it's also one of his most complicated. In the movie, Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) goes on a years-long quest to find his niece, Debbie, who has been abducted by Comanche Indians. As the search drags on, his hatred for the Comanche intensifies, and by the time he finds Debbie (Natalie Wood), fully integrated into the Comanche Nation, he doesn't know whether to save her or kill her.

Life After Death With Bess Lovejoy's New Book About The Fates Of Famous Corpses

Randy Anderson — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:10:59 +0000

I don't know what it says about me, but when a new book was sent to TPR called "Rest in Pieces," I was deemed the person to review it.

I have been in love with spooky stuff since I was about four and my horror movie collection is huge, but I think of myself as a fairly regular fellow. If you are lucky enough to read, retain and enjoy disturbing and arcane facts, this book is for you.

Interview: Author J.B. Kaufman on "The Fairest One of All"

Nathan Cone — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:57:30 +0000

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” may not have been the first animated film, but as author and film historian J.B. Kaufman points out, Walt Disney “completely redefined the concept of what an animated feature could be” with his 1937 film, celebrating 75 years this December.

Book Review: Elia Kazan, A Biography

Nathan Cone — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:26:03 +0000

The Century's Most Polarizing Auteur

Elia Kazan, by Richard Schickel