New books: Amon Carter Bio, Elmer Kelton Novel

By Glenn Dromgoole If you missed the terrific one-man play Amon! The Ultimate Texan at the Paramount Theatre on Feb. 22 – or if you saw it and would like to read more about Amon G. Carter – playwright Dave Lieber has also published a book of vignettes and photos ...

Two Books About Texas

By Glenn Dromgoole Lonn Taylor, who lived in Fort Davis and wrote a very literate weekly column for the Marfa newspaper, died last summer, just a few months after his most recent book was published — “Turning the Pages of Texas” ($22.95), one of the best books ever written about ...

Book Notes – January 29, 2020

‘Abilene Forever’ one of many songs about Abilene The other day I was having lunch with a group of ladies after speaking to their club, and one of the women at our table said her grandmother or great-grandmother used to sing a song she learned in elementary school here. The ...

Book Notes – January 21, 2020

Texas murder case inspired Grisham novel By Glenn Dromgoole John Grisham says the plot for his new best-selling novel “The Guardians” (Doubleday, $29.95 hardcover) is based on a Texas murder case. “Thirty years ago,” Grisham writes in an author’s note at the end of the book, “Joe Bryan was wrongly ...

Book Notes – January 8, 2020

Cookbooks topped the list in 2019 By Glenn Dromgoole Last year was a very good year for books at Texas Star Trading, especially cookbooks. Three of the five best-selling books in 2019 were cookbooks.
  1. The new Perini cookbook, Perini Ranch Steakhouse, set a store record for the most books sold in ...

Autographed Books

Hello there! We’ve had several successful book signings in our store lately … and we like to pass those opportunities along to you. “There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight” is a wonderful new children’s book. It’s not about Texas, but the author — Penny Klostermann — is ...