University Of North Texas Press: 174 books
Grace
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
In the east Texas town of Cold Springs in 1944, the community waits for the war to end. In this place where certain boundaries are not crossed and in a time when people reveal little about themselves, their problems, and their passions, Jane Roberts Wood exposes the heart of each of four families during...
Against the Grain
Colonel Henry M. Lazelle and the U.S. Army
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Henry Martyn Lazelle (1832-1917), born in Enfield, Massachusetts, the son of a farmer, orphaned at the age of four, and raised by a succession of relatives and family friends, was the only cadet in the history of the U.S. Military Academy to be suspended and sent back a year (for poor grades and bad...
When Raccoons Fall through Your Ceiling
The Handbook for Coexisting with Wildlife
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2002
Have you ever had raccoons fall through your ceiling? Discovered a nest of sparrows in your hanging flower basket? Or how about woke up one morning to discover deer have nibbled on your flower garden, reducing your blossoms to stems? If so, you're not alone. The paths of humans and wildlife cross all...
On the Jury Trial
Principles and Practices for Effective Advocacy
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
Two outstanding Texas trial lawyers—one of whom is now an equally respected district judge—have written On the Jury Trial, a “must have” reference for any trial lawyer aspiring to excellence or seeking to maintain it. Thomas M. Melsheimer and Judge Craig Smith have crafted a narrative-driven...
by James T. Gillam
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2010
In 1968 James T. Gillam left college and was drafted into the Army. Within a month he transformed from an uncertain sergeantwho tried to avoid combatto an aggressive soldier killing his first enemy and planning and executing successful ambushes in the jungle. Gillam was a regular point man and occasional...
by Gregory V. Short
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
In early February of 1968, at the beginning of the Tet Offensive, Private First Class Gregory V. Short arrived in Vietnam as an eighteen-year-old U.S. Marine. Amid all of the confusion and destruction, he began his tour of duty as an 81mm mortarman with the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, which was...
The Twenty-five Year Century
A South Vietnamese General Remembers the Indochina War to the Fall of Saigon
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2002
For Victor Hugo, the nineteenth century could be remembered by only its first two years, which established peace in Europe and France's supremacy on the continent. For General Lam Quang Thi, the twentieth century had only twenty-five years: from 1950 to 1975, during which the Republic of Vietnam and...
by Joann Puffer Kotcher
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
Donut Dolly puts you in the Vietnam War face down in the dirt under a sniper attack, inside a helicopter being struck by lightning, at dinner next to a commanding general, and slogging through the mud along a line of foxholes. You see the war through the eyes of one of the first women officially allowed...
Forging the Star
The Official Modern History of the United States Marshals Service
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
What do diverse events such as the integration of the University of Mississippi, the federal trials of Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, the confrontation at Ruby Ridge, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have in common? The U.S. Marshals were instrumental in all of them. Whether pursuing dangerous...
Risk, Courage, and Women
Contemporary Voices in Prose and Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
This unique collection of narratives, essays, and poems includes an original interview with Maya Angelou and pieces by Naomi Shihab Nye, Pat Mora, Rosemary Catacalos, and many others. Each work relates how women have demonstrated courage by taking a risk that has changed their lives. The Introduction...
Ordered West
The Civil War Exploits of Charles A. Curtis
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
During the Civil War, Charles Curtis served in the 5th United States Infantry on the New Mexico and Arizona frontier. He spent his years from 1862 to 1865 on garrison duty, interacting with Native Americans, both hostile and friendly. Years after his service and while president of Norwich University,...
by Chuck Gross
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Rattler One-Seven puts you in the helicopter seat to see the war in Vietnam through the eyes of an inexperienced pilot as he transforms himself into a seasoned combat veteran. At the age of twenty Chuck Gross spent his 1970-71 tour with the 71st Assault Helicopter Company flying UH-1 Huey helicopters....
by Meagan Cass
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Drawing from fairy tales, ghost stories, and science-fiction, the stories in ActivAmerica explore how we confront (and exert) power and re-imagine ourselves through sports and athletic activities. A group of girls starts an illicit hockey league in a conservative suburb. A recently separated woman...
Probably Someday Cancer
Genetic Risk and Preventative Mastectomy
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
After learning that she inherited a BRCA2 genetic mutation that put her at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer, Kim Horner’s doctors urged her to consider having a double mastectomy. But how do you decide whether to have a surgery to remove your breasts to reduce your risk for a disease you...