Divorced and middle-aged, Jack Morton is searching for a new life. He stumbles onto a town in rural Oregon where a strange but attractive waitress introduces him to Rupert, a local werewolf. Indigents are lured into captivity with the promise of free land and end up on the menu. Jack finds himself locked in a battle to survive, not sure who is more dangerous the people who protect the werewolf or the creature who has sworn to eat his liver. His struggle to live takes him to the mountains of northern New Mexico, where unlikely allies appear in unexpected places and Jack must return to face Rupert in a life-or-death encounter.
He tells humorous stories about his life. They include the love of fishing in the San Marcos River, student life at A&M, serving his country as a tank platoon leader in the Second Armored Division in Germany. Description of seven jobs at Texas A&M on the staff, while making speeches, serving as special coordinator of events, plus many pranks pulled on friends. The last part is about his retirement at a lake in the east central Texas 45 minutes from his grandchildren and his beloved Texas A&M.
Written by an Aggie graduate, this is a full color history of Aggieland's pride, spirit, and great football program with over 100 photos of the campus, its students and faculty, plus the Kyle Field and its football legends, then and now. Photos.
Buryl Baty (1924–1954) was a winning athlete, coach, builder of men, and an early pioneer in the fight against bigotry. In 1950, Baty became head football coach at Bowie High School in El Paso and quickly inspired his athletes, all Mexican Americans from the Segundo Barrio, with his winning ways and his personal stand against the era’s extreme, deep-seated bigotry—to which they were subjected. However, just as the team was in a position to win a third district title in 1954, they were jolted by an unthinkable tragedy that turned their world upside down. Later, as mature adults, these players realized that Coach Baty had helped mold them into honorable and successful men, and forty-four years after the coach’s death, they dedicated their high school stadium in his name. In 2013, Baty was inducted posthumously into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame. In this poignant memoir, R. Gaines Baty also describes his own journey to get to know his father. Coach Baty’s life story is portrayed from the perspectives of nearly one hundred individuals who knew him, in addition to many documented facts and news reports.
By any measure, the battles of Bataan and Corregidor were among the most intensely fought and devastating episodes in the World War II Pacific theater. Beginning in early 1942, the Japanese Imperial Army invaded the Philippines in an attempt to control the Pacific region and expand its sphere of influence. The defense and last stand of Filipino and American allied forces marked the largest surrender in their respective military histories. Their efforts slowed the Japanese advance but only at great cost. John A. Adams Jr. provides a new and compelling exploration of these pivotal events by recounting the history of Bataan and Corregidor through the eyes of 89 soldiers and officers who were former students and citizen soldiers from the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. All were products of the Corps of Cadets, and indeed no other institution could boast of such a large deployment in the opening of the war. While many words have been written on Bataan and Corregidor, none have taken the approach of collective biography as The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor does here. As a result, this book is not only a new contribution to the history of World War II but also stands to be a landmark publication on the history of Texas A&M University.
In this Thirty Days of Focus Prayer, Apostle R. Joshua Mitchell carefully unfolds key passages from the Bible, demonstrating how to be a prayer asking Christ Jesus to teach us to pray, understanding that men must always pray and not faint. The apostolic prayer strategies found in this book will draw the reader more into becoming a prayer and not just praying when things happen or when you want something from the Lord. You will be a prayer meeting. The time has come when all Christians must realize the power of prayer, knowing the way Jesus prayed which was authoritative, powerful prayers that Heaven heard and always responded to, and these prayers removed the power of darkness wherever it existed.
This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Short Stories of William Dean Howells: 40+ Tales & Children's Stories (Illustrated)” is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly known for his tenure as editor of the Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story "Christmas Every Day", and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria. Howells is known to be the father of American realism, and a denouncer of the sentimental novel. He was the first American author to bring a realist aesthetic to the literature of the United States. His stories of Boston upper crust life set in the 1850s are highly regarded among scholars of American fiction. Table of Contents: Introduction WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS by Charles Dudley Warner Short Stories Christmas Every Day Turkeys Turning the Tables The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express The Pumpkin Glory Butterflyfutterby and Flutterbybutterfly Adventures in a Boy's Town Life in a Boy's Town Games and Pastimes Glimpses of the Larger World The Last of a Boy's Town A Sleep and a Forgetting The Eidolons of Brooks Alford A Memory that Worked Overtime A Case of Metaphantasmia Editha Braybridge's Offer The Chick of the Easter Egg A Daughter of the Storage A Presentiment Captain Dunlevy's Last Trip The Return to Favor Somebody's Mother The Face at the Window An Experience The Boarders Breakfast is My Best Meal The Mother-Bird The Amigo Black Cross Farm The Critical Bookstore A Feast of Reason City and Country in the Fall Table Talk The Escapade of a Grandfather Self-Sacrifice A Fearful Responsibility At the Sign of the Savage Tonelli's Marriage Buying a Horse Reminiscences and Autobiography A Boy's Town Years of My Youth
A book unlike any other Aggie-related publication, The Entrepreneurial Spirit of Aggieland details the insightful, fascinating and inspirational stories of twelve Aggies who’ve chased their entrepreneurial dreams, conquered obstacles and succeeded beyond their wildest imaginations. Their stories will serve as a roadmap to success for current and former Texas A&M students with their own entrepreneurial dreams, as each first-person narrative features advice to aspiring entrepreneurs. These innovators have walked the Texas A&M campus and achieved tremendous success, and they each believe you can, too! Every penny of proceeds from book sales will be donated to Startup Aggieland, a multidisciplinary business incubator and accelerator devoted to helping current Aggies pursue their dreams. This is truly a one-of-a-kind book designed to propel current and former students to reach their entrepreneurial goals!
Buryl Baty (1924–1954) was a winning athlete, coach, builder of men, and an early pioneer in the fight against bigotry. In 1950, Baty became head football coach at Bowie High School in El Paso and quickly inspired his athletes, all Mexican Americans from the Segundo Barrio, with his winning ways and his personal stand against the era’s extreme, deep-seated bigotry—to which they were subjected. However, just as the team was in a position to win a third district title in 1954, they were jolted by an unthinkable tragedy that turned their world upside down. Later, as mature adults, these players realized that Coach Baty had helped mold them into honorable and successful men, and forty-four years after the coach’s death, they dedicated their high school stadium in his name. In 2013, Baty was inducted posthumously into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame. In this poignant memoir, R. Gaines Baty also describes his own journey to get to know his father. Coach Baty’s life story is portrayed from the perspectives of nearly one hundred individuals who knew him, in addition to many documented facts and news reports.
"[v. 1.] The book focuses on assorted memories, meanderings, and musings related to my 52-year tenure as a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Reflections on teaching, favorite students, funny and/or colleagues with whom I have worked, the history of the university, fascinating clients I have met in counseling, my wife and children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, thirty-five years of playing, officiating, and coaching softball, fifteen summers of Study Abroad experiences with over 400 Aggies, life experiences in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Island, Iran, and a great part of mainland Europe, and stories of people and events that have transpired over the last fifty-two years of my life are grist for the mill. [v. 2.] This book is a chronicle of "coming of age" in the 1940's, and 1960's in Oklahoma and Texas. The initial pages of this book are devoted to a brief recapitulation concerning the state of my birth, Oklahoma, and my home town, Dewey, and the influence exerted on the culture by Native Americans. Other topics include my ancestry, school days and reflections on teachers, coaches, and sports teammates, everyday life in a small-town Oklahoma in the halcyon days of the 1940's and 1950's, and having a second summer home in Texas City, Texas. The middle portion is devoted to my undergraduate experiences at Texas A&M University, at the time an all-male military school. There are takes on favorite professors and interesting classmates. The same can be said for my two tours of duty at the University of North Texas in Denton where I received my master's and doctoral degrees. The Third major section is devoted to my cherished 32 months in the US Army."
