Austin: 1740 books
Take Your Best Shot
Do Something Bigger Than Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2009
Discover how you can respond to God's call in your own life, whether it's in your own town or on the other side of the world.
Teen Austin Gutwein has taken his best shot several thousand times to help AIDS orphans in Africa and in the process has built a school and a medical clinic! Take Your...
by Austin Basis
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
"an actor without an audience" is a collection of poems & pictures by Austin Basis- a working actor who questions his very existence. Through both poetry & prose, his constant search for answers about life, love & self find their way onto the page with a healthy mixture of honesty,...
The Basket Woman (Illustrated Edition)
A Book of Indian Tales for Children
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2016
Cocky young glaciers, contemplative pine trees, resourceful ancient Paiutes, and rabbits too clever for their own good. Through the kindly but mysterious Basket Woman, they all become the companions and teachers of Alan, the young son of homesteaders in early Nevada. The Basket Woman, a keeper of...
Dream Again
A Story of Faith, Courage, and the Tenacity to Overcome
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
The inspiring story of Isaiah Austin, the man who captured our hearts when he was made the honorary NBA draft pick after a shocking diagnosis ended his professional basketball career before he could even step onto the court.
“There are two choices in life: you make it your excuse or you make...
by Susan Rittereiser, Michael C. Miller, Austin History Center
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Motion pictures came to Austin on October 10, 1896, debuting at the Hancock Opera House. Since then, movies have continued to enchant, entertain, and inform the citizens of the capital of Texas. And, the places--the movie houses and theaters--where people saw motion pictures played just as important...
Those Bones at Goliad
a Texas Revolution novel, sequel to How Far Tomorrow
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
A sweeping tale of 19th-century Texas...
Texas history on a broad, complex scale —Kirkus Reviews
When young Shelby Whitmire spies a flatboat coming down the Mississippi to Natchez, he doesn't know that two aboard are on the run to Mexico’s Texas territory. How could the motherless boy foresee...
by Austin American-Statesman
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
With a timeline of articles and photos spanning 2002 to 2011, the Austin American-Statesman's award winning editorial staff and contributors trace the evolution of the Austin City Limits Music Festival from a small regional event in Austin’s Zilker Park to one of the country’s premiere destination...
Austin Mahone: Just How It Happened
My Official Story
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
The official Austin Mahone book!
See how Austin went from being a kid from a small town in Texas singing and having fun on YouTube with his friends to headlining his own shows around the world. Complete with exclusive photos and stories from his childhood as well as lots of behind-the-scenes...
Up Against the Wall
Violence in the Making and Unmaking of the Black Panther Party
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
Curtis J. Austin’s Up Against the Wall chronicles how violence brought about the founding of the Black Panther Party in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, dominated its policies, and finally destroyed the party as one member after another—Eldridge Cleaver, Fred Hampton, Alex Rackley—left...
Therese's Dream: Maine to Darfur
A Doctor's Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
Therese’s Dream - Maine to Darfur: A Doctor’s Story chronicles Dr. David Austin’s time with Doctors Without Borders and illustrates the common humanity of peoples around the world. Dr. Austin began his medical practice in the 1980s and in the early 2000s began making missionary...
by T. Austin-Sparks
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2016
Theodore Austin-Sparks, 1888-1971, was educated in both England and Scotland. At the age of 25 he was ordained as a pastor, however, a few years later his "career" took a decidedly different direction when a spiritual crisis brought him to a place of brokenness. He left the denomination...
The After Eden Series Box Set, Book 2
The Genesis of World War III (Sci-Fi Thriller)
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2016
The controversial futuristic epic series continues...
The After Eden Series is the provocative, sci-fi and international thriller series by author Austin Dragon—a dramatic mix of politics, religion, technology and intrigue.
METAL FLESH (After Eden Series: Tek-Fall, Episode I)...
How Far Tomorrow
Remembering the Georgia Battalion in Texas
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
As the fight for Texas Independence heats up in the fall of 1835, young volunteers as far away as Macon, Georgia enlist to test their mettle in the brewing struggle. Three women traveling alongside the battalion have hidden reasons for abandoning home. They have never heard of the remote settlement...
by Alfred Austin
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012
Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft...