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04/19/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/19/2024 09:10
Trinity University Press: Spring 2024 Selections
As you plan your summer reading, don't miss these seven recent publications from Trinity University Press. Find more information on these books and more on TU Press' website.
A Sunny Place for Shady People: How Malta Became One of the Most Curious and Corrupt Places in the World
by Ryan Murdock
Murdock offers a personal and thorough examination of how a powerful cabal on the Mediterranean island nation of Malta planned the assassination of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in 2017.
Texas, Being: A State of Poems
edited by Jenny Browne
Texas, Being includes more than 45 poems from and about the beautiful and brutal state of Texas. Selected by Jenny Browne, the 2017 poet laureate of Texas and Trinity poetry professor, these poems draw a picture of one of America's vastly sublime yet most audaciously independent corners.
More Finish Lines to Cross: Notes on Race, Redemption, and Hope
by Cary Clack
A collection of Clack's best short- and long-form columns since his return to the San Antonio Express-News in 2019, More Finish Lines to Cross includes more than 80 pieces about the issues of the day and, along the way, reminds us to reflect on how we become the people we are.
Witness to War: Mexico in the Photographs of Walter Elias Hadsell
by Susan Toomey Frost
Frost presents a compelling visual record of a young American man's venture in Mexico as the country veered into revolution in the early 1900s. Walter Elias Hadsell, a skilled photographer, documented a critical period of foreign investment in Mexico's mining industry and, in the process, captured scenes of Mexican life.
Dwelling in the Wilderness: Modern Monks in the American West
by Jason M. Brown
In an intimate journey into the lives of contemporary Benedictine Roman Catholic monks and their sense of place, Brown examines how these monks in the American West fall in love with their landscapes and how we might do the same.
The Mexican
by Jack London
A graphic novel adaptation of a classic tale of unbridled passion for the revolutionary cause as well as the drama within the boxing ring, The Mexican is a story about the complex balance of individual interest and commitment to a larger cause.
West of the Creek: Murder, Mayhem and Vice in Old San Antonio
by David Bowser
Thirty-five classic stories fill this reissued book about San Antonio's seamier side from the days of the Old West. A map of the 22-block red-light district west of San Pedro Creek shows more than 100 houses of ill repute, inhabitants listed.
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