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November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Watch authors and #Aggie professors Jay Maddock and Debra Kellstedt discuss their new book that combines their love of the outdoors and craft beer into a guidebook for exploring the #LoneStarState.

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Aggie professors author book that explores hikes and craft beers
Two Texas A&M professors have created the ultimate guide for outdoor enthusiasts and craft beer lovers.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This Saturday, 11/15, at @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social in #SanAntonio is a tribute to the late Norma Schreiner, in honor of her new autobiography about her time on the #YORanch with Charles Schreiner III. Details: thetwig.com/event/2025-1...
November 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@waterloorecords.bsky.social hosts TAMARA SAVIANO for a book signing with live musical performance by JACK BARKSDALE Thursday, 11/13 at 5pm! Saviano will discuss her remarkable three-decade career as a journalist, historian, #Grammywinning producer, filmmaker, & artist emissary in #Americanamusic.
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In case you haven't seen our earlier posts, James Aalan Bernsen will be featured at TWO events in #Austin this weekend--the @texasbookfest.bsky.social & the #SaveTexasHistory Symposium to talk about this award-winning book!
AWARD-WINNING BOOK REVEALS TEXAS' FORGOTTEN FIRST REVOLUTION
"The Lost War for Texas" tells story of conflict 25 years before the Alamo, when Anglos and Tejanos stood together against the Spanish Empire
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November 6, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We have four authors on the program for the 2025 @savetxhistory Symposium in Austin at the @bullockmuseum! For more information and to register: bit.ly/47B3AZ9
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#texashistory #historybooks #texashistorians
November 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Is there a better way to spend a #Texas afternoon than outdoors on a trail & then relaxing with a cold one? This new guide presents 24 hiking itineraries throughout the #LoneStarState, each coupled with an outstanding independent brewery. bit.ly/4hI4YOc

#texashikes #texasbreweries #hikingguide
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#TexasHistory FAns: Did you see our post on Friday about Gregg J. Dimmick's upcoming new book, Santa Anna's Army in the Texas Revolution, 1835? You have a chance to hear him talk about this exciting new research and more at the #SanJacintoBattlegroundMuseum on Saturday, 11/8!
Lecture: Santa Anna's Army in the Texas Revolution: 1835
www.sanjacinto-museum.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Mexican Army’s activity in the #TexasRevolution is well documented but often hidden away. Many documents were shelved in the back rooms of museums & libraries scattered across Spain, Mexico, & the US. Few documents have been translated into English--until now. bit.ly/47EiYUQ
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Marilyn Melcher Maddox was on KBTX Media last week to discuss her new book about her #Aggie father, Robert Lee Melcher, who was a #GermanTexan officer in the #USArmy during #WorldWarII. Listen to her discuss how it came together & and find out where to get a copy of this popular book for yourself!
Local Author shares her father’s story as a WWII veteran
Author Marilyn Melcher Maddox shares her father’s story as a member of the military from 1943 to 1945 in “A German Texan in WWII.”
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October 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In 1977, Norma Schreiner dropped by the Austin office of TX house member Jim Nugent. He bellowed, ‘Norma, come in here. There’s someone I want you to meet.’” So began the tempestuous yet good-natured relationship between Norma & "Charlie Three," scion of the historic ranching family. bit.ly/492ri39
October 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Editor Cordelia E. Barrera presents a new offering from the #wittliffcollections literary series featuring a mix of #poems, #stories, & #essays from well-known & emerging writers examining women's connections to, interactions with, & negotiations of nature, landscapes, & borderlands.
bit.ly/4nbK63f
October 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Author Allen J. Wiener recently appeared on the #UnscaledTravelShow to talk all things #DavyCrockett. Why did Davy Crockett ultimately come to #Texas? What unfortunate circumstances led to this decision? Wiener explores this and more in his book David Crockett in Texas: His Search for New Land.
Davy Crockett: The Man vs The Myth | Unscaled Conversations ft. Allen J. Wiener
YouTube video by Unscaled Travel Show
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October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Nancy Swift Furlotti’s examination of K’iche’ Maya creation mythology fills a gap in Jungian literature, offering a juxtaposition with the Western scientific-rationalistic views that typified psychological inquiry for the past two-and-a-half centuries.

#jungianpsychology #mayanmythology
The Splendor of the Maya
“Explore the collective unconscious from a different angle and perspective than we have seen in the European, Slavic, Celtic, Asian, African, and Middle E...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Olivia Aguilar, #MillerWorleyCenterfortheEnvironment director & #environmentalstudies professor, shares cuentos (stories) from @latinooutdoors.bsky.social members & weaves in her own narrative to provide a rich description of what being a #Latine outdoors means in their own words.
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October 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Saw our last post and interested in learning more about A German Texan in World War II: The Diary, Letters, and Memorabilia of an 88th Infantry Officer? If you have a subscription to the Bryan/College Station Eagle newspaper, you can read more here by clicking on the link.
Book details benefits, biases of a German Texan in World War II
Marilyn Maddox took on the task of turning her father's letters, journal and personal items from World War II into a book.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Robert Lee Melcher served as a #USArmy major in #WWII from 1943-1945, earning a #BronzeStar. Highlighting the strong #GermanTexan perspective of a loyal American fighting against his ancestral homeland, his story comes to life via letters, memorabilia, & memories from his daughter. bit.ly/3VviISv
September 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Central Texas is booming—from population to business to infrastructure. This new book explores what this growth means & how we can sustain it. A must-read for anyone invested in the future of Texas! bit.ly/3K9ZAH6

#AustinSanAntonio #TexasGrowth #SmartGrowth #UrbanPlanning #EconomicDevelopment
September 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"Mighty fine and a great big Western howdy, all you buckaroos and buckarettes!" Riders In The Sky are here in town tonight for the first of two highly anticipated shows and an official book launch! www.opastickets.org/riders-in-th...
September 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
On 8/20, music experts & hosts of Back to the Country on #WORTFM Bill & Bobbie Malone were interviewed by award-winning journalist #DougMoe at #MysteryToMeBooks in Madison, WI. They'll be in town 9/10-11 for the #TheRidersInTheSky shows presented by #TAMU #OPAS!

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September 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
In 1920, women wearing #yellowroses stood shoulder to shoulder in Tennessee, awaiting the #19thamendment ratification. Meg Griffiths & Frances Jakubek present works by 106 contemporary female #photographers providing a multifaceted perspective on progress & what remains to be done. bit.ly/4813ITF
September 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
If you didn't have a chance to get to a book signing for Pressed, Clean, and Properly Fitted: A Photographic History of the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Uniform, no worries! Catch the interview with James Griffin III that aired on KBTX: www.kbtx.com/2025/09/01/a...
Book Talk: “Pressed, Clean and Properly Fitted”
A local author walks Aggies through every crisp line and intricate design of the Corps of Cadets uniforms since their founding in 1876 in his latest book, “Pressed, Clean and Properly Fitted.”
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September 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Catch James Griffin III on @kbtx.com today at 3 pm to hear about the book, and then stop by the #CollegeStation Barnes & Noble tomorrow to meet him and get your very own signed copy! #WHOOP #GigEm #TAMU
Former #AggieCorps member James Griffin III signs copies of his history of the Corps uniform at the #CollegeStation Barnes & Noble on 8/30/2025! Book is sponsored by the Centennial Series of the @aggienetwork.bsky.social. Come get your SIGNED copy! Book info: bit.ly/4n54ByR
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August 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM