Everything's bigger in Texas. Do people laugh louder in Texas? You bet they do. And, you'll be laughing really loud at the jokes and riddles in 101 Hilarious Texas Jokes - Lone Star Jokes & Riddles. These funny jokes and riddles will tickle your Texas-sized funny bone and have you laughing out loud and asking for more.

David Owen Brooks, one of the mass murderers of twenty-eight or more young boys, died of COVID-19 on May 28, 2020, in a Texas prison. At the time I wrote this book, I did not know he died. The book was written by way of my memories of events that happened in my life and up to the time I met David Brooks.Just two or three days before Brooks turned himself into the Houston Police Station, he tried to lure me to a party in Pasadena, Texas, by telling me there would be lots of girls an...

There's Trouble in Paradise is a provocative story of love, idealism, rebellion, and the price of choosing a different life.Against the turbulent backdrop of the late 1960s and early 1970s, a young musician and an aspiring investigative photojournalist walk away from conventional careers and retreat to the Vermont woods in search of freedom, simplicity, and each other. But paradise proves far more complicated than they imagined.As winter closes in, two reclusive br...

There's Trouble in Paradise is a provocative story of love, idealism, rebellion, and the price of choosing a different life.Against the turbulent backdrop of the late 1960s and early 1970s, a young musician and an aspiring investigative photojournalist walk away from conventional careers and retreat to the Vermont woods in search of freedom, simplicity, and each other. But paradise proves far more complicated than they imagined.As winter closes in, two reclusive br...

How do we heal?Have you ever been hurt? Most of us can say that at some point in our lives, we were really hurt. This hurt can harm us in a number of ways. For instance, the hurt can cause us to become disgusted, aggravated, or even angry at the person causing the hurt. Often, we do not recognize the anger, among other emotions, because we may repress or deny it.However, disgust, aggravation, or anger may cause three big things to happen to us. We will sum up those items un...

The second novel by Don DeLillo, author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and The Silence.At Logos College in West Texas, huge young men, vacuum-packed into shoulder pads and shiny helmets, play football with intense passion. During an uncharacteristic winning season, the perplexed and distracted running back Gary Harkness has periodic fits of nuclear glee; he is fueled and shielded by his fear of and fascination with nuclear conf...

Since the day Jesus ascended into heaven, the church has eagerly awaited his second coming. And during the intervening years too many Christians have focused their study of the Bible entirely on discovering the end-time signs of his coming. Does Jesus expect us to focus on dates and signs, or does he want us to instead develop a healthy and mature apocalyptic spirituality as we await his coming and the culmination of his plan of redemption and restoration? Many of today's Christians lack a...

At twenty-eight, David Bell is the American dream come true. He has fought his way to the top, surviving office purges and scandals to become a high-powered television executive. David’s world is made up of the images that flicker across America’s screens, the fantasies that enthrall America’s imagination.And then the dream—and the dream-making—become a nightmare. At the height of his success, David sets out to rediscover reality. Camera in hand, he journeys across the country in a...

A brief, unnerving, and exceptionally hard-hitting novel about time and loss as only the bestselling and National Book Award–winning author of White Noise and Underworld can tell it.In this potent and beautiful novel, the writer The New York Times calls “prophetic about 21st-century America” looks into the mind and heart of a scholar who was recruited to help the military conceptualize the war.We see Richard Elster at the end of h...

Falling Man is a magnificent, essential novel about the event that defines turn-of-the-century America. It begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and tracks the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of a few people.There is September 11 and then there are the days after—and the years.Falling Man is a magnificent, essential novel about the event that defines turn-of-the-century America. It begins in the smoke and ...

A down-to-earth plan to help us recover from the wounds of the past and grow more and more into the image of God.Many of us struggle with anxiety, loneliness, and feelings of inadequacy. We know that God created us in his image, but how can we be loving when we feel burned out? How can we be free when we struggle with addiction? Will we ever enjoy the complete healing God promises?Combining his professional expertise and personal experience...

Based on the incredible success of the book What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do, Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend offer a line of books that address specific crises and some of the most prevalent problems facing our culture today. These books give readers a starting point to deal with their problems. Beautifully designed in a full-color small format, these books are perfect for giving to a friend in distress.