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No writer plunged more wholeheartedly into the chaotic energies of the 1960s than Norman Mailer, as he fearlessly revolutionized literary norms and genres to capture the political, social, and sexual explosions of an unsettled era. Here, for the first time in one volume, are his unforgettable books of the 1960s: two disruptive and visionary novels, and two radically innovative journalistic masterpieces. War hero, television star, existential hipster,...

Vampires and humans coexist in harmony in Morganville until a filmmaker working on a documentary on vampires goes missing, and Claire Danvers and her friends must handle the consequences.

Teenaged Paisley Tillery dreams a career as a professional drummer will take her out of her small Texas town, but when her country rock band gets a handsome new lead singer from Paradise, Texas, those dreams may change.

Julia Jaynes of Austin, Texas, is one of the select, a secret group of humans with abilities bordering on the supernatural, but, unlike her younger sister, she has never been entirely comfortable as part of the "perfect" family--and when she falls for a normal human guy and draws attention to her more-than-normal family she finds herself banished to that most ordinary of institutions: public high school.

Journal of the gun years. "A callow youth in search of excitement, Clay Halser travels the raucous frontier towns of the Old West, where a steady nerve and ready trigger finger soon mark him as a gunfighter to be reckoned with. As both an outlaw and lawman, he carves out a legendary career. But fame proves to be the one enemy he can't outdraw..." -- Provided by publisher. The gun fight. "John Benton was one of the toughest men ever to wear a Texas...

Holiday hero: "Emma Fairchild never expected to find trouble in sleepy Sagebrush, Texas. But when she's attacked and left for dead in her own diner, her childhood friend turned K-9 cop Lucas Harwood offers a chance at justice--and love"--Publisher. Rescuing Christmas: "She escaped a kidnapper, but now a killer has set his sights on K-9 dog trainer Lily Anderson. When fellow officer Jarrod Evans appoints himself her bodyguard, Lily knows more than...

In small-town Texas in the mid-1950s, twelve-year-old Silvy tries to make sense of her parent's financial problems, a Supreme Court ruling that will integrate her school, the prejudice of her family and friends, and her own behavior, which always seems to be wrong.

Esta poderosa historia en verso gira en torno a una adolescente texana que lucha contra el racismo en su clase de teatro y contra los intentos de censura literaria por parte de la junta escolar. Se trata del debut en la literatura juvenil de Jasminne Mendez, galardonada con el Premio de Honor Pura Belpré por su novela Aniana del Mar se avienta. Yulieta López está furiosa. Furiosa con su profesora de teatro que se niega a elegir estudiantes negros...