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Humanities Texas will host its annual holiday book fair at the historic Byrne-Reed House on Saturday, December 8, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. A number of noteworthy authors, including H. W. Brands, Paul Woodruff, Jan Reid, John Spong, George Bristol, Jacqueline Kelly, Gilbert Garcia, Peter LaSalle, Sarah Cortez, Martha Braniff, John Kerr, Jenna McEachern, and Arturo Madrid, will visit with the public and sign copies of their latest books, which Humanities Texas will offer for purchase at a discounted price.
Proceeds will benefit Texas libraries.
Park for free in the St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church's large lot on the northwest corner of 15th and Rio Grande Streets, and enjoy coffee and a bake sale of donated and homemade treats.
Read below for more information about the authors and their books!
The Gap Year book jacket.
The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr book jacket.
The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace book jacket.
Step Over Rio book jacket.
On Politics and Parks book jacket.
Laugh with the Moon book jacket.
A Thousand Never Evers book jacket.
Hill Country Deco book jacket.
Summer and Bird book jacket.
Walking Home: Growing Up Hispanic in Houston book jacket.
The Texas Book Two book jacket.
Reagan's Comeback: Four Weeks in Texas That Changed American Politics Forever book jacket.
Slingin' Sam book jacket.
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate book jacket.
Return to the Willows book jacket.
Fell the Angels book jacket.
A Rose in No Man's Land book jacket.
Mariposa's Song: A Novel book jacket.
In the Country of Empty Crosses: The Story of a Hispano Protestant Family in Catholic New Mexico book jacket.
DKR: The Royal Scrapbook book jacket.
Fair Park Deco book jacket.
Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards book jacket.
A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove book jacket.
The Ajax Dilemma: Justice, Fairness, and Rewards book jacket.