Less than a year after establishing a Little Free Library in West University's Colonial Park, local author Chris Cander launched another book exchange at the Scout House, in the 6100 block of Edloe across from Roger Martin Properties. Cander is a West U resident and award-winning children’s book author. She …
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Sept. 26, 2016
Little Free Library | West U Scout House
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June 9, 2016
Little Free Library | Club Members Donate Books
Jean Lyman, Sara Eggleston, and Michelle Smith, members of the Houston City Breakfast Club, were so inspired by a recent breakfast speaker that they purchased her books and donated them to the Little Free Library in West U's Colonial Park. Award-winning author Debra Winegarten, of Austin, TX, specializes in historical …
May 10, 2016
Give Yourself the Best | by Randy Guttenberger
"What is your best time of the day?" Life Coach Randy Guttenberger asked the agents of Roger Martin Properties.
Joanna Ide, the former principal at West U Elemenatary, says her best time is the early morning. Sachin Chawdhry says his best time is the end of the day, …
Sept. 27, 2012
"Maude Brown's Baby" by Richard Cunningham
Maude Brown's Baby is a delightful first novel by local West University Place author Richard Cunningham. The book is an historical murder mystery set in Houston and Galveston during World War I. Richard was inspired to write this book by an actual photograph.
I adore historical novels, so this …
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May 7, 2012
Ebooks vs Printed Media
Roger and I are avid readers - from a long line of avid readers on both sides of the family. So I am betting that we are just about the last converts to eBooks. We even resisted the move to electronic media when our son Christopher brought home a free-trial …
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Sept. 10, 2011
"Rising Tide" by John M. Barry
Here in Houston, we know all about natural disasters. We know how to clean up after them. We know how to feed people who have lost everything. We know how to take care of people while they get back on their feet.
It hasn’t always been like that.
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May 5, 2011
The Clayton Library – A Best Kept Secret
This beautifully-restored, red-brick, Georgian home is another of Houston’s Best Kept Secrets – the Clayton Library of the Houston Public Library system (www.houstonlibrary.org/clayton). Clayton House was built in 1917 and designed by noted Houston architect Birdsall P. Briscoe. The Clayton Library complex houses the Center for Genealogical …
April 27, 2011
Julia Ideson Library - Houston's Best Kept Secrets
When it was first constructed in 1926, the Julia Ideson Library was intended as the centerpiece of a five-building civic center in Downtown Houston. But then came the Crash and the Great Depression, and those other public buildings were never built. Today, this Spanish Renaissance building is hemmed in …
March 8, 2011
“Animals in Translation” by Dr. Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson
There is nothing more unique than a new idea – and Temple Grandin is full of them. Animals in Translation is a fascinating look at animal behavior, written from the point of view of the autistic author. Dr. Grandin suggests that, like some autistic people, animals, are primarily visual …
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March 7, 2011
"Dead Man Walking" by Sister Helen Prejean
Dead Man Walking is one woman’s eye-witness observation of the capital punishment system in our country. It was written by Sister Helen Prejean in 1993, and describes her experiences as a spiritual advisor to two death-penalty inmates. Along the way, she meets officials both kind and cruel, witnesses the agony …
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