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Listopia > Robert Boyd's votes on the list Houston/Galveston Area Books (9 Books)
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Painting the Town Orange: The Stories behind Houston's Visionary Art Environments
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"The Orange Show, the Beer Can House and other offbeat Houston structures are visited in this entertaining book.
Robert
rated it 4 stars
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All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers
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"This early autobiographical novel is set partly in Houston among its early 60s bohemians and partly in California."
Robert
rated it 5 stars
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Red Earth and Pouring Rain
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"Another great novel set mostly in Houston.
Robert
rated it 4 stars
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The Watch: Stories (Norton Paperback Fiction)
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"Great short stories set in working class Houston by one of our best writers."
Robert
rated it 5 stars
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Ephemeral City: Cite Looks at Houston
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"The local architecture magazine anthologized--discussing freeways, suburbs, and notable examples of Houston architecture"
Robert
rated it 4 stars
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No Zoning: Artists Engage Houston
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"Contemporary Houston artists"
Robert
rated it 5 stars
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Sig Byrd's Houston
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"Classic collection of Newspaper columns from the 40s and 50s in the old Houston Press reveal a side of Houston almost no one knows about today."
Robert
rated it 5 stars
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Houston's Best Dive Bars: Drinking and Diving in the Bayou City
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"It's not just a list of bars but personal stories about each one of them."
Robert
rated it 4 stars
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Fresh Paint: The Houston School
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"Back in 1985, the Museum of Fine Arts put on this great show by Houston-area painters"
Robert
rated it 4 stars
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