Deluge Before Dawn

Play Like He Would is a true story by Heath Hamrick about the Bremond Tigers, a Texas high school football team that lost sixteen-year-old Jason Yancy to an undiagnosed heart condition during a game in October 1999. Hamrick, the coach’s son, was in the stadium that night, and built the book from interviews conducted in the weeks afterward. After Yancy’s death, his teammates faced an impossible question: How do you continue after losing your heart? This true story follows the Bremond Tigers as they honor their fallen friend’s memory with a simple motto: “Play Like He Would.”

A vivid and deeply personal tale of loss and belonging, Dagmar Grieder’s memoir of life as a refugee in the aftermath of World War II sheds light on a seldom-discussed struggle during Europe’s long road to recovery.

In 1943, a Texas doctor and his wife were murdered in Littlefield. Their five-year-old daughter witnessed the crime but stayed silent for 70 years. Author Christena Stephens spent a decade researching this unsolved case, convincing Jo Ann Hunt to share her story and uncovering new evidence about her parents’ killers.

Silver Winner — Best New Nonfiction, IBPA’s Ben Franklin Awards

Legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens, cut from a lucrative Permian Basin oil deal, fights back with trial lawyer Chrysta Castañeda. This riveting true story chronicles their billion-dollar courtroom battle against powerful oil industry adversaries, offering an intimate portrait of a business icon’s final fight and the determination required to win.