From Tehran to the Permian is Scott Sheffield’s memoir on leading the Permian Basin shale revolution that made America the world’s top oil producer as founder and CEO of Pioneer Natural Resources — and on the FTC’s 2024 collusion accusations that barred him from ExxonMobil’s board after its $59.5 billion acquisition.

After Apollo 14, astronaut Alan Shepard gave his barber Carlos Villagomez an autographed golf ball. But did it fly to the moon? This extensively researched account explores their extraordinary friendship and the mystery surrounding one of history’s most intriguing pieces of space memorabilia, offering rare insights into NASA’s golden age.

Deconstructed reveals how decades of immigration policy failures created today’s crisis. Following the Marek family journey from Czech immigrants to major contractors, this definitive account challenges divisive myths and offers a pragmatic blueprint for immigration reform that benefits workers, businesses, and the American economy.

Published by Texas A&M University Press

The first definitive biography of George Mitchell, “the father of fracking,” who perfected drilling techniques that transformed America from being oil-dependent to a major producer. Yet he also created The Woodlands, pioneering sustainable community development. Steffy examines the “Mitchell Paradox”—his conflicting legacy in energy innovation and environmental protection.

The first person ever to reconstruct an ancient ship from its sunken fragments, J. Richard Steffy said ships spoke to him. In this biography and adventure story of the highest caliber, learn of Steffy’s unlikely transition from small-town electrician to the world’s leading authority on ancient ships and how he helped build a field of study that continues to harvest new discoveries from the depths of the world’s oceans.

Richard Coke: Texan is a biography by Rosser Coke Newton, Sr., an indirect descendant of its subject. As governor, Coke brought Texas out of Reconstruction — a young Virginia lawyer who settled in Waco, served in the Civil War, and took office only after his predecessor occupied the Capitol with armed men rather than leave it.

A compelling historical biography that offers an in-depth look at one of Texas’ most influential and controversial figures during the tumultuous mid-19th century. In The Old Alcalde, John Adams, Jr. offers a balanced and nuanced portrayal of a controversial figure — Oran Milo Roberts — Texas jurist, secessionist, and governor, and one of the most consequential figures of the state’s nineteenth century. Adams follows him from an Alabama boyhood to the bench, through the convention that took Texas out of the Union, and into the governor’s office.

Voices of Camptown unlocks the stories lying beneath an overgrown cemetery in Washington County, Texas, and reconstructs the lives buried there — the churches, schools, and businesses African Americans built after Emancipation, under Reconstruction and then Jim Crow. The authors, Charles Swenson, Tina B. Henderson, and Robert R. Bubb, present more than a local history. Voices of Camptown is a celebration of community, resilience, and the enduring power of remembrance. It reveals the overlooked story of the “Birthplace of Texas Independence”— where half the population received their independence only following the Civil War.