Member Books

FICTION

Holding Christmas. By Maj. Den Slattery, USAR-Ret.
This is a short story about coming home the right way. The story takes place in 1972, during the Christmas season in Pentwater, Michigan. Slattery joined the Marine Corps in 1968. He ended up in Vietnam where he discovered the horrors of war. One night while he was in the middle of a fire-fight, thinking he was about to die, some heavy questions bombarded him: What is the purpose of life? What happens when we die? Is there a God? He wrote about this in his book and his story has been heard on over 500 radio stations around the world. He has inspired many to have hope even in their darkest hour.
Visit www.ludingtonstpaulumc.org or contact the author at Den98@juno.com. ISBN 1-59872-229-8. 59 pp.

Revenge In Exile. By VAdm. Scot McCauley, USN-Ret.
With crime lords openly challenging the Mexican government for control of the country, and an exiled former Mexican president plotting his return to power, Mexico City is a ticking time bomb—and one that an ambitious US National Security Adviser can use to his own ends. He has sent CIA officer Elizabeth Cramer and old Navy friend Cole Palmer down to Mexico, but as the situation deteriorates and the country threatens to explode into revolution, a deadly plot could take the lives of both the US President and his Mexican counterpart. Palmer and a small, clandestine group of Navy SEALs might be the country’s only hope.
Dorchester Publishing Co. Inc., 200 Madison Avenue, NY, NY 10016. www.dorchesterpub.com. ISBN 0-8439-5630-5. 374 pp. $6.99 plus postage.

Falcon Down. By Col. James R. Paulson, USAF-Ret.
He is a Colonel from the Pentagon. She’s a Denver lawyer. They reluctantly share more than their separate insights as to the who and why behind the mysterious deaths at the Air Force Academy. But the mutual attraction makes it that much easier for an unlikely killer to plan for their “accident” in a high-Rockies blizzard.
Author House,1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403 (800) 839-8640. www.authorhouse.com. ISBN 1-58500-267-4. 215 pp. $8.00 plus postage.

The Iranian Deception. By Capt. Edward M. Brittingham, USN-Ret.
In considering past wars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries we recognize that there are prominent factors that are confronted, stupidly conceived, and are presented an otherworldly view of the vagabonds that we have encountered during this earthily state of human events. Opening in this fiction piece is an Iranian lad which enters a top level university, graduated cum lade, and was assigned to the naval Underwater Systems Center in Newport, Rhode Island. This was to mobilize into a scene which no man can image a terrorist in camouflage.
ASW Press, 2956 Hathaway Road, Unit 1109, Richmond, VA 23225-1735. (804) 560-3306. www.aswpress.com. ISBN 0-9727859-3-0. 194 pp. $16.95 plus postage.

Kanto Plain: Aftermath of the War with Japan. By Lt. Col. Robert Cavanaugh, USAF-Ret.
This is a stunning novel of tragedy and triumph in American-occupied Japan during the Korean War. Cavanaugh transcends gender and ethnicity in his biography of the fictional Keiko, the mixed-race child of a war-time liaison between a Japanese farm girl and an American POW.
Vantage Press Inc., 419 Park Avenue South, NY, NY 10016. (212) 736-1767. www.vantagepress.com. ISBN 0-533-14872-3. 154 pp. $10.95 plus postage.

Boss Mouse. By Lt. Col. Dennis W. Chowen, USA.
This story is about a mouse who leads the entire colony of mice from its familiar burrow to a new land of safety. In order for them to find their way, it was necessary to find a map that was on the stomach of a turtle. The problems become how to know which turtle it is and how to read the map to find the directions! They encounter several animals and birds who help them. Their leader, Boss Mouse, provides the guidance and the wisdom for the colony to avoid trouble and danger, even though he, with the help of Mrs. Mouse, has to keep track of their mischievous son, Miffit, who is always more interested in playing games, having fun and eating than he is in helping the colony.
Author House, 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403 (800) 839-8640. www.authorhouse.com. ISBN 1-4208-9076-X. 115 pp. $8.70 plus postage.

Super Secret Site…INFILTRATED!: Red Spies in our Heartland. By Maj. Dav Allen, USAF-Ret.
At a Super Secret Antiballistic Missile Site on an Indian reservation in Outer Montana, Captain Jerry Hire, a Wire Officer, mistakenly placed in command, faces a whirlwind of problems: horny Airmen confined to the site; a sexy secretary determined to cure a gay Airmen; arrival of an unexpected missile, and hostile Indian warriors who decide “the site is ours.” A romantic interlude with the Black Hand Princess, Minnie Catamount, results in a case of the dread Skunk Fever and its horrific cure. Among these activities, the site is infiltrated by two red spies. Firing of the missile climaxes the story.
Infinity Publishing.Com, 1094 New DeHaven Street, Suite 100, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2713. www.buybooksontheweb.com. ISBN 0-7414-2743-5. 168 pp. $13.95 postpaid.

Tales Before Midnight. By Lt. Col. Ted Mason, USAR-Ret.
This is a collection of short stories about a world of good and evil, where people in predicaments tragic and comic try to extricate themselves, often unsuccessfully. Tales before Midnight rewrites the old adage that “truth is stranger than fiction.” Certainly in these stories, fiction is often truer than truth.
Bartleby Press, P.O. Box 1516, Silver Spring, MD 20915. (800) 953-9929. www.bartlebythepublisher.com. ISBN 0-910155-61-5. 260 pp. $12.95 plus postage.

NON-FICTION

Servant First!: Leadership for the New Millennium. By Col. John J. Sullivan, USMC-Ret.
Entering the new millennium, men and women across the globe are crying out for a new type of leadership. The old command and control model is dead, and the search for a new approach has begun. In this book, Sullivan develops a practical leadership model based on a careful study of the teaching and practice of Jesus of Nazareth. This upside-down leadership style puts the needs of followers above those of the leader; promotes teamwork, individual dignity, and worth; and results in a synergy of purpose unachievable with the old leadership models. Its application in today’s organizations creates an environment in which people freely choose to create, innovate, and strive for excellence. The reader is left with a model for leading 21st-century organizations that will unleash the creativity of people working together to achieve common objectives.
Xulon Press, (866) 909-2665. www.xulonpress.com. ISBN 1-594672-27-X. 259 pp. $15.99 plus postage.

That We May Have Life. By Capt. George W. Evans Jr., USN-Ret.
Pastor Evans addresses the spiritual needs of ordinary people seeking to lead fulfilling Christian lives today. His rich, Biblically-based sermons help his congregation navigate the cultural trends that undermine faith and morality, and they do so without resorting to a narrow literalism. These sermons reflect firm belief in a powerful and compassionate God who is eager for His people to live now and eternally. They are timely lessons on the vitality of the Gospel.
Author House, 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403 (800) 839-8640. www.authorhouse.com. ISBN 1-4208-5278-7. 367 pp. $13.00 plus postage.

The Postal History of World War II Mail Between New Zealand and Switzerland. By Col. Charles J. LaBlonde, USAF-Ret.
This book details the mail between Switzerland and New Zealand during WWII. With the outbreak of the war, the exchange of written messages between these two small countries, separated by half the globe, became very difficult. The Red Cross in Geneva served as a clearing house for New Zealand prisoner of war mail. The book includes maps, narrative overviews of the evolving postal connectivity between the countries, postal rate tabulations and an extensive bibliography. The text is illustrated with many actual pieces of the WWII mail between the countries.
The Postal History Society of New Zealand Inc., P.O. Box 99673, Newmarket, NZ, and The American Helvetia Philatelic Society, P.O. Box 15053, Asheville, NC 28813. ISBN 0-9782619-1-2.130 pp. $20.00 postpaid.

 

MEMOIRS

Without Parachutes: How I Survived 1,000 Attack Helicopter Combat Missions in Vietnam. By Col. Jerry W. Childers, USA-Ret.
This book straps the reader into the cockpit with an attack helicopter pioneer as he recalls his participation in three years of Vietnam combat and a quarter century of flying Army aircraft. The author begins his story in 1957, covers his early military and flight training, and details his service through retirement in 1990.
Author House, 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, IN 47403 (800) 839-8640. www.authorhouse.com. ISBN 1-4208-8258-9. 174 pp. $11.00 plus postage.

Bull In The Ring. By Capt. M. P. McCarthy, USN-Ret.
Bull in the Ring is a unique amalgam…part medicine, part military…part football. The story centers on a very small fraction of a busy surgeon’s career. Dr. McCarthy is coerced into coaching the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital football team, while also running a large department, treating countless patients and trying to raise five small children. There’s plenty of conflict, a few tears and lots of laughs.
Xlibris Corporation, 436 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19101. (888) 795-4274. www.xlibris.com. ISBN 1-4134-6739-3. 331 pp. $22.99 plus postage.