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My Son is a Marine

By Jo Anne Allen

Non-fiction, Iraq

Jo Anne Allen resides in Grand Junction, CO. After writing 10 fiction books, her only non-fiction, 'My Son Is a Marine' has received the MWSA Readers Choice Award for 2006 and has had excellent reviews.
 

REVIEWS:
To politicians or Americans who say Americans are warmongers, that we should not be in Iraq, or that our soldiers are mistreating captured prisoners…… a reading of "My Son is a Marine" by Jo Anne Allen would melt them into silence, just as surely as if Christ were writing with His finger in the sands of Iraq. .......Semper Fi! Judith M. Wittbrodt, Suttons Bay, Michigan

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See the Dragon: One Wolfhound's Vietnam Story

by Don Arndt

History, Memoir, Vietnam

Paper back…..19.95

Hard Back……26.95

This is the memories of a drafted Midwest farm boy’s tour in 1966 Vietnam. The author recalls his service with the 27^th Infantry Wolfhounds of the 25^th Division and the search for his buddies four decades after the war.

 Reviews:

"I highly recommend this book to anyone studying the Vietnam War or whose family or friends were part of the valorous unit known as the 25th Infantry Division “Wolfhounds.” - Tony Lazzarini, President, Military Writers Society of America

"Incredible book. I couldn't put the thing down." - SGT Brian Feild, 1st Cavalry Division

"If you were there, "See the Dragon" will take you back. If you weren't, it will take you there." - Guy B. Hinton, Vietnam 1968-69

"I can hardly put into words what I felt about what I read." - CPT Patrick F. Field, 4ID(M)

 "A book that any Vietnam Veteran can relate to. Very moving. - John Babbitt, Vietnam  1967-68

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Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors

By Pat McGrath Avery and Joyce Faulkner

Non-fiction History, Korea

Soft Cover: $17.95

Hard Cover: $26.95

In October 1950, two hundred and fifty American POWs were shot in North Korea.  Less than 30 survived. Today, there are less than 12 still alive.

Sunchon Tunnel Massacre Survivors is the story of how these men were captured, interrogated, tortured, marched for hundreds of miles, and finally, taken out of a train on a cold autumn evening and executed.  Taken from interviews of those men who are still alive, official debriefings, congressional testimonies, and other historical sources, this is an important book that details a little known event in America's Forgotten War, Korea.  For the true historian, there are a few surprises as well.  For the families of those lost in Korea, here's what happened to Valdor, Sherman, Ed, Bob, George, Walt, Bill and Jim.

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Barinelli's War

by Gene Basilici

Fiction, Korea, Thriller

$16.95

REVIEW:

"His words drip in blood, courage and heroism! It is a flag waving red, white and blue tribute without the band, the parade or the flag! It is a tribute to those who did fight there even if it had to be told though a fictional story. It is told with dignity and clarity of purpose. You know who the heroes are and root for them." -- Bill McDonald

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The Wall of Broken Dreams

by Duke Barrett

Fiction, Thriller, Adventure, Vietnam

$14.95

Duke will give MWSA members a significant discount.

The trajectory of the bullet that ripped into the young paratroopers chest, knocked him on his backside thus saving him the added indignity of laying face down in the mud of the monsoon drenched jungle floor. With life rapidly escaping his body through the gaping
wound, Johnny dreams of being with Mai, a beautiful Eurasian girl he’d only recently met and fell in love with on an in-country R&R at Vung Tau. To be back in the “world,” to play his guitar and to live out his life with Mai consumed his every thought.

Shortly after returning to his combat unit, Johnny Richards, a cocky Irish, blue-eyed blues guitarist from the streets of Chicago, is gravely wounded on a combat air-assault into an enemy stronghold, after taking a bullet for a buddy. Are Johnny and Mai allowed to live out their dreams? Does the bullet that cut him down cut short his young adventurous life and their dreams? In 1983, at The Vietnam Memorial, better known as “The Wall,” Johnny’s hopes, dreams and survival come face to face with the emotional but spiritual realization that is his.

The Wall Of Broken Dreams is an adventure for sure, as any Vietnam War story should be. More than that though, it is also an inspirational story of the hopes and dreams of a young man serving his country with an elite army combat platoon in Vietnam.

The story appeals not only to the military adventure reader but also to the reader seeking an inspirational message. The Wall Of Broken Dreams is an adventure with an emotional punch.

REVIEW:

“Duke Barrett takes the sacred elements of the “Nam
Experience” and weaves them into a synthesis that is the true,
fundamental foundation of any authentic story about the war in
Vietnam, be it a memoir or a work of fiction, and makes it a
meaningful background to his novel.

“This story is an adventure but be prepared for an emotional
and inspirational journey, as well. But then, when you wake up,
maybe all that you just read was just a dream!” -- W. H. “Bill” McDonald Jr., Past President and founder of The Military Writers Society of America (MWSA)

So often we think about war in abstract terms but
Vietnam vet,  Duke Barrett, has made the traumatic
and long-lasting implications of battle spring to life
in this poignant story about the courage, loyalty,
patriotism and conflict of a young soldier.  We root
for him to realize his dreams, knowing fully well
that the deck is stacked against him. -- Sigrid Macdonald, editor and author of D'Amour Road

"They say that when death is near, one's life flashes before there eyes. "The Wall Of Broken Dreams" is a story of life, and trying to survive in the Vietnam War. Johnny Richards took a bullet for one of his companions and nearly died. He somehow survives and realizes what's important, life and his recently found love that he found on his tour of duty, Mai. A story that will inspire Vietnam vets and civilian alike, "The Wall Of broken Dreams" is highly recommended to those seeking a good historical fiction story." ~ Midwest Book Review

 

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Hunting with Tigers

By Gene Basilici

Fiction, Vietnam, Thriller

$29.95

REVIEW:

This is a high-energy, high-octane, combat thriller that you will not be able to put down until you have read the last word on the final page! This is a must read book! -- Bill McDonald

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Lucky Enough

By Eddie Beesley

Memoir, Vietnam

Book: $12.95

CD: $15.00

In August, 1965, Marine Corporal Eddie Beesley stepped on a landmine near Chu Lai in Vietnam.  The resulting explosion changes his life forever.  Lucky Enough is the inspiring story of how Eddie dealt with the most terrible moment of his life. 

REVIEWS: 

Eddie Beesley not only puts you there  but makes you feel proud to be an American." -- Tony Orlando

"Outstanding account of his Viet Nam experience.  How it affected his life and how he has positively dealt with it." --  Sgt Grit, Don Whitton

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How to Become a Published Author

by Don Bendell

Non-fiction

$19.95 including shipping

Don has been approached by many friends, relatives, and strangers several times each week for years on advice in getting their first book or novel published. He has always explained that it is a damned-if-you-do and damned-if-you-don’t dilemma, wherein to get a good book published you have to have an agent, but to get a good agent you have to have successful books under your belt first. How do you navigate the pitfalls to  get your first book published without having to endure the morass described? With 25 successful books published by Berkley, Dell, and Penguin USA and over 1,500,000 copies of his books in print worldwide, Don  knows the secret.

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Our Walk with God

By Tibor & Julia Anne Bierbaum

Memoir, Vietnam, Cold War

$24.95

REVIEWS:

From the Hungarian Revolution to Viet Nam as a Special Forces Officer, follow Major Tibor Bierbaum and his wife through war and beyond. “Tibor remind us that freedom is our heritage and also our responsibility to maintain”  --Jim Stewart, MWSA.

“Our Walk with God is a love story of God and country. It is a story of inspiration, courage, faith, and most of all, love” -- Michelle Converset, Fort Wayne Lutheran

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Is Anybody Listening?

by Barbara Birchim

Nonfiction, Vietnam

AuthorHouse

Hardcover:  $ 31.50

Softcover:  $ 21.75

IS ANYBODY LISTENING? tells of dignitaries, presidents and those involved with the POW/MIA issue as I’ve known it since November 1968 when my husband, a Special Forces officer, became missing-in-action.

The pages reveal my feelings and torment during my 

many trips to Southeast Asia in search of answers, and my frustrations while wandering the halls of Washington D.C. for help.

The book was written to show the issue’s insidious  

cover-up and my commitment to the truth.

REVIEWS:

This book is very good...It is well written and a fast read. I could not put it down.  The story is gut-wrenching and I have come away, once again, very angry and frustrated with out government!  It tells a story of a POW'S wife and her quest for the "real" truth behind her husband's disappearance. The lengths she has gone to to get answers are unreal. She is a hero herself for standing up and never giving up. This is one of my more favorite books regarding the Vietnam Pow's. ~ C. O'neal
 

This is a heart breaking account of seeking the truth through the govt. red tape. Evidence supports the fact that we left servicemen behind in Laos and Cambodia. As former military, I am deeply saddened by what appears to be true. Through the pipeline, President Reagan was the last Commander in Chief to sanction rescue missions into S.E. Asia to search for POW s. Former SPEC OP WARRIORS are very tight lipped on this subject. Former Special Forces Sgt. Isaac Camacho escaped from Laos in 1965 and was never debriefed until the early seventies. Only a handful of military men escaped from captivity during the Vietnam War. Why did the govt. never utilize their knowledge? General Tighe, former director of the Defense Intell. Agency 1974 - 1981 has stated that he believed we had indeed left servicemen behind. ~ FRANK ROCKER "ROCKN IN SO CAL

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Margaret Mahler: A biography of the psychoanalyst

by Alma H. Bond

Nonfiction, Biography

Softcover: $45

Publisher: McFarland & Company

Margaret Mahler was from a young age intrigued by the theories of Sigmund Freud and Hungarian psychoanalysts such as Sandor Ferenzci, with whom she became acquainted while a student in Budapest. Forced to flee Europe and rising anti–Semitism, Margaret and her husband, Paul, came to the United States in 1938. It was after this move that Mahler performed her most significant research and developed concepts such as the ground-breaking theory of separation-individuation, an idea which was given credence by Mahler’s own relationship with her father.

This volume details the life and work of Margaret Mahler focusing on her life’s ambition—her psychoanalytical work.Her experiences with the Philadelphia Institute and her definitive research through the Masters Children’s Clinic are also discussed.

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Behold an Ashen Horse

By Lee Boyland

Fiction, Iraq/Afghanistan

$20.00

Five American cities are destroyed by Islamic terrorists’ nuclear bombs. General George Alexander, Secretary of Homeland Security, survives the attack and becomes the 45th President of the U.S. The attack’s impact on the nation is devastating. Millions dead or injured. The economy is on the verge of total collapse. The new president does what has to be done to save the nation.

REVIEWS

 Wonderfully patriotic sequel!  Author Lee Boyland left his readers hanging at the end of THE RINGS OF ALLAH. Five nuclear devices were placed in the United States, but would the US be able to react in time?

 BEHOLD, AN ASHEN HORSE picks up the story right where RINGS left off. The US, mired in liberal politics, bureaucracy, and political correctness, doesn't react, and the resulting "Day of Islam" costs the lives of millions of Americans. The entire government is wiped out in the blink of an eye, except retired Air Force General George Alexander, who is serving as the Secretary of Homeland Security. Alexander becomes President, establishes a government, and sets forth to find and punish those responsible. The release of nuclear weapons is authorized, and President Alexander vows that this time there will be no "unfinished business."

This book has plenty of technological details, but the author does a great job of keeping things moving and not letting technology bog down the story; the descriptions are simple but accurate. Boyland also does a great job of developing his characters, and you can't help but fall in love with President Alexander as he pulls out all the stops and runs roughshod over the liberal bureaucrats who try to stop him from saving the United States and taking vengeance on those who attacked her.

 If you ever felt that the US needs to step up and act like the superpower she is, THIS is the book for you! - Rob Ballister, MWSA

 Behold, an Ashen Horse is a stunning, riveting story plausible enough to be tomorrow’s headlines.  Buckle your seatbelts…this is a nail-biting ride. - Joe Weber, New York Times best-selling author

 The novel of the year has arrived.

Forget about Patterson, King, Grisham and company. If you want at long last to read a work that is intelligent, gripping, and truly terrifying, pick up a copy of Lee Boyland's BEHOLD AN ASHEN HORSE. Mr. Boyland, who has an extensive background in nuclear engineering and national defense, is the rightful heir in American fiction to Tom Clancy.- Paul Williams, author of: The Day of Islam, Osama’s Revenge, The Al Qaeda Connection, Dunces of Doomsday, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Crusades

 A spirit to cheer for.

The book may open with a tragedy of incalculable proportions but thereafter the spirit that made this country truly great is paramount. The characters exemplify the clarity of thought and purposefulness of action that is required to survive in the life and death struggle with Islam. Resting on these themes is a story that is simply exciting to read. I couldn't put it down. What I particularly liked was the realistic and accurate portrayal of the struggle we are in with Islam. I know this from the extensive research I had to do for my own non fiction work.- Michael Cappi, author of A Never Ending War

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The Rings of Allah 

by Lee Boyland

Fiction, Iraq/Afghanistan

$18.95

MWSA 2007 SILVER MEDAL 

Radical Islam plans a devastating attack on the U.S. designed to bring the Great Satan to its knees, triggering the Clash of Civilizations that has been building for 1400 years. An exciting, techno-thriller that shows the vulnerability of western civilization to terrorists with weapons of mass destruction. Yes, it can be done, and the Rings of Allah tells a thrilling story of such a plan.

REVIEWS

 Thank Allah it's fiction, because it will scare the hell out of you!  Author Lee Boyland puts his extensive special weapons background to use in spinning this completely believable tale of al-Qaeda's next step after 9-11. Leftover Soviet technology from the beginning of the Cold War falls into al-Qaeda's hands, and they establish an intricate network in order to place five atomic devices in five US cities. The US gets word of the attack, but will it be in time? Boyland does a great job of mixing good character development with great technical background in order to create this story. Technical readers will appreciate his attention to detail as he relates and educates the reader on the workings of gun-type atomic weapons. Literature advocates will respect how he uses significant events to develop his main characters. Many new writers fall into the trap of trying to tell too much of the story, but Boyland avoids this by jumping sometimes a year ahead in the story in order to keep things moving. A great action story that is just a bit too possible, this is definitely worth it for action and techo fans alike. - Rob Ballister, MWSA

 The Rings of Allah is an exciting, at times harrowing journey into the future. The novel ensnares the reader and the ending is not for the faint of heart. A must read.” – Joe Weber, New York Times best-selling author

 Beliefs, values, insight and rings.......The Rings of Allah" is a fascinating in-depth look into the world of radical Islamic terrorism. The technical knowledge of the author comes through in the minute detail of weapon systems and their use. The book, written in a chronological sequence of the development of the nuclear industry, gives the reader a detailed background of what we are faced with in the future. The plot was believable and the characters realistic as their lives were woven together in a tapestry of intrigue and human drama that pitted the beliefs of radical Islamic terrorists against mainstream American democratic values. The story keeps the reader connected to the real-life events as they unfold in a suspenseful battle to save America from nuclear holocaust. Even though this is a fictional plot, it is a must-read for those who are interested in what we are faced with from the radical terrorists because it can evolve into a morbid reality. The ending is spell-binding and unpredictable, and will leave the reader with an unspoken sense of what can happen in our country if we don't take action. – Philip W. Little, Author of Hell In A Briefcase and Hostile Intent

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Deep in the dense forests of the Pacific Northwest live an eclectic assortment of loggers, loners, survivalist, and people who just want to disappear.
After 3 long years of bloodshed in Vietnam and another 20 plus as a covert agent for the US Government, the Major belonged in the last category. Diabetic, slightly overweight and on the wrong side of 55, he just wanted to be left alone to enjoy his little slice of forested heaven.
One foggy autumn night he finds himself targeted by what appears to be a Special Operations Team. The Major is forced to resume hunting, in the old way, again. Next, his peaceful life is completely shattered when his Montagnard War Brother, Y'Ang, is brutally tortured and killed in a cabin just down the road. Y'Ang's daughter is kidnapped, and now the killers are headed for their true prey - the Major. Only his combat and survival skills can save him and his brother's daughter, and allow him to avenge his brother's death. But first he must discover who wants him dead, and what long-lost secret the Asian jungle hides.

REVIEWS

"A tense thriller painted on a dark palette, suffused with the heavy, cedary incense of the rugged northwest forests." Michael Curtis Ford

"HONOR DUE is filled with suspense and action, modern technology and a tender love story." American Authors Association

"D. H. Brown's HONOR DUE is a mind-gripping action-packed adventure. D. H. Brown paints with words like an Old Master."
Seniors Sunset Times

"D. H. BROWN has written a pulse pounding story with a strong unique voice, an unforgettable character, and a mesmerizingly clever plot." David H. Dun

D. H. BROWN gives us a character we can connect with. If I was in a tight spot, I'd want the Major as a friend and by my side.Buzz the Book Reviews

"HONOR DUE is an action-packed book that I could not put down." Reader Views

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Designed to Kill

by Chester Campbell

Did the architect/engineer of a new high-rise beachfront condo shoot himself over remorse when a balcony fell, killing two people? Or did someone else pull the trigger to solve a bigger problem? That's the dilemma retired Air Force OSI agent Greg McKenzie and his wife, Jill, face at Perdido Key, FL. When a couple of hoods beat him up and warn him to butt out, Greg knows its time to put a face on a murderer. Jill takes advantage of the opportunity to make a difference as she digs for answers in places where Greg's penchant for shaking the bushes leaves tempers smoldering. Working together as a team, they follow the serpentine trail that leads to a fateful confrontation.

REVIEW:

"The plotting, pace and dialog are perfect."

     Murder & Mayhem Book Club

"A sure-fire delight for anyone who likes lots of suspense."

     Blue Iris Journal

"The reader gets lots of local color as well as chills and suspense."

     Reviewing the Evidence

"Chester D. Campbell is a consummate writer...(he) has done it again...written a thoroughly entertaining whodunit."

     Midwest Book Review

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Secret of the Scroll

by Chester Campbell

List Price: $15.95

Discount     33% at http://www.chesterdcampbell.com/Scroll.htm

When Greg and Jill bring a "souvenir" Dead Sea Scroll back from the Holy Land, a Palestinian terrorist group invades their home, taking Jill hostage. Greg finds himself with an ancient Hebrew parchment worth millions, wanted by both Palestinians and a radical far-right Israeli organization. When he tries to exchange it for Jill's freedom, everything goes wrong. The police target him as a suspect in his wife's disappearance, and he sets out alone on a perilous chase to save her.

Reviews for Secret of the Scroll:

"A thriller in every sense of the word."

     Midwest Book Review

"A superbly written book with an excellent plot."

     All About Murder Reviews

"This is a fast, exciting read. It grabs you and won't let you go."

     The Best Reviews

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by Robert F. Dorr & Thomas D. Jones

Non-fiction, History, World War II

Hard Cover

$24.95

REVIEWS:

Veteran aviation author Dorr and astronaut a Jones have produced a riveting account of the gritty and unheralded war fought by young Thunderbolt pilots of the Ninth Air Force. Through dozens of interviews, the authors let the voices of pilots and ground crewmen tell what it was like to fly daily into the teeth of Luftwaffe fighters and Wehrmacht flak to help win the victory in Europe. This book represents the 17 other Ninth Air Force fighter-bomber combat groups.
 

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book, an inscription from the authors, and priority mail packaging.

Robert F. Dorr
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Oakton, Virginia 22124
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