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By Benjamin Garrison
Chester, Virginia
Genre: Historical Fiction

In May 1862, Eric Fry, a private in a North Carolina unit defending Richmond, Virginia, marches against threatening Federal forces.  However, Eric is preoccupied by an unexpected letter received on the eve of battle from the woman whom he secretly loves and is desperately trying to forget–his brother’s wife.  Hoping to die, he refuses to open the dispatch.

Losing his closest friend during the action, Eric is left with nothing more than his campfire associates and the letter from her.  Reluctantly Eric reads the letter and begins correspondence.

As the defenses surrounding Richmond are restructured over the next few weeks, Eric reminisces over the relationship, the painful internal conflict it caused, and his ultimate decision to leave home.  John Dunlap, whose wife’s death spurred him to volunteer, empathizes with Eric’s struggles and looks after Eric as a son.  Along with John, Eric’s other new-found camp companions, at least, ease Eric’s pain. 

In late June, the Seven Days campaign begins, giving hope to Eric that death may yet release him. 

Available at Amazon.com
Release: July 18, 2007
Publisher: Outskirts Press, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-4327-0509-1
Soft cover: $20.95

A REASON TO TRY
By Tom LaLumiere
Leesburg, Virginia

Genre: Sports fiction.

Coming from a troubled home and a problematic childhood, Brian Coulombe was the last person anyone thought would achieve anything at Cavalcade High School back in 1981. After a near-death experience jolts him back to reality and he discovers his affections for one of his female teammates, he finds within himself a desire to strive higher and work harder. Beginning as a sophomore and all the way through his senior year, Brian learns how to do the most difficult event in Track and Field: the pole-vault. In his efforts to reach his goals, he learns that working inside the rules is what allows him to soar. But when his dream girl finally tells him “no,” he slips back outside the rules and must work to rebuild his world. With the help of his friends and his desire to become the best, he learns that there is always a reason to try.

This is the debut novel by Tom LaLumiere.  Official release date is November 12, 2007.

Available from Publish America in softcover, $21.95:

http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/shopdisplayproducts.asp?catalogid=21085

ISBN 1-4241-9436-9

Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up: NLP and Common Sense for Coaches, Managers and You
By Roger Ellerton PhD (Virginia Tech), CMC

No matter where you live, how old you are, your cultural background or beliefs you hold true, you are on a path of personal growth. At times you may experience excitement and joy, while other times you may be confronted by fear, unworthiness and doubt as you do your best to bring your dreams to life. Live Your Dreams Let Reality Catch Up acknowledges this journey and provides insights, tips and proven processes for you to get the most out of life. You are encouraged to look at yourself, identify the influence that you allow others to have on you and to move forward to live your dreams.

The concepts in this book are applicable in all areas of your life – work, home, career and recreation. You are limited only by your imagination and your desire to choose the life you want to live.

. . . upbeat and positive-minded, offering step-by-step instructions to focus one’s thoughts in the right direction. An excellent and easy-to-use self-help resource. Midwest Book Review, midwestbookreview.com

Available from Amazon.com $16.99 ISBN 978-1412047098

Author: Donna Rogers
Donna lives in Brick, New Jersey with her husband Ted, of thirty-seven years, and their ten year old son, Sean.  She wrote this book in memory of her daughter Rebecca, who committed suicide six years ago.  Donna states that it was very painful to relive the memories of her daughter, but felt she had to in order to help others understand the frustration of manic depression/bipolar disorder.

UNSPOKEN LOVE
by M. Georgene Roth
Memoir, published 1999 by Author, 295 pages
Purchased from Author M. Georgene Roth for $14.95
3905 McTyres Cove Road
Midlothian, Virginia 23112
Popular Family reading.  Midwesterners will enjoy this memoir of both an Ohio family that follows a path of Unspoken Love, and a couple whose love was expressed in every choice they made.
Others will identify with this remarkable family and the experiences and relationships revealed as this family encounters various stages of life.
Responses to this book have been positive and prompted many to want to write their memoir of their families.  The many photo documents this high achieving family as they suffer tragedy as well as rewards.  While reading this memoir, you will experience travels worthy of sharing and inspiring you the reader.

John Atkinson, formerly of Glen Allen, has a new novel, ” Timekeeper” that can be pre-ordered now from Fisher King Press. It will be out in December 2007. Go to http://www.fisherkingpress.com  or call 1-800-228-9316 . USA Today and Reuters have given rave reviews !

Sharon Baldacci , author,  ” A Sundog Moment” writes:

“The first sentence of Timekeeper, a novel by John Atkinson, drew me in and wouldn’t let me leave until I finished this wonderful book. The writing is first rate and made even more impressive by the fact that the young Atkinson was thought to be stupid by his teachers, unable to be taught how to read like everyone else. It is a story about abuse and a boy leaving on his own at 14 to find answers, and ultimatelyfinds redemption. I’m thankful he takes us along with him. This is a deeply moving book and you will be the better for reading it. ”

The Landings at Suvla Bay, 1915 by MICHAEL JOHN MORTLOCK Ph.D.
An Analysis of British failure During the Gallipoli Campaign
$35.00 ISBN 978-0-7864-3035-2 McFarland Publishers
Call to Order 1.800.253.2187
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com
Available at Amazon.com

This work is an extensive analysis of the 1915 British landings at Suvla Bay, one of the most mismanaged and ineffective operations of World War I.

Chapters examine the events that led to the landings on the Gallipoli peninsula, and analyze the events and decisions contributing to their failure.

Photos, maps, notes, appendices, index.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  Michael John Morlock
Born: Barton Mills, Suffolk, England, UK

Early Education: Worlington Voluntary Primary Church of England School
                Mildenhall Modern Secondary School
                Boy Scouts - First Mildenhall Troop, 1944-1948

Leaving school at fifteen, Michael Mortlock worked on “Manor Farm,”  his family farm in Worlington, England, until January, 1952, when he chose to serve the King as a gunner in the Royal Artillery, doing so faithfully. Following the two-year stint with the Regular Army, Mortlock served with the Suffolk Yeomanry (Territorial Army) based at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, during the years 1954-1956.  He rejoined this unit from 1975 to 1982.

Arriving in the United States in 1984, Mortlock enrolled in Summer School at V.C.U.  In the autumn he became an undergraduate
student at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College where he served as the Editor of the Reynolds Journal for eighteen months.  In 1986 he was awarded a Full Academic Scholarship to Virginia Union University, graduating magna cum laude with a B.A. in History and Political Science. 

In 1990 he gained a Graduate Assistantship at the University of Richmond where he earned a M.A. in History in 1994. At UR Mortlock worked as an archivist for several years completing work on the Hamner, Peple, Roberts and Lutz/Van Collections.

Living Beyond The Secret
My Death Changed My Life
Author: Dr. Dolores Jones, Pastor
This is am amazing true story about a young woman with three children who was attacked and murdered in her home. In her death she had an encounter with The Divine Presence that will leave you astounded.  This Divine encounter bestowed her with special gifts that she continues to this day to share with others. This book is a must read for anyone who questions Spirituality vs. Religion.  Lean that Life really does not have Secrets, that the Divine Presence lives in all of us!  This book is a quick read, and once you get started you will not be able to put it down!  This book has the power to change your LIFE!!!  Available for purchase and review at http://www.genesisexpose.com
Paperback 125 pages $14.99

THE TUNGVILLE TROVE
By Robert L. Silber

A fabulous treasure is found in a cave.  The discoverers, the landowners above the cave, and the town grapple with their consciences to determine how it should be divided.

Jack Oakes claims, “By God the treasure belongs to me and I’m spending it.”

Becky Oakes, Jack’s wife says, “I’m sharing it with others.”

Yachts, fancy cars, farms, pure bred livestock, beautiful homes and other luxuries are bought with the treasure, but happiness does not come with the trove.

The preacher, church, and town government are all caught up in the treasure madness.

Pirate rides, cave tours, salted jewelry and coins are part of the carnival that overwhelms the peaceful town of Tungville.

The end is tragedy, corruption, jealousy, but little satisfaction with the new found wealth.

The book is available from Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com.

Hard cover - $25.95; Paperback - $15.95

Hi, I’m Jim Doherty, the author of In Praise of Givers...now in its second printing and available at the Book People, St. Stephens May Fair House, four branches of the Richmond Public Library, and by phone (358-0905) or fax (353-2029).

SANDSTON, Virginia: The First Twenty-five Years

The Founders Club of Sandston has published a history of the village, with emphasis on its earliest years, 1921-1946.

The hardbound, limited edition book has 275 pages and includes excerpts of the 1920 and 1930 federal census, over 350 photographs, early maps of the area, a bibliography, and index. The publication was compiled by June Banks Evans, a former resident of Sandston now retired after 32 years of teaching.

A documented chapter of Sandston’s history is followed by personal memories and vintage photographs representative of 84 different families who lived there during its first 25 years. The common thread in these narratives is of a community growing up along with its residents, providing the children with a sense of place now appreciated as a nurturing element for confidence and assurance. The parents and guardians assumed the problems, the children enjoyed the benefits, and as Sandston grew, so did they, the narrators of these poignant memories.

Price: $38 (Add $4 to mail one copy, $1.50 each additional copy)
Mail orders: Esten H. Shomo, 2630 Salisbury Rd, Midlothian VA 23113
Local pickup: Alice Taylor Baldwin, Highland Springs 737-1868
Peter Furbish, Sandston 737-2112

Book title: Guess What I Discovered On the Way to Church?
Subtitle: The Hebrew Roots of Our Faith.
Author: Diane L. Otto
Purchase at Amazon.com on sale at $16.99 plus shipping.
Does the Church really walk as Yahushua/Jesus walked?  Is the New Testament really the foundation for Christianity?  Does the Church understand the N.T. in light of the Old Testament?  Does Christianity have Our Savior’s Hebrew mind-set or a Greco/Roman mind-set?  Does Christianity follow the same commandments that our Savior followed and do they observe the same Feasts/holidays that He kept? Does Christianity use the Scriptural Names for the Father and His Son?  Does Christianity have an accurate understanding of His Deity?  Does Christianity realize that the N.T. was made with the House of Judah and House of Yisrael?  Does Christianity observe the Sabbath on the same day that Yahushua and the saints in the N.T. observed?  Come with me on a spiritual journey that will change your life forever!  As we “connect the dots,” so to speak, a fuller picture will emerge of our Hebraic roots and our Hebrew Savior, Yahushua!

Sara Boone Baird of Richmond, Virginia has published an autobiography My Life As Fantasy Has Me Remember It.  The story begins with childhood days on the fringe of the Oconee Swamp in Toomsboro, Georgia. In straight-forward prose, the author recounts being destitute in the Great Depression following her father’s death. Living with grandparents in Jackson, Georgia, she completed high school. After graduation from Mercer University in 1942, she began a career with the United States Army Air Corps.  As a personnel administrator, her assignments included seven air bases from Miami Beach, Florida to the nation’s capital and the headquarters of Air Transport command.  Life on the home front during WWII included rationing, saving aluminum foil wrappings, victory gardening, aircraft spotting, air raid drills with wardens knocking on doors, and knitting mittens for Britain. 

After marriage to a former Air Force test pilot in 1950, Mrs. Baird moved to Richmond.  She worked as a job and wage administration analyst in the Office of Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia.  At Collegiate School, her last position was administrator of the Powell Endowment where she developed a model economic education curriculum.

Sara Baird, an artist, resides in Henrico County.  Photos of her paintings illustrate the book.

LIVING BEYOND, a Literary Novel
Author M. Georgene Roth
Published in August, 2007, 110 pages, Trafford Publisher
http://www.trafford.com, orders@trafford.com priced @ $12.75
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Learn about the ten major causes of Dementia, clarifying Alzheimer’s as one cause, answering your questions of prevention while reading about the symptoms and care of residents with Dementia.
It is happening currently in our society that most persons with Dementia are viewed wrongly as having Alzheimer’s disease while most often caused by vascular disease. Edith, a registered nurse, learns in her working experiences over many years that dementia is caused by many other diseases and/or conditions.
Edith challenges he wrong facts given to the public as she reveals details in dementia causes and prevention to the reader.
This book takes the form of a novel, clarifying health care information while at the same time using some literary license to make the characters and anecdotes more readable and interesting.

Through The Storm
By Clevette Harris

“Through The Storm” is an inspirational piece which is a sure FIRED TESTIMONAL. Clevette takes you through her CHANGES with epileptic seizures and the STRUGGLES incurred. During day to day trials her FAITH continues to lower being ATTACKED BY THIS ENEMY. However, a light shines “through” before all of her HOPE was gone. A LIGHT, it was the Lord Jesus. Jesus stepped in and with HIS armor she didn’t have to battle alone. Clevette says, “HE continues to walk with me and talk with me and GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY HE’S EACH AND EVERYONE OF OUR FRIENDS. It may be my seizures today, but HE’ll help with finances, relationships, children, jobs, or whatever the “STORM” winds bring on.” CALL upon the Lord and HE’ll see you a clear path “Through The Storm”.

Publisher   KINGDOM PUBLISHING
Paperback 120 pages
$15.95
ISBN-13: 978-0979207440
Available at http://www.amazon.com,  http://www.barnesandnoble.com, http://www.kingdompublishing.org

Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers 1607-1625: A Biographical Dictionary, Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, MD (http://www.genealogical.com), 833 pages, hardback, $49.95 Author: Martha W. McCartney, a Virginia native and award winning historian.

This annotated volume includes succinct biographies of more than 5,500 people who were among Virginia’s earliest settlers.  It is multicultural and provides information about the Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans who made significant contributions to the early success of the Virginia colony.  Most of the people included in this book are linked to the geographical setting in which they lived via a map that identifies the sites of Virginia’s earliest communities.  The first chapter also provides mini-histories of each community.

Psychosis from the Horse’s Mouth by Kenneth Edwards.  Available at http://amazon.com, published 2007 by Chipmunka Publishing Company of London, 223 pages paperback, $17.00.
Author Kenneth Edwards, now residing in Richmond with relatives, was for five years a runaway homeless psychotic in Jackson, Mississippi, thinking he was the Messiah, the Buddha, the Madhi and Quetzalcoatl.  He has the Ph.D. degree in philosophy from the University of Georgia.  All those years he evaded family and psychiatic help, living in the elements only by his wits and without government aid.  He was finally committed in 2002.  Now that he has recovered, his book “Psychosis from the Horse’s Mouth” chronicles that experience of homelessness and treatment, and culminates in the development of Edwards’ new theory of psychosis together with his new therapy for the illness.
The book is free of technical jargon and enjoyable to the general intellectual public, but at the same time instructive to mental health professionals.  It tells numerous unexpected stories of homelessness and psychosis.  “Psychosis from the Horse’s Mouth” is an absorbing read for all.

BRIAN.  BYRON.  RALPH.  MITCHELL.
The four men that made Brittany Townsend’s unique life heaven and hell. 
A gifted dancer hailing from Richmond’s Southside, she was determined to make it to Broadway…until someone threw salt in the game…
DOMINIQUE.
Spoiled, pampered and accustomed to getting her every desire was nothing new to the daughter of a well-known family, except when it came to dance…
Step inside a world where competition is everything, second place won’t do and location could determine your final destiny…
COULD YOU HANDLE BEING EVERYTHING YOU REALLY WANTED TO BE?
STEP INTO THE WORLD OF BRITTANY! 
Available online at http://www.lulu.com/authorlrwalls
$13.99 in Paperback, $2.50 to download in PDF format.

New Paris Bohemian: Stories and Cuisine from the City of Light

Food lovers of all kinds want to know how real Parisians eat.  New Paris Bohemian paints an alternative gastronomic portrait, one that includes artists and other bohemian spirits.  Cabaret dancers, journalists, punk-rockers, and other artists who work in Paris know that eating well is art, and it’s a fundamental part of being a bon vivant.  This cookbook presents the everyday cuisine of Parisian artists, combined with entertaining anecdotes.  New Paris Bohemian is a cultural immersion into contemporary city life, brought to life with award-winning black and white photography.  This book is an invitation to share the intimate world of real Parisian artists, making it accessible to readers who are curious about the authentically eccentric Paris.

Allison Zinder is a chef and teacher who has lived in Paris for twelve years.  Combining her gastronomic passion with her equally enthusiastic artistic pursuits, Allison holds the nationally-recognized CAP diploma, as well as a pastry arts certificate.  As a visual artist, Allison has been recognized in France for both her black and white photography and has published color photography for Time Out magazine.  Allison currently lives in Paris and in the Anjou.

Find out more at http://www.newparisbohemian.com

Nelson Urquhart of Franklin has written “Forced Back Home.”

This is the fictional story of a young woman who leaves home and marries a man who later becomes abusive. Though courage and determination, she finds strength and divorces him, then she sets out on a path to find the man of her dreams.

Nelson Urquhart was born in Southampton County in 1957 to Melvin and Maggie Urquhart. He remembers them telling the stories of the hardships they had experienced when they were young and dating. That in itself led him to write about relationship issues later on in his life.

“Forced Back Home” is available from Amazon at http://www.amazon.com, Barnes & Noble at http://www.bn.com and PublishAmerica at http://www.publishamerica.com.

White Lies: A Tale of Babies, Vaccines, and Deception (Cedar Creek, Dec 2006. ISBN #09790205-1-4) is inspired by a true story, one mother’s quest for the truth about her baby’s injuries after a childhood vaccine. Author Sarah Collins Honenberger, the winner of the 2005 Virginia Writers Club statewide fiction award, appeared locally on Richmond’s WTVR Virginia This Morning to talk about the inspiring story of Lacy, an uneducated girl from the mountains, who was never told by the doctors that the DPT shot caused her baby’s seizures. A fascinating story of two very different women, the mother and the rural lawyer who helps her file a claim in the special compensation fund set up the government to help families with injured children, White Lies has been a book club selection from the start. Honenberger has presented at the South Carolina Book Festival, the Virginia Book Festival, and numerous library events, bookstores, and book clubs. Visit http://www.readwhitelies.com for more.