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Salt and
Pepper, Vinegar Hot
Vivian Adams
As tiny children, Vivian Adams
and her brother were sent from a narrow life of poverty with their parents in
Manhattan to be raised by their grandparents near Columbia, South Carolina.
Grandma and Grandpa didn't have much money either, but they had room to play and
ample love for children. Salt and Pepper, Vinegar Hot, named for a jump-rope
rhyme, relates the story of Adams' simple and happy growing-up years. Grandpa
could build or fix anything, and Grandma could treat just about any ill with
herbal teas. Vivian and her brother had few toys, but lots of aptitude for
mischief, which they got into with their cousin. Her book is a warm and funny
tale of childhood so full of love and safety that it carried her into a
professional career and a loving family of her own. Vivian Adams is a registered
nurse, and a member of the National Business Women's Association and National
Nurses' Association. Though she has worked in several states, she prefers to
live near her childhood home in Columbia, South Carolina.
SALT AND
PEPPER, VINEGAR HOT
Vivian Adams
88 pages, softbound
ISBN
1-57087-358-5
Price: $7.95
PO Box 4457
Columbia, SC 29240
(803)
754-2354
E-mail: VADAMS7777.aol.com
Website: www.SaltPepperVinegarHot.com
The Evil
Millionaire & the Wicked War Bride
Donald J. Delaney
The Evil Millionaire and the
Wicked War Bride is an autobiographical account of the relationship and marriage
of an American soldier to a Japanese woman during the Allied Occupation of Japan
following World War II. It chronicles the courtship, marriage, and life in the
United States of Donald J. Delaney and his wife, Sumie, a woman with a shady
past. Though it begins with love and optimism, the relationship soon takes a
turn into a series of difficult emotional trials. The lovely Sumie, who charmed
Delaney's family in Colorado, was deeply unhappy in the United States. She was
depressed, she spent evenings on her own, and she made three suicide attempts,
two of which occurred after Delaney was re-assigned to Japan. The marriage broke
irrevocably when Sumie began an affair in Omaha with a wealthy horse breeder, a
millionaire who could offer her much more than an enlisted soldier. Delaney sued
the millionaire, whose lawyers tricked the unlucky husband into a false
reconciliation with Sumie in order to thwart the lawsuit for alienation of
affection. She was granted an uncontested divorce, and she married the "evil
millionaire." She lives a leisurely life of wealth and ease, with apparently no
thought for her first, devoted husband.
THE EVIL
MILLIONAIRE AND THE WICKED WAR BRIDE
Donald J. Delaney
144 pages,
softbound
ISBN 1-57087-463-8
Price: $12.95
31825 49 Terrace SW B204
Federal Way WA 98023
(253) 838-9452
Three Wars and
Rusty Muskets
W.D. Gardiner
Having won independence for the
colonies from the British, members of General George Washington's tiny, proud
army placed their muskets and powderhorns over the mantelpiece and went back to
work as shopkeepers, farmers and businessmen. They assumed there would be no
more wars, thinking their fight for independence would free them from conflict.
Unfortunately they were wrong. Colonel W.D. Gardiner reviews this recurring
"Stack arms!" syndrome in a thoughtful, firsthand account of the military in
peacetime and at war during his 31 years in the U.S. Army. Because of his
personal experience at all levels, his account has the depth of understanding of
the military that only those directly involved can completely comprehend. It is
an important book because it shows the orientation and discipline of our
military and its successes and failures during several wars - World War II and
Vietnam, the Korean conflict, and various military events since then. Colonel
Gardiner's message is clear and unequivocal: Maintain eternal vigilance and a
strong military position. This is the price we must pay if we are to achieve the
luxury of staying out of war. We cannot be caught unprepared for battle. To
this, he adds the stern warning based on his experience in Vietnam: "Don't ever
lose a war!"
THREE WARS
AND RUSTY MUSKETS
W.D. Gardiner
270 pages, softbound
ISBN
1-57086-459-X
Price: $12.95 + $1.13 s&h
2432 London Circle
Medford OR 97504
(541) 773-2901
Triumph on
1240
Richard Humphreys
On the night of November 27, 1950, in darkness, howling winds and
subzero temperatures, a company of U.S. Marines defended their positions on an
unremarkable hilltop in Korea against an onslaught of uncountable Chinese
communist troops. Though little known by the general public, it was one of the
fiercest small-arms fights in recorded military history. The courage of the men
of Dog Company of the 2d Battalion, 7th Marines enabled them to hold Hill 1240.
They fought through the night - sometimes in hand-to-hand combat - without
reinforcements or communication to call for air or artillery support. Their
valiant defense prevented hundreds of thousands of Chinese from pouring into the
valley of Yudam-ni to attack regimental Marine headquarters. It was essential
that they hold Hill 1240 - and they did. Triumph on 1240 is a shining example of
what it means to be a Marine. Colonel Richard Humphreys' active military service
began with his enlistment as a private in the U.S. Marine Corps on December 14,
1942, and ended with his retirement on April 30, 1970, as a Colonel of Marines
on duty as the Director of Legislative Plans and Coordination, Office of the
Secretary of Defense. He joined the 2d Battalion, 7th Marines in Korea on
December 6, 1950 and was Platoon Commander of the 3d Platoon and later company
Executive Officer until June 6, 1951, when he was wounded and evacuated to a
hospital in Japan.
TRIUMPH ON
1240
R.D. Humphreys
274 pages, hard cover
ISBN 1-57087-385-2
Price: $23.95
1263 Forsyth Place
East Liverpool OH 43920
(330)
385-1388
E-mail: colrdh@mtnstate.com
Too Much, Too
Long... An Elegy
George Victor Coelho
George Victor Coelho wrote Too
Much, Too Long... as an elegy for a beloved friend. Her presence in his life
and her untimely departure prompted in him a quest for meaning that he sought in
travels in India, Europe and America. Illustrated with photographs of the places
he mentions, this volume traces the emotional journey Coelho makes. He sought
peace and understanding, and seems to have found it before his death in 1999.
From Too Much, Too Long... And when I stopped at Kashmir's Burzil Pass, at
fifteen thousand feet above sea level, I watched my breath unearthly curl around
my face. I glimpsed from that unclouded mountain range dawn lifting Nanga
Parbhat's naked peak" twenty-six thousand six hundred and eighty feet! There and
then I fell down on my knees and wept, blinded by the white and windless
infinitude of ice. Born in Bombay, India, Coelho graduated from St. Xavier's
College, Bombay, and London University. He received a doctoral degree from
Harvard University. He taught psychology at Haverford College, worked for UNESCO
in Paris, and completed a long and distinguished career at the National
Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
TOO MUCH, TOO LONG...An
Elegy
George Victor Coelho
84 pages, softbound
ISBN
1-57087-485-9
Price: $7
Ignatius Menenzes
9313 Talisman Dr.
Vienna
VA 22182
(703) 938-1652
Women Recall
the War Years
Memories of World War II
Edited by George L.
McDermott
Much of the literature about World War II focuses on the work and
deeds of men - battles won and lost, impressive industrial production, and
bumper crops produced and distributed. This book is about women who, through
their first-person accounts, provide glimpses into their lives as they met the
challenges of wartime. Thirty-six women, both American and European, most now in
their seventies and beyond, recall those turbulent times. This collection of
mini-memoirs illustrates the great diversity of women's roles in wartime. None
of these women are famous, or even known outside their communities. They were
ordinary women forced by war into extraordinary circumstances. George McDermott,
an emeritus professor of geography at the State University of New York at
Cortland, became fascinated by women's stories of their experiences during World
War II. This is a remarkable collection of memoirs by women who were in the U.S.
military services, Army Special Services, Nurse Corps, USO, Red Cross, and the
German army. Some were wives of servicemen, college students, office and defense
workers; one contributor was a Japanese-American internee. Dr. McDermott is the
author of From the Prairie to the Mountains. He lives in Western North Carolina.
WOMEN RECALL
THE WAR YEARS
Memories of World War II
George L. McDermott,
editor
ISBN 1-57087-460-3
Price: $16.00
13 Tludatsi Court
Brevard
NC 28712
(828) 884-2561
It Didn't
Happen on My Watch
George E. Murphy
George Murphy's It Didn't
Happen on My Watch is 50 percent autobiographical, 50 percent sea stories,
and 100 percent entertaining. Murphy, a retired chief engineer for a major
steamship company, writes from the unique, down-under perspective of the engine
room. His exciting career of more than 40 years with the United States Lines
spanned the steamship company's World War II Liberty ship missions, its glory
years of posh passenger travel, and its slow descent into bankruptcy. He relates
amusing, sometimes startling, tales that illuminate the life of a steamship
engineer. Murphy doesn't stop with his own stories. The humorous, heroic or
ridiculous stories of his shipmates and the many fascinating people he
encountered on the seven seas are fair game as well. The famous actor who lost
his pants in the first-class ballroom. The botched burial at sea that turned
into an international incident. Wartime antics that will leave you wondering how
we ever won the war. Murphy is eminently qualified to debunk the myth that sea
captains are supreme beings aboard ship. His stories bring captains and all
other crew members to life as equally responsible for the safe operation of a
ship. Murphy's keen ability to spin a tale will keep readers entranced
throughout It Didn't Happen on My Watch.
IT DIDN'T HAPPEN ON MY WATCH
George E. Murphy
368 pages, hard cover
ISBN 1-884570-31-3
Price: $19.95
408 Martin Place
New Milford, NJ 07646-2416
(201)
836-8908
Conversion in
Hawaii
Harold W. "Chief" Rist
Conversion in Hawaii is a memoir
of a philosophical man's spiritual evolution. Born into a Lutheran family,
Harold Rist became interested in ideas in Catholicism when he bunked with a
Catholic friend during World War II. Conversations led to reading, debate and
serious study, which led to embracing Catholicism fully at the Cathedral of Our
Lady of Peace in Honolulu. His ultimate decision was not made lightly, and this
memoir includes the steps he took along the way. Rist shares his impressions of
Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian congregations, as well as parts of the
thought-provoking discussions and correspondence he had with various theologians
and faith leaders. From Conversion in Hawaii... Conditions were a trifle
strained around the house for a while after my disclosure....I knew there was no
turning back for me. I had crossed the bridge and very definitely burned it
behind me. I further knew it would require a greater miracle to effect a similar
step on their part. Their thoughts on Catholicism, or what the had always
assumed Catholicism to be, were more ingrained than mine...the Lutheran religion
had been their entire life. As I visualized it, nothing was more shocking to
them. Harold Rist's career as an engineer took him to work in five different
countries, though he married a woman from Pennsylvania and currently resides
there.
CONVERSION IN
HAWAII
Harold W. "Chief" Rist
230 pages, hard cover
ISBN
1-57087-476-X
Price: $19.95
1505 E. Lackawanna Ave.
Olyphant PA
18447
God's Gift
Sarah Andrews-Stark
Sarah Andrews-Stark was blessed with the gift of second sight. She
regards her gift as a private blessing from God and uses it only to help others.
Her psychic powers are available to her only in service of God, after much
prayer, or when a person is in danger. As a child, she was often punished for
her visions and extrasensory knowledge by her family, who thought she was
possessed by the devil. Throughout her life, Sarah has had visions come to her
unbidden. She had one of a new neighbor in despair, about to take pills to kill
herself. Sarah ran into her house without knocking and found just that scene.
She once wrote to her mother, asking how her sister's cut hand was healing - she
had "seen" it happen during her meditation. Raised in near-poverty on a West
Virginia farm by an abusive, controlling father and a fearful, superstitious
mother, she had to keep her beautiful gift to herself. Yet there was clearly
something she was put on earth to do. One day she locked herself in the bathroom
and lifted a bottle of poison to her lips. Before a drop touched her, an unseen
hand slapped it away and broke the bottle. Her hand bore a bright red mark from
the blow, and she promised God she would always trust him to take care of her.
Sarah worked many years as a nurse in county homes and nursing homes. God's Gift
is a combination of story, which reveals Sarah's remarkable gift, and poems,
which express her feelings about what she is able to see and about her strong
bond with God.
GOD'S
GIFT
Sarah Andrews-Stark
84 pages, softbound
ISBN 1-57087-484-0
Price: $10.00
19545 Shick Rd.
Defiance OH 43512
(419) 658-2107
Alcoholocaust:
Breaking the Family Curse
Sherry Lewis
Davidson, Ph.D., MSW
A daughter's grief at the death of her mother, a legal cover-up of
the cause of her death, and a 30-year pursuit of the truth are the gripping
issues in this true story. A week before Christmas, 1964, Sherry Lewis Davidson,
a young wife with two children, was notified that her mother had died. She
hurried home to Clinton, Arkansas, to distressing news that her arthritic mother
had committed suicide by shooting herself behind her ear. Sherry knew it didn't
make sense. Public sentiment inclined toward believing she had been murdered by
her abusive husband. But no autopsy was ordered, though state law required it,
and no inquest was held. Sherry was told to "get on with life." Sustained by her
Christian faith, Sherry left her own abusive husband and earned a master's
degree in social work, which led her to study the emotional syndrome that she
herself was suffering from. She moved with her children to California, where she
earned a doctorate. Her dissertation about "survivor syndrome," in which
survivors of gruesome traumas are burdened by guilt, led her to Vienna where she
met Dr. Viktor Frankl and other Holocaust survivors. Sherry Davidson's pain
permeates her absorbing story, as she persists with inquiries into the
conspiracy to cover up her mother's murder, until she finally learns the truth
after 28 years. But then, what was she to do with it?
ALCOHOLOCAUST: Breaking the Family Curse
Sherry Lewis Davidson
400 pages, softbound
ISBN 0-9673116-3-2
Price: $15.00
PO Box 1533
Barstow CA 92312
(760) 256-8075
(800) 277-8960
The 13 Year
Trial
Doris S. Ramirez
This compelling book tells the complicated story of discrimination
against a doctor and the judicial corruption that allowed it to continue. Dr.
Hugo A. Ramirez was a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist in his native
Colombia before he came to the United States in 1967 to pursue research. To do
so, he had to requalify as a physician in the U.S. He did an additional
internship at St. Joseph Hospital in Rhode Island, and an additional residency
at Harvard-associated Cambridge City Hospital. He began practicing again in
1971, and later he settled in central Texas, where he became an American
citizen. His ob-gyn practice was very successful and escalated Dr. Ramirez to a
position not common for minorities in the 1980s. He established the first
birthing center operated by a physician, which set new standards for safety, and
at the same time he kept fees affordable. At the peak of his career, Dr. Ramirez
added liposuction to his practice. He was one of a handful of obstetricians
doing so, but when he began offering this service, a number of plastic surgeons,
who had considered this service a lucrative specialty for them, brought him
before the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners to review his license. His
life was never the same, because the machinations of the clique of physicians
who wanted Dr. Ramirez out of business in fact have kept him from practicing.
His suit against the Board has been drawn out for 13 years - and continues today
- because of corruption in the judicial system.
THE 13 YEAR
TRIAL
Doris S. Ramirez
290 pages, hard cover
ISBN
1-57087-522-7
Price: $33.95
3802 Athens
Pasadena, TX 77505
Toll
Free: (877) 764-5313
Fax: (281) 487-1121
Love Knows No Distance
Nora B. Hawthorne
Nora B. Hawthorne's life has been plagued with difficulty and
heartache, but she has always been able to keep her heart and mind uplifted
through the love of her family and her faith in Jesus. Her autobiography,
Love Knows No Distance, tells of her strong, resilient spirit through a
series of life's tragedies. At the age of seven, Nora lost her sight and the
fingers of her left hand in a dynamite accident. Her father moved his family so
she could attend a school for blind children. She graduated with honors and
later married a former school friend. Their first child was stillborn, but they
had a son and daughter. All were in the car when they had a terrible accident
that left her husband Hoppy unable to work. And all four were huddled together
in the hallway of their home when a tornado ripped off the roof and shattered
the house. Their faith helped them deal with these experiences and with the
grief of losing her beloved brother and her father within a few months of each
other. And Nora's emotional strength helped her through the dark days after her
husband's last, fatal heart attack. Despite the number of difficulties that
befell her, Nora Hawthorne's story is not maudlin. She feels deeply the losses
she's had, but writes positively of the importance of faith in dealing with
them. Her book is ultimately an uplifting and inspiring tale of courage in the
face of calamity.
LOVE KNOWS NO DISTANCE
Nora B. Hawthorne
152 pages, softbound
ISBN 1-892861-03-8
Price: $16.95
PO Box 6569
625 Thornton St.
Talladega AL
35161
(256) 761-1981