THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, September 10, 1995 TAG: 9509080431
SECTION: COMMENTARY PAGE: J2 EDITION: FINAL
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The following books by Virginia authors and editors have been published recently:
April Mist (86 pp., $7.50 paper), a self-published collection of essays and short stories by Newport News writer C.L. Tench; available at Old Hampton Book Store, 555 Settlers Landing Road, Hampton, and at local book and card stores.
Best Little Stories From the Civil War (Montpelier Publishing, 348 pp., $14.50 paper), by C. Brian Kelly; more than 101 vignettes about the Great War Between the States. Contact the publisher at P.O. Box 3384, University Station, Charlottesville, Va. 22903-0384; (804) 980-3745.
Fruit of a Poisoned Tree: Overcoming My Dysfunctional Family Roots (A.R.E. Press, $13.95 paper), by Marlene Behrend, a Williamsburg resident; the author's story of verbal abuse in childhood and her later successful struggle to overcome the resultant damage. Contact the publisher at Sixty-Eighth & Atlantic Avenue, P.O. Box 656, Virginia Beach; (800) 723-1112.
Logbook: A Navy Pilot's Story (173 pp., $9.95 paper), self-published by Virginia Beach resident, ret. U.S. Navy Cmdr. Jack Burrows, who has logged thousands of hours in jet aircraft and completed more than 500 aircraft carrier landings. Send check or money order for $11.95 to Logbook, P.O. Box 146, Virginia Beach 23458.
Looking for Angels and Answers: Paranormal Events . . . Spiritual Answers (Brandylane Publishers, 202 pp., $12.95 paper), by Virginia resident Howard Sonny Leavitt. Call (800) 594-8516, or write Howard Books, Box 58, St. Stephens Church, Va. 23148.
Ohef Sholom: Our Sesquicentennial (1844-1994), the Past Twenty-Five Years 1969-1994, by Elise Levy Margolius, a sequel to Our First Century and a Quarter, about Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk. Contact the author at 622-7636.
The Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion (James River Publications, 392 pp., $34.95), by Ronald A. Mosocco, of Williamsburg. Available from the publisher, 102 Maple Lane, Williamsburg 23185-8106; (804) 220-4912.
The Greatest Story Never Told (Wright Publishing Co., 115 pp., $10.95 paper), ``the whole story of Jesus in one book for the first time,'' by Virginia Beach author Kirk Nelson. Contact Wright Pub. Co., 205 68th St., Virginia Beach 23451.
The Key to Peace and Progress: Self Esteem and Enlightenment (372 pp., $22), by a Norfolk native and WWII Navy veteran who uses the pen name Marl Dvane. Distributed by Esse Bear Enterprises Inc., P.O. Box 14143, Norfolk 23518, 583-1704.
Timeless Wisdom (156 pp., $9.95 paper), compiled by Richmond resident and real estate developer Gary Fenchuk; lists quotations ``on life. . . the way it should be.'' Available from Cake Eaters Inc., P.O. Box 1984, Midlothian, Va. 23113; (800) 739-3839.
Who Taught You About Money?: A Fun Book for Young People (48 pp. paper), by Virginia Beach educator Richard Harris, illustrated by Beach art teacher Charlotte Marriott. Contact Hampton Roads Publishing Co., 891 Norfolk Square, Norfolk 23502, 459-2453.
Women of Mark: A History of the Woman's Club of Richmond, Va., 1894-1994 (176 pp., $24.95 hardcover, $16.95 paper), by Sandra Gioia Treadway, director of the Publications and Cultural Affairs Division of The Library of Virginia. Call the division at (804) 786-2311.
OTHER BOOKS OF LOCAL INTEREST
America and the Persian Gulf: The Third Party Dimension in World Politics (Greenwood Pub. Group, 192 pp., $49.95), by Steve A. Yetiv, assistant professor of political science at Old Dominion University.
Digging Through Darkness: Chronicles of an Archaeologist (University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 276 pp.), by Rutgers anthropology Professor Carmel Schrire.
Indians at Hampton Institute, 1877-1923 (University of Illinois Press, 305 pp., $39.95), by New York history Professor Donal F. Lindsey.
Never Fight Fair! Navy SEALs' Stories of Combat and Adventure (Presidio Press, 337 pp., $22.95), by veteran defense correspondent Orr Kelly.
Through Hell and High Water: The Wartime Memories of a Junior Combat Infantry Officer (Vantage Press, $16.95), by retired Lt. Col. Leslie W. Bailey, of Williamston, N.C. Send $16.95, plus $2.50 for postage and handling, to Vantage Press, 516 West 34th St., New York, NY 10001.
Under the Southern Cross (McFarland & Co., 312 pp., $25.95 paper), by Kenneth G. Oliver, a petty officer's chronicle of the Octans, a WWII supply ship for the Southern Pacific fleet. Call publisher at (910) 246-4460. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
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