Here is the remarkable yet true story of two brothers who joined the Army Air Corps during World War Two, remaining together throughout flight training and subsequent overseas duty. Inseparable, Junior and Jack Batty shared a passion for adventure and flight. Wingtip to Wingtip chronicles their early lives and decision to join the Army, following them through their flight training, occupation duty, service during the Korean and Cold Wars, and beyond. Referencing and quoting directly from over 1,000 letters written during their years of service, one will come to know the Batty brothers on a deep, personal level and experience the human side of military service as well as the tragedy of war.

Wingtip to Wingtip: A Lifetime in the United States Air Force

Biographies & Memoirs

Marquardt, Gregory L.

Leaders & Notable People

L&R Publishing, LLC

Robert M. Craig is a historian and author of several books in the field of architectural history. In recent years, however, his publications have reflected interests beyond his more academic writings on architecture. In Oyster Shell Alleys and other Remembrances of Times Past, Craig offers semi-autobiographical stories of summer life in Ocean City, Maryland, during the 1950s and 1960s. He references the music of the era and his various summer jobs from being a “newsie,” to running a “beach boy” stand (renting umbrellas and surf mats), to serving as an ocean lifeguard and member of the Ocean City Beach Patrol, what he calls the “ideal” summer job. In these pages, you’ll witness the coming of age of a home-town boy, hear the romantic music of Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, and The Drifters, and revisit familiar adolescent experiences on the boardwalk, in the local movie house, or on the beach— activities you may have experienced and now remember with nostalgic joy. In the title story, Craig’s early 1950’s childhood encounters with the African-American service personnel in a back alley behind a boardwalk hotel are both moving and poignant, especially in today’s culture of racial tension. His short stories are full of humor and are universal in recognition and appeal. While some are reminiscences of times now lost, each takes the reader to another place where memory again makes real our experiences of a now distant past.

Oyster Shell Alleys: And Other Remembrances of Times Past

Craig, Robert M.

Arts & Literature

History of a famous pipe band as told by one of its members.

Clan Band: A Century of Piping, Drumming, Characters, and Stories from Clan Macleay Pipe Band

Hubbard, Michael C.

Winter's Song: The life and death of Chief Paulina

Literature & Fiction

Latourette, M.

United States

Suzy sue is an adorable young beaver. But she has a problem, well two really: a broken front incisor (ouch!) and a brother, Sylvester, who thinks it's so much fun to tease her about it. Not to worry, as Dr. Norman-the Piney Forest's new dentist-and his son, Dr. Dustin, know just what to do. Discover just what the two dentists have in mind to help poor little Suzy Sue, as her mother, Colly Mae, and the residents of the Piney Forest pull together to cheer on Dr. Norman's first patient as she learns just how painless a trip to the dentist can be!

Dr. Norman and Suzy Sue (Tales from the Piney Forest)

Children's Books

Jones, Sheryl

Humor

An American Odysseus: The Long Journey Home

Chapman, Charles R.

Historical

Scaith Donegal is a sassy, uncensored Scottish-American soldier on deployment in Iraq. After narrowly escaping a terrorist attack, she takes leave in New Zealand, but when tragedy strikes again, she finds herself in the remote mountainous jungles of South India. With an injury and limited communications, she meets local entrepreneur and thrill-seeker, Aryan Visu, who assists in her return to Iraq while seducing her into his world of wild elephants, tea plantations, curry, and the Tamil language. Each narrate their experiences of past heartache, lust, scandal, and self-discovery, finding comfort and familiarity within each other despite being from opposite sides of the world.

Vellakari: A Novel

Siduri, Anna

Action & Adventure

No one knew during the 1980s that they were living in the twilight years of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies. Born in 1970, Chris Shaffer was always fascinated with the Cold War. During a study abroad experience in 1991, he learned about Education for Democracy, a group that was recruiting English teachers to come to Slovakia. A year and a half later, he found himself moving to Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, and living in a suburb called Sasova. 
Slovakia had been an independent nation for two weeks when he arrived, with the Velvet Divorce occurring on January 1st, 1993. Shaffer, a native of Alabama who grew up in Georgia, found himself in the middle of a frigid eastern European winter, and surrounded by people who were eager to learn more about the United States and the West through him. Over the next six months he made friends, visited different cities and countries, discovered a variety of new foods, drank everything that was put in front of him, and discovered that all people have far more in common than they often realize.

Moon over Sasova: One American’s Experience Teaching in Post-Cold War Slovakia

Shaffer, Christopher

Community & Culture

Written in tribute to the author's brother, Sgt. Mecot Camara, who was killed in the Beirut Bombing in 1983, Patriot Pup is a sweet story of young Hank, his uncle, a US Marine, and the puppy they find in the woods.The story continues when the puppy, Patriot Pup, saves everyone from a threatening bear and is rewarded with his own dog tag.In this volume, Patriot Pup sneaks into Hank's school and first scares then befriends little Millie Mouse, and the two of them settle in under the teacher's desk to watch Hank read his "Hero Report" while his Uncle Mecot looks on.This book is a good step for grade school children ready for the challenges of reading their first sight words. The story's themes of bravery, loyalty, patriotism, and family make for an enjoyable read which will entertain the under-10 crowd, and the fun illustrations bring the story to life. Reminiscent of many classic children's books combining a child and a pet.

Patriot Pup Volume III: Off to School

Camara, Elisa

Animals

Shop-Town Tales: Volume Three

Shaub, Dee Delmastro

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