Darks Vietnam memoir powerful and well-told

Page 1 of 3 SINGLE PAGE VIEW When Gene Dark arrived in Vietnam in 1969, he was fresh out of Marine boot camp and full of confidence. He was a grunt, an infantry soldier who fights on the front lines.

Creativity rises with 'Fifth Moon' - roanoke.com

At 17, Lydia Jane Wilson is a published author, high school magazine editor and known for her storytelling ability. She drives around Botetourt County in red Honda Civic, sporting the license plates 'DA WRTR' when she's not at her hostess job at the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store in Troutville.

From backstage to budding author

A school district media specialist fulfills a nearly lifelong goal of having a book published. [Donna Hunt] Jerry Teske, district media specialist for productions in the Pasco County Schools, shows his first book, The Gnome in the Tapestry, published recently by iUniverse, a division of Barnes & Noble.

James DeAngelis, Last of Yale s Ironmen, Dies at 97

James DeAngelis, a son of immigrants who became a Yale football celebrity and who was the last survivor of its famed 1934 lineup of Ironmen, died Wednesday in Wallingford, Conn.

Holiday Cookbook Roundup

American Masala: 125 New Classics from my Home Kitchenby Suvir Saran Clarkson Potter, 264 pp., $35 Grains, Greens, and Grated Coconuts: Recipes and Remembrances of a Vegetarian LegacyBy Ammini Ramachandran iUniverse, 364 pp.

Former Chattanoogan Writes Little League Memoir

Author Martha PayneAs a typically enthusiastic parent, Martha Payne of Atlanta spent countless hours thinking about how to help her oldest son, Sam, become a better Little League baseball player.

Ammini Ramachandran Adds Flavor to Saveur Top 100 List

Ammini Ramachandran's Grains, Greens, and Grated Coconuts: Recipes and Remembrances of a Vegetarian Legacy appeared on Saveur magazine's 2008 Top 100 list. Making the list at No. 76, along with three other self-published cookbooks, the article said, "Unfiltered culinary passion seems hard to come by in cookbooks these days, which is why we celebrate the new generation of Self-Published Cookbooks."

Sharon Lund Embraces Life in O, The Oprah Magazine Feature

Sharon Lund, the author of Sacred Living, Sacred Dying: A Guide to Embracing Life and Death, was featured in the November 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. In the article titled "To Beat the Unbeatable Foe," Lund detailed her life from discovering she was HIV-positive in 1986 to finding love and not only acceptance of her condition, but being able to view it as a blessing, making her who she is today.

D.T. Pollard Makes ESSENCE Best Seller List

Author D.T. Pollard's Rooftop Diva: A Novel of Triumph After Katrina was listed at number 10, in the hardcover fiction category, on the ESSENCE Extended Best Sellers List for October 2007. The magazine's list is based on reports of retail sales. Respondents are African-American bookstores.

Leslie Lipton Opens up on Shy Condition

Leslie Lipton, the iUniverse author of Unwell, sat down with Good Morning America Weekend to discuss shy eating. In the segment, Lipton revealed to ABC's Andrea Canning how a pattern of shy eating, a fear of eating in public, served as an early sign of anorexia. Society's perception of eating and weight was Lipton's inspiration for writing the book.

Vanessa Maltin Plants Seed for Wheat Alternative in Newsweek

For its Sept. 17 issue, Newsweek interviewed iUniverse author Vanessa Maltin in a health feature article for celiac disease. Maltin, author of Beyond Rice Cakes: A Young Person's Guide to Cooking, Eating and Living Gluten-Free, shares how the gluten-intolerant disease impacted her life as she brought awareness of her condition to those around her. Celiac disease, which was initially thought to be rare in the United States, affects approximately 3 million Americans.

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Running with Stilettos Nets Illinois Women’s Press Association A

Mary T. Wagner, Running with Stilettos author, won multiple awards in the Illinois Woman's Press Association’s 2008 Mate E. Palmer Communications Contest. Three of Wagner's essays contained in her book won Web-writing awards. "Wildflowers..." won first place, "Carpe Diem..." won second place, and "Girls in the Graveyard" won third place.

Philadelphia Inquirer Recognizes High Spirits Award

The Philadelphia Inquirer interviews Dianne K. Salerni, a Chester County teacher, about her novel High Spirits, which won first place in Teen Fiction in the 2007 Reader Views Awards. In her interview, Salerni also discussed her experience with self-publishing.

How To Mediate Named Best eBook in NY Book Festival

Mary Greenwood's How To Mediate Like A Pro was selected as the winner of the Best E-Book category of the New York Book Festival. The Winners will be honored at the awards ceremony at the Algonquin Hotel on June 27.

Slomka Receives NY Book Festival Award

Beverly Slomka's Teens and the Job Game received an Honorable Mention in the Teenage category from the 2008 New York Book Festival Awards.

The Court-Martial of Charlie Newell Featured by ForeWord

Gerard Shirar’s The Court-Martial of Charlie Newell has received a five-star rating by Clarion Reviews and is featured on the ForeWard Magazine Web site. The reviewer said, “Shirar delivers his story in a blunt, straightforward style ideally suited to its subject matter.”

Opposition Research Reviewed by The Greenville Sun

The front page review of J. B. Azneer and Dan Spice’s Opposition Research: Stealing the White House in The Greeneville Sun (Greeneville, Tenn.) callsthe book a “fast-paced novel” and “a tale of intrigue, false leads, and characters who don't hesitate to betray the public trust in pursuit of the country's -- and the world's -- most powerful office.”

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