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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">This global adventure covers a twenty-year career in naval aviation.<br><br>Assignments included NASA, flying Intruder attack jets from aircraft carriers, Naval Test Pilot School, experimental flight test of the F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft and overseas aircraft maintenance after 11 September 2001.<br><br>The memoir is an incredible journey that shares the excitement of military flying, focuses on the excellence of others and honors the memory of many friends lost to accidents along the way.<br><br>Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle<br>Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography<br>Pages/Word count: 371 / 106,982<br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Leadership is Tough by Mary Kelly and Peter Stark</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 121-150</category><dc:creator>Elisabeth Beard</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 20:31:11 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/leadership-is-tough</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:6a0b75ead6c7586ae30fda3f</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">Leadership has never been more difficult than it is today. Leaders are navigating economic uncertainty, workforce shortages, artificial intelligence, political division, rapid technological change, customer demands, shrinking attention spans, burnout, and constant disruption—all while being expected to produce better results with fewer resources. The pressure is relentless. The pace is exhausting. And the margin for error has never been smaller.<br><br>In Leadership is Tough: What Great Leaders Do Differently, Mary Kelly and Peter Stark reveal why leadership has become so challenging—and, more importantly, what exceptional leaders do to thrive despite the pressure.<br><br>Drawing from decades of real-world leadership experience in military commands, global organizations, executive coaching, economics, and business strategy, this practical and highly actionable book delivers the tools leaders need to make better decisions, build stronger teams, and lead effectively during times of uncertainty and change.<br><br>Unlike theoretical leadership books filled with vague inspiration, Leadership is Tough focuses on the real-world decisions leaders face every day:<br><br>How do you make difficult decisions when there is no perfect answer?<br>How do you build trust in a skeptical workplace?<br>How do you retain talented people who are burned out or disengaged?<br>How do you maintain accountability without destroying morale?<br>How do you lead multiple generations with different expectations and communication styles?<br>How do you stay focused when everything feels urgent?<br>How do you prepare your organization for the future while managing today’s chaos?<br><br>The authors argue that leadership is not becoming easier—it is becoming more complex. Great leaders understand that leadership is no longer about authority, titles, or control. It is about clarity, discipline, relationships, adaptability, and decision-making under pressure.<br><br>At the heart of the book is the idea that leadership is a skill set, not a personality trait. Great leaders are not born with magical abilities. They develop habits, systems, and behaviors that allow them to lead consistently, even during difficult times. The book provides practical frameworks and tools leaders can immediately apply to improve communication, productivity, strategic thinking, accountability, and team performance.<br><br>One of the central themes of Leadership is Tough is that leaders must learn to operate effectively in uncertainty. The economic environment, labor market, customer expectations, and technology landscape are changing too quickly for leaders to rely on outdated management approaches. The authors explain how successful leaders stay agile, assess risk, communicate clearly, and make confident decisions even when information is incomplete.<br><br>The book also explores the growing leadership crisis facing organizations today. As experienced leaders retire in record numbers, many organizations lack the bench strength and succession planning necessary to sustain long-term success. The authors provide practical guidance for developing future leaders, mentoring high-potential employees, and creating cultures that encourage growth and accountability.<br><br>Another major focus of the book is trust. In an era of skepticism and constant distraction, trust has become one of the most valuable—and fragile—assets a leader can possess. The authors explain how trust is built through consistency, transparency, communication, and behavior rather than slogans or motivational speeches. Readers will learn how to strengthen workplace relationships, create healthier cultures, and foster stronger collaboration across teams.<br><br>The book also addresses productivity and personal leadership. Leaders today are overwhelmed by competing priorities, nonstop communication, and constant interruptions. Leadership is Tough offers practical methods to improve focus, reduce procrastination, prioritize effectively, and lead with greater intentionality. The authors emphasize that leaders who cannot manage themselves effectively struggle to lead others effectively.<br><br>Throughout the book, the authors blend compelling stories, economic insights, military leadership lessons, executive coaching experiences, and practical business examples to illustrate what works—and what fails—in leadership. Readers gain both strategic perspective and tactical tools they can implement immediately.<br><br>The tone of the book is direct, practical, encouraging, and realistic. The authors do not pretend leadership is easy. In fact, they argue the opposite: leadership is difficult because people, organizations, and circumstances are complicated. However, they also believe that leadership can be learned, improved, and strengthened through discipline, self-awareness, preparation, and action.<br><br>Ultimately, Leadership is Tough: What Great Leaders Do Differently is a roadmap for leaders who want to become more effective in a rapidly changing world. Whether leading a corporation, small business, nonprofit organization, government agency, military unit, or team, readers will discover practical strategies to:<br><br>lead with greater confidence,<br>communicate more effectively,<br>strengthen trust and accountability,<br>navigate change and uncertainty,<br>develop future leaders,<br>improve team performance,<br>and make better decisions under pressure.<br><br>This book is for leaders who understand that leadership is not about power—it is about responsibility. It is for leaders who want to build stronger organizations, develop better people, and create meaningful results during challenging times.<br><br>Because leadership is tough. But great leaders rise to the challenge.<br><br>Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle<br>Review genre: Nonfiction—How to/Business<br>Pages/Word count: 322 / 89,699<br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Samson and the Charleston Spy by Paul A. Barra</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 121-150</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:06:26 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/samson-and-the-charleston-spy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:6a0a56be73b9c626b3edffae</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">The protagonist of SAMSON AND THE CHARLESTON SPY may be the definitive underrepresented voice in middle-grade fiction today: he's a boy and a Southerner, confronting the Civil War from the Confederate perspective.</p><p class="">When Samson Collier and three sixth-grade friends witness the bombardment of Ft Sumter offshore from their homes, they decide that the Yankee soldiers at the fort must have been forewarned about the attack, since no one was killed although the structure appeared to be wrecked. They set off to find the spy who told secrets.</p><p class="">During their escapades, they confront slavery (one of the four is the son of a freedman), nativism (another of them is the daughter of a prominent Catholic family), zealotry (a man forming a brigade to fight the North appropriates Sam's beloved horse) and evil (they are attacked by a highwayman in The Devil's Hole). Eventually, the children discover a shocking plan to undermine their homeland.</p><p class="">The book is an historically accurate and action-packed adventure/mystery.<br><br>Format(s) for review: Kindle Only<br>Review genre: Children &amp; Young Adult—Middle Grade Chapter Book<br>Pages/Word count: 162 / 40,000<br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>ISSUED, stories of service (vol 4) by editor, Rosemarie Dombrowski et al.</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 121-150</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 13:59:46 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/issued-4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:6a032f553dee285834012355</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class=""><em>ISSUED: stories of service</em> is an annual, anthology-style publication dedicated to showcasing the voices of veterans, active-duty, and family members through poetry, narrative, and interviews. From active duty to combat, reintegration to remembrance, ISSUED highlights the humanity of military-affiliated writers, and encourages reflection and healing within our military communities. <br>ISSUED is sponsored by the Office of Veteran and Military Academic Engagement at Arizona State University.<br><br>Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle<br>Review genre: Other—Anthology/Collection<br>Pages/Word count: 128 / 28,188<br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>The Tide Waits for No Woman by Richard K Perkins</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 121-150</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 13:01:17 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/tide-waits-for-no-woman</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:6a0080e41807826c7c757b17</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">Newlywed Abby Anderson is unsure whether to call herself a widow. In July of 1860, as the nation teeters on the brink of war, word comes that her merchant captain husband, Clifford, has been lost to the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Rejecting social expectations regarding proper mourning, Abby agrees to assist in an Underground Railroad operation out of her hometown of Woolwich, Maine. But an early October winter storm catches Abby and the fugitive slave family she's smuggling, and they find themselves snowed in with Bill Boudreaux, an Acadian trapper and farmer, and two Abenaki teenagers in the remote Maine wilderness.<br>The unlikely companions must work together to ensure their survival through the long, harsh winter and find themselves growing closer, creating an unexpected family few societies would approve of-and leaving Abbey with what feels like an impossible choice. When spring comes, she will continue her quest to see the fugitive family safely to Canada. And then, she must decide where she truly belongs.<br><br>Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle<br>Review genre: Fiction—Historical Fiction<br>Pages/Word count: 351 / 88,753<br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Purple Rose: The Stars Carry Her Name - Letters from Me to Her by James V The Poet</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 121-150</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 21:19:30 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/purple-rose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:69fe52b7cd87384e3e84e0a8</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">William Soderberg’s Barbarossa 1940: Hitler Moves East, First offers a riveting exploration of a possible alteration in World War II history. Through detailed maps, strategic analyses and gripping narratives, this book delves into the German and Soviet invasions of Poland in 1939 and the subsequent battles following the surprise German invasion of Russia in 1940 that might have reshaped the global balance of power. From the tactical genius of German commanders to the industrial might of the Soviet Union, the book examines the clashing strategies and resources that defined this brutal conflict. With vivid depictions of military maneuvers—such as Army Group South’s drive to Maikop and the Siege of Leningrad—alongside geopolitical insights into Soviet expansionism and Axis ambitions, Barbarossa 1940 brings the chaos of war to life. A must-read for history enthusiasts, this comprehensive volume uncovers the plans, failures, and enduring consequences of one of the war’s most consequential campaigns.<br><br>Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle<br>Review genre: Fiction—Historical Fiction<br>Pages/Word count: 336 / 116,000<br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Jones Point by Sean Hagerty</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 91-120</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:58:19 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/jones-point</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:69fa5933433807124ef44696</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">By day, we're your neighbors. Your boss. Your teacher. By night, we hunt the monsters who hunt our children.<br><br>As a Special Operations soldier, Dane Cooper was trained and tested to handle the toughest, most dangerous situations around the world. He was not, however, prepared for the abduction of his daughter.<br><br>That kidnapping sends him into a downward spiral, the depths of which are unknown even to Dane. But a lifeline is thrown to him by a mysterious cabal, which sees his skills as paramount to helping others.<br><br>Now investigating other grieving parents' cases, Dane must conceal his efforts from the zeal of an FBI agent hot on the trail of the vigilante cabal, a dedicated Virginia Bureau of Investigation team, and an elusive network of monsters at the center of it all. Punishing the wicked while searching for his little angel, Dane must also overcome the struggle with his own demons.<br><br>Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle<br>Review genre: Fiction—Mystery/Thriller/Crime<br>Pages/Word count: 385 / 90,745<br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Flow, Flow, Flow Your Blood: Sing-Along War Poems by Paul Hellweg</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 91-120</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 20:44:59 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/flow-flow-flow-your-blood</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:69fa5638fd533f4af517b034</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">This is not a hero’s war story.<br><br>It’s the unfiltered, darkly funny, sometimes ugly account of what the Global War on Terror actually looked like from the bottom of the food chain—through the eyes of a sarcastic, twenty-something infantry private who had no idea what he was getting himself into.<br><br>Set in the chaotic early years of Afghanistan, It’ll Buff Out follows a 10th Mountain Division infantry soldier as he stumbles from college bars to basic training to real combat, learning—often the hard way—what it means to fight a war that nobody fully understands yet.<br><br>This book is vulgar because enlisted life is vulgar.<br>It’s funny because soldiers cope however they can.<br>And it’s honest because pretending otherwise would be a lie.<br><br>If you’ve read "The Things They Carried," "Jarhead", or "Generation Kill," this book lives in that same uncomfortable space—where boredom, terror, brotherhood, stupidity, and loss all coexist.<br><br>Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle<br>Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography<br>Pages/Word count: 419 / 156,000<br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Kevlar, Tattoos and Invisible Scars: A Veteran’s Struggle with Identity, Worth, and What Counts by Matthew West-James</title><dc:creator>MWSA Awards Directors</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 20:52:48 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/kevlar-tattoos-and-invisible-scars</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:69f7b43402e5642a1d0b3141</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">This is not a story about the worst day of a war. It is a story about what happens when you decide your experience didn’t count. After serving in Iraq and earning a Combat Action Badge, Matthew West-James came home with something harder to define. Not visible wounds. Not a clear narrative. Just a growing belief that whatever he went through wasn’t enough to matter. So he ignored it. What followed wasn’t a single breaking point, but a pattern. A way of thinking that turned doubt into identity, minimized anything that didn’t meet an internal standard, and made it nearly impossible to accept help, recognition, or even reality as it was. Kevlar, Tattoos, and Invisible Scars is not a clean story of recovery. It does not offer simple answers or neat resolutions. It is an honest account of what it looks like to carry something you don’t believe you earned, and what happens when that belief starts to shape everything else. If you’ve ever told yourself it “didn’t count,” this book is for you.</p><p class="">Format(s): Kindle<br>Genre: Memoir<br>ISBN/ASIN: B0GX9YQ5YH, 979-8-9946232-7-5</p>]]></description></item><item><title>Recollections of a Life Well-Lived by LeRoy Perry Ades and Leah Ades Cooper</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 91-120</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 13:46:15 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/recollections-of-a-life-well-lived</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:69f5fe9f1f6b8413d442b6b7</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">LeRoy Perry Ades was a child of the Great Depression, spending four of his formative years in foster care. He fulfilled his life's ambition of attending the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point, NY, graduating in 1953. His twenty-year Army career included two tours in Germany, two tours in Saudi Arabia, three tours at Fort Polk, LA, and a deployment to Vietnam. His stories in this book span his childhood and military career and are interwoven with commentary and photos provided by his older daughter, Leah Ades Cooper. They tell of trials that formed his character, experiences with royalty and with Army privates, foreign cultures, reflections on combat, and how he came to terms with his placement in a foster home. In short, they are "Recollections of A Life Well-Lived."<br><br>Format(s) for review: Paper Only<br>Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography<br>Pages/Word count: 335 / 59,614<br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Stealing Stealth by Brian L. Reece</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 91-120</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 00:48:38 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/stealing-stealth</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:69f54966da705a546db01c64</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class=""><em>Jungle Ghosts: Walking Point in Vietnam</em> is a narrative nonfiction account of an infantry soldier’s tour of duty in 1969-70 Vietnam. Its raw, bottom-up perspective of the war has been described by a Vietnam Veterans Association reviewer as a “beautifully written, exquisitely detailed Vietnam War memoir [that] is almost a literary work of art.”</p><p class="">At barely 20 years of age, the author was a low-ranking enlisted man stepping beneath a jungle canopy for the first time with eyes wide with wonder. At that moment he knew little about the war in the jungle or the deadly North Vietnamese soldiers he would encounter, but what he experienced later that day led him to a decision that would follow him throughout his year in Vietnam: that to survive he had to rely on his own judgment, regardless of rank.&nbsp;</p><p class="">The book doesn’t lecture, allowing the bottom-up account to speak for itself and open a window to a time and a place where men fought and died unseen on a dim and leaf-littered jungle floor that was hidden from the sky. In so doing, the narrative captures raw hardships, inner reflections, the fears and courage of fellow soldiers, the lethal commitment of the enemy, and the systemic challenges of a complex military bureaucracy that may be institutionally incapable of effectively evaluating its performance.</p><p class="">This is not a story of a hero, but rather a survivor. The author quickly recognized the commitment and lethality of the NVA soldiers. He recounts how seductive the adrenaline-pounding danger was and how it reawakened long-buried survival instincts so that fleeting jungle sounds, scents, and images began to flow through the author unimpeded by ponderous analytical processing. He learned to recognize subtle nudges of alarm that some hidden part of his brain could generate from those myriad messages, and experience taught him to do whatever felt right to his subconscious mind without questioning why.&nbsp;</p><p class="">Many combat memoirs explore the aftermath of war, but <em>Jungle Ghosts</em> ends with a still-haunting memory of his imperiled fellow soldiers looking up at him as a chopper lifted the author off the floor of the jungle for the last time.</p><p class="">While deeply regretting that brutal war and the suffering it caused, the author nevertheless treasured the spellbinding connection he had with the natural voices, scents, sights, and feels of Vietnam’s ancient jungle. That connection is vividly illustrated in sections of the narrative that describe the living, breathing, animal and insect-filled ecosystem whose messages were his lifeline.</p><p class="">Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle<br>Review genre: Nonfiction—Memoir/Biography<br>Pages/Word count: 325 / 135,000<br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Led by Love of Country: Hard Reset by Charles V Sasser Jr</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 91-120</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:03:48 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/led-by-love-of-country</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:69f200c032b7932dd586e4ec</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">Denny is a boy from the isolated settlement of Duskmere, known more for stargazing than accepting responsibility. When the sky splits and Draken fire falls on his home, Duskmere is erased in a single night. In the chaos, a dying Draken Watcher named Yverra finds him and entrusts an ancient world-song into his chest. The Song is the Veym’s ability to create change in the world. It is not meant for humans, and it does not settle gently. Denny survives the attack, but he wakes with something inside him that is trying to remake him from the inside out. Far from Duskmere,<br>Kaelari, a young leader among the Bloodstone people, is forced into authority as her own clan fractures under political pressure. A rival chieftain, Vaskor, pushes for dominance through brutality, while the ritualist Veridan works behind the scenes, seeking to control everyone. As scouts report unnatural fire, strange tremors in the Veym, and a “glowing survivor” moving through the wilds, both factions begin maneuvering to seize him. While an Ancient Draken Seeks to destroy him and the Song itself!<br><br>Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle<br>Review genre: Fiction—Horror/Fantasy/Sci-Fi<br>Pages/Word count: 379 / 90,000<br><br></p>]]></description></item><item><title>Oh Crap! It's Parkinson's, A Rebel's Guide to Taking Back Control of Your Life by Sara Whittingham, MD</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 91-120</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:55:13 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/oh-crap-its-parkinsons</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:69ea4069e110ee01e6895ee2</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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  <p class=""><strong>MWSA Review Pending</strong><br><br>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><strong>Author's Synopsis</strong></p><p class="">A Look Back in Time: Memoir of a Military Kid in the Sixties, Vol. III, 1st Edition<br><br>A young adult. A military family. A rousing high school adventure.<br>You can relive those high school days with Bernard N. Lee, Jr., a determined military-teenager, as he navigates the challenges he faces on his job at The Club, and in his classes at the high school. In this third volume of A Look Back in Time:…. Lee invites readers to relive his experiences attending Lawton High School in the sixties. This son, of a career soldier in the army, finds himself torn between working to pull his weight as a young man, and yearning to fit into a social environment that is “just out of his reach.” <br><br>Can you imagine what it felt like to be halfway through high school and then have to move? For Bernard, it was his eighth move with his military dad. He wanted this move to be different. He yearned to belong. He needed a place where he could finally “make his mark.” <br><br>In these pages, Bernard reflects on the people, triumphs, and challenges that made this time in his life so memorable. He shares these stories with honesty, sincerity, and passion. <br>Join Bernard on a journey full of adventure, surprises, nostalgia, and life choices, including: <br>• Joyful moments – when you meet the new neighbors and swap stories from all over the world. <br>• Nervous moments – when you enter a classroom for the first time in a new school.<br>• Life changing orders – when your dad says you must get a job to prove you are a man.<br>• Gut wrenching moments – when you discover your new car is gone… stolen!<br>• Thrilling encounters – when you make the track team and race all over the southwest.<br>• Life altering choices – when you must balance working, studying, competing, and leaving home for good.<br><br>Whether you are a military brat, veteran, history lover, or someone who remembers your unforgettable time in high school, A Look Back in Time:.., Vol. III, will warm your heart and stir your soul. <br><br>Travel back in time. Experience those precious moments. Rediscover those pieces of your own story along the way.<br><br>Format(s) for review: Paper or Kindle<br>Review genre: Children &amp; Young Adult—Young Adult (fiction or non-fiction)<br>Pages/Word count: 280 / 73,460</p>]]></description></item><item><title>The Tilted Palace: Weeds of Misfortune by Paul Alenous Kluge</title><category>2026</category><category>Group 91-120</category><dc:creator>John Cathcart</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:55:42 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.mwsadispatches.com/library/2026/tilted-palace</link><guid isPermaLink="false">559a3339e4b059a64f95b0ae:55ab0ee8e4b07afa0a9d00c9:69e56b0a9fd7c17b75e13c6e</guid><description><![CDATA[<figure class="
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