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Larkspur, CA 94977

2005 - 2009 MWSA

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History & Historical Reference Book Reviews

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395 and a Wake Up

(Historical Fiction)

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Baby Jack

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2007 Gold Medal Award for Best Novel

FIVE STARS

Bacalao

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2005 Distinguished Medal Award

Barinelli's War

FIVE STARS

Behold, an Ashen Horse

(Thriller)

(Memoir)

MWSA's 2008 Gold Medal Award for Fiction

Between the Hunters and the Hunted

(Thriller)

FIVE STARS

Black Night Alpha

(Historical Fiction)

Black Water – A Place Of No Hope

(Thriller)

MWSA's 2004 Distinguished Medal Award

Bond of Unseen Blood

(Literary)

Brownwater - Getting There is Half The Fun…

(Historical Fiction)

Brownwater II : The Adventure Begins

(Historical Fiction)

A Buffalo’s Revenge

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2004 Distinguished Medal Award

Bullets and Bandages

(Historical Fiction)

C

Camille Claudel

(Historical Fiction)

FIVE STARS

The Cave

(Action/Adventure)

MWSA's 2004 Distinguished Medal Award

FIVE STARS

C.M.A.C. – A Vietnam Era Trilogy

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2004 Distinguished Medal Award

Code of Conduct

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2005 Distinguished Medal Award

The Coil

(Thriller)

MWSA's 2006 Distinguished Medal Award

Conduct to the Prejudice of Good Order: A JAG Corp Novel

(Thriller)

MWSA's 2004 Distinguished Medal Award

Constant Bearing Decreasing Range

(Historical Fiction)

   MWSA's 2007 Silver Medal Award

Copper Penny

(Thriller)

Counterclockwise

(Historical Fiction)

Counterparts

(Historical Fiction)

Crescent Fire

(Historical Fiction)

D

D.E.R.O.S.

(Historical Fiction)

Don't Mean Nothing

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2005 Gold Medal Award for Short Stories

FIVE STARS

Dogface by Jeff Garigliano

(Humor)

Don’t make the Blackbirds Cry

(Adventure)

The Drifters

(Historical Fiction)

Dupre's Song

(Historical Fiction)

E

Echoes From The Infantry

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2006 Silver Medal Award for Fiction

Every Shape, Every Shadow

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2006 Distinguished Medal Award

FIVE STARS

F

Fairbanks Risen

(Thriller)

For the Good of the Many

(Thriller)

   MWSA's 2007 Silver Medal Award

For Thou Art With Me

(Thriller)

The Final Salute

First Traitor

(Thriller)

MWSA's 2005 Gold Medal Award for Military Fiction

G

Grady's Tour

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2007 Special Recognition for Historical Fiction

FIVE STARS

God Does Have a Sense of Humor

(Humor)

MWSA's 2007 Gold Medal Award for Humor

FIVE STARS

The Gold Buckle

(Historical Fiction)

Good, Better, Best

(Literary)

H

The Hero of Byzantium

(Historical Fiction)

Honor Due

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2008 Silver Medal Award for Fiction

Hunting With Tigers

(Thriller)

I

In the Shadow of Suribachi

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2006 Gold Medal for Historical Fiction

FIVE STARS

Irish Eyes

(Mystery)

  MWSA's 2007 Silver Medal Award

J

Jungle Rules

(Historical Fiction)

Jumpin’ Jimminy

(Historical Fiction)

K

Killing Rommel

(Historical Fiction)

(Memoir)

MWSA's 2008 Gold Medal Award for Historical Fiction

Knighthawke

(Historical Fiction)

L

The Last Mayan Warrior

(Historical Fiction)

The Last of the Short MPs - Vol I

(Literary)

The Last Spymaster

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2006 Novel of the Year

The Legend of Juggin Joe

(Literary)

The Light Side of Damnation

(Historical Fiction)

Like Father

(Thriller)

Love Leaves No One Behind

(Romance/Mystery)

The L.P.

(Thriller)

MWSA's 2006 Distinguished Medal Award

FIVE STARS

M

Madam President and the Admiral

(Thriller)

The Marathon Murders

(Mystery)

Marines and Renegades

(Mystery)

Marcus

(Historical Fiction)

Mountain Trails

(Historical Fiction)

Moving is Murder

(Mystery)

MWSA's 2006 Distinguished Medal Award

M.P. A Novel of Vietnam

(Historical Fiction)

Murders Do Not Come By Accident

(Mystery)

The Murmurings

(Literary)

My Fathers Keeper

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2006 Silver Medal Award for Historical Fiction

FIVE STARS

My Mommy Wears Combat Boots

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The Ninth Commandment

(Mystery)

MWSA's 2006 Distinguished Medal Award

Nobody Comes Back

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2005 Best Military Novel of the Year

FIVE STARS

No Safe Harbor

(Thriller)

O

Of Ice and Steel

(Adventure/Thriller)

Of Their Own Accord

(Historical Fiction)

Old Money

(Literary)

The Old Sergeant

(Literary)

The Old Sergeant and Friends

(Literary)

Only True Love Waits

(Romance/Mystery)

P

The Painted Man

(Action)

Paradigm

(Mystery)

MWSA's 2006 Gold Medal Award for Fiction

The Perfect Assassin

(Thriller)

MWSA's 2007 Gold Medal Award for Fiction

Permission to Kill

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2004 Gold Medal Award for War Novel

Pollution IV

(Historical Fiction)

FIVE STARS

Proximity: A Novel of the Navy's Elite Bomb Squad

(Thriller)

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R

Red Bird Down

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2004 Silver Medal Award for War Novel

Red Sky At Night

(Thriller)

MWSA's 2006 Distinguished Medal Award

Retribution

(Thriller)

   MWSA's 2007 Silver Medal Award

 The Rings of Allah

(Thriller)

   MWSA's 2007 Silver Medal Award

Rogue Threat

(Thriller)

Rogue Trident

(Thriller)

MWSA's 2006 Distinguished Medal Award

S

Sacred Honor

A Saigon Party and Other Vietnam War Short Stories

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2004 Gold Medal Award for Short Stories

Samsara Moon

(Literary)

FIVE STARS

The Sandscrapers: A Forgotten Navy

(Historical Fiction)

Scatterlings of Africa

(Thriller)

   MWSA's 2007 Silver Medal Award

Seas of Crisis

(Thriller)

MWSA's 2006 Admiral Nimitz Award for Outstanding Naval Fiction

Shades of Gray

(Historical Fiction)

The Shenandoah Spy

(Historical Fiction)

FIVE STARS

SNAFU

(Historical Fiction)

The Sobs of Autumn's Violins

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2006 Distinguished Medal Award

FIVE STARS

Solemnly Swear

(Thriller)

Sniper Shot

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2005 Distinguished Medal Award

Space Egg

MWSA's 2006 Gold Medal Award for Sci-Fi/Fantasy

Spooks

(Historical Fiction)

Steve McQueen Would Be Proud

'Sweeps

(Historical Fiction)

T

Taboo Avenged

(Thriller)

Team Shaka

(Historical Fiction)

Tender Prey

(Thriller)

Thriller: Stories To Keep You Up All Night

(Thriller)

Torpedo – A Surface Warfare Thriller

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2005 Admiral Nimitz Award for Outstanding Naval Fiction

Tuffy's Heroes

(Humor)

Two Brothers: One North, One South

(Historical Fiction)

(Memoir)

MWSA's 2008 Silver Medal Award for Historical Fiction

The Two-Dollar Bill: One Man’s Year in Viet Nam

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2004 Distinguished Medal Award

U

V

The Vietnam Worm

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2005 Reader's Choice Award

FIVE STARS

Virulent Winds

(Thriller)

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What Am I Doing Here?

(Historical Fiction)

MWSA's 2004 Gold Medal Award for War Novel

When Destinies Collide

(Thriller)

Where do Dingoes Come from?

(Children)

We Hold These Truths

(Thriller)

When Evil Prospers

(Christian)

   MWSA's 2007 Silver Medal Award

Whitestone

(Historical Fiction)

FIVE STARS

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Last Updated on 10/23/2008