Archive for February, 2010

“The Senate would vote in a few days on a joint resolution that could launch the country into a major military action that would either secure peace or be the igniter of the next world war. The House was overwhelmingly in support of the President’s joint resolution and the Senate favored it but would need the only undecided senator’s vote to secure the majority needed.” Author Luke Larson, a former Marine infantry officer, begins his novel fifty years into the future with an aging senator casting the deciding vote on whether to send the nation to war. The senator flashes back to his Iraq combat experience and labors in weighing the country’s interests against his personal convictions. Three warriors plunged into the urban chaos of the Iraq war. They went in naïve, not knowing what awaited them. John was a legacy. Bama wanted to prove he could out do his doctor father. Cash wanted a way out of the blue-collar world. Nothing could have prepared them for the moral dilemmas they would face. Baptized by fire, the three men are born again with new identities. They soon realize to win a counterinsurgency they must not focus on the enemy, but focus on the people.

Title: Senator’s Son: An Iraq War Novel
Author: Luke S. Larson, a Thunderbird student scheduled to graduate in 2010, was born and raised in Washington State and grew up on the Olympic Peninsula. He attended University of Arizona on an NROTC scholarship and graduated with honors with a degree in journalism. He served as a Marine infantry officer and saw action in two tours to Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2005 and then again in 2007. He was awarded the Bronze Star with V for valor on his first tour. He studied nonlethal weapons, policies and procedures at Penn State’s continuing education program. He lives in Phoenix with his wife and daughter.
Publisher: Key Edition Incorporated (February 6, 2010)
Price: $19.95 (also available in Kindle edition for $9.95)
Description: Paperback, 284 pages
ISBN: 978-0615353791
Information: www.lukeslarson.com

An emeritus academic describes other times in the rural West, educational plateaus, years of involvement around the world, dynamics of university life, search for faith and social justice and challenges of aging.

Title: Beyond the Forested Ridge
Author: Born in Dakota, David Youmans was raised and educated in Idaho, with further studies in Arizona and South Africa where he received his doctorate at the University of the Free State. His work life included foreign trade and voluntary agency duties overseas prior to nearly three decades as an academic, a journey embracing five continents. Now emeritus and member of a cross-cultural family, he travels and writes. He is a 1959 graduate of Thunderbird.
Publisher: Infinity Publishing (January 29, 2010)
Price: 13.95
ISBN: 978-0741458278
Information: Paperback, 207 pages
Information: www.amazon.com or www.buybooksontheweb.com.

An itinerant academic describes earlier times in the rural West.

Title: Wherever Home Is
Author: Born in Dakota, David Youmans was raised and educated in Idaho, with further studies in Arizona and South Africa where he received his doctorate at the University of the Free State. His work life included foreign trade and voluntary agency duties overseas prior to nearly three decades as an academic, a journey embracing five continents. Now emeritus and member of a cross-cultural family, he travels and writes. He is a 1959 graduate of Thunderbird.
Publisher: Infinity Publishing (July 20, 2007)
Price: 13.95
ISBN: 978-0741441089
Information: Paperback, 191 pages
Information: www.amazon.com or www.buybooksontheweb.com.