Featured Book
Fighting Words
Price: $29.95
(Hardcover, 312 pages) See coupon at the end of the newsletter for details on free shipping when you order in June.
See Richard Miller in one of his FOX Studio interviews by clicking here. |
Other Titles of Interest
A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution
Price: $19.95
(Paperback, 432 pages)
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The Complete
Gettysburg Guide
Price: $39.95
(Hardcover, 320 pages)
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The New Civil War Handbook
Price: $14.95
(Paperback, 162 pages)
Order any of our other titles of interest in June and receive free priority shipping (a 6.50 value).
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Dear Reader,
June is here already. How can that be? As always, we hope you enjoy it, and welcome your feedback.
Last month I offered a "Sneak Peek" at one of our Fall 2010 titles, a new, full-length study by David Powell (author of The Maps of Chickamauga) titled Failure in the Saddle: Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joseph Wheeler, and the Confederate Cavalry in the Chickamauga Campaign. If you like campaign studies that focus on strategy, tactics, and personality, all based upon in-depth research supported by explanatory footnotes, great maps, and photos, you will enjoy this unique study. Click here to reserve your copy with no obligation. We will notify you when it is ready to ship about October 1.
This month, I would like to introduce you to our featured book of the month: Fighting Words: Persuasive Strategies for War and Politics, by award-winning Civil War author Richard F. Miller ( Harvard's Regiment). Richard, a regular blogger and sought-after pundit with four embedded tours under his belt, has a great website with information on Fighting Words and Richard's opinion on current events. Check it out and order your copy today.
Book Expo in NYC was a great success. Although I was unable to attend because my son "graduated" from 8th grade, Sarah and Veronica took care of everything. Between organizing two major book signings, meeting with foreign rights agents, and running back and forth to the FOX News building in Manhattan (where Richard Miller made a couple of appearances on FOX & Friends and The Strategy Room), they were very busy.
Wishing you an enjoyable and safe June. Thanks again for your support of our publishing program.
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Win a FREE Book by Voting for your Favorite Savas Beatie Cover
Each month, we try to give our readers opportunities to earn special discounts or even a free book. This month, we thought it would be fun to have a "Battle of the Covers" contest with two of our new releases: The Maryland Campaign and Valley Thunder. We give a lot of thought to all of our cover designs and always look forward to what our designers will come up with next. This month, we'd like to know what you think by choosing your favorite cover.
  Tell us which cover is your favorite and why and you will be entered into a drawing for a free copy of 1912 Facts About Titanic by Lee W. Merideth. Lee works on some of our books as an indexer and is the author of several Civil War titles.
1912 Facts About Titanic presents a collection of little-known facts and stories about this great liner, the people who experienced her, and the tragic events comprising her maiden voyage that ended so dramatically early that morning so long ago. It is not a definitive history of these events, nor is it intended to be. Instead, the book is a collection of some of the most interesting information about the doomed ship, presented in a readable and chronological order. The "1912" in the title is a clever way of symbolizing the year in which the disaster occurred, while communicating to the reader the book is full of facts -- indeed, far more "facts" than the title suggests. |
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Military Education Benefits for College
Summer is a great time for prospective students to start researching the ins and outs of the college financial aid process and a great starting point for veterans and their dependents is our next title: Military Education Benefits for College: A Comprehensive Guide for Military Members, Veterans, and Their Dependents which just arrived a few days ago. Authors David J. Renza, M.A. and Lieutenant Colonel Edmund J. Lizotte (Ret.) include the most up-to-date information in their book and both currently guide students through the financial aid process at Post University. ********************************************************************************  Military Education Benefits for College: A Comprehensive Guide for Military Members, Veterans, and Their Dependents by
David J. Renza, M.A. and Lieutentant Colonel Edmund J. Lizotte (Ret.) June 2010; $18.95
Every branch of the American military provides opportunities for educational benefits and ways to attend college at either no cost or at a cost far below published tuition rates. No military member, veteran, or dependent should have to go through school without knowing what their benefits are or how to obtain them. Military Education Benefits for College guides you in how to access, utilize, and take advantage of your benefits so you can earn the degree you deserve.
As a retention non-commissioned officer in the Army National Guard, co-author David J. Renza witnessed firsthand how these education benefits were used as a bargaining tool to encourage people to enlist and/or remain in the military. He also discovered that the vast majority of military personnel, veterans, and their dependents are unaware of what is available to them, and where to find answers to their questions. They needed help.
Co-author Lt. Col. Edmund J. Lizotte (Ret.), Director of the Military Program at Post University (and former commander of a recruiting battalion), reached the same conclusion. Lizotte encountered a large population of eligible personnel, many of whom had put off using their education benefits during their military careers. Those who tried to attend college often became confused and discouraged by the perplexing enrollment process required to obtain education benefits.
Together, Renza and Lizotte have produced a comprehensive, readable, informative, and indispensable step-by-step guide into every facet of the education journey. From the enrollment process and the classroom experience to the procurement of benefits and determining which type of degree is right for which type of job, Military Education Benefits for College sheds light on the experience of higher education for service-connected students. Their book also dispels myths about the college experience and offers insight from two former military members who have the unique perspective of military admissions counselors and veteran students still using their education benefits to this day.
You have qualified on your weapon and you have passed your physical training test. With Military Education Benefits for College, you can now improve the most powerful weapon of all-your mind! Order your copy today! |
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Book Expo America Recap
Book Expo America is the largest book conference in the US and is held each year in May. It is an opportunity for people associated with the book world - publishers, authors, exhibitors - to meet other industry peers and discuss what's happening in the world of publishing. As you may have noticed, the publishing industry is changing rapidly with the advent of social networking, ebooks, Kindle, etc. and BEA is our one-stop event as publishers to stay up-to-date on the latest changes.
Sarah Keeney, Marketing Director, and Veronica Kane, Marketing Assistant, represented Savas Beatie at BEA and set up shop in the Casemate booth (our distributor). We spent two days at BEA meeting with authors and vendors to discuss future plans for Savas Beatie in the marketplace. Richard Miller signing a copy of his book, Fighting Words. | |
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Grads and Dads
 June -- the month of graduations, weddings, the start of summer, Father's Day, and many other great occasions perfect for giving that special someone a Savas Beatie title for a gift. With our growing list of titles, there is sure to be something for everyone. Visit our website today, order any title during June, and receive 10% off and free media mail shipping. Be sure to mention code JUNE to receive this special offer. |
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New Releases and More . . .
As of now, all of our new Spring titles for 2010 have been shipped from the printer and are available for sale by visiting www.savasbeatie.com or by calling or faxing our office. We are now working on our Fall 2010 titles and will preview one new title each month in our newsletter. While Sarah and Veronica were attending BEA, they had the pleasure of accompanying Richard Miller to FOX Studios for interviews on FOX and Friends and The Strategy Room. Richard gave his opinion on the current plans for a mosque being constructed at the site of the World Trade Center bombing and President Obama celebrating Memorial Day in Chicago rather than Arlington National Cemetary. Over Memorial Day weekend, Richard was invited back to the FOX studios for another interview which can be viewed here. Richard Lowry discussing his book with a Marine. | Richard Lowry, author of New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah continues his book tour in North Carolina this month with several radio interviews and book signings. Visit Richard's website for all his latest stops. |
When We Were Free to Be Kids
by Ted Savas
 My son asked an interesting question during the endless summer that ended this week: "Papa, when you were a kid, what did you do in the summer?"
How do you tell a 7-year-old who has almost everything that it was better way back when without almost anything? That we perfected the art of doing nothing for days on end-and loved every hour?
How do you explain we enjoyed ourselves without Gameboys, Playstations, computers, TVs in cars, and portable cd-players? How journeys of exploration and adventure did not include a hand-held device on a sofa? That off-limit swimming holes were better than swimming pools in the backyards of homes we would have considered mansions available only in our dreams?
Can he possibly comprehend that when we left the house at 7:00 a.m. in cutoffs and a T-shirt, mom never asked where we were going? That catching pond frogs and building tree houses with rope swings was better than having 471 TV channels? That staying out all day and doing whatever we wanted was (gasp!) normal? That our summons home was the street lights popping on and not a call on a cell phone?
Would he believe that we hoofed around town or rode our bikes (spray painted cool neon colors) with friends seated between the handle bars, holding on for dear life while trying to keep their toes out of the spokes as we flew down Virginia hill? Or that those same spokes made the coolest "Atat-tat-tat" sound if you attached a playing card with a clothespin? That no one had heard of a bicycle helmet, and that we would not have been caught dead in one anyway?
That digging for night crawlers so we could fish in a muddy creek for bullhead with a bamboo pole and a red and white bobber (with your brother yelling at you for tangling his line) beat the pants off sitting in an air-conditioned house playing Nintendo?
Can you imagine the damage I might inflict on the psyche of a modern-day El Dorado Hills child if I told him our idea of pure drinking water was letting a garden hose in a stranger's backyard run for several seconds before taking a warm sip? Or that "organic food" was eating Mr. Weydert's corn raw off the cob before washing it down with milk straight from a cow's utter?
That nothing was more fun than a roundtrip sneak attack on Mr. Bogart's apple tree, hiding amongst his leafy branches happily munching green apples while stuffing another half dozen in our pockets and planning our getaway? That spine-tingling terror could be had by crawling on our hands and knees into old lady Taylor's backyard (we thought she was a witch), pushing aside a large piece of slate hiding a well, dropping in a rock, and being brave enough to stay put long enough to hear the splash?
Today, kids can't play in their own front yard without adult supervision. We played king of the hill on the large dirt and rock piles left in someone's driveway blocks away. When we got hurt, we went home for a band aid and iodine (and a good and well-deserved old fashioned belt-to-bottom spanking) instead of to the lawyer's office with dad to sue the homeowner.
Can today's children conceive that we waged war from behind stacked up Culligan salt pellet bags with REAL WWII rifles our dads brought home from Europe or the Pacific, decked out in authentic German and American helmets and canteens-and it was more fun than playing Age of Empires or Call of Duty on a PC over the Internet with a stranger? Would they believe that every 9-year-old had a BB gun, every 12-year-old a .22 or 12-gauge, and responsible use was shooting cans off a fence or an egg-stealing blackbird-but never a robin?
Would he appreciate that sleepovers meant Jiffypop popcorn on the stove (burned black), kick the can in the backyard and, if you were lucky, a scoop of vanilla ice cream with Hershey's syrup? Or that bed time meant squeezing into the hot top bunk with your buddy (no one had air conditioning) while his two brothers crammed into the bottom bunk?
How could I explain all this in a way that made sense?
"Long ago," I began . . .
"You mean back in the olden days?" my son interrupted.
"Yes, way back when," I smiled.
"When what?" he asked.
My smile melted away and I sighed heavily. "When we were free to be kids." |
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