Deadly Waters is a work of historical fiction based on true events that tells how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs perverted Congressional Law to cheat 229,000 Vietnam Blue Water Navy Sailors out of all possible compensation for Agent Orange caused illnesses. It is a book every patriotic American who has ever welcomed home someone in uniform by saying, “Thank you for your service,” should read.  This is a story of love, war, and the promise America made and broke to those sailors she sent to fight on the toxic waters of South East Asia. It’s told through the eyes of seventeen year old Zachariah Martin, who in the fall of 1964, leaves his family farm in rural Vermont to enlist in the Navy. After boot camp he is stationed on a destroyer which is quickly deployed to Vietnam. He and his ship are heavily involved in close coastal and river warfare. Martin grows into a skilled deck seaman, gunner, and helmsman. He manages to survive the constant dangers of the Viet Cong, and an unforgiving sea. In spite of prolonged separations, his love for his hometown girl, Tally Goodwin, survives, and grows as well. After his discharge it blossoms into a strong and loving marriage. Side by side Zack and Tally face the many obstacles and hardships life throws in their path, including diseases caused by his exposure to the defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam. When they least expect it, they find themselves embroiled in the toughest fight of their lives with an organization they were counting on for medical help; an organization they, like most Americans, believed to be a friend to all who served their country with honor, but turned out to be a true and terrible enemy far more cold-hearted and callous then Zack or any of his 229,000 brothers had ever encountered before: the Veterans Administration.

Deadly Waters: The Vietnam Naval War and Its Aftermath

Randy Miller

A music source book of melodies used for contra dancing, which is a traditional New England folk dance form. 168 tunes are included in clear musical notation with accompaniment chords added. Fully indexed and cross-referenced; arranged alphabetically. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Randy Miller.

New England Fiddler's Repertoire

A selection of 375 tunes for contra dances, Irish sessions, and house parties. The jigs, reels, hornpipes, marches, and waltzes included in this book of traditional tunes come from Randy Miller's collecting trips to Ireland, the north of England, Scotland (including the Hebrides and Shetlands), Cape Breton, and New England. 
One-fifth of the tunes are recently composed, from the pens of such musicians as Randal Bays, Sarah Bauhan, Liz Carroll, Richie Dwyer, Jerry Holland, Maurice Lennon, George Wilson, and the author, to name a few. In addition, more than a dozen compositions by the late Ralph Page, dean of New England callers and a fiddler himself, are included, as are 18 tunes from the hand-written manuscript of legendary New Hampshire fiddler John Taggart. 
The book's title refers to the rare fiddler's bench or fiddler's throne found in some early New England ballrooms. Pencil drawing of the fiddler's throne is by the author. 
Tunes are alphabetized by type with chords for accompaniment included. Index, bibliography, discography, and extensive notes on the tunes also included.

The Fiddler's Throne

Fiddlecase Books

Forty fiddle exercises to improve fingering and bowing. Randy Miller has used his teaching experience and more than forty years of fiddling to create a series of exercises tailored specifically to fiddlers and traditional fiddle music. By breaking down the musical elements of fiddling to its bowing-and-fingering basics, and working out a system of repetitive, focused practice on these basics, there is tremendous potential for progress. The fingering of the left hand in particular can be a great challenge, since most fiddlers are right-handed. Many of these exercises, therefore, focus on strengthening the left hand. The exercises have been created with typical fingering and bowing patterns in mind, ones encountered in many fiddle tunes. Add nimbleness and fluidity to your playing! These fiddle exercises are for all levels, novice through advanced. Includes suggested metronome settings. Exercises are presented in clear, easy-to-read music staff notation.

The Fiddler's Friend: Forty Fiddle Exercises to Improve Fingering and Bowing

Politics & Social Sciences

235 jigs, reels, hornpipes, slip jigs, slides, airs, and polkas. Faithful settings of traditional Irish tunes based on the live and recorded playing of Andy McGann, Julia Clifford, Denis Murphy, Paddy Cronin, Michael Coleman, Mairtin Byrnes, Sean Ryan, Paddy Canny, Antoin Mac Gabhann, and others. Includes extensive notes on the sources and tunes, a discography, and bibliography. Decorative wood engravings by the author. 3rd edition, revised and updated.

Irish Traditional Fiddle Music (3rd edition)

Jack Perron