Books of local interest
Cary S. Chugh, former director of children’s services at Mercy of Northern New York in Watertown, has self-published “Don’t Swear With Your Mouth Full! — When Conventional Discipline Fails Unconventional Children.”
Some points Mr. Chugh asserts in the book: the most common discipline strategies favored by most parents, teachers and health-care professionals are actually technically flawed.
He also believes that time-limited punishments, such as age-based time-out, grounding for a week and detention for several days in school, should be eliminated.
Mr. Chugh, a Buffalo native and a licensed clinical psychologist, is a partner at East Amherst Psychology Group.
The book, priced at $15.99, can be purchased at Mr. Chugh’s Web site, www.carychugh.com, or through Amazon.com.
Theresa native and Old Forge resident John H. Briant has self-published the sixth novel in his “Adirondack Detective” series, “Adirondack Detective: The Years Pass.”
In the latest book, private detective Jason Black goes undercover as a short-order cook at a north country diner, which some criminals in a nationwide theft ring are known to frequent.
Mr. Briant published his first book in the series in 2000. He spent 28 years in the state police, 14 years in uniform and 14 as an investigator.
Books may be purchased by mail from Chalet Publishing, P.O. Box 1154, Old Forge, NY 13420 for $14.95 plus tax and $4 for shipping. They can also be ordered by calling Mr. Briant at 1 (800) 237-5802.
The Adirondack Mountain Club has released the third edition of “The Adirondack Reader,” a collection of writings that spans more than 400 years of the region’s history and literature, reflecting our nation’s changing attitudes toward wilderness.
It was first published in 1946. The new edition includes the work of 30 new writers as well as the classic entries of Adirondack explorers and philosophers.
“The Adirondack Reader” sells for $39.95 and is available at book and outdoor supply stores, at www.adk.org and from the club, 1 (800) 395-8080.
Dr. Glenn F. Thibault, a U.S. Navy captain from Orwell, has self-published, through PublishAmerica, “Sword in the Lion’s Den: Navy Doc With 3/25th Marines in Iraq.”
“Called to join a reserve Marine unit heading to Iraq, Dr. Thibault was sent to an aid station on the front lines in the most dangerous part of Iraq’s volatile Al Anbar province,” according to a PublishAmerica press release.
The book explores Dr. Thibault’s task as an assistant battalion surgeon. He is a family physician at Pulaski Health Center. He is also the senior medical executive for Portsmouth (Va.) Naval Medical Center’s reserve units.
The book sells for $29.95 and is available at www.publishamerica.com
Compiled by Times staff writer Chris Brock
