William Brinkley Books in Order

Sister Cecilia recounts her religious calling, years of teaching and flight from communist Czechoslovakia. After convent schools close and arrest threatens, she must exchange her familiar life for hiding, disguise and a dangerous journey across the border.

During the Second World War, a Navy public relations unit works far from the fighting on a Pacific island. Bureaucratic confusion, romantic distractions, and the business of managing appearances turn military service into a succession of comic predicaments.

At Vital magazine, writers, researchers and photographers pursue stories, careers and one another with equal enthusiasm. This workplace comedy follows their romantic entanglements and professional absurdities, from office routines to assignments along a presidential campaign trail.

Ninety sailors and nine officers serve aboard a landing ship off Anzio during World War II. Amid dangerous operations, a lieutenant falls for a nurse while a young enlisted man’s romance leads to accusations of black-market dealing.

A peeping tom unsettles Martha, Texas, by secretly watching women and leaving small gifts at their windows. His elaborate tokens of appreciation turn unwanted attention into an unusual mystery in a town suddenly preoccupied with an unseen visitor.

After nuclear war devastates the world, the crew of the American destroyer Nathan James searches for safe land. Its captain must preserve discipline and hope among men and women facing radiation, mutiny, and the possible extinction of humanity.