By Sara Pearce
Enquirer staff writer

Dearest Dorothy, Help! I've Lost Myself! by Charlene Ann Baumbich (Penguin; $10.95). Fiesty heroine Dorothy Jean Wetstra returns in the third installment, now out in paperback, of this series about the daily dramas in a small fictional Midwestern town.

Author signing: 7 p.m. today, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison and Edwards roads, Norwood; 396-8960; and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Books & Co., Town and Country Shopping Center, 350 E. Stroop Road, Kettering; (937) 298-6540.

Joe: Rounding Third and Heading for Home by Greg Hoard (Orange Frazer Press; $29.95). The much-anticipated bio of Cincinnati baseball legend Joe Nuxhall by local sportscaster Hoard is here and the pair will appear at dozens of signings throughout fall. The tour kicks off 7 p.m. Wednesday, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison and Edwards roads, Norwood; 396-8960; and 6 p.m. Sunday, Barnes & Noble, the Streets of West Chester, 9455 Civic Centre Blvd., West Chester Township; 755-2258.

Your Health Is In Your Kitchen: Why Momma Made Chicken Soup by Gwenyfar (Trafford Publishing; $10.95). How to use the common herbs found in most kitchens to treat allergies, illnesses and other maladies. Author discussion/signing: 2 p.m. Saturday, Barnes & Noble, Sycamore Plaza, 7800 Montgomery Road, Kenwood, 794-9440.

Flyboys: A True Story of Courage by James Bradley (Little, Brown & Co.; $14.95). Now out in paperback, Bradley's riveting book is the story of nine American Navy and Marine flyers who were shot down while on a mission to Japan during World War II. All but one were captured and executed. The survivor, a Navy pilot named George H.W. Bush, did not even know the whole story of what happened until his presidency. Author signing: 2 p.m. Sunday, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Rookwood Pavilion, Madison and Edwards roads, Norwood; 396-8960.