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Mrs. TNTBS Hosts This Needs To Be Read with one of the authors, Valerie Brown about their new book -  HEALING OUR WAY HOME  - join 3 Black female authors in an intimate discussion of their path to self-care. They live life using the teachings from the late Zen Master who  Martin Luther King, Jr.  called: “an Apostle of peace and nonviolence” when nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize. His name...

Underwater Daughter is about getting lost in the beauty of trauma, the longing for love… and the potential healing path out of suffering.   It details the bittersweetness of holding on to abusive dynamics in relationships finding the grace to move beyond those patterns and eventually finding forgiveness in the hardest places.

Lisa 6:3 Morning Inspiration

Lisa 6:3 Morning Inspiration

Lisa 6:3 Morning Inspiration

Lisa 6:3 Morning Inspiration

Lisa 6:3 Morning Inspiration

Lisa 6:3 Morning Inspiration

Mrs. TNTBS speaks with Karen Edwards Editorial Director of Educational Resources at Workman I was excited to get this interview because often the things that are promoted are by a paid spokesperson who may not know first hand if a product works. So instead of only looking good sharing a product, I can tell you that I have used these tools with my own children. I'm further excited because my grandc...

Mrs. TNTBS HOSTS New York Times Bestselling author, The King of Christmas Richard Paul Evans. This holiday season, the “King of Christmas” ( The New York Times ) and #1  New York Times  bestselling author Richard Paul Evans returns with A CHRISTMAS MEMORY (Gallery Books; on-sale November 22, 2022), a poignant, deeply felt novel about loss, grief, the healing power of forgiveness, and the...

Mrs. TNTBS hosts Author Anita Sanchez. MELTDOWN: Discover Earth’s Irreplaceable Glaciers & Learn What You Can Do to Save Them It is especially important to educate our children - the future of environmental activism - about the global ecosystem and empower them to help reverse catastrophic climate change. In the new book - MELTDOWN: DISCOVER EARTH’S IRREPLACEABLE GLACIERS AND LEARN WHAT YOU CA...

Mrs. TNTBS hosts Author Ofosu Jones-Quartey as he shares from his new book: Love Your Amazing Self! “The world has its ideas of who you are, but you don’t need them, to be the person you really are inside/ is Freedom.” These are the empowering lyrical verses of meditation teacher and hip-hop musician - Ofosu Jones-Quartey – who also goes by the recording artist name of Born I. The verses...

Karen MacNeil’s The Wine Bible has long been the most enlightening, comprehensive, and entertaining wine guide on the market—with over 800,000 copies in print, it is the bestselling wine book in America. And now it is completely revised and updated. Hailed as “America’s missionary of the vine” ( Time ), MacNeil is considered one of only a handful of experts with a global command of wine. ABOUT THE...

The internet was built on sex, and ever since, sex has remained its through line. Samantha Cole, a senior editor at Vice Media’s tech outlet Motherboard and the journalist who broke the story on deepfakes, details this essential connection in How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex : An Unexpected History [Workman Publishing; One of the few journalists researching sex online as v...

Folktales are stories that share a message and this book share delivers a message I could apply immediately. How to get people to embrace being different? This question is answered in this fun book. Mrs. TNTBS spends time with Author and Podcaster, Rebecca Sheir discussion how wonderfully powerful folktales are in her latest book: CIRCLE ROUND: THE GREAT BALL GAME ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rebecca Sheir i...

Historical Fiction is not new, it is something that has drawn my attention for a long time BUT I didn't realize that there is a fun learning history. While Philippa writes fiction, she prides herself on researching for her works for those who read them. I am looking forward to exploring the rest of her catalog of work. Today's interview was more of an introduction to a new world of works we a...

World Stroke Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the serious nature and high rates of stroke and talk about ways in which we can reduce the burden of stroke through better public awareness of the risk factors and signs of stroke. It is also an opportunity to advocate for action by decision-makers at global, regional, and national levels that are essential to improve stroke prevention, acce...

Today your host, Katherine Jones hosts Author Carla Nauman.  With today’s parenting culture of unattainable expectations and incessant demands, it is no wonder so many of us suffer from Sh*tty Parent Syndrome —the perception that one is a crummy parent—leaving us feeling confused and insecure about how to raise our children. Enter Carla Naumburg, author of the bestselling How to Stop Losing Y...

Mrs. TNTBS speaks with David Rubenstein about his latest book HOW TO INVEST Rubenstein brings us an authoritative guide, HOW TO INVEST , for beginners and professionals alike. In his new book, Rubenstein distills everything he and the best investors today have learned about the art and craft of investing, from venture capital, real estate, private equity, and hedge funds, to crypto, endowments, SP...

Mrs. TNTBS hosts George McCalman as he gives us a fresh approach to Black History.  In a first of its kind achievement - artist, author, and graphic designer GEORGE MCCALMAN has created a book that reimagines our idea of Black History and brings to the fore a vivid array of pioneers. Appropriately titled ILLUSTRATED BLACK HISTORY- this is a beautifully illustrated keepsake collection. Each of...

Mrs. TNTBS hosts author Dr. Julia Skinner during This Needs To Be Read. You will be surprised with what you already know about fermented foods. I have hope that we will survive if a famine hits.  In OUR FERMENTED LIVES: A History of How Fermented Foods Have Shaped Cultures & Communities, food historian and fermenting expert, Dr. Julia Skinner explores fermentation’s fascinating path throu...

Mrs. TNTBS hosts New York Times best-selling author Ramit Sethi We talk about the way you think about being rich has to change for you to realize that they are already RICH! Now let's turn that up. How's that sound? About RAMIT SETHI: a financial guru to millions of readers. He started his website: iwillteachyoutoberich.com , as a Stanford undergraduate in 2004 and now hosts over a million readers...

As Part of this episode of This Needs To Be Read Mrs. TNTBS hosts return guest Author Patricia Schultz. The Pandemic has made getting out and seeing stuff more of a priority for many. In this easy to get lost in piece of inspiration to globe trot (or not) you will be able to lose every excuse for discovery a whole new world. I know I have. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Patricia Schultz is the author of the #1...

THE ART OF MAKING HISTORY ALIVE By ALYSON RICHMAN & SHAUNNA J. EDWARDS, authors of THE THREAD COLLECTORS The THREAD COLLECTORS (Graydon House/Harper Collins)  - while historical fiction - is drawn from the authors’ real-life ancestral experiences, both touched by slavery. ALYSON RICHMAN (a white writer) and SHAUNNA J. EDWARDS (a black writer) offer up a rich historical novel set during th...

With the popularity of websites like Ancestry.com and 23andMe.com…more Americans than ever are seeking out their lineage and heritage…providing special relevance for all North and South Americans whose ancestors have migrated from Asia, Europe, and Africa. And with more immigrants on the move in Europe due to the war in the Ukraine, the parallels between the mass exodus from Europe during WWII and...