This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Get Ready to Knock Off the Rust and Restore the Cool! Velocity’s Smash Hit Series Iron Resurrection is Back for an All New Season of Restoring Rides Once Destined for the Junkyard Airing Tuesdays 9pm ET/PT Ric Catches Up with the Master of Metal Crew Amanda Martin and Jayson “Shag” Arrington No matter the type - busted bikes or rusted out roadsters - every vehicle deserves a second chance to shine...

In 2014, More than 200 Girls Were Kidnapped from Their School Dormitory in Chibok, Nigeria. More than 100 Remain Missing. The Poignant New Novel, Buried Beneath the Baobab Tree, is Based on the Chibok Abductions – An Event that Sparked a Global Campaign Involving Notable Activists Such as Michelle Obama and Malala Ric Speaks with Award-Winning Nigerian Author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani In the middle o...

The Place Where The Metaphor Hides by Chris Novelozo The number one poet in the world, Chris N., is pulled into a magical notebook by means of treachery and selfishness. Six years; he is trapped alongside the monsters. The Children hunt him, The Passerby tempts his mortal spirit, and The Metaphor continues to reign down horror upon the inhabitants of The Place. Enter our heroine, Jenny. Six years;...

LADIES...MAKE IT YOUR TIME NOW by Mia M. Fujii If you are a female and don’t have a lot of time to waste reading about things that won’t help you… If you have been searching for answers or looking for a book that is meant to be short and sweet, to the point tips on how to get noticed and advance in your career, this book is for you. _ This book is unique because it is written by a female that star...

By Faith Isaac Author Elsa Henderson The Bible’s Great Faith Hall of Fame in Hebrews chapter 11 honours Abel, Enoch, Noah and Abraham as outstanding examples of faith and identifies the acts which qualified them for this prestigious list. Then we read, “By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future” (Hebrews 11:20). Merely speaking a blessing?! How does this act rate alongside No...

'A Swift and Deadly Maelstrom: The Great Norwich Flood of 1963, A Survivors Story by Thomas R. Moody Jr. A Swift and Deadly Maelstrom’ is the true story of a horrible tragedy borne out of ignorance and complacency. It is also the story, conversely, of life saving heroics, of the efforts of two young men, suddenly trapped in the ensuing floodwaters, to rescue three very young children, those that w...

PLANNING TODAY FOR SUCCESS TOMORROW: HELPING STUDENTS CHOOSE THEIR COLLEGE OR TRADE SCHOOL MAJOR AND CAREER by Dr. Moses McCutcheon, Jr., Ed. D Author, Professor, Speaker, Trainer, Consultant, Career Coach Dr. Moses McCutcheon, Jr., Ed. D. earned/holds a Doctor of Education Degree in Organizational Leadership and a Master’s Degree in Administration from Pepperdine University with focus on life pur...

Comedian Tom Papa Joins Ric As He Breaks Bread Across the Country in Food Network’s Brand New Series… BAKED Premiering September 3rd at 10pm ET/PT When carb-loving comedian Tom Papa isn’t doing stand-up, he is probably eating, thinking about or making bread (his specialty is sourdough), and he takes his passion for baked goods to the next level in his new series Baked. In his mission to find the c...

How Much Time Do You Spend on Your Smart Phone and Electronic Gadgets? Help Understand your Online Habits! Digital Wellness Expert, Veronica Navarrete joins Ric to answer your questions and share new tools available for everyone to develop their own sense of digital wellbeing, starting with the most popular app, YouTube. The first step toward digital wellbeing is often understanding more about how...

The Greatest by Mari Jane Hillyer The Greatest is a story for both big and little people between the ages of five and 102.! Some of the most beautiful things are born out of pain. Open the pages to a tale of love between father and son and how adversity can lead to something beautiful. As an educator with a degree in elementary and special education, I have spent many wonderful days working with c...

10 Foods to Eat & NOT Eat if You Want Vibrant Health According to Dr. Susan Smith Jones and her book The Curative Kitchen & Lifestyle, there is a huge industry in the Western world working to convince us that it doesn’t matter what we eat. Fast food chains try to convince us that what we eat has no effect on our health. We are told that any combination of heated, treated, processed, chemic...

10 Foods to Eat & NOT Eat if You Want Vibrant Health According to Dr. Susan Smith Jones and her book The Curative Kitchen & Lifestyle, there is a huge industry in the Western world working to convince us that it doesn’t matter what we eat. Fast food chains try to convince us that what we eat has no effect on our health. We are told that any combination of heated, treated, processed, chemic...

Keys to the C SUITE by Mark S James If you’re stuck in a dead-end job, afraid to transition into something bigger and better, not knowing what your next move should be, or just terrified going on job interviews, then I have the solutions for you. So, if you are ready to unlock those doors of uncertainty, fear and confusion, please read on. You’re just one key away from success! We are here, ready,...

Do No Harm by Mary M. McNaughton Robbed, Dr. Jessica Tinker's innocence was stolen like a thief in the night. She was sexually assaulted one night after leaving a party attended by a large crowd of doctors. Tinker is fearless and brilliant as she relentlessly searches for the rapist with a tattoo of a Bald Eagle on his shoulder. This, however, opens a floodgate of crimes upon her when a child traf...

Jacobus: A Eunuch’s Faith by Paul Trittin In the first century Roman Empire at fourteen, the legal age of manhood, Jacobus’ father contracted him to relatives in Sicily as an apprentice learning his Jewish family’s shipping business. Being what the Greeks called a “natural eunuch,” he found himself living with two “cut eunuch” Carthaginian slaves who eventually became his lovers. As his apprentice...

MY AMERICA IS BACK: THOUGHTS OF A PATRIOT by BJ Melton About the Book Foreword We all have thought and opinions. In this book, My America is back, thoughts from a Patriot, I am exposing for all to read, my thoughts and opinions from June 16, 2015 to July 2017 about the process of electing our President. You will see my obvious bias in favour of Donald Trump. And, hopefully, you will understand the...

Ric Catches Up with Actor, Emmy Nominee and Host of MTV’s Summer Hit, Safeword… Terrence J. You know him as the former anchor of E! News and for hosting 106 & Park on BET. Now Terrence J is host of the celebrity-filled second season of Safeword Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT on MTV This season will feature Diddy, Tiffany Haddish, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, DJ Khaled, Jason DeRulo, Haqq twins, Jay...

Exclusive Picture Commemorates the One-Year Anniversary of the Solar Eclipse. Ric Catches Up with Photographer and Artist Jon Carmichael as He Prepares to Unveil a Photograph of the Great American Eclipse that He Took at 39-Thousand Feet. One year ago millions of Americans came together as “cosmic magic” swept away America’s troubles during the Great American Eclipse. For the first time in 99 year...

Steve James, the Oscar®-Nominated Director of Hoop Dreams Talks with Ric About His New Series America to Me The Award-Winning Director Looks at Racial, Economic and Class Issues in American Education in New Documentary Series on STARZ Premiering Sunday August 26th at 9pm ET/PT Created by Emmy Award®-winning and Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Steve James (Hoop Dreams), the new documentary series Americ...

An Inspirational and True Story: Beautifully Broken The Movie Will Be In Theaters Nationwide August 24. Ric Talks with Star Benjamin Onyango A refugee’s escape, a prisoner’s promise, and a daughter’s painful secret converge in Beautifully Broken, an inspiring true story of hope. As three fathers fight to save their families, their lives become intertwined in an unlikely journey across the globe, w...

Breeda Wool Returns for a Creepy Second Season of Mr. Mercedes Premiering August 22nd on AT&T Audience Network The AT&T AUDIENCE Network Series about a Psychopathic Killer is Based on a Novel by Stephen King Breeda Wool became the breakout star of Lifetime’s drama series Unreal playing “Faith,” a young woman from Mississippi who competes on a nationally televised dating show called Everlas...

AS IT IS by Raymond G. Floodgate Inside the pages of this book you will find what amounts to the meaning of life. It will give you an idea of the enormity of our universe and how small a part we play in it. The discoveries that unfold as you read the pages of this book will keep you engrossed as you find out why you are sent to the Earth, and the reason why you have not one life but many. It will...

Love Letters From A Doughboy: A World War I Love Story Author: Margie Howd Thomas Fletcher first sees her in 1916, at a drug store in Birmingham, Alabama. He doesn’t know her, but her brown hair and beautiful eyes captivate him. He soon learns her name—Juliette Wilcox—and she would learn his. Their attraction cannot be denied, but something stands in their way. Thomas is a drafted soldier, about t...

The Amphibiots by Clem Masloff Ranid came to be torn between two sects of the same Amphibiot religion, the frog faith and the salamander one. He began as a researcher in the archives of the frog-worshipers, but discovered their founder was a fraudulent, ambiguous person. Escaping into the swamps, Ranid joins a salamander community. He saves this cult from a conspiracy of mystics and defeats a mosq...

Trouble In The Chicken House by Jim Snyder This story is about a hound and a fox who are the best friends. The hound named Ol’ Blue is in charge of guarding a large chicken farm, but is having trouble with chicken thieves. The mystery continues until Ol’ Blue seeks the help from his crafty little red fox friend named Rusty. Rusty strangely enough is allergic to chickens but gladly helps his large...