This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Sicilian/Napolitano, Brooklyn-born, Amelia Arcamone-Makinano worked for the New York Post, writing education articles that won praise from US Secretary of Education William Bennett; was a NYC teacher for twenty-four years; a United Federation of Teachers chapter leader; mortgage broker prior to the 2008 foreclosures; and twice-named Best NYC Attorney upon litigating before the NYS Supreme Court, p...

"Legacy" Series Robert Maxxim "Born in 1957, Robert experienced several sleep-time visits to other worlds as a child and witnessed countless alien craft. These experiences continue to date in both wake and sleep states. He studied concert piano starting at age three, but changed his calling to science following his visionary experiences. This book is the culmination of these experiences, shared wi...

Eliakim Thorpe a speaker, entrepreneur, thought leader, minister and corporate professional. He is the creator of the T.H.R.I.V.I.N.G. Organization: A New Philosophy to Transform Organizations. www. EliaKimThorpeSpeaks.com

The shocking inside story of the "chemical war" practiced on GIs in Iraq and Afghanistan-by their own commanding officers. About the author Joseph Hickman is a former US Marine and Army sergeant who has served in various sensitive operations around the world, including security duty at the prison complex in Guantanamo Bay. His revelations about the abuse of prisoners at Gitmo resulted in a Nationa...

Between Daring and Doubt…. FAST INTO THE NIGHT A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail By Debbie Clarke Moderow ABOUT THE AUTHOR Originally from Connecticut, Debbie Clarke Moderow went to Alaska in 1979 for a mountain-climbing expedition and met her husband, Mark. For the Moderows, dog mushing has always been a family affair. Debbie ran the Iditarod in 2003 and 2005, compl...

John Brewer author "Golden Mary" Born in 1938, John Brewer moved frequently while living in Kansas, Oklahoma, California, Alaska, and Alberta (Canada). He studied at Johns Hopkins University; B.A. in Biology in 1960 and Ph. D. in Biochemistry in 1963. He took his postdoctoral experience at University of Illinois from 1963 to 1966. He married in 1965 and has two children. His career started at the...

Larry Auerbach is an historical-fiction writer who brings the Old West alive with these three great adventure reads. Each of them is packed with non-stop action, drama and history. With these three novels, Auerbach proves to be an exciting story-teller and a very interesting new writer. In “Common Threads”, readers get to visit Alabama and witness how the Klu Klux Klan of the South is becoming a f...

Living On The Lighter Side: Dr. Susan’s Premier Secrets to Accelerate Fat Loss, Supercharge Energy & Rejuvenate Body & Mind. Diet foods and weight loss programs come and go, but some truths remain constant: Health and fulfillment are multi-faceted jewels — a combination of what we eat (and don’t), how (and how often) we move our bodies, how we deal with stress and “dis-ease,” and how we ch...

Tony is an educator, activist, lecturer and author who have been working in the social justice arena for over twenty years. He is both nationally and internationally recognized for his effort to prevent domestic violence and sexual assault, while promoting healthy and respectful manhood. Tony is the co-founder of A CALL TO MEN: The Next Generation of Manhood. He is the author of "Well Meaning Men....

"Fading Lights" by Bob Lamacki From the horrors of the World War II concentration camps and top secret work on the Manhattan Project to a stint in the CIA and JFK's assassination, the events of FADING LIGHTS span almost 6 decades of love, loss and everything in between. Bob Lamacki worked as the general manager for the company that manufactures the Academy Award statues before buying his own busin...

"The Ring of Courage" by Medha Upadhyay Medha Upadhyay was born on January first, 2002, in Mountain View, California. She currently lives in San Jose, California, with her mom, dad, and younger sister. She attends Joaquin Miller Middle School as a seventh grader, where she also serves as a student council officer. She divides her time between reading, writing, and swimming. She also loves crafts,...

OUR GUEST ON IS JOHNNY ANONYMOUS NO, THAT'S NOT HIS REAL NAME HIS BOOK IS "NFL CONFIDENTIAL: TRUE CONFESSIONS FROM THE GUTTER OF FOOTBALL". IF HE USED HIS REAL NAME THAT WOULD MEAN HIS BOOK WAS APPROVED BY THE NFL BEFORE IT WENT TO PRINT. AS YOU'LL HEAR ON TODAY'S SHOW, THEY CERTAINLY WOULD NEVER APPROVE. IN FACT,A LAWSUIT IS MORE LIKELY. JOHNNY IS A VERY REAL NFL OFFENSIVE LINEMAN. HE'S BEEN A PR...

Cynthia Clark became passionate about hands in 2008 and has been studying them ever since. She has analyzed over 5,000 pairs of hands. Her connection with hands started at the library, when she randomly picked up a book on palmistry and had a clear feeling of déjà vu that she had already studied the material. She has trained with Richard Unger of the International Institute of Hand Analysis and is...

Yvonne Heath is a nurse with a mission...to help bring death out of the darkness and into our conversations and to create a culture of acceptance with less fear. With over 25 years experience working in health care, she has witnessed a great deal of excessive suffering in our death phobic society. She has also felt it in her own life. Inspired by those who have lived fully and died peacefully, she...

"Legacy" Series Robert Maxxim "Born in 1957, Robert experienced several sleep-time visits to other worlds as a child and witnessed countless alien craft. These experiences continue to date in both wake and sleep states. He studied concert piano starting at age three, but changed his calling to science following his visionary experiences. This book is the culmination of these experiences, shared wi...

"What's Ya Name?" What’s in a name? Well, according to Jimmy Key, quite a bit. “We name our pets,” he writes, “our newborn babies, and many of us even name our plants,” so why don’t we name that machine that gets us from place to place? It certainly is much more useful than a houseplant. That’s where the author steps in with the answer to the question What’s Ya Name? as he offers a range of names...

The odds are more than 40 percent that cancer will touch your life. Including families, cancer affects almost four million people per year. There are few common medical realities surrounded by as much malefaction, mystique, and misunderstanding as cancer. In When Tumor Is the Rumor and Cancer Is the Answer, author Dr. Kevin P. Ryan helps you see past the macabre mythology. Marie Sampieri and Tom B...

"The King of Coalman"s Hill" Matt Shea For all his long life, Clayton Graves has served the people of his mountain community at Coalman's Hill. The caretaker of the legendary Graves family home, where the doors are always open to those in need, Clayton spends his days bringing food to the hungry, warmth to the cold and helpless-and most of all, caring for his beloved granddaughter, Elizabeth. But...

"Against All Odds" Denis Knezovic This is a story about achieving success in the midst of a number of incredible obstacles. It is about life as a war refugee with cerebral palsy and goes from early childhood into young adulthood. This story shows what is possible under circumstances that some have said to be impossible. As the writer overcomes some obstacles, others emerge. These new challenges re...

Leading holistic health educator and author Susan Smith Jones, PhD, reveals her favorite methods to supercharge metabolism, burn more calories, boost energy, and reshape the body. If you’ve ever struggled with losing weight or gaining it back after having some success, this is the program for you. For over 35 years, Dr. Susan has relied on herbs, spices, foods, and a variety of natural remedies to...

Italy Invades: How Italians Conquered the World By Christopher Kelly and Stuart Laycock "Italy Invades: How Italians Conquered the World" CHRISTOPHER KELLY is the former Chairman of Chyron Corporation and a retired television executive. He’s had a lifelong passion for military history, and many of his family have fought in previous American wars including one, Stephen Van Rensselaer of NY, who led...

Part 2 "When Tumor is the Rumor and Cancer is the Answer" Kevin P. Ryan, MD FACP COL USAF (ret ) graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Georgetown University, summa cum laude, AOA from Georgetown Medical School and was heavily decorated during his career in the USAF medical corps retiring as a full Colonel . He is a clinical full Professor at UC Davis School of Medicine and has authored nu...

Part 1 "When Tumor is the Rumor and Cancer is the Answer" Kevin P. Ryan, MD FACP COL USAF (ret ) graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Georgetown University, summa cum laude, AOA from Georgetown Medical School and was heavily decorated during his career in the USAF medical corps retiring as a full Colonel . He is a clinical full Professor at UC Davis School of Medicine and has authored nu...

" A Lost Gun" Wix Simon is the nom de plume used by Ted Wix Simon. He has thus far published one novel "A Lost Gun" and a textbook "Environmental Risk Assessment: A Toxicological Approach." Both are currently available on Amazon.com. Wix has completed another novel titled "Poisoned" and is currently looking for an agent. Wix aka Ted earns a living as a consulting scientist-he is the principal and...

Certainly a busy time for acclaimed actor Byron Mann. Appearing in Paramount Picture's THE BIG SHORT as CDO fund manager Mr Chau based on the real-life Wing Chau. He also stars in fifth and final season of AMC's HELL ON WHEELS which returns this summer. So many films and tv series "STREET FIGHTER, THE MAN WITH THE IRON FISTS, RISE OF THE LEGEND, CATWOMAN, RED CORNER, JASMINE, CSI:CYBER, CW'S HIT "...