This Week in America with Ric Bratton

BEYOND A DIAGNOSIS ( A JOURNEY THROUGH CANCER) by Grace Boykin A memoir of her son Weslee Sheaffer. His birth, head banging, and having to drive him around the neighborhood for him to sleep. His many creative talents. Travel to Japan as Rotary exchange student and stayed in many homes in south and Northern Japan. He loved to travel! Cancer diagnosis of Medulloblastoma brain cancer, chemotherapy, a...

Finding Harry: A True Love Story by Judy Prescott The book is about my grandparents' lives - my grandfather particularly. He was born in the workhouse and brought up by his grandparents after his mother married, when he was four years old. He enlisted in the Army at twenty, shortly before meeting Ada, his wife. They were together for less than a month before he was posted to India and China, and h...

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Images: The Art of Sylvester Peck, Sr. “ART IS A LANGUAGE WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH THE VIEWER THROUGH THE USE OF ELEMENTS ORGANIZED BY THE PRINCIPLES OF ART.”  Sylvester Peck, Sr. has been teaching Art for thirty years but considers himself an artist all his life. He is the senior faculty member at Florida A&M University High School. He was born to Marcus and Lucinda Ross Peck and raised in Jef...

Loving Andrew: A Fifty-Two-Year Story of Down Syndrome by Romy Wyllie In these pages, a mother recounts the birth of Andrew, her child with Down Syndrome, and how the loss of a second baby to cancer started their whole family’s journey through the maze of parenthood.  It tells of the support that Andrew received from his loving parents and siblings as he mastered the skills of life and became a co...

Progress through Struggle by Henry R. Leggette In this story, Progress through Struggle has been an important part of my life. I moved from mule and tractor plowing on my daddy's farm to repairing the control equipment used by air traffic controllers to control aircraft over my daddy's fields. This was accomplished by prayers and believing and loving God! This is the power in prayer! This book is...

Billy the Friendly Blue Bird by Jay Fowler Do you have a best friend? I'm sure there is someone who makes you smile just to see him or her. And you know what, this best friend may not even be human. That is the case for a six-year-old boy named Roman in author Jay Fowler's Billy the Friendly Blue Bird. Billy is a treasured member of Roman's family. He helps Roman with his homework. They laugh, pla...

RUN IN MY SHOES: THE JOURNEY OF UNDERSTANDING RACE AND PREJUDICE IN AMERICA AS SEEN BY AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN by Phillip Bell, Jr. MA Run In MY Shoes is a chronological historical account regarding the political and social economic reasons concerning the development of Racism in American History. Written by an author who grew up during the turbulent Sixties/Civil Rights Struggles regarding the Black/...

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Harley and George by Wendy Cordar Harley the dog loves his life with his person Wendy, a black cat named Cercie, and a little brown mouse named Mousie. But when a rat named George suddenly comes to live with the gang, Harley just can’t stand him! Harley and George teaches us that we’re never too young to learn how to overcome prejudice, and if we can stop judging others, we just might make wonderf...

The Rubber Room Volume 2 by Ivan Bosanko Katey demanded, "When will I see you again?" Jerry gripped his cane hard till the knuckles on his hand went white with rage. "Better make that never plus ten years!" he shouted. Katey and Jerry are caught up in three Cs: change, commitment, and challenges. They have had their differences over the years, and through the numerous bumps in their mutual happine...