This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Maggie's Bed and Breakfast- A New Start by Eva D. Beaty Maggie Martin lost her husband to cancer. Before he died, he asked her to follow their dream, which was to open a bed-and-breakfast. With the help of her sister Marty and close friends, she gets the bed and breakfast up and running. She finds herself having feelings for her husband's older brother when he shows up to pay his respects to her h...

East of Midnight: The Chalmers Trilogy by Karen Humeniuk His father had kept his word. He had not attended any part of Cameron's graduation. Afterward, every discussion between Cameron and his father had turned into an argument-not explosive ones, but the seething writhing kind that slowly blistered the relationship. Such had been the argument about Wyoming. Though Uncle Nathan's offer had likely...

Boosting Your Immune System Year-Round with Susan Smith Jones, PhD Boosting your immune system is one of the best things you can do because it is your body's key defense when it comes to fighting a virus and even cancer. Even if you are exposed to a virus, Covid and more, if your immune system is strong, you have a better chance of not getting sick. Today holistic health and lifestyle expert, Susa...

Considering the Journey: One Doctor's Perspective by Dr. Jeffrey T. Evans DHA Considering the Journey was written to help perspective doctoral and PhD candidates get an idea of what to expect about the Doctoral Journey before signing on the dotted line from a person that made the journey. The author speaks from his experience of not knowing much about the journey before he began and how he fields...

Forty Years To Life by Brenda Bradford Ward This work is a vivid description of a life-in-hiding very few people ever will experience. Society errs either on the side of lax and harmful permissiveness or of harsh and destructive suppression regarding gender identity conflict. To address the problem effectively, we first need to understand it; and a pendulum approach to resolution only exacerbates...

The Road to Georgia Marble: How the Federal Road Led to Discovering Georgia’s Marble Industry by Bill Cagle The Road to Georgia Marble tells an informative and concise history of Georgia’s marble industry that includes the quarries and the company that holds a complete monopoly on them.  The book shares the history of how the marble industry was conceived in the heart of Georgia. From the construc...

My True Love For Farming by Chris Brettell    Despite a poor education and not being able to spell, I have always had an interest in writing. I kept a daily diary supplied by the National Union of Railwaymen during my employment at British Rail. When I started a landscaping business in 1980, keeping a diary became even more important. In 1985 I answered an advert offering further education. My tea...

Tiger Lily by Noel-Anne Brennan In an alternate modern America, Lily Mossberg, an anthropology lecturer at a rural New England university, has the ability to turn herself into a tiger.  This ability is due to a sudden rash of genetic mutations, a “psi plague,” of which shape-shifting is a rare and virtually unstudied variant. Lily must contend with her ex-husband, the powerful head of a pharmaceut...

Deli's Pickle by Karen Carmack Clinton Just outside the town of Adderville lives an underground community of mice who are doing their best to keep their existence a secret from the humans. One of its residents is a tiny, overbearing mouse who often finds herself in trouble because of her bossiness. Deli wants things done her way all the time. To be honest, she would rather read, play, or throw tan...

Walk With Me, My Son: You and I Have Some Stories to Tell by Richard Asmet Awid Walk With Me, My Son is Richard Asmet Awid's historical family biography on the Lebanese diaspora and the Lebanese pioneers in the Canadian prairies.  In 1901, nineteen-year-old Ehmid Alley Awid Amerey moved to London, Ontario, leaving the dissolving Ottoman Empire behind. With conscription on the horizon, he fled in s...

Evermore by Margaret Krivchenia Evermore tells the sweeping story of the Mayer and Sharples families and how their lives intertwine through love, joys, sorrows, and tragedies. The story is set in the Finger Lakes Region of Upstate New York. It spans the decades from the 1930s to the beginning of the new millennium. The meeting of 15-year-old Lizbeth with seventeen-year-old Ian Sharples sparks a se...

The Underground Taxi by Maurice Hall Buchanan A taxi driver named Harry Johnson, is about to be forced into bankruptcy when a beautiful mysterious African woman offers him a substantial amount of money to drive her from Miami to Boston. He accepts her offer only to find that two-gun wielding Africa men, members of Idi Amin notorious SRB were pursuing her, along with the police, FBI, and a private...

Lessons of Nature: From a Modern-Day Shepherd by Don F. Pickett We live in an environment that is comprised of both natural and artificial objects. The former is comprised of God’s creations, which manifest themselves in all their varieties in a state of perfection, order, and beauty, while the latter consists of creations of man, which exhibit the frailties and imperfections common to humankind....

The Life Story of Lona J. Webb by Lona J. Webb Lona Johnson Webb was born and raised in Jamaica, West Indies. She is the last of eleven children. She migrated to the United States of America with her husband and six children. Migrating to the US changed her, especially for the kids. She will always be appreciative of the change because it was excellent. Mrs. Webb has enjoyed being free to visit he...

Walk on Water: Not Allowing Fear to Handicap your Greatness by Jacolbe Barefield Jacolbe Barefield writes a motivational book about fear that has complete control over one’s life. People might let God into their lives but still grip on fear like a child’s favorite toy. Fear has always been the shadow that goes around with the person. People who strive to be great can be handcuffed by fear, paralyz...

Glacier Highway: Book I by Donna V. Batt It is a beautiful spring day when Jen decides to hike with her retired military service dog, CD, near the base of Glacier Park. Recently discharged from the military due to an injury, Jen is looking forward to a relaxing hike in the sun. But when she encounters two scruffy men on the trail, everything changes. During a scuffle with the men, Jen is rescued b...

The 1,300 Years’ War by Robert Maddock The book is in two volumes and describes the evolution of Judeo-Christianity and Islam and the 1,300 years of warfare between them. Islam and Christianity follow gods with different characteristics and differing doctrine—free will versus determinism. They were engaged in bloody conflict from AD 632 until 1856 (Crimean War) when the Ottoman Empire became the “...

In Awe of It All: Stories and Inspirations from a Spiritual Journey through Eight Decades of Life on This Earth by Sherry Dee Lady Upon request of family and friends, a series of weekly essays written over a period of four years was put into book form with the essays put into various chapters along with accompanying photos provided by daughter Julie Hall’s personal photography. The essays are part...

A JOURNEY THROUGH MY LIFE - Enjoying the Journey” BY YVONNE E. BROWN (2ND EDITION - BOOK 1) This book is about the fascinating story of a woman who has had a rich and remarkable life.  An interesting story of resilience, perseverance, and growth that will undoubtedly inspire readers to reflect on their own lives and the paths they have chosen. Yvonne Brown’s book “A JOURNEY THROUGH MY LIFE - Enjoy...

HOUSEPLANTS FOR YOUR HEALTH with SUSAN SMITH JONES, PhD We all know that plants make people happy, but do you know the science behind it? Adding living plants to your interiors is shown to have positive effects on mental health, ability to focus, stress relief, air quality and even provide therapeutic benefits. Today we will explore why and how plants support our health and some favorite houseplan...

PANCAKE by Robert E. Cartmell Chris Pancake loves the Lord and loves baseball. He is the best high school pitcher in his district, perhaps even in the state. A major league scout pursues him and informs him that the Pirates intend to draft him second overall, but Chris has other plans. Then, he accomplishes a feat that has rarely been seen before from a high school pitcher. Still coping with the l...

THE UNHEARD CRY OF AN ADOLESCENT by Briyanna Dorminvil Does anyone know about the depression and pain of an adolescent? Some of us may think that only adults endure trials and pain. However, people of all ages experience difficulties and distress. Life does get more challenging as you grow older; however, age doesn't define the severity of problems in life. Several young people are currently suffe...

Jeannie Ann's Grandma Has Breast Cancer by Diane Davies Jeannie Ann is a typical six-year-old. When she learns her grandma has breast cancer, it brings up the fears, questions, emotions, and misunderstandings that come with facing a medical challenge. With her loving family by her side, Jeannie Ann learns about what cancer can bring; tumors, mastectomies, chemotherapy, pain, and loss, but also hop...

Lemonade by Jackie Ng Jackie Ng is a 56-year-old Chinese female from Malaysia. She was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 1998. Two brain surgeries and a series of complications caused her to live with paralysis. Through her fortitude, she struggled through depression and disability, and managed to rejoin society. She published a short medical memoir, Rising , and a Chinese version, during the heigh...

The Truth About Your Healing: Anyone Can Be Healed of Any Disease by Adelle Penn-Brown, D. Min. If you are fed up and exhausted of being sick, this is your book. When medical science says it’s a chronic disease, you don’t have to live stuck in that dimension. There’s healing for every disease and every sickness. This book tells you why anyone can be healed of any disease and how you can be healed...