This Week in America with Ric Bratton

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...

What You Should Have Learned on Earth by Martin S. Finkelstein Imbedded in this fantasy novel about death and life are many important life lessons for successful and satisfying living. The novel begins after the demise of Caleb Peterson. While alive, Caleb had been a staunch white supremacist. After his passing, his tortured soul undertakes an odyssey to learn what the living Caleb should have lea...

Alaska Stories: A Memoir by Margret Kingrey ALASKA STORIES: A Memoir is a story of travel, romance and spiritual quest of Margret Riddle. At forty-five, Margret leaves her son in Tacoma to move to Anchorage, AK to find her adventures. She works as an occupational therapist. In her free time, she kayaks, hikes and learns to snowshoe. Just when she learns to value herself as a single woman, she fall...

Dragon Lords: The Return of the Generals BY Trent R. Bingham Best friends Ryan and Jerry were finishing up a normal day, completely unaware that their lives were about to change. In the dark night, they learned that they have been watched and followed by two reptiles not from their world. They learned that they were actually dragons came to recruit and train them to become like them. Ryan and Jerr...

Expect the Miraculous: A True Story of the Extraordinary Power of God by Carol Romeo  Carol describes her books as a reflection of her personal journey through the ups and downs of life and the creative ways through which the Lord Jesus met her. She states, “Each book describes my struggles during that period of my life and how the Lord healed, delivered and transformed me into the whole person I...

A Trilogy That Explains Spiritual Growth: (The Cure For All Our Woes) by Jacqueline McNeil Watts "A Trilogy That Explains Spiritual Growth" gives readers a clear understanding of what human beings are, how we came to be, and the journey of spiritual growth that leads us to our future as spirit beings.  It explains how three powerful energies (called The Trinity in Christianity) are the source and...

Fan Loyalty: A tribute to the late Brook Benton by Carol Wilson Mack Fan Loyalty chronicles the journey of a young woman as she said "I am going to meet him." She did not know it at the time, but the man she was speaking about was the singer Brook Benton. She did get to meet he, and his entire family. She shares with us that amazing journey. Fan loyalty reminds us how important words are and lets...

Life Is But A Dream: A Memoir of Living with Illness by Garet Spiese Afflicted with an unrecognized liver ailment at age 13, Peggy fights for life as her illness transforms her physically and psychologically. Her parents, uncertain whether their daughter will live or die, immerse her in life and positive energy.  This is the story of Peggy's survival despite the odds. Although her dreams seem dash...

I Am Copasetic by Stichis When I was young, when I was ignorant, when I was immature, when I was lame, when I had no game, I suffered from erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation. I was a one-minute man. I hated it and she hated it. I was pathetic. But now that I am grown, I am knowledgeable, I am mature, I got game, when it's time to penetrate, I am rock-hard plus, I got stamina so, I can...

Vision of Hope: Rebuilding A Life Destroyed By Drugs and Alcohol by Leilani Faber Vision of Hope is an important contribution to the growing number of stories by recovering addicts, for its well-written account in terms that are touching yet honest, in both the low points and high points of her story. Perhaps most significantly, Leilani Faber's life story brings us to a conclusion that includes a...

What the Wind Blew In: 6 Stories To Read With Children by Marilyn B. Wassmann Marilyn Benjamin Wassmann was born in a leap year and earned four degrees-two in art history, one in library science, and one in studio art. Before retiring in 2011, Marilyn worked as an art cataloger at the Library of Congress.  She has illustrated and contributed to anthologies for the Greenbelt Writers Group. In 2016,...

'The One' A Deedra Lee Saga: It's only human to wonder. What If? by Donna Hammond For many years, Deedra Lee has had visions of faces and locations that she doesn't recognize. Having déjà vu moments, she hears others' thoughts. Her dreams are a kaleidoscope of landscape that can only be found in the northwest. Deedra enrolls at the University of Washington. She hopes to follow a vision of the carv...

At A Cross Road: Church Troubled: Consumerism & Simplicity by Venerable, Dr. Felix Udo Anyasor There are some Ideological and structural vices of life, and when not given attention, may spread like cancer. Consumerism was known to be a societal and secular vice, in a sense, and also one of the engendering factors to corruption in the governmental and some business areas. But when consumerism f...

Two Fishes from the River Nile by Prophet Allyson Michael D'Espyne   For families who have found out the truth of their past generations, Jesus is saying thank you to you, for now you will be able to rest in the soul of Jesus. Longer life will be given to you, so that you will be and will become a light that will burn for generations to come. The memories of innocence far outweigh the torments of...

Treated As A Jew by Burt Jagolinzer It was the summer of 1939, and school-aged friends Ivan Kranofsky and Hyman Goldenstein have no worries in the world except how to capture the attention of the beautiful Brenda Cropsky. But by September, their modest lives are shattered as Nazi tanks push through their small town of Bruzgi, Poland destroying everything in their wake. Apprehended by Nazi soldiers...

​Get the Most Out of the Holidays: Simple Tips to Survive the Holidays (& Year-Round) without Weight Gain, Fatigue or Depression with Susan Smith Jones, PhD Many people gain between 5-12 pounds from Thanksgiving through the first week of January. How would you like to go through the holidays this year without gaining a pound? That’s right! Does that sound impossible to you? You can do it with...

Through the Rainy Season: Out of the floods of addiction by Adam Martinez Through The Rainy Season is a story about one man’s battle through drug addiction. In desperation he (Adam or myself) flees to Guyana South America in hopes to outrun his addiction. There, in the depths of the Amazon jungle at a Christian boarding academy, Adam must endure five long weeks of withdrawals in hopes of becoming...

The Impossible Dream by Jasper Fullard, Jr. MD Racism and healthcare disparities have always been a problem in the Black community, especially small country towns. This book illustrates how a poor Black boy at the age of twelve watched his mother almost die from the lack of adequate health care from a White doctor. I come from a very poor family of eleven children, poor education environment, low...

Fighting to Survive: The Suicide Disease by Judy V. Rentz Are you hurting, pain that comes upon your body every day as you rise? Do you have pain you've tried to explain to doctor after doctor, searching always for anyone who could understand and offer compassion to you? And yet no help comes time after time. No one knows, understands, or even searches information for the "Monster" that takes you...

Accidental Blessing by K. A. White Accidental Blessing portrays the unforgettable journey of a young woman’s one night encounter with the enemy. What she thought was a one night encounter became a decade long struggle. It’s a journey through the cloying blackness, brokenness, loss and the many brushes with death. Accidental Blessing gives the reader a glimpse into the faithfulness of God and His s...

Piper Finds Her Special by Alison Keenan Piper Finds Her Special provides a peek inside the mind of a therapy dog as she discovers her special purpose in life while providing a reading program for children. This is a true story about Team Keenan who works with children who have reading challenges. Through the magic of unconditional love, the dog and her owner help children lose their fear and anxi...

How to Control Your Mind Like a Car Instead of a Rollercoaster by Marcellus Stanley At times we all may get a little frustrated with our minds and how we think. Sometimes you may feel your thoughts are controlling you instead of you being in control of your thoughts. This book can help you to see how you can be more empowered to take control of your mind and thinking. It helps you to understand th...

President Trump And My Neighbor: Two Different People Who Are Very Much The Same by Max Foster  Always try to see the positive side of things. If there are enough of you out there that find this story entertaining, I might make enough money to sue the hell out of my neighbor. Now that was not very nice. I have learned from this experience. If someone tries to destroy your life, you should not lowe...

Letters from Sadie: Letters Written by Sadie Claire (Marcum) Montgomery from the Norton, Kansas, Tuberculosis Sanatorium by Darla Hedrick Quinn Darla Hedrick Quinn served as primary caregiver and advocate for her mother, Mary (Montgomery) Hedrick, for eleven and a half years while her mother was a resident at assisted living facilities in Parsons, Kansas, and San Antonio, Texas. After her mother’s...

Chopin Through the Window: An Autobiography by Franziska Stein and Amy Crews Cutts Franziska was a young girl of just fifteen when Adolf Hitler annexed her homeland, the Sudetenland, to Germany. While she was making plans to study philosophy and art history at the prestigious Karls University in Prague, the tides of war were ominously rolling toward her. Conscripted into the Red Cross as a nurse t...