This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Return of the Seraph by Craig Ungruhn Hundreds of years in the future, Earth becomes uninhabitable, and humanity is forced to move to another planet to survive. But this other planet already has intelligent life, a race called the seraph. Humans and seraph have a war over control of the planet, and humanity wins, taking three seraph captive for scientific study. Several hundred years later, Zack B...

Mama, Does the Railroad Track Go All the Way to Where the Sun Sets? by Sandy Black ­ "Mama, Does the Railroad Track Go All the Way to Where the Sun Goes Down?" Book #4 continues to look at how these old early America structures played such an important part in molding railroad history at the turn-of-the-century. Using impersonated voices of depots and trains, and the silly humanlike cats, this boo...

Candy Apples by Cherice T. Peagler Candy Apples is a story that helps sharpen the character of being honest, showing integrity, and being content with delayed gratification. The story reminds the reader to not get weary of doing well. If one can be trusted with smaller things, then one can be trusted with the larger things. The main character, Cameron, will be challenged by his friends to make a c...

THERAPY FOR HUMANS: BASED ON A DOG'S ADVICE BY BILL GRIFFIN Canine experts in human behavior concluded that humans seem very stressed and need a lot of therapy. The only way to communicate stress-relieving therapy was to compare canine and human response to different stress situations. Dog photos and humor were used to express the differences in response. If this book does not make you smile, then...

Help Me Understand the Bible by Clarence Whetstone We approach the Bible with American eyes and therefore completely miss or misunderstand so much of it. It is an old Middle Eastern book. To really understand it, we must try to understand their culture, theology, language, and thinking. A good translation is just the first step in understanding the Bible. Figures of speech that are second-nature t...

Bathsheba and the King of Israel: A Historical Romantic Novel by Barbara Young Singer Follow the adorable Bathsheba from six years old bathing in the pool under the waterfall at Ein Gedi to the palace as coregent with her son, Solomon. Startled at first, when David dives into the pool from the top of the waterfall, she loves him from the very first moment. David adores the child too and tells her...

Capt’n Bob’s Adventures In Child Psychology by Robert Belenky “Capt’n Bob’s Adventures in Child Psychology” is a professional memoir, informally written, that begins with the story of the author, his ancestors, his childhood and his education. The focus, however, is on the high spirited experiences that have marked his career whether in Boston, Vermont, Russia or Haiti, working mostly with the poo...

The Navajo Event: Proof of God's Existence by Rick Fishman This book is about a young couple caught in an apartment fire, and their only means of escape is leaping out of a second-story window. Unfortunately, the husband does not survive. The woman, Carli, undergoes surgery for severe burns and a broken spine with a long recovery ahead. But when a medicine man performs a Navajo healing ceremony, C...

Help for the Hurting Child: Christian Approaches to Therapeutic Parenting by Larry E. Banta MD Help for the Hurting Child is Christian based guide developed over many years to assist those parenting children who are not able to be in their home of origin. Originally published under the title of Effective Orphan Care Ministry it has been expanded to be much more useful for the full spectrum of prov...

Why It’s Essential to Eat a Vegetable-Centric Diet: 15 Delicious & Easy Ways to Enjoy Consuming More Vegetables with Susan Smith Jones, PhD  Susan Smith Jones has made extraordinary contributions in the fields of well-being, anti-aging, optimum nutrition and balanced living. A frequent radio/TV talk show guest and motivational speaker, Susan is also the author of many books on holistic health...

THE JOY OF FAITHFUL AND CHEERFUL GIVING: WONDERFUL PRINCIPLES TO EMBRACE by Vincent Onyebuchi Nwankpa, PhD  Few subjects generate more controversy and are addressed less frequently than that of Christian giving. Seldom does the church deal honestly or at all with this most important aspect of a believer ‘s discipleship in Christ. Dr. Nwankpa has sounded a clear and gracious voice in bringing this...

ABSOLUTION by Bob Riepe This is the story of a man and woman (both narcissists) who get married.  The man is a well-known doctor and the woman is a world-class piano player.  This takes place in the 1800's, around Fergus Falls, Minnesota.  Conflict is the name of the game, as the two do battle.  The theme is one of "Forgiveness".  Harriet gets in a train accident, along with most of her family, an...

Embracing the Law of Attraction: Out of the Box, Into the Light by J. M. Jones Embracing the Law of Attraction was written with the hope that the reader will be able to relate to the stories and scriptures. The book is designed to help the readers identify areas of their lives that need changing. By using the workbook, affirmations, scriptures, and the journal, the diligent student will begin to e...

Till We Meet Again by Allen Sweetsir In 1936 Berlin, an unlikely friendship develops between Sidney Klein, the son of an American Army officer, and Klaus Bergman, the son of a Nazi SS officer. Although they are of complete polar opposites when it comes to the political spectrum, they develop a trust and friendship that will remain throughout the coming world war. When they part ways after the end...

The Site by Carlos Valrand The Site provides a gaze into shadowy government entities and their relationships with enterprises with an otherworldly reach. When London schoolteacher Cicely Denfeld begins experiencing vivid and disturbing dreams, she has no idea that they could be foreshadowing a secret reality that has long been hidden from the public eye. In haunting dreams, Cicely lives out the ex...

Words Matter: A collection of vignettes examining the shared spaces of motherhood, marriage, friendship, aging, and femininity By: Judy Marano Words Matter is about all the topics we don't like to talk about: aging, parenting, children, adversity. These moments in time can be read by themselves or as part of the whole story of the author finding her voice through her experiences. The stories are s...

I'm Most Anxious for My Death By: J. Carlton Sharp In his autobiography, J. Carlton Sharp describes his life’s greatest triumphs and trials, sharing the benefit of his experiences with the reader. For the context surrounding his life’s journey, he describes his family’s ancestry; his upbringing by his loving and sometimes strict parents; and his formative childhood memories at the YMCA. Adulthood...

Kennedys In Love by Beatrice Fairbanks Cayzer Ambassador Joseph Kennedy lost three of his favorite children to violent death due to his fanatical ambitions. Joseph Junior, in love with the former Lady Jersey, Pat Wilson, died in a bomb-laden aircraft that exploded in World War II; Kathleen, perished during a storm that tore apart the plane carrying her wih a titled lover to Canner; John F. Kennedy...

Through the Microscopes of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek by Dr. Barbara ten Brink Dr. Barbara ten Brink presents us with another young-adult novel about the history of a scientist told through the fictional accounts of a young heroine who together, they discover the science. We know the history of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek’slife and work through his notebooks, publications, letters, and the books published...

Peace and Happiness: Behold He is Coming by William Epps Peace and Happiness is based on which was, which is and which is yet to come. The book of Genesis, Daniel and Revelation open the mystery of peace and happiness, also it give you a full outlook on behold He cometh. Author Dr. William Epps, a licensed and ordained minister, believes in preaching and teaching God’s word to enhance Christian ed...

RADICAL OR NOT, HERE I COME: One Man's Search For Spiritual Affirmation And To Understand Radical Islam by E. Leroy Neal I never set out to write a book. The book found me. Hearing a sermon based on Acts 9:1-19, the conversion of Saul on the road to Damascus was very unsettling. This was radical. It caused me to question my own conversion and to wonder, what do we mean when we use the term, “radic...

The New Age Bible by Erik Cloud The magical literature full of religious logic, metaphysical common sense, and supernatural wisdom has given way to a new astrological star chart reading fashioned formidably from a keyed up individuals molded mind, body, and soul all the while exposed to everyday occurrences such as light and dark, positive and negative, genetics and environment, ECT. The key used...

Health, Wealth, Love, Beauty and Harmony by Karen Gravit Do you desire better health, wealth, love, beauty, harmony than this world can give and achieve it in an empowered way that does not cause more problems and ill-health like the usual method? Shown how these five areas relate to five simple exercises in order to greatly strengthen instead of deprive each other and create youthful whole well-b...

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Humility Comes Before Honor by Guy Morinville Our Creator is a God of choice. Therefore, destruction is a choice. Honor is also a choice. A proud heart leads to destruction, but a humble heart brings honor. The absence of humility is pride which will bring certain consequences as a result of not humbling oursel...

Oneness by Carmeline The poems that lead us to the realization of our Oneness with each other as fellow human beings and all other forms of existence on our planet speaks to what we share rather than what sets us apart. Life alone distinguishes our experiences. This book shows how we share Life or manifest it in different times, in different places as Being in this world together and how each expr...