This Week in America with Ric Bratton

UPLIFTED: Creating a Life with Optimal Wellness, a Victorious Mindset & Much Less Stress with Susan Smith Jones, PhD Busy lives inevitably create a hectic pace of life. According to our guest today, holistic health and lifestyle expert, Susan Smith Jones, PhD, experiencing beauty, feeling wonder, and breathing in deeply of life’s countless blessings often fall to the bottom of our “to-do” list...

Tick-Tock Tick-Tock Blue Planet by Gonzague Dufour A beautiful blue planet-Earth. Four friends who live in the North Pole, in Africa, in an ocean, and in a forest. Four friends discovering that the planet is in danger. Four friends who decide to do something to protect their iceberg, forest, savanna, and the elephants. And, you, what can you do to protect this beautiful planet? Gonzague spent many...

Growing Up In Marriage...Perfectly Flawed by Tena L. Parker Growing up In Marriage....Perfectly Flawed is a book about how God can use the messiest of a person's mistakes for His Glory.  It is a book about how childhood traumas and issues, if not dealt with, can show its ugly head at the most inopportune of times.  It is a book about accountability.  Standing exposed. Being transparent. And owning...

Friendship City: Hanging by a Thread by Carl H. Mitchell It is 2058. NYPD detective Nick Garvey and Lenora Allison, President of the battered and reeling United States, are battling the many remaining remnants of the murderous World Council. They must confront the forced introduction of a man-made killer plague and the destruction of the newly created Friendship City. President Allison succeeded i...

​ Medical Decisions for a Loved One with a Life-Threatening Illness: Palliative Care for the Community By: Dr. Gannel Jean-Pierre Medical Decisions for a Loved One with a Life-Threatening Illness: Palliative Care for the Community by Dr. Gannel Jean-Pierre is a wonderful resource for people dealing with a life-threatening illness or who have a loved one in such a situation. Dr. Jean-Pierre blends...

DONDOBEE: OR THE ADVENTURES OF A LEOLIAN ELF by Dale Parry The Adventures of a Leolian Elf is a simple tale of a faithful elf who is imprisoned for his ugliness. In a time long ago a young urchin boy named Coal, creates a musical instrument that charms the creatures of the wood including 2 Leolian elves, Shreebee and Rodo. A pact is made between the boy and the elves. The elves will serve Coal unt...

THE STRENGTH OF THE NATION by Luisa Mirella Plancher The Strength of the Nation is an excerpt from another manuscript, The Angel of the Lord, which will be published soon. Therefore, how do we make our nation great and strong? We do this by entering the same mindset of the prophets of old because the brilliance of discovery and the wisdom, knowledge, and understanding are not our own but of the sp...

Lord Santa's Review by Sarah Mirza Ash is a Light Warrior who reports to Santa's grotto after a three-year absence to undertake her review. Expecting to be in disgrace, instead she finds herself totally unprepared for the reception. Her review brings surprises and Ash learns about her own levels of power and connection higher than she had ever understood. Perhaps she is much, much more than the ma...

THIS I SWEAR IS TRUE by Marilyn Moore I invite you to read this book once, then again, and again. You will have a hard time believing—yes—that it is all true. Any fatal illness is so hard to believe, especially the one with the C word. This is very scary for anyone. You want something done right now, and you become a terrible wreck. We do think of things like “This is not happening” or “How can th...

Blue Skies and Tail Winds by Gerry Cole This story focuses on a family that is struggling to get their lives back on track after a fiery airplane crash almost claims the life of their son / brother. We are introduced to Mom, a stay at home parent, who has to learn new skills to be a caregiver to her son and Dad, a physician, who travelled back and forth from Los Angeles to Gainesville to be with h...

Unbreakable Hearts II: A True Heart-Wrenching Story About Victory... Forfeited! by Earl "Dusty" Trimmer Earl "Dusty" Trimmer relates with both skill and personal experience events surrounding our most forgetable and misunderstood war in America's history. He brings it all home with his down-to-earth style and considerable knowledge. In Unbreakable Hearts , Dusty dives into the Vietnamese history a...

Take the High Road to Personal Accountability: Incorporating Self Responsibility, Character and Integrity into your Life by Moe Russell Oftentimes when something goes wrong in our life, our first reaction is to find someone to blame. That is natural, but is a trap that can stifle passion and creativity. In Take the High Road to Personal Accountability, Moe Russell shares his personal life and busi...

A Guardian Angel By: David Edsall Having no doubt that he was assisted in life by angels, A Guardian Angel is a fictionalized account of the author's life. The events are true and basically a "rags to riches" story, due entirely to the fact that the main character allowed God to lead him throughout his entire life. God has a plan for everyone, a plan designed even before we are born. We only need...

Living from Within: A Tribute to Love and Happiness by EJ Seals-Jackson The path to spiritual enlightenment is not for the faint of heart and takes much longer than we imagine. The good news is that when we change how we look at our lives and learn to live from within, we can end all our suffering and free ourselves to embrace the absolute freedom we came here to experience. In a guide to spiritua...

The Book Of Words and Art by Jesus Antonio Picasso The Book of Words is a collection of poems and illustrations within the views of the author's understanding of how he sees the world. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, Jesus Picasso is currently pursuing a degree path in psychology. Holding a love for the macabre and unusual, it is part of his inspiration and style that creates this book. https:/...

The Adventures Of Ezekiel Alexander Thornbird: Following the steps of "The Great" "A Journey Home" by Lisa Gayle Miles ​A very special young puppy named Ezekiel was kidnapped from his family. He was rescued and placed in a loving temporary home where he gained some very important knowledge. After learning about having been found along the street as a puppy and the possibility of having a birth fam...

SALLY MUIR BEYOND DEATH, CONTINUING STORIES IN THE AFTERLIFE by Sally Muir ​After Ninette Peterson died, she came to Sally Muir and told her about her experiences after death. Thus they began their daily chats, which opened the amazing world of the afterlife. Experience the marvels alongside her as she reveals remarkable landscapes, color baths, angelic helpers and experiences the life review. She...

The Warehouse by Joyce Crawford In the days after God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden, His fairies, Faith, Hope, Serenity, Passion, and little Curiosity, were concerned about Him being sad and lonely. Upon meeting The Creator in the Garden's morning mist, the fairies asked if they could find Him new friends. God chuckled at the fairies' concern and offered an alternative. "Would you like to...

The Unyielding Passion for Life of Lee Raymond Blanchette, a Remarkable Man by Kathleen Ingfried Haskins Lee Raymond Blanchette had ambitions to be the first above-the-knee amputee to kayak the Mississippi River from its headwaters in Minnesota to its destination in New Orleans. Other things on his Bucket List were to swim with the dolphin, Winter, who has a prosthetic tail, and to work in the Ant...

When God Acts by Jack Ream ​The book is about how God established a homeless shelter using the efforts of members of eleven churches working together, including all the miracles that were performed in accomplishing the project. It tells about the lessons the author learned in working with the homeless. Then it describes how that same group of churches talked all the others food pantries in the com...

Adoption Joys 2: Dads Make a Difference by Doris Howe ​Doris Howe is a missionary with Youth with A Mission. Her mission field is in Tyler, Texas at Loving Alternative Adoption Agency. She has been an adoption caseworker for over 24 years. Her main task is to minister to young women who find themselves in an unplanned pregnancy. She is to love them, educate them, and pray with them. God's ultimate...

Words of Wisdom Book 1-5: Those with wisdom will shine as the brightness of the sky by Roy Martin There are five mini books titled WORDS OF WISDOM. Each book is numbered on the front and spine. These books are not written like a novel. They contain a collection of short "sayings" concerning wisdom. The "sayings" are from several sources, including the Bible. The books are small enough to be carrie...

​VENTURE by Daniel Jimenez ​Born into a strange and cruel world, a brother and a sister try to make the most out of the unfair hand they were dealt. With both parents dead and a giant as their surrogate father, they attempt to find their place in the world. Soon they would find that trying to fit in is the least of their problems when a deadly secret from the past jeopardizes their future. As a fi...

The Importance of a Healthy Gut with Susan Smith Jones, PhD A healthy gut contributes to a strong immune system, heart health, brain health, improved mood, healthy sleep, and effective digestion, and it may help prevent some cancers and autoimmune diseases. When you heal your gut and restore bacterial balance, your body is given the opportunity to regenerate. Immunity can increase and you will sta...

​THE WONDER OF LIFE by John Durbin Husher Discusses life on Earth from it's beginning with the objective of finding out how life is started. It discuses wars and the many changes on earth and how man takes a foothold on Earth's history; continuously searching for how life is initiated. This is the story of medical learning of man bringing the reader right up to the present, past DNA to the discove...