This Week in America with Ric Bratton

RALPHIE AND FRIENDS by Barbara Tufford Fun-loving friends go on adventures all over the world and beyond. It is after all, all about the life of dogs. The Author is a retired master groomer and an avid animal lover. Her goal is to share this lighthearted series to lift who is down, change frowns into smiles and most of all take a few minutes to forget about the stress of everyday living. https://w...

60 YEARS LIVING WITH DIABETES: IN SPITE OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION by James Zajac In 60 Years Living with Diabetes: In Spite of the Medical Profession, author James Zajac details the Arduous road from his diagnosis with diabetes at age 13 to his current successful-albeit untraditional-Management of the disease at age 73. Zajac describes the genesis of his diabetes following a childhood bout with rh...

The Cats Who Love(d) Me And The One Who Doesn't by Joyce FitzGerald Galloway Who would have thought that cats will make her take a 180-degree turn in her life? She never thought the impact they will have in her life. Cats can bring out latent talents in humans, and they do so with remarkable success for author Joyce FitzGerald Galloway, as told in the pages of “The Cats Who Love(d) Me and the One...

SEVEN: A STORY OF THINGS TO COME by Alice Johnson Childs When the impossible to believe becomes impossible to ignore...The instant when the beginning of the end finally happened, the world at large was unprepared to face the aftermath of the event that heralded it. In a small remote mountain town tucked away in the hills of North Carolina, a band of friends must now face what will be the last seve...

PROGRESSIVISM: OUR ROAD TO SERFDOM: ARISE AMERICA: REBUILD YOUR GOD-GIVEN CAPITALIST FOUNDATIONS by Zester and Marilyn Hatfield Is the American dream really dead? What really makes the different between a "have" and a "have not"? In Progressivism: Our Road to Serfdom, authors Zester and Marilyn Hatfield examine these questions and others in light of the historic realities of who we are, where we h...

UNTIL HELL FREEZES  OVER by Ernie Moulton Sheila Mictackic had gone missing one afternoon when she was elevenand had not been seen again. Her brother, George, had told when she went to school that morning that if anything happened to her, he would not stop looking for her until Hell freezes over.   He found her 25 years later, a prisoner of the gang he was pursuing. He restored her health and beau...

THINK LIKE A MOLECULE: SEEKING INSPIRATION IN THE STRUCTURES OF THOUGHT by Chuck Champlin Despite their complex structures, molecules most likely do not take time to ponder the ways they fit into the big scheme of things. But when zillions of molecules combine into organized, functional systems, we get everything including you and me and some seven or eight billion others. It’s likely that after t...

LIVING THE MIRACLES: A SAILOR'S LIFE IN THE NUCLEAR POWER AGE by Albert Lee Kelln Al Kelln's twenty-seven miracles will inspire the reader. The son of German speaking immigrants left the aftermath of the Depression in Oklahoma to become a Naval officer and nuclear propulsion engineer. His years at U.S. Naval Academy (class of 1952) prepared him for destroyer and diesel submarine deployments to the...

THE LIFE AND STORY OF ONE-EYED JOE ED SMITH: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY by Joe Edward Smith I am writing this book to tell the story of a kid from Everett who joined the Army in the early 1960s and served in Korea, Asia, and West Germany. As a young man, I believed then as I do now about service above self. I hope that this story will be meaningful to the reader. I am inspired by my experiences with the Arm...

Aging Healthfully, Happily & Gracefully 10 Tips for Living a More Sacred, Balanced Life in Body, Mind & Spirit with Susan Smith Jones, PhD It was Mark Twain who once wrote: Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter . Let’s face it, we all age, but do we always need to look like we’re aging? Is it possible to slow down the aging process? And why is it that so...

SERMONS WITH INSIGHT by Roland Zimany, Ph. D. "Roland Zimany is a theologically well-informed, biblically adept, gifted communicator of the Christian faith.  The sermons and lectures in this book are not only substantial but also engaging.  How refreshing it is to be encountered by a preacher who loves a congregation enough to tell them the truth about God in all its richness and demanding depth!"...

BECOMING THE ADMIRAL'S WIFE: A DUAL MEMOIR OF A CALLED PAIR by Cecily Watson Kelln In this confessional memoir, Cecily Watson Kelln leaves the comforts of her childhood "Cackleberry Farm" to face womanhood fraught with struggles to find love and security. Divorce, rejection, and despair try to knock her down. But her mother's exemplary Christian faith keeps her full of hope. This true story involv...

RUNNING WITH ROSELLE: HOW A BLIND BOY AND A PUPPY GREW UP, BECAME BEST FRIENDS, AND TOGETHER SURVIVED ONE OF AMERICA'S DARKEST DAYS by Michael Hingson with Jeanette Hanscome A puppy who became a true American hero. The blind boy who let nothing stop him. When they finally grew up and met, it was magic. On September 11, 2001, a blind man escaped the World Trade Center by walking down 78 flights of...

 BIRD FROM HELL: FOURTH EDITION by Gerald McIsaac As children, we are captivated by stories of huge fantastical creatures, such as the wooly mammoth and the pterodactyl. The prevailing wisdom is these species are long extinct, but new evidence uncovered by author Gerald McIsaac casts doubt on these widely held assumptions. McIsaac gathered stories from the elders of the First Nation those who were...

RHYTHMS PRIMEVAL by Maya Mitra Das The verses of Maya Mitra Das plumb the alchemy of primeval moons and mist-wrapped mountains; delving deep into the realm of personal myth. Spanning the arc of ecstasy and despair, her poems explore the boundaries of human loneliness as well as the healing power of love. Poet and short story writer Maya Mitra Das was born in India and came to the U.S. in 1973. She...

DELIVERANCE FOR THE SAVED by Pastor Donatus C. Okafor Are you confused in life? Are you controlled by the spirit of fear? Do you think that you are held by unknown forces? Are you always faced with failures and disappointment even after much effort? Are you depressed in life? Are you thinking of committing suicide? Do you think that your future is being held and manipulated by some people? Are you...

IGNITING VALUES by Dora D'Costa Good values are relevant in any era , are character building and are conducive to building a better society . Values , that will enable the reader to emulate and pass on to others, have been selected. Stories inspire people of all ages to critically think about their own behaviour and that of others. Then people can objectively evaluate these behavioural patterns an...

THE BOYHOOD OF KAEDE - THE EMPIRE OF ELVES BOOK 1  by David Applegate After the fall of Tir Na Nog, Elves left Earth and established a temporary home on Mars while they explored the stars. Discovering many new worlds, they built a large fleet and began a long exodus. Centuries later, Kaede Hashimoto, a flower Elf and the grandson of the Emperor, is born. However, Kaede is no ordinary child. The Em...

Catholics read the Scriptures: Commentary on Benedict XVI's Verbum Domini by Bevil Bramwell OMI Benedict XVI's exhortation Verbum Domini is a concise summary of the theology of Scripture in the Catholic Church. This book is a graduate level analysis of the Catholic use of Scripture in prayer, liturgy and theology, as it is found in Benedict's exhortation. He also shows the possible uses of the mod...

THE ASCENDING ROSE by Amber Kozlowski Her name is Nocturne Rosensturm, born into the ruling family of the Kingdom of Schwarzswald. Her birth was foreseen by the very first vampires. As new and old betrayals threaten the very existence of her kingdom and the vampire race in general, she joins forces with her family and friends to stop the threats. Will they succeed in saving both her kingdom and th...

LOOK THE OTHER WAY by Michael Mohan Joshua and Patrick Foley Look the Other Way is a passion project between native Michigan screenwriters Michael Mohan Joshua and Patrick Foley over a three-month period in 2003. Over the years, Joshua has kept editing the story into what it is today, a snapshot of modern society. Daily news of sexual assault is prevalent throughout society. No longer can we as a...

FROM PENGUINS TO PARADISE: MY LIFE AS AN ADVERTISING MAN by Paddy Hayes The book follows the development of my career in ad. agencies from graduate trainee in London to International Senior Vice President, including periods posted overseas in Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong. Is this the funniest book about the ad industry to hit the bookshops this year - whilst being the most informative about wh...

MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR THEE by Jack M. Waister Story bounces back and forth as memories are recalled and discussed. I discuss life before becoming a Christian and after becoming a Christian. I even discuss how one becomes a Christian according to scripture and not some robbed figure far away or some guru-like cult figure... I lay out the truths of beliefs as clearly as possible. The reader mus...

WALKING FREE: FROM BONDAGE TO LIBERTY by Gregory Oliver Gregory sat in a small cell that he shared with another inmate and questioned, "why am I here? Lord? What did I do wrong to cost me the rest of my life in prison with a walking death sentence? Please let me know, I am man enough to handle it, but I need to know where I went wrong? " The answer came in three simple words, "It was rigged!" As s...

FAITHWALK: A WALK FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT by Bonnie Lou Oliver When a new Christian cries out for God's "perfect will" and "purpose" to be fulfilled in their life, one can expect literally "all hell" to break loose. Nothing else makes sense as the pure character building "walk" begins. Bonnie had finally reached a comfort level in her life after many years of upheaval. That comfort level soon chang...