This Week in America with Ric Bratton

Life Lessons and Tales of Little MisFit - Book 1: Life Isn't Always What It Seems by S. K. Grunin Ivy Sue Klutz (Little MisFit - LMF) finds one of her first memories confusing. This is when she is three and a half years old and is at her sister Lynn's birthday party. Their cousin, Janet, asks the partygoers to guess what Lynn's birthday present is as the truck delivering the present is backing up...

SHADOWS OVER THE SUN by Giselle J. Robin This compulsively readable autobiography traces the journey of a remarkably courageous woman from a childhood under Nazi Germany, through her marriage and then emigration to Australia to make a new start by developing an organic winery in McLaren Flat in South Australia. After traumatic experiences she has had to battle with bipolar mental disorder. Giselle...

GOOD INTENTIONS-BAD CONSEQUENCES: VOTER'S INFORMATION PROBLEMS by Phillip Nelson. A new approach to understanding voter choice that explains a lot of behavior otherwise unexplained. For example, Why colleges are so liberal and rural areas so conservative. This approach leads to important policy implications. There is too much government redistribution and expenditures on the environment. Phillip N...

WHAT WAS I THINKING... by Simon Gelman Simon Gelman started to think about writing a book seventeen years ago, at the end of his chairmanship. Initially, he saw quite a few obstacles. His hesitations were related to his lack of knowledge of the English language, lack of knowledge of American culture, and lack (rather a complete absence) of experience in writing nonmedical text. Over the years, the...

HOW TO CLEAR DEBT MAKING LESS THAN $40K: AS A SINGLE PARENT WITH NO SIDE HUSTLE by Danielle L. Copeland Life can be challenging enough but figuring out your finances is a beast some of us are not prepared for. Especially if you have no idea where to start. This is a beginner's guide on how to clear debt. In my case as a single parent but really anyone can use this simple method to get your finance...

PANGAEA - BOOK 1: ENFORCER'S PURSUIT by Camren T. Burton Pangaea begins the tale of a boy with a lost past, whose escape triggers events that may forever change the world – and his destiny. Earth is a memory, and humans have settled on several planets, unified under the Earth Colony Federation. On the colony Pangaea, the law enforcers imprison all criminals, age notwithstanding. Condemned youth on...

THE CHILDREN OF VAAYLOR by Patricia McLaughlin The Children of Vaaylor is a story filled with kindness, friendship, responsibility, and love. It begins on an island where three children, Lila, Naunee and Kodi are sitting together enjoying cinnamon tea. The oldest, Lila, decides to reveal to the other two the dream she experienced the night before that sets them all on a quest to find a lost child....

INKEY PINKEY FOREST by Helen Ridling Princess Georgia has created a magical forest called Inkey Pinkey Forest. It is admired by many who come from far and wide to view its beauty. Today however there is a problem and it's been caused by Prina the dinosaur. Fortunately, Pina and Princess Georgia have loving friends to help heal the rift between the two. There is nothing like the love and care of go...

HINTERLAND ROSE by Elizabeth Clayton Hinterland Rose is a collection of poems, primarily those written in this year 2020, but some collection across the years since I took up my pen after a long period of not writing - 13 years ago. The verses of the work are connected together as prefaced by relevant attending remarks of the discussion of the conscious mind, the cognitive self generally as depict...

THE BEAUTY OF BEING HUMAN by Nirander Safaya, Ph. D. In this collection of 200 poems, written after retirement from a brilliant scientific career, author Nirander Safaya takes us on a panoramic journey of self-discovery. Collectively, these poems focus on: what it means to be Human. Attachment to life, desire to love and be loved, thirst for knowing, and consciousness are the hall marks of human n...

A STRANGER ON GHOST BEACH by Michelle Tangen A Stranger on Ghost Beach centers around the Main Character, 30- year- old Corey Banks, now a Police Detective in his Maine hometown. During their high school Senior Class Field Trip, Corey loses his girlfriend and nine other friends. Haunted by his memories of Julie since the loss, he and his partner are assigned as the lead Detectives on a new case in...

BROKEN PROMISES: BOOK 2, SECRETS, LIES AND PUZZLES by Joyce Frances We find Julie Stanford back on Block Island, this time, however, not for a book signing, but to answer questions regarding Penelope Wordsworth's murder investigation. It's been just about three months since her book signing tour when she ran into Harry Wordsworth, her former lover from over twenty years ago. Harry has had his shar...

THE NATURE OF GOOD GOVERNMENT by H. Doyle Smith The government should be a government of people, not money. The Occupy Wall Street movement senses this but lacks focus. This book provides that focus. The government has roles to play in the safety, conflict resolution, and pooling resources. The roles that the government has to play require strict adherence to the rules. There can be no forgiveness...

THE BLOKE'S GUIDE TO BRILLIANT COOKING: AND HOW TO IMPRESS WOMEN by Jim O'Connor The Bloke's Guide To Brilliant Cooking And How To Impress Women is a humorous do it yourself guide to two of the most important things in any man's life, the love of great food and impressing women. This book will show anyone how to impress like a chef by thinking the way a Bloke naturally thinks; like a Bloke. It wil...

11 11: THE AWAKENING CODE by Star Light About the book Starlight will explain how she began to search for answers to an ongoing series of mysterious co-incidences that began after the death of her son, who died on 11 11. It was after her son’s death that she began to notice seeing 11 11 every time she looked at the clock, or anything that involved numbers. She along with other close members of her...

DISAPPEARED AND FOUND by Kerry Reis Was She Adopted or Kidnapped? A young woman's search for her biological family opens up a mystifying twenty-year old cold case of a mother and her baby daughter disappearing while on a walk, a development that arouses interest and surprise from a couple of television programs, local and federal law enforcement, and a splintered family. Dorothy had always felt th...

BUMBLE AND THE SPIDER by Debra Klein Bumble and the Spider is a beautiful illustrated book that is fun to read. It teaches the value of friendship, working together, and acceptance. BUMBLE and the SPIDER is about a young Bumble Bee who leaves his mother for the first time to venture out on his own. He flies to faraway places and meets some interesting characters along the way. The book has conflic...

A STRIVING AFTER WIND: PART 1 Sharon Traner Annie and her brothers have been surrounded by wealth and prestige their entire lives. But, as their mother says, "They don't know how to dream." When she dies, their father seizes upon an opportunity to uproot the family and move them to a place that is unlike anything they ever imagined. This family saga is written against the backdrop of the political...

LOST AND FOUND IN ALASKA: A TRUE STORY OF SURVIVAL AND MIRACLES ON KODIAK ISLAND...AND ELSEWHERE by Bruce LaChance Growing up loving to hunt, Bruce LaChance decided to seek his greatest adventure yet: to hunt a giant brown bear on his own. What followed was a tale not only of adventure but of tragedy and redemption through faith. On leave from his US Navy base on Kodiak Island, twenty-year-old LaC...

Strong Bones at Any Age Preventing & Reversing Osteoporosis with Susan Smith Jones, PhD • SusanSmithJones.com What helps you stand up strong? What keeps you from flopping like a noodle on the floor? What gives your body its shape and protects your heart and brain? It is your bones, of course! The most debilitating diseases are often the ones we don’t see coming, and Osteoporosis is a sneaky on...

SPIN: A CAPTAIN CHASE NOVEL by Patricia Cornwell Captain Calli Chase races against time to thwart a plot that leaves the fate of humanity hanging in the balance in this new thriller from international bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. In the aftermath of a NASA rocket launch gone terribly wrong, Captain Calli Chase comes face-to-face with her missing twin sister—as well as the startling truth...

RECIPE FOR SUCCESS IN WIC: BASED ON A THIRTY-FIVE YEAR LIFE STORY by Anna Kanianthra Anna Kanianthra who is an immigrant came to US about 50 years ago. She fulfilled her own dream and served the low-income multicultural community in Fairfax VA for 35 years. Fairfax county Women Infant and Children (WIC) program was one of the best social programs in the State. WIC participation grew by 76%; Clinic...

LEARN TO CHERISH LITTLE BEGINNINGS by James Kwaku Gbanaglo In this book, we wish to discuss how to cherish little beginnings, as human beings. Little beginnings are the door-openers to everything in life. Many people we see today, who have made it big or have become famous, all started little. Little beginnings involve a lot of trials and errors. You may not get a solution to what you intend doing...

SWAN SONGS OF CYGNUS: THE WEIGHT OF BLACK HOLES by Vincent Hollow Side a: horizon mourning the death of his love. A bereaved astronaut signs up for a deep – space mission to reunite with her ghost. Even if it means becoming a ghost himself. Traveling at the speed of light. The astronaut jettisons through the solar system. Pausing only to gaze at its celestial splendor. Cast under the grandeur of t...

ALMOST TO HEAVEN by Jean Nielsen This book, Almost to Heaven, by Jean is written to thank the community, church, hospital, and Jean’s family for all that was accomplished while working together with Jean’s emergency care one important morning. These values brought Jean back into realizing the importance of why she is here on earth. The book is an account of Jean’s Near-Death Experience with God. J...