This Week in America with Ric Bratton

VISITED BY STAR TRAVELERS by Duane Arthur Ose I intend not to leave out a single detail of my account. While my memory is still fully functional, I want the readers of today and the readers of tomorrow to read and see my encounter. Nor will I make this encounter into a fictional best-selling novel of which I could certainly do. I am merely reporting the facts of what I was privileged to be shown a...

WILL'S ADVENTURE TO THE CANDY MOUNTAIN by Dr. Gerry Haller Will's grandmother has told Will about the Candy Mountain since he was a small child. One night, Will is awakened by the conductor of a train. He is told to hurry to catch the train. What train? The train to the Candy Mountain, of course. On the train, he meets a boy named Quinn, and they decide to go on the adventure together. Will can ha...

FINITE THEORY: HISTORICAL MILESTONE IN PHYSICS by Phil Bouchard In this book, a new gravitational theory is being suggested to replace General Relativity. The theory is objective and predicts low scale GPS gravitational time dilation, the perihelion precession disparity, the gravitational light bending, up to the rotation curve for all galaxies without dark matter, galactic expansion of the univer...

AGATHA AND FRANK'S STORY: STRANDED ON ROSLAND ISLAND by Jolynn Rose Agatha and Frank finally retired and planned on sailing around the islands off the east coast, for a few years. But that dream was put on hold went they got shipwrecked on an island. It wasn’t just any island they learned in time. They were stranded and there was nothing around as far as they could see. This book is about their di...

THE AMHERST PROTOCOL by Richard Whitney In a future where individuals and corporations rival governments in wealth and power and medical research can be weaponized, what fate lies ahead? In a world where the corporate structure has replaced the bonds that were once shared in our human family, what will the future hold for us. The Amherst Protocol suggests one possible outcome as oligarchs wrestle...

Get to Know George Washington as More than Just the First President of the United States When HISTORY Unveils a Three-Night Miniseries Event on President’s Day Weekend, Narrated by Emmy Award-Winning actor Jeff Daniels… Washington Ric Catches up with world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize®-winning, New York Times #1 bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin. She executive produced...

Wrong Man The Acclaimed Series from Award-Winning Filmmaker Joe Berlinger Is Returning for a Momentous Second Season on STARZ, Airing Sundays at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on Starz Three New Cases of Inmates Who May Have Been Wrongfully Incarcerated for Decades will be Re-Investigated. Ric Talks with Lead Investigator Ronald Kuby Wrong Man is a series from documentarian Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost Trilogy)...

Protect Your Data, Prevent Phishing Expeditions, Teach Your Kids Good Digital Habits... On Safer Internet Day! We all spend a ton of time online, at work and at home. So it’s increasingly important to make sure you’re keeping your information safe. Safer Internet Day is February 11 and Ric talks with Cyber Expert Scott Westover. Scott shares easy tips and tools you can use to improve your online s...

CHUBBY WUBBLES: MY PET FERRET by M. J. Abrams Chubby Wubbles is inspired by a true story about the friendship between a young man and a loving ferret determined to find his missing playmate Coco. There is fun, mystery, and unexpected drama in their exciting adventures together. This book is dedicated to ferret shelters everywhere. Their hard work and dedication to finding good homes for wayward fe...

MEET ME UNDER THE MAPLE TREE by Ceneca Van Tassell-Luto Sit back and relax while reading "Meet Me Under The Maple Tree." Join Katy Sunbeam and her sister, Cathy, as they enjoy some good ol' fashioned fun at their grandparents' farm. Who knows, you might even learn how to call pigs while reading! Ceneca VanTassell-Luto is a retired 4th grade teacher. She loved sharing stories about The Other White...

THE LITTLE WHITE WOLF by Lee Allen The Little White Wolf is the story of Leesu, born smaller than his siblings and different in color. The wolf pack laughs at him and rejects him. But nature has a place for all of us, and Leesu learns how to use his differences to succeed and help others. About the Author Lee Allen is a graduate of Capital University, Texas Christian University, and the Air War Co...

ALASKAN WILDERNESS ADVENTURE: BOOK 1 by Duane Arthur Ose At the Fairbanks International Airport’s main terminal, we went to the ticket counter to pay for our plane trip. The young lady working asked us if we were going to Lake Minchumina for trophy fishing. She continued to tell us that a lot of people go there for the big fish. I made the mistake of telling her that we were going on a hike to the...

DANCING LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW by Nancy E. Hussey Nancy Hussey never planned to author a book until she discovered her daughter's many teen diaries which were disguised as school notebooks clearly not intended to read by Mom! But Mom soon became engrossed in the unknown and intimate details of Sara's first love and a teen melodrama that she knew would keep readers guessing. She also believed tha...

The Paradise Man: According to Thomas Merton by Linhxuan Vu Since Adam and Eve left Eden, humanity has endured through long millennia of hardships and sufferings, especially death. But the hearts of their children and great-grandchildren have never given up the hope that, someday, they could return to the place of happiness that once had been their inheritance. It is a legitimate and dignified dre...

IS THERE A WAY OUT? UNDERSTANDING DEPRESSION AND ITS EFFECTS, METHODS TO BREAK FREE FROM DEPRESSION by Wilson Alvarado Is there a Way Out is written to help people detect or recognize the symptoms of depression and its effects. It’s designed to demonstrate that God can deliver and heal people from hopeless situations whether it be depression, emotional sickness, or any other kind of trap set by li...

ANCIENT ART OF DOWSING by Duane Arthur Ose This book answers all the questions on dowsing, informing the reader as to why and how dowsing works. Moreover, it has the instructions to test oneself to become a dowser. Dowsing locates all objects that I refer to as targets, then to also measure the depths no matter how deep it is to the targets. Targets can be mapped or traced from the surface, enabli...

Igbo Mediators of Yahweh Culture of Life By Prince Dr. Philip Njemanze, MD History has it that Igbo people has been in existence long before everyone else that they have been the chosen people of God. According to the science of genetics, human origin started from the Maternal Eve L0 gene super-group. The Igbo people were the first with the "Semite" genetic haplogroup L1-gene dating its origin fro...

MY ENEMY MY SELF: OVERCOMING YOUR SELF-DEFEATING MIND by C. Franklin Truan, PhD In "My Enemy My Self: Overcoming Your Self-Defeating Mind", Dr. Truan presents a clear picture of how one's self-concept determines the course and quality of an individual's existence. The book provides a structured means for self-examination for problems emanating from a negative self-concept. The work offers construc...

CATCHING RAVEN: VOLUME 1 by CB Tucker Samantha Raven is a single mother with a fifteen-year-old daughter, Elizabeth. She is a forensic accountant who is determined to protect her from all that is horrible with the world and is relatively successful until Trevor Paterson entered her life. From this point on, it became a wild ride, one she could barely hold on to until the truth came out. It wasn’t...

A Decade Plus on TV… Some 500 Episodes Under their Belt… And a World-Famous Store: America’s Favorite Pawn Stars are Back for All New Episodes! Ric Catches up with Rick Harrison about HISTORY's Popular and Long-Running Series, and How You can Meet Him and all Your Faves at this Year’s HISTORYCon! Pawn Stars has been taking viewers inside the colorful world of the pawn business since the early 2000...

FINDING YOUR VOICE: A PATH TO RECOVERY FOR SURVIVORS OF ABUSE by Mannette Morgan Finding Your Voice is a personal, comprehensive guide for survivors of abuse making the journey toward healing. Led by an author who has walked the path for more than three decades, readers will find encouragement and hope as they move step-by-step to a place of recovery. Part memoir, part blueprint for recovery, Find...

THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTERS by Frank Roselli The Devils Daughters is the story of two sisters who were born in the late eighteen hundredths. They are Siamese twins, and they suffer from large tumors that cover their entire body. The girls grow up in a large mansion as their folks are the wealthiest in town. Their mother, Patricia, is kind and loving. But their father is a cold-blooded alcoholic, and he...

THE DIARY OF LADY X: SONG OF THE SEA by Mursalin Machado A yearning for love and adventure evolves into a search for the meaning of life. Tony had a passion for travel. What started out as an innocent pursuit for adventure took many turns: through love, tragedy, and disillusionment; and awakened his sleeping soul, setting him on a path of aspiration. THE DIARY OF LADY X, a novel in two volumes, is...

INTERTWINES: THE THREADS OF LIFE by Eileen Goggins Awakening comes at different times and in different ways. This is the story of one women’s quest for greater knowledge of the higher unknown spiritual world. Her husband’s death in an auto accident followed by her daughter’s near death two years and two days later marked her awakening. There was something larger, much bigger than her research had...

AGAINST ALL ODDS: WORLD FOOD PRIZE LAUREATE DR. AKINWUMI ADESINA AND HIS DRIVE TO FEED AFRICA by Leon Hesser This book is about the journey of Dr. Akinwumi Adesina and his mission to end poverty in Africa. Growing out of poverty and witnessing hardships of being poor, he set his life mission as giving hope to millions of the poor in rural Africa. A globally respected economist with decades of expe...