This Week in America with Ric Bratton

THE LAST HAPPENING by Richard Bruce Blake Freeman has worked with Ryndle before. They first met several years ago when Blake was trying to surprise himself by taking a spur-of-the-moment sidetrack ride through Rockcreek park amd then a sidetrack off the sidetrack into Brookside Gardens. This led to Blake being surprised far more than he ever dreamed. He ran into Ryndle sitting on a rock. As they t...

REINVENTING LIFE: MY JOURNEY INTO PTSD AND BACK by Ilmarinen Vogel This memoir describes the author's discovery of Post -Traumatic Stress disorder after a 120 mph accident that caused him to become suicidal. He describes the experience and compares how he has experienced life before and how trauma altered his perceptions and reactions of family and community around him. In his 'flooding moments' b...

RED FLAGS MATTER: I WAS HIS CROOKED HILLARY, WEAK OBAMA, AND FAKE NEWS by Marie Shukaitis While not fully academically credentialed to diagnose mental illnesses, the extremely dramatic presentation during the last presidential campaign of the precise, serious, and destructive behaviors of Donald Trump precisely replicate all of the symptoms of one suffering from narcissistic personality disorder....

THIANA-AVDELA-A-MACEDONIAN VILLAGE IN THE NORTHWESTERN GREECE-THIANA'S NATIVE LAND by Rea-Silvia Costin, P.E. Thiana is the first book in a trilogy that spans the lives of three generations of strong women, the author’s grandmother Calliope, the author’s mother Thiana, and the author herself. Thiana depicts Calliope’s and Thiana’s struggles with life’s adversities, and Thiana’s courage and determi...

BIRD FROM HELL: THIRD 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 f...

A WASP'S BRIEF FLIGHT, Compiled from Letters and Memorabilia of Eileen B. Evans (Rehwald) and Commentaries by Sheron Linn (Rehwald) When the hit came at Pearl Harbor, the U.S. was unprepared for war. It was a matter of catch-up on all fronts. Combat aircraft were desperately lacking and since the airplane factories were on the West Coast and planes were needed on the East to be shipped to Europe a...

A COURSE IN LIGHT: A SPIRITUAL PATH FOR ENLIGHTENMENT, Channeled by Toni Moltzan Throughout many disciplines of spiritual growth, light is mentioned as the source of all life. Those who have experienced enlightenment describe it as "being aware of everything that surrounds them as energy and light." The light energy referred to within A Course in Light is not a symbolic term but the actual light e...

WHISTLEBLOWER by Terry Morgan "Whistleblower", by Terry Morgan, is an international thriller that stretches from England to Thailand with many stops in between. The plot centers around the timely topic of international aid money and the criminals who feed on it. The hero, the story's whistleblower, is British ex-politician Jim Smith, and the story follows him around the globe as he seeks to put a...

FROM THE BLUE by Paul Allen Roberts "A loving, primitive society discovers their unbelievable past. Set in the year 1528AD an island nation is invaded, overcomes the odds, and finds they are not alone in the world. But they were never alone." About The Author "I have always had a fascination with travel. After visiting a small village, somewhere in the world, I became aware of the sense of communi...

THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH DAY MAN: A TRILOGY by Robert M. Pollack Book One: The Time of Adam and Eve In chapter 1 of the book of Genesis, God the Father creates a male and a female and blesses them and tells them to go out and replenish the world. He gives them everything His hands have created. These people of the Father God almost destroy themselves and create a weapon that, when discharged, covers...

MOANA: 118,000 MILE ODYSSEY TO THE WORLD'S MOST REMOTE PLACES by Lew Maurer This is a story of the sea, a young family, and a dream! Through the eyes of the captain, comes the story of Moana. When two loving parents are unafraid to take their children on an adventure that will shape them forever, they find beauty and drama at the far reaches of the earth. This is a real story of real people in far...

Tips on How to Lean into a Vegetarian Diet by Susan Smith Jones, PhD The vegetarian diet has gained widespread popularity in recent years. Some studies estimate that vegetarians account for up to 18% of the global population. Apart from the ethical and environmental benefits of cutting meat from your diet, a well-planned vegetarian diet can also reduce your risk of chronic disease, support weight...

What Happens When Four Famously Dysfunctional Celebrity Families Come Together Under One Roof to Heal Their Damaged Relationships? Find Out in WE tv’s MARRIAGE BOOT CAMP: FAMILY EDITION Ric Speaks with the Show’s Resident Therapist Dr. Ish Major about the Upcoming Dramatic Season Finale – AND Get Tips About Stressful Family Relationships During the Holidays and Finding Love in the New Year! The Se...

LOVE, LIES AND DECEIT by Sarah Roberts The book is an account of true events in fiction form. It is a story of a young traveler named Annie. Meeting a lovable and knowledgeable young guy in one of her travel to India. She felt love has finally arrived. But this is India, where Religion rules your destiny and boy just don't meet girl from the other side of the world and get married, they stay at ho...

R.W. NICHELSON Author of the LOVE AND WAR Series of Novels Action, Romance and Death around Every Corner "of Love and War" Young lovers torn apart by the blood lust of war. They discover the power of love, the evil of men and faith in a higher power. The "of Love and War" Series of Novels "These stories do not support, or condone Nazi ideology." They do tell of the romance, passion, and beauty in...

THE MYTH OF BEING by Elizabeth Clayton While The Myth of Being is a gentle recording of the authors earliest impressions and memories transcribed when she was a young adult, these verses, from the period of three or four years of age until her second marriage and especially difficult struggle with bipolar illness (1970s), an aside might be added; at a level beyond effective description and playful...

THE SWORD OF MERLIN by Jared Woolf The knowledge of Merlin and the powers he had were lost to most of the world, specifically the existence of his sword. Forged by Merlin himself and infused with power, it could magnify the abilities of whoever wielded it. A single line of his descendants had passed down the sword from generation to generation. With the sword came the knowledge of how to use it, v...

CROSSING BORDERS by Ilmarinen G. Vogel A unique point of view on the experience of WWII, the author chose to tell the story about the campaign against Russia in Stalingrad and ending in the siege on the Abbey of Monte Cassino in Italy by the American Marines from the perspective of a young doctor, a surgeon on a hospital train and the locomotive engineers who stay with the hospital train and are i...

WHITE MEN CAN'T HUMP (AS GOOD AS BLACK MEN) VOLUMES 1 AND 2 by Todd Wooten White Men Can't Hump is a book of hope. The hope is that one day Black Men in America will no longer be viewed as unintelligent, unattractive, undesirable, uncivilized, and just plain old worthless. White Men Can't Hump will address why Black Men in America are perceived in such a negative way, and will also explore the ori...

RESCUED by Alana Brayboy RESCUED is an autobiography about a young woman whose innocence was viciously robbed from her-it is the story of a child who endured atrocious sexual, physical, and emotional abuse from a very young age up until her teen years. Her story chronicles the dark and painful years stripped from her childhood due to the severity of the ordeal, and the bumpy road towards her event...

ABOUNDING HEALTH NATURALLY by Sharon Jean Wiginton What if everything we thought we knew about diseases was wrong? What if all the money being poured into research for cancer and other diseases that so devastate our friends and families was being wasted on researching the wrong thing? What if we found out that all the pharmaceutical drugs we are taking are not putting out the "fire'' of illness, b...

HOW TO LIVE WITH OCD NATURALLY by Maria Flaherty "How to Live With OCD Naturally" will provide the OCD sufferer with alternative methods of living with this disorder. Discover a way to have and enjoy a fulfilling life without all the suffering and hardships of OCD. In addition to using meditation to help connect with your angels and with God, you will also learn how to use Reiki, color therapy, ch...

UNDERSEA ADVENTURES OF OLLI AND FRIENDS by Renate Schalk Schreiner Olli, the young octopus, is a curious and smart creature living in the ocean. He is always looking for adventures and meeting new friends. His classmates, the guppies, are usually hanging out with him. They get invited to King Neptune’s party for their teacher, a mermaid. They meet a hungry shark and help Olli find a new home. They...

ADAM AND STEVE: RULES FOR MEN ATTRACTED TO OTHER MEN by Russell Baptist, LCSW As of 2015, marriage equality is now the law of the land in the USA. Don’t ask don’t tell is a thing of the past and LGBTQ representations are in movies, television, and social media. Despite these milestones, teenage bullying resulting in deaths due to suicide is being documented throughout the USA. Did these teenagers...

MEMORIES OF YESTERDAY by Kenneth Ray Jackson This book is something I love to do which is photography. To visit different countries and be amazed with the beauty it offers. Photography freezes time and captures something that you can always look at and go back to those memories you had. My book is about the places I have been to where I had fun while taking pictures. I hope you enjoy every moment...