This Week in America with Ric Bratton

From Stroke To Recovery My Walk With God – A Guide to Recovery by Ms. Kim Blackwell This is the story of a 51-year-old active, independent, healthy, Christian woman who was doing what she loved running a art business and working for a travel company. But on October 8, 2008, she suffered a massive stroke that would change her life forever. The word recovery represents not just getting back her phys...

SANTA'S BIG WHITE CHICKEN: A CHRISTMAS STORY By Louis J. Marino and Illustrated by Louis W. Lonsway One Christmas many years ago, Lou Marino's stepson gave him a Christmas tree ornament, a wood carved Santa, sitting astride a chicken. He couldn't help wondering what the story was behind such a ridiculous ornament. He tried to find some clue as to its origination but found nothing. So, to satisfy h...

15 Minutes and Before 15 Minutes by Linda P. Young About the author Linda P. Young is a children’s picture book author who has written 13 books, 10 of them being a series entitled “The Backyard Adventures of Anna and Andy Hummingbird 1 – 10”. She loves writing children’s books and has another one in the beginning stages now, So look out for that! Writing a book for adult reading was a real challen...

THE LADYBUG AND THE BULLY FROG by Caroleann Rice with Illustrations by Charles Berton The community of friends can't play at the pond because of a bully named Milton the Frog. Clover the Rabbitt calls on the help of Mrs. Ladybug, "Dot" as she is known to her friends, and they seek the wisdom of Solomon the Snail to deal with problem of how to help Milton see that he is being mean. Only someone who...

ON THE MARGIN OF THE SKY: A SHOCKING TRUE CRIME STORY OF HORROR IN SARAJEVO by Dee Plecic This is my true story as a survivor of horror in Sarajevo. The main emphases are focused on political games that destroyed powerful united Yugoslavia. During this game divided Yugoslavia, become a killer for all of us. This is the story about the biggest genocide in Europe after Hitler time. The time of Apoca...

THE TRUTH by Pleze Raybon The truth expose all of the misleading teachings, and hopefully encourage the people of God to study His word. There are many who say they believe in God, and go to church, but all they know about him is what the Pastor said. Act 17:11 says …"The Berea's received the word of God with all readiness of mind, but they didn't stop there: They searched the scriptures daily to...

MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY by LaPrele Jordan "This book is the spiritual journey I have taken from being a Mormon, to being Johannine to coming back to the Morman faith, but in a different capacity. This is all about building belief in Jesus Christ and the twists and turns I've taken to maintain my integrity. Do you feel the world or your religion just isn't what you expected or believed it to be? Somet...

The Kid Who Beat Wall Street...and Saved Africa: Complete Edition by Ginger Heller "The Kid Who Beat Wall Street...and Saved Africa," is a story that takes place on six different continents where our hero, Marco, invests in a gold mine stock, corners the market in corn, and makes over $500,000. That’s right, over half a million dollars. By the way, he’s only 12 years old and his parents have no id...

Healing and Transformation: Moving from the Ordinary to the Extraordinary by Eric Alsterberg, Ph. D. "Healing and Transformation: Moving from the Ordinary to the Extraordinary" by Dr. Eric Alsterberg is a revolutionary how-to manual that will inspire you to recognize and understand the voice of the Higher Being that speaks within each of us. Alsterberg teaches you how to heal old emotional wounds...

THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME: A WOMAN REINVENTS HERSELF...for Good...and Bad! by James B. Flaherty THE ROLE OF A LIFETIME is about a young woman who is a nobody from nowhere. She re-invents herself, marries a princely man. and lives an extravagant life, overcoming tough hurdles. This is a story about having the guts to overcome, the ability to re-identify yourself, a story about love and death, loss and...

WHOLESOME IS OUR PRECIOUS GENDER DIVIDE by Alexander Barrie The subject matter of this unorthodox Book is the gender phenomenon of the Masculine and of the Feminine forces winding and intertwining, warping and wefting through all of of life’s manifestations whether in object or in subject. It seeks to clarify the nature of these, seemingly opposing forces of nature (Masculine/Feminine) that on the...

A Legendary Homicide Detective Recounts His Most Famous Cases in Investigation Discovery’s New Series, The Interrogator Ric Speaks with One of the Nation’s Most Successful Interrogators, Detective Fil Waters of the Houston Police Homicide Division Throughout his storied, 33-year career in law enforcement, Houston Police Department’s Detective Fil Waters made a name for himself as one of the nation...

CREOLE MOON by S.T. Holmes CREOLE MOON: THE BETRAYAL Explore the world of fantasy in the Louisiana swamp during the 1800s. Join our hero, George Genois, as he uncovers a dark side of love and marriage. George returns to his hometown to celebrate the wedding of his twin brother, Gerald. George is not the marrying kind but strange events throw him in the path of a fiery rebellious young woman from h...

THE NANNY OF KECK PARK, Story and Illustrations by Mary Catherine Rishcoff The Nanny of Keck Park is a children’s book by the author and illustrator Mary Catherine Rishcoff. It tells the story of a nanny in Keck Park. She is a hearty gray -haired, twinkling - eyed woman. The “Nanny” is a constant figure in the story that goes about the park. She does charitable deeds for the park -goers of Keck Pa...

Need to recycle wrapping paper, styrofoam, bubble wrap or that old electronic device to make room for a new one? Want to host dinner parties but reduce food waste and save cash by making ingredients and leftovers last longer? How about ideas for sustainable holiday gifts? Google Offers Tips for Planet-Conscious Choices this Holiday Season and Beyond Google’s Sustainability Officer Kate Brandt (The...

THE NANNY OF KECK PARK, Story and Illustrations by Mary Catherine Rishcoff The Nanny of Keck Park is a children’s book by author and illustrator Mary Catherine Rishcoff. It tells the story of the nanny of Keck Park, a hearty gray-haired, twinkling-eyed woman. The “Nanny” is a constant figure going about in the park. She roams the park doing charitable deeds to people she encounters. The Nanny has...

RICHARD, THE MAN BEHIND THE MYTH by Andrea Willers Richard, The Man behind the Myth is author Andrea Willers engrossing new novel that follows the life of king Richard III. This intriguing new take on the great English monarch shows Richard’s tumultuous and tragic life. It shows how he was never supposed to be crowned king due to his lowly position as the youngest son of the Duke and Duchess of Yo...

JOY CAME IN THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY: A MEMORIAL OF GOD'S FAITHFULNESS by Jacinta da Cruz Rodgers Come with Jacinta to experience the challenges of growing up in an orphanage, where the word “love” was never heard and discipline was the guide and terror of an orphan. Follow her to her first missionary mission in a remote part of Brazil, where dedication grew stronger amidst the challenges. Enjoy the...

INTRORSE: WHERE THE SPIRITS SPEAK by R.H. MARTIN The Melissma Sea migrates on Hytrae’s equatorial Salt Plain of Shilom, spending two years as sole but temporary property of three politically diverse provinces. At her leading edge, the massive Storm Zone’s fresh water dissolves old salt while in her shallow quiet evaporation zone, she returns the cleansed salt back to Shilom. The Naweci call the se...

HEAVEN'S MAGIC BUBBLE MACHINE by T. L. Yuki Heaven’s Magic Bubble Machine introduces Tommy and Milo, his dog. They miss his Grandma Betty, who has gone to heaven. Tommy misses her loving hugs. Milo misses when she would go to the park to watch him play with Tommy. Miss Ellie, a kind neighbor, tells them a secret about grandmas—a magical secret. T.L. Yuki, known affectionately as Granny T, takes ch...

IT HAPPENED ONE CHRISTMAS by Judy Babilon "Charlotte Faraday (better know as 'Charley') wants to bring Christmas back to Braxton, Vermont; but not only do the townspeople refuse to waste their time on a holiday that has become ""just another day"", the mayor is also dead set against Charlie's idea and threatens her to drop her campaign. This, of course, makes her even more determined to bring her...

New Daytime Series “Personal Injury Court” Draws Inspiration from the Most Outrageous, Painful and Costliest Personal Injury Cases Yet to be Seen on Television Ric Speaks with Atlanta-Based Judge, Gino Brogdon, Who Oversees Some of TV’s Craziest Personal Injury Cases A woman attacked by her neighbor’s pet colony of bats. A man who regretfully got a radio station’s call letters tattooed to his fore...

THE MASTER'S BOUQUET AND MORE! BY LORNA SPARKS GUTIERREZ Upon these pages are poetic verses that may help one to laugh, to cry, and hopefully to encourage one to continue on with one’s dreams and life’s work. Hopefully, the book will help people to identify with humanity in the perspective that each one is a creation of God, whom God loves personally. Lorna Gutierrez was born in Oklahoma City, Oct...

SNUFF JARS AND JELLY GLASSES: TO THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA BORN A MEMOIR by Brenda Haynes Brown From her thought provoking, "All of Mississippi, ain't Mississippi." Brown appears "up to snuff" in coming out and saying what's on her mind. Her adept knowledge of this area and its history lends her a crown of credibility for the literature of reality that says, "She just could not have made this stuff up...

INCA GODS AND ALIENS: A NOVEL ABOUT THE INCAN JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY, CONQUEST, AND THE FUTURE by Bruce Noon. Did the Inca have superhuman powers? Stories that Jesus Ruiz heard about his ancestors were just that, until he made a discovery that changed everything. His studies while attending the University of Arizona led him to ancient documents. We learn about shaman, ancient messages in weavings, q...