This Week in America with Ric Bratton

IRREVERSIBLE by Taylor Mason IRREVERSIBLE is the story of comedian/ventriloquist/musician Taylor Mason, whose career in comedy spans 5 decades and thousands of TV appearances. He has won television competition shows (he is the 1991 Star Search Grand Champion), he's played Carnegie Hall and the Sydney Opera House, and he continues to sell out clubs and theaters in the USA. IRREVERSIBLE traces the b...

A WAR OF LOVE: 2ND EDITION by William Elliott A War Of Love - 2nd Edition, builds on the work of “A War Of Love – Poems by William T. Elliott”. It has 302 pages compared to the first edition's 128 pages. The book is a book of poems expressing the reflections on love and life of a Vietnam Era Veteran after the Vietnam War. The poems are easy to read and fall into three categories, pretty poems, hum...

THE GOLDEN BOOK OF POEMS by Herman F. Gapour The poems from the pen of Mr. Gapour are generated from the heart. Their inspiration came from years of joy and sadness. They encourage the readers to maintain hope and assurance in trusting a higher being to comfort and sustain them during their darkest hour. Through reading these poems, the reader will gain a quest in understanding love while not reje...

Moving Forward Through His Love and Grace by Joan E. Gettry A lyrical ode to life, love and faith, "Moving Forward Through His Love and Grace" is a book of poetry inspired by a life journey blessed by love, experience and the guidance of faith through inevitable storms. It is an evocative collection of poems drawn from the richness of experience of a life well live. "Moving Forward Through His Lov...

ON FREEDOM AND REVOLT: A COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION by Carl E. Moyler This book is dedicated to all those heroes and heroines who have seen and will see life as a daring adventure to be given in the name of service to humanity, to justice and to freedom. We know a few of them, but many others are lost among the nameless crowd. Albert Camus and Martin Luther King Jr are two first class role models w...

GraceLin by Abba Lin After coming out of a heartbreaking divorce three years earlier, Lin, now thirty-three years old and in the prime of her life, drives a small U-Haul from Hemet, California, across the country to Greensville, South Carolina, to start a new life and live by her cousin Junebugg. From her very first day in Greensville, her life takes a turn and is changed forever. Her story will t...

STUART DUFFLEMEYER AND THE MASTERS OF PLAQUES by Dewey Reynolds Mystical powers. Cosmic adventure. Universally dynamic forces. A certain gifted individual is granted all three. Meet Stuart Duffelmeyer. Brilliant, kind-spirited, and one-hundred percent human best describe him. He is an NYU student whose classmates play a horrible prank on him and his life spirals into utter agony. Fooling around wi...

A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: Penny Johnson's Legacy A penny for your Thoughts, written by contemporary American poet, Penny Johnson, Lexington KY, is sure to delight any poetry lover. Penny Johnson's poetry has been published nationwide and worldwide; some of her poetry becomes song lyrics. This poetry collection explores a wide range of themes and seeks to provide inspiration and satisfaction while...

Setting Up a Healthy Kitchen & Pantry for a Plant-Based Diet with Susan Smith Jones, PhD One of the most powerful steps you can take to improve your health, boost energy levels, prevent chronic diseases and even feel more positive and optimistic about your life is to lean towards a more plant-based diet. According to our guest today, science now shows that changing your nutrition is a powerful...

Watch as Dusty, Stalled Car Projects Are Transformed to Beloved, Road-Ready Machines in the Hit Series Garage Squad! From a 1949 Mercury to a 1965 Chevy C10, Watch as Abandoned Classics Come Back to Automotive Grandeur with the Help of a Team of Experts Ric Catches Up with Lead Mechanic Joe Zolper and Find Out What’s in Store for the Exciting Season Finale! This season, the GARAGE SQUAD helps a ne...

A Teenage Girl with the Ability to Teleport Learns to Control Her Power in the Hit Sci-Fi Drama IMPULSE From the Director of The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow, the YouTube Original Series Is Back for Season 2 Ric Catches Up with One of the Stars of the Series, Missi Pyle In the popular young-adult sci-fi drama Impulse from producer/director Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity), Henrietta “Henry...

Could You Survive the Movies? Could you survive the lightning strike from Back to the Future? Could you survive being swallowed whole by a giant bug from Men in Black? Ric's Guest, Imaginative and Intrepid Jake Roper combines his love for cinema and science to see what would really happen if, scientifically, you could survive what you see on the silver screen. His bold YouTube series Could You Sur...

AWESOME IN SECONDS: 50 POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS THAT INSPIRE YOU TO SHINE by Grace Buenavista Got deadlines? Feeling overwhelmed? Is life getting too stressful? AWESOME in SECONDS can help! Designed for busy people, you can read each affirmation in under 5 seconds. AWESOME in SECONDS aims to…  Inspire you to shine through 50 positive affirmations.  Boost your self-esteem in seconds.  Remind you th...

LET US GIVE THANKS by Robert Perkins Let Us Give Thanks is a collection of everyday experiences that we go through without even thinking about them. Like seeing a fire truck speeding passed us on the street, without even giving thanks for these people who protect us in times of dire need. Or family and friends who lift us up when we are feeling glum. Then there are the spiritual times in our life,...

THE DARKNESS AT DAWN by Pamela Roberts Lee How much guilt can a man endure? How much depravity can a man display? These questions are examined in the fresh new novel, The Darkness at Dawn, set in early New England. When 13-year-old John Lee sees 19-year-old Richard Hawkes, already a petty thief and murderer, steal his Puritan church’s gold inlaid chalice during a storm in the middle of the Atlanti...

THE MEANING OF LIFE by Gerald G. Frierson The Meaning of Life is a unique and different take on life itself and the way GOD intended us to live it. Life teaches us that we have many choices or no choice at all. We can chose to believe in GOD or not to believe in GOD. You can chose to believe in yourself or not to believe in yourself. You can believe in something or you can believe in nothing. But...

HER STORY: THE ROAD TAKEN by Pink This is a story of a young girl getting pregnant and went ahead and had a baby girl. And she had her baby by a very wealthy man. The story is about a little girl who was born out of wedlock. This is her story. “This is an old saying…if a man gets the milk for free, why buy the cow?” https://authorreputationpress.com/product/her-story-the-road-taken-by-pink/ http:/...

LINES OF SIGHT by James Pavlakis Readers who like well-crafted, insightful poetry will enjoy Lines of Sight. These poems range from witty to philosophical, personal to universal, rhymed and free verse to experimental. They observe or comment on the human condition with clarity and strength. About the Author James Pavlakis grew up in Haverhill, Massachusetts, the tenth child in a Greek-American fam...

GOD'S GRAND FINALE AND THE END OF THE AGE by Gary D. Longbrake Through the ages many kings and prophets have desired to see the things we see and they did not see them, we are the chosen generation. Many prophecies of scripture are being fulfilled before our eyes and there are many more that are about to come. The rebirth of the state of Israel and the return of the Jews to the Holy Land is prophe...

HOW I TOOK A BARTENDING COURSE AND TRAVELED FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS by Steven Nicolle IT IS 1979 – the dawning of a new, exciting decade. On the cusp of the eighties, the path of unlimited possibilities is laid at the feet of a young man by the name of Steven. Fresh into adulthood and poised to embark on a wild, new direction, he takes a bartending course in the throbbing metropolis of Montréal. In a...

PERFECT FLAWS: DEDICATED TO OTHER VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES by Tim Segrest I have given much thought into what this book is about, but have failed to come up with a answer that I, personally, find fitting. Poetry, in itself, is an expression of how people feel or see a related topic or thought, which is usually never exactly like how another might view the same situation. I started these poems w...

A DAILY WALK WITH GOD by Marlene Burling “Take two.” In the film industry, that statement is made because the first take was not good enough. In the case of this book, it’s the opposite. Marlene’s first book, “Morning Walks with God,” was so successful her second is now in your hands. “A Daily Walk with God” is filled with practical food for your soul that will spiritually sustain and equip you so...

Leavenworth A New Docu-Series Follows a Controversial True Story Playing Out in the Military Justice System. Ric Talks with Executive Producer and Director Paul Pawlowski, Don Brown and Platoon Soldier Mike McGuiness. The upcoming STARZ five-part docu-series Leavenworth was an Official Selection of the 2019 Tribeca TV Festival. From executive producers Paul Pawlowski, David Check and Academy Award...

It's Life Jim...by Jim Marjoram This book is a journey through a life of battling homosexuality, self-hatred, religious obsession, suicidal desperation, guilt, shame, loss, and into a world of unconditional love and acceptance. It’s a spiritual journey that breaks through tradition and dogma to discover the depth of what it means to live loved. Jim Marjoram was born in Australia in 1956 and moved...

THE LONGEST WALK: THE RECORD OF OUR WORLD'S FIRST CROSSING OF THE ENTIRE AMERICAS by George Meegan George Meegan was twenty-four years old and an elementary school dropout, a British merchant seaman when he decided to take the longest walk in human history, without any special equipment, foundation bankroll, or backing of any kind. Leaving his ship in South America, he made his way to Tierra del F...