A Book and a Chat with David W Huffstetler

I am very happy to welcome as today’s guest on “A Book and a Chat” thriller, well that’s one hat he wares, author David W Huffstetler.

David spent a lot of his life working for various areas of human relations, as well as weaving his way through the political maze. His journey as a senior manager with a major industrial concern took him to international venues and exposures that helped feed his urge to write "Disposable People", a dramatic expose of the working conditions and politics that engulf undocumented workers. This debut book is in the top-ten “Suggested Book” at Tufts University in Boston, MA.

This first book was followed by “Dead in Utah”

It’s the murder of the century, and it’s only 1914. Hell came to visit when thirteen-year-old Merlin Morrison watched his father and brother shot to death in their family grocery store. Joe Hill, the controversial musician and union organizer is the only suspect, and he is enough for the police and the politicians. He claims he is innocent, but no one seems to care, and Lady Justice gasps for breath as he goes to trial. The crusty Captain of Police, John Hempel, fights for the truth for Hill and pushes his way past union activists who want to free him and Copper Bosses who want to hang him. And in the middle of it all is young Merlin, trying to put his life back together and wondering if the right man is on trial. This book is inspired by a true story.

While the first two books might be classed as somewhat historical, his latest book "Blood on the Pen" is one hot thriller!

About “Blood on the Pen”

Someone is killing literary agents, and Jack Harden’s only reason to live is to find the killer. This modern-day Texas Ranger is haunted by his wife’s death a year ago and the urge to kill the drunk driver who took her, or kill himself. Enter Elsie Rodriguez, the young reporter assigned to the murders for her newspaper and ordered to stay with Jack Harden. He’s old school, tough, and doesn’t want her there. Theirs is a complex, often stormy relationship, but the big Ranger triggers something inside her, something more than her Latin temper. They weave their way from the busy streets of Dallas to the River Walk in San Antonio, across the Hill Country, and to the limestone caverns of Sonora in a desperate chase.

Can she pull Jack from the edge of sanity, back to the living? Or will it end with a psychopath taking two more lives and living to write about it?

As one five star review put it…

Blood on the Pen A great read from the first page to the last page. Very imaginative story, one I would recommend to all of my friends. Can’t wait for another one from David Huffstetler.

Well reader as we learned from David you will not have to wait too long to hear more about Elsie and Jack as a new book “Blood on the Cards” is already on the way.

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with David W Huffstetler".

Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with David W Huffstetler

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"David W Huffstetler"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"David W Huffstetler - Blood on the Pen"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A Book and a Chat with U.L. Harper

It’s always good to have previous guests back on the show even more so if that author has produced a new book we can chat about, though sometimes the technical gremlins seem to get in the way.
Today was one such show when U.L. Harper who was previously on the show chatting about his debut book, “The Flesh Statue“ was back to chat about his new book “The Darkness”.

However the show was a little spoiled with some form of echo on when I spoke, no matter what phone etc I used, still the best way around that was to let this great young author do most of speaking about his book, the characters and what is next for him.

For those who missed the first show, this is a brief description of “The Flesh Statue”

Tired of watching his ailing grandfather wither away from Alzheimer's, 19 year old Langley Jackson moves from his middle class home and subsequently struggles to survive in downtown Long Beach. Here he finds himself part of a social movement bent on destruction and retribution. Through all of this, Langley must decide on trying to subsist in a complicated and unlawful new world of graffiti and poetry or endure in a disheartening old one outlined by the death of his mother and his sick grandfather.

“The Darkness” as U.L describes it…

“Is a coming of age story about three young adults. Through them you witness and alien invasion. The big question being, how many would you let die to save yourself?”

As U.L shared during the program some people who like his first book are surprised at the pacing and style differences with “In Blackness”. There is also what does the book come under, “coming of age”, “science fiction”, ”horror”? To be quite honest what does it matter?

It’s a great book which has received many great reviews. I one reviewer recently wrote…

I really liked this book.

I opened it up the afternoon I received it from the author, U.L. Harper, fully intending just to have a quick glance, to get the idea of it. Well..... I didn't put it down again until I'd read the last page.

Now, it's not a rock-em-sock-em kind of story with lots of fireworks, and obvious in-your-face action. Oh, no, it's more insidious than that. :O)

The tone for most of the book is really quite level, but the author still keeps you turning pages, needing to know what will happen next.
The tone of this book is also the reason you reach the last page realizing that... hey, this could really happen, and with the world as self absorbed as it is, it could really happen this way...

Definitely looking forward to the next installment!

As we learned,that reader will not have long to wait as he is already racing through book two of “The Darkenss” series, with a third book in the pipeline.

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with U.L. Harper".

Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with U.L.Harper

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"U.L.Harper"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"U.L.Harper - The Blackness"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A Book and a Chat with Jackie Carpenter

A journey through life can be like a journey on a boat, you think you are managing and that your faith like the boat on the seas can manage any “bad weather” that comes along. Then suddenly out of a blue sky, your world like your boat is turned upside down everything that you thought and believed is now upside down.

My guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” is Jackie Carpenter, she found her life and her faith tested beyond what most people can imagine, only to find a knew and inspiration that lead her to write her first book “The Bridge Between Cell Block A and a Miracle is Psalm 91”

Her book is based on the true story of her son Jason Veitch who was falsely accused of Felony Murder. It takes the readers through the actual Murder Trial and down the road of utter helplessness and despair endured by our family and the strong faith that brought us to a place of Victory.

Jackie explained the full story of what happened that fateful night and how her life, the lives of her family and her faith was turned upside down, like that boat in a storm I started this article with.

Jackie explains how she got the title to the book…

God gave me the Title before he gave me the Book. He asked me the question; Jackie, what was the worst part of this ordeal? I said God, that would be when Jason was incarcerated for 9 days. He then asked me; Jackie, what was the best part of this ordeal? I said, God, that would be when we got our Miracle. He then said, Jackie, what is that “Bridge” that joins the worst to the best, and it hit me like a ton of bricks, I cried, Oh God, that would be Psalm 91 God’s Shield of Protection that I had been claiming for Jason for 10 months. He said, now let’s start the book.

As we learned the outcome of what happened did end in a “happy ending” but not before her world like the boat had been turned upside down.

The tragedy led to a walk of faith, fueled by the discovery of the Book of Psalms, that ended in a miracle. The story of the faith walk, discovery, and miracle is told in The Bridge, a compelling can’t put down book that offers a way out for individuals drowning in sorrow, grief, fear, anger or shame. The story of how a tormented mother made a critical decision that allowed God to deliver a miracle is told in Georgia Justice. “God took The Bridge and used it to touch so many hurting people,” says the author. “He put me on four television shows, numerous radio interviews, in newspaper articles, and put my book in hospitals throughout America where it can be picked up by people in need. He has great plans for this Reluctant Author and those plans included using me so He could also write “Georgia Justice.”

As we also learned that voice has again continued to talk to her not only having her tell her story on numerous TV and radio shows, but now start writing a set of books for children.

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Jackie Carpenter".

Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with Jackie Carpenter

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"Jackie Carpenter"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"Jackie Carpenter - The Bridge Between Cell Block A and a Miracle is Psalm 91"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A Book and a Chat with Bonnie Barnett

To find out at the age of four that there was such a thing as a Dad, let alone that he famous and then add to that that he was part of a circus with all the strange sites and sounds that environment brings is something a child would remember.

Bonnie Barnett, my guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” remembers just that, when she met her father the famous “Bobo the Clown”.

One Saturday morning four year old Bonnie’s mom; with Bonnie in tow set out to meet the man Bonnie realized was told was her father. The pair entered a very different world filled with horses and elephants, trailers and trucks and little pens filled with small barking dogs and even a giraffe. It was all a bit overwhelming for a little girl. Suddenly a large person in torn, musty clothing appeared; he had red and black and white paint on his face. Lifting Bonnie the man said, -How about a kiss for your ol daddy?-

Before long a troupe of folks appeared, some wearing face paint, some in sequined costume, they all seemed to know who Bonnie was and; they even her Mom, Dottie. Called Jojo Barnett, Dorothy was the first girl clown.

When Bobo lifted her to kiss her, someone snapped a photograph that was later used on the front page of the newspaper. Many years later, Ro Kim, an incredibly talented artist from Korea was commissioned by Bonnie to paint this moment from a tattered newspaper clipping to give to her father for his 80th birthday. Ro's artistic gift brought this memory to life, and thus begins the tale of Bobo's Daughter.

In Bonnie’s book “Bobo’s Daughter”, from that point the reader is carried along on the journey of a small girl, her tumultuous relationship with her mother and her search for the man who was her father.

Bobo was one of the world’s most famous clowns, a veteran performer for the Shrine Circus, The Ed Sullivan Show, and other productions, well known for his “little car” which now resides in the Clown Hall of Fame. (see fil clip at end of this article)

Though his star persona was always present in the periphery of her life, she rarely heard from him, and the inconsistency of her mother, a former clown herself, only exacerbated her loneliness.

As she entered adulthood, put herself through college, and sought spiritual fulfillment, Bonnie found herself seeking out her father at every turn. It wasn’t until she finally showed up at his doorstep that he stopped being a larger-than-life myth and became a very human father, full of faults, regrets, and love.

Bobo's Daughter offers the reader a peek into the man who was Bobo, the clown and some of the life experienced by those who choose a career in the circus.

What People say about "Bobo's Clown"

"I couldn't put it down . . . it's touching and contains lessons in persistence, following your heart and forgiveness. -- Lynn Polke, Dancer ,Trapeze and Aerialist Artist, Elephant Empress and Animal Trainer, Ringling Bros. Circus

"Working with hundreds of memoirists , no life story has taught me more about how to heal through love." -- Tristine Rainer, Story Editor, Television Producer, Author of Your Life As Story and The New Diary

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Bonnie Barnett".



Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with Bonnie Barnett

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"Bonnie Barnett"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"Bonnie Barnett - Bobo's Daughter"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A Book and a Chat with Millie Gonzalez Martelino

Millie Gonzalez Martelino went from fifteen years of teaching, to fifteen years of banking before rising to president and CEO of a very successful mortgage company. All the time her training in literature was pressing her into creating work of her own.

Her experience from those years enabled her to produce her first book “More Cash in Your Pocket Everyday!”, another easy to read book that offers practical, easy solutions to help you keep more of your hard-earned money and rise above living from paycheck to paycheck.

This was followed by a true labor of love writing about one of her own family members in her book “The Forgotten Maestro” a biographical story of romance, betrayal, greed and lust that surrounded the musical genius of Juan de Sahagun Hernandez.

Her mother on her deathbed encouraged Millie to write, and share with the world her own experiences with God and how he can help with personal struggles and challenges in everyday life.

Her latest book entitled "Miraclets: Life's Precious Little Blessings", is a collection of inspiring, faith-infused stories that stress how we humans can get through the most challenging of times in our lives by relying on God and his Divine intervention.

As Millie says…. “My book is about the times in my own life when I needed that extra help, that additional strength, or even supernatural intervention that could fix things for me when nothing earthy or mortal could rectify the situation,” At least, that is the message I want to convey…no matter what happens call for Divine assistance…it might just surprise you.”

Amongst the everyday “Miraclets” that Milie shared with us are stories that range from the simple fact of lost sunglasses suddenly appearing to her favorite chapter in the book, which happens to be the last chapter.

“My mother was on her deathbed and I prayed to Blessed Andre Bessette to intercede for me to have an emissary escort my mother to the hereafter. I did not know much about Blessed Andre at that moment. After a series of occurrences, I was completely stunned to later find out that it was Blessed Andre himself, who came to my mother’s aid in her time of need”

Miraclets is a book that will bring a smile to your face, a tear to your eyes and is a reminder of our Humanity in Faith influenced and guided by a Divine Intervention.

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Millie Gonzalez Martelino".

Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with Millie Gonzalez Martelino

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"Millie Gonzalez Martelino"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"Millie Gonzalez Martelino - Miraclats"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A book and a Chat with Testimone'

On the shows which are now heading towards number 400, we have covered many differant subjects from various points of view, today I was glad to add some poetry to the list of discussions. Not just poetry but "urban poetry" talking about the sides of life which sometimes we forget.

Testimone' my guest on today’s show has been writing poetry for many years sharing her ups and downs as well as the issues she sees. Now she has published a book called “Voices Inside My Head" (the cry of an urban mom). The book consists of over three hundred pages of words that cover life written in words from the heart.

During the show Testimone’ shared much about her life what lead her to start writing as well as much of has kept her producing such interesting and vivid poems. Written in an uncompromising style, in everyday language there are words that not only touch your soul but make you think as well.

During the show she shared several of her poems with us, and while you can hear those on the show, here is one she did not read…

IF THERE WAS A CURE FOR H.I.V.

Would the wild behaviors of my people increase or would
the excruciating pain of today’s victims cease?

Would a cure be another excuse to engage in uncontrollable and non-committed affairs with the estranged by the attraction of a meaningless stare?

- Or -

Would my people open their closed minds and leave their animalistic behaviors behind
in a prayer of forgiveness for their lustful desires?

If there was a cure for H.I.V.

Would we roll around in bed with a one-night stand in laughter
until the sun beams through our vertical blinds the morning after?

- Or -

Would we drink and celebrate in the heat of the moment as if there were no tomorrow
and enjoy the pleasures of body parts we temporarily borrowed,
while neglecting our own personal horror?

Could we as women of power allow our loneliness to die
by putting our abandonment in the dark shadows of our minds
and close our legs to soothe the heat of our most sacred place?

Would our everlasting brothas no longer admire us
as fresh pieces of meat as we parade up and down the streets?
Advertising and surrendering freely what use to be for one man’s eyes to see,
while entertaining in a bedroom of privacy and intimacy.

Unfortunately, THERE IS NO CURE FOR H……I…….V!

There is a cure in educating and controlling ourselves,
protecting and respecting ourselves, and loving and caring for ourselves.
Self-love will spread throughout the universe
and conquer the disease called H.I.V.

CAN YOU DIG IT?

Here novel is though provoking from love to drugs, abuse to gun control, so listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Testimone'".

Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with Testimone'

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"Testimone'"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"Testimone' - Voices Inside My Head"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A Book and a Chat with MJ Allaire

Author, fellow book signer and friend MJ Allaire makes a welcome return to today’s “A Book and a Chat” to share about her books, self publishing and even appearing as a wench in the court of King Richard.
If you have seen me signing around New England would normally see me working with this great author, as the St George the knight always goes well with a person who has written about dragons.

MJ started writing her young adult fantasy series in 2005, for her eldest son, then 15, however from the first book "Dragon's Blood", MJ went on to produce “The Prisoner” and “ Dragons Tear” as books two and three of the now “Denicalis Dragon Chronicles” . Just to show she was not all about dragon as she then produced “My Blissful Life As a Submariner's Wife”

Imagine yourself as a young mother; half the world away from loved ones as a military dependent, then compound this with the much larger challenge of raising a family by yourself because your military spouse is always gone. No amount of money can replace when an active duty military member misses some of life's major milestones, such as the birth of a child, a baby's first steps, or a high school graduation. Follow one woman as she struggles to provide balance and stability to her dependent children while her husband serves his country. Her trials and tribulations will provide insight to just a few of the challenges faced by today's military family. Think you understand the life of a military dependent? Think again.

In 2010 MJ produced “Dragons Breath” book four of the Denicalis Dragon Chronicles, then took the step to move from print on demand type publishing to produce and market her own, creating her own publishing company Bookateer Publishing

Review of "Dragons Breath"

In book four of the Denicalis Dragon Chronicles series, the reader is invited to follow a group of curious children who set out on a mission to find not only each other, but also the amulets, while finding a solution to save the dragons from evil forces that rule through greed and power.

Will the children succeed through trust and determination as they follow their destiny, or will their efforts become 'Mission Impossible!' Why did the girls trust Kennard, and was he a slimy frog, or a muck dragon? Was an evil spell casted upon Kennard, and by whom? Will the girls be able to save Gruffod, and what was Lotor's intentions? Why is Nivri searching for the missing amulets, and were the dragons able to communicate with each other? What happened to Kennard when he tried to escape at an attempt for freedom, and was a bird laughing at him? How will the girls get to the other side of the mountain? Will they find food to satisfy hunger, and will Tonia ever see her brothers again? Were the rats and turtles Kennard's friends, and did they help the girls? Who provided lights for the girls as their journey began, and who guided the way?

This novel is highly recommended for all fantasy lovers. MJ Allaire takes the reader through another spectacular adventure that not only young adults would appreciate, but parents and teachers as well. The incredible story is educational as magic fills the air, while mystical creatures come to life. Time is running out as the mysterious quest continues. The clock is ticking fast, who will survive, and who will die? Will the journey end with a treasure of memories, or will it end in a nightmare? Why did the Ring of Alyshana strike an emotional chord in Kennard, and did it have special powers? Why was Zacharu held as a prisoner? Two prisoners found freedom, who were they?

Will the missing stones be found? What happens to Kennard, after the girls make it through the mountain, and who will be grieving? This book will indeed capture the imagination as the reader travels through a life-endangering odyssey. "DRAGON'S BREATH" is enchanting, delightful, and as thrilling as WILD AMERICA!

During the show MJ shared with us some of the issues and what sort advantages there can be from publishing your books yourself, before going on to tell us about her latest venture. Selling her books and being a part of the King Richards Faire in Carver MA.

With those medieval appearances spread over the next month followed by signings in the Connecticut building with fellow CAPA authors at the Big E and now book five underway I am sure the name MJ Allaire will soon be spreading around the country as a must read author for all ages.

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with MJ Allaire".

Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with MJ Allaire

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"MJ Allaire"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"MJ Allaire - Denicalis Dragon Chronicles"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A Book and a Chat with Benjamin Kane Ethridge

Floods, hurricanes, solar flares or just a dodgy internet connection, all of these and more are sent to try the host of a blog radio show, or so it seems. Today’s show had a difficult start with my guest being there but unable to be heard by myself or the audience. Still once Benjamin Kane Ethridge was able to be heard it was well worth waiting for.

Benjamin is the Bram Stoker Award winning author of the novel Black & Orange. Beyond that he's written several collaborations with Michael Louis Calvillo, one of which is a novella called Ugly Spirit, available in 2011.

Black & Orange came from a brainstorm Benjamin had one Easter about how the holiday didn’t really represent what we Americans have come to see it as, this lead to further thoughts about a different holiday…

“What if Halloween wasn’t what we really thought it was?”

No pagan, druids, Satanists, ghosts, witches etc… what if Halloween was something that could make or break our world, our universe, if it didn’t go right? After that, he began piecing a story together.

About Black & Orange

On Halloween a gateway opens to a terrifying place of sacrificial magic known as the Old Domain. The Church of Midnight and their diabolic leader, Chaplain Cloth, are hell-bent to keep the gateway open forever.

Martin and Teresa, known as the Nomads, have the mission to prevent a sacrifice from being fed to the gateway. This sacrifice is an energy source that grows in a different person every year. This year, however, things have gotten worse. Teresa’s losing a battle to lung cancer and Martin can’t bare the thought of fighting this battle alone. The Church of Midnight is backstabbing each other-- making internal moves they haven’t before, and the sacrifice this year is something that nobody would ever see coming. Meanwhile, Chaplain Cloth plans to merge the worlds and start his reign of destruction on the universe.

As mentioned this dark fantasy novel Black & Orange has won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in First Novel., perhaps opening the door for further success, as Benjamin shared his second novel “Dungeon Brain” is already doing the publisher rounds.
The gremlins had not finished with today’s show and we both had to reconnect at one time, still it was all well worth listening to as we learned much about this award winning author that I am sure will have many hunting for his book, and looking out for further writings of “Benjamin Kane Ethridge”

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Benjamin Kane Ethridge".

Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with Benjamin Kane Ethridge

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"Benjamin Kane Ethridge"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"Benjamin Kane Ethridge - Black and Orange"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A Book and a Chat with Rick Laham

Rick Laham is the guest on tonights “A Book and a Chat” talking about his life and his memoir, well part one of his memoir “Immaculate Recovery”
.
The book follows his roller-coaster ride from happily married millionaire to divorced, homeless crack-addict who is frequently in jail or on the run—and of his road back to success and well being. The book combines Laham’s jail diary with provocative character studies of the various drug addicts, criminals and strippers—as well as grandmothers and wealthy professionals.

As one reviewer out it, the book is “soberly honest”, reminding me in some ways of Bunions “Pilgrims Progress”, Immaculate Recovery takes you on a journey to his multiple arrests and convictions on drug possession charges and related crimes. Justified in his "addict's mind" by the loss of his marriage and disconnection from his family, he writes about his spiraling down from being a successful businessman and functional pot smoker, morphing to a nocturnal life infested with crack cocaine - along with all the bad decisions that accompany the drug.

The second part of the book is in diary type format, written during his days in jail. Many of those details are simply insignificant, as mundane as jailhouse life itself. Though it was there, in the darkest hours that Rick found God and started on the road back to where he is today.

“Immaculate Recovery” is a powerful true story of strength and hope, that he hopes will help many to fight the good fight, and to accomplish your destiny for His glory. Knowing that all things are possible and fulfilling the mission that God Himself has in store for you, whatever that mystery will reveal itself to be, and that you, too, can and will have an Immaculate Recovery.

As I said at the beginning, this is the first part of his memoir. The second part deals with financial and emotional recovery, corporate corruption and some of the links between big business and organized crime. Like this first book, I am sure that will make very interesting reading.

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Rick Laham".

Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with Rick Laham

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"Rick Laham"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"Rick Laham - Rick Laham"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A Book and a Chat with Sharon Lechter

A book that is intended to provide answers during today’s uncertain economic and spiritual times, that offers powerful and sometimes chilling lessons that hold the secrets to achieving personal success. You would think it was written for these hard times that we are all sharing these days?

But no, it was actually written by the great American author and entrepreneur Napoleon Hill back in 1938.

My guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” is Sharon Lechter, founder of Pay Your Family First, a financial education organization. In addition to annotating and editing “Outwitting the Devil,” she is the coauthor of the international bestseller (over 27 million sold to date) “Rich Dad Poor Dad” and 14 books in the Rich Dad series. She is now focused on expanding the knowledge of Napoleon Hill’s principles and teachings in conjunction with the Napoleon Hill Foundation. Her bestseller, “Three Feet from Gold,” was released on October 2009.

Napoleon Hill best known for “Think and Grow Rich,” published in 1937, which has become one of the bestselling books of all time. His teachings have gone on to influence entire generations of success seekers, setting the standard for the foundations of today’s motivational thinking. Hill passed away in 1970. Hill’s work lives on in the Napoleon Hill Foundation, an educational nonprofit dedicated to promoting his principles.

Locked away for due to fears of his family and friends that it was too controversial, his follow up book “Outwitting the Devil” which was sequel to “Think and Grow Rich,” has now been released.

Sharon has taken the original writing and added annotations help modernize the original writings, keeping them separate so as not to take away from the original teachings, which as she shows apply to these modern times, asking thought-provoking questions to help readers execute Hill’s lessons and concludes that it is never too late for a new beginning.

About “Outwitting the Devil”

The book begins with Hill’s personal anecdote of what led him to write “Outwitting the Devil,” including his famous meeting with Andrew Carnegie in 1908, which launched his lifelong mission of helping others achieve personal achievement. Hill also describes one of his lowest moments in the 1920s where he feared for his life, causing him to retreat into a hypnotic state of self contempt. It was this experience that later led to an epiphany where he discovers his other self and confronts the devil, leaving it up to readers to decide for themselves if he’s speaking to the actual devil or a metaphorical one. In a courtroom-style interrogation, Hill’s interview with the devil reveals how negative thoughts like fear can paralyze a person from reaching full potential. Seven principles are revealed– including learning from adversity and having definiteness of purpose in life – which can help the reader successfully outwit their own devil.

What people say about “Outwitting the Devil”

“I have just finished reading "Outwitting the Devil" and it is truly inspirational. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to take their careers to the next level or anyone who is on a personal mission to better themselves. It's a book that's different from any other and you won't be disappointed!"~Jamsler


"At its core, Outwitting the Devil is a cleverly wrapped anecdote for the inner and external conflicts, influences and temptations each person will face throughout their life. Whether you find Hill's interview with the Devil fact or mere fiction, the lessons learned within, skillfully illustrated to illuminate and inspire, hold real value in outwitting your own devils and creating a successful life."
~M. Dutile

"I loved the book. In fact I'm buying more to give to my clients. Outwitting the Devil really makes you think about the positive and negative ways we see ourselves. I recommend it for everyone."
~S. McMahon "Duffy"

“Outwitting the Devil” identifies and confronts life’s greatest obstacles – fear, procrastination, anger and jealously – which stand in the way of success. The book recognizes these obstacles as tools of the devil that can lead to personal demise, but Hill reveals seven principles to triumph over them and succeed. Confronting in nature, “Outwitting the Devil” challenges politics, religion, public education and other society influences with revelations and solutions that still hold true today. One of those books that each time you read it you learn something different.

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Sharon Lechter".

Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with Sharon Lechter

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"Sharon Lechter"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"Sharon Lechter - Outwitting the Devil"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A Book and a Chat with Melissa Foster

My guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat” despite her love of reading and the written word, waited until all of her six children were at school, before starting to make her own way in the world on books. Now with two award winning books already receiving rave reviews around the blogosphere a third book and the way and several others in the pipeline, let alone options for films, in the case of Melissa Foster, this wait has been well worthwhile.

During the show Melissa shared with us, how her first published book “Megan’s Way” came about, also the fact it was actually written second and the equally well received “Chasing Amanda” was originally written under the title “The Knowing” was really her first written piece.

The seedling for Megan's Way came from an actual event that happened wth her mother, years ago, and the inspiration from the friendships came from a group of women that she grew up with.

About “Megan’s Way”

When Megan Taylor, a single mother and artist living on Cape Cod, receives the shocking news that her cancer has returned, she's faced with the most difficult decision she's ever had to make. The love she has for her daughter, Olivia, and her closest friends will be stretched and frayed.

Megan’s illness reawakens the torment of her best friend, Holly Townsend, whose long-held secrets and years of betrayal come back to haunt her. How does one choose between a daughter and a life-long best friend? Can the secret she has been keeping be revealed after years of lying without destroying everyone in its wake? Meanwhile, fourteen-year-old Olivia's world is falling apart right before her eyes, and there's nothing she can do about it. She finds herself acting in ways she cannot even begin to understand. When her internal struggles turn to dangerous behavior, even the paranormal connection she shares with her mother might not be enough to save her - her life will hang in the balance.

Megan’s Way is a journey of self discovery and heartfelt emotions, exploring the depth of the mother-daughter bond, and the intricacies of friendship.

This book won Melissa the 2011 Beach Book Award Winner (Spirituality), 2011 Readers Favorite Awards, Winner (Fiction/Drama), Finalist (Women's Fiction) , 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist (Spirituality) and was a sign of things to come.


In “Chasing Amanda” the sublimely talented with such comments as “most intelligent, engaging and luminous books of it's genre in 2011” being freely dotted around reviews.

About “Chasing Amanda”

I will share the words of one reviewer to describe this great book…

Chasing Amanda transcends the conventional "who-dunnit" styled thriller yarn by introducing multiple potential antagonists into the narrative early that have you, the reader, thinking right from the get go. And just when you think that you might have figured the mystery out early, Melissa Foster throws in the most elegant curve ball that totally knocks you off balance and has you scrambling to revisit the clue-set once more in an attempt to regain the upper hand in the story experience. It is an intelligent mystery that is certainly the most unique I've read and it's definitely the most challenging - and I mean that in a good way.

We are witness to an unnerving tale - set in Boyd's, an 'every-town' in rural Maryland, USA. Through the eyes of Molly Tanner, an engaging woman who presents an attractive dichotomy of hardened determination underneath a vulnerable exterior, we journey through a complex narrative which has at it's center, a missing young girl for whom time is fast running out.

Molly's unique gift for clairvoyance - which is both a blessing and a curse, becomes a vital tool in the search for the missing child but it puts her at odds with the town's folk, the authorities and even her husband. It is here, in the relationship with her husband Cole that we are able to access the roots of Molly's "Knowing" and how it has impacted on her and her family.

Author, Melissa Foster, paints in several key back stories that serve as powerful drivers of the central plot and she handles them with an almost surgical grace, integrating them into the narrative so that they become a natural extension of it.

Her attention to characterization too, is a joy to read and none of the actors in Chasing Amanda, are there to simply be. The relationships are fully realized and they are sometimes painful to bare witness to. Motivations are defined cleverly and are revealed as they need to be. This is, once again, the genius of Foster's prose. Each of her characters serve the story wonderfully and it makes for a very satisfying reading experience.

The sense of mystery, tension and atmosphere are imbued deftly into the narrative and like Kwei Quartey - who I reviewed last week - Melissa Foster's style is sensorial - visual, aural and tactile. If you let it "Chasing Amanda" is a story that you can experience rather than just simply observe.

Dean Mayes… “Elegantly Chasing - A Conversation with Melissa Foster & A Look At Chasing Amanda. “

As author Jennie Shortridge wrote…

"Melissa Foster is a wonderful connector of readers and books, a friend of authors, and a tireless advocate for women. She is the real deal"

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Melissa Foster".

Barry

Direct link to the show
A Book and a Chat with Melissa Foster

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"Melissa Foster"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"Melissa Foster - Chasing Amanda"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry

A Book and a Chat with Tamara Elizabeth

It was good to be back on “A Book and a Chat” chat tonight after the affects of hurricane or was it tropical storm “Irene” her in Connecticut. Surviving the storm for many has been a learning curb, the rush for “D” batteries was unbelievable and the purchasing of generators since the storm has gone up by 1000’s. Surviving and learning is something my guest on today’s show knows about.

Tamara Elizabeth is a speaker, author, self love coach, radio host, a master motivator of women in transition, conductress of motivational seminars, professional photographer, small space designer, lover of social media, mother of 5, and a fabulously loveable woman who after her first 50 years is determined to create a revolution of women.

She is a woman who has been down the path of low self esteem and no self love. She has walked a similar journey as they have ventured from. I know their pain and have felt their frustration and fears.

Her own experience in seeking help through a self love coach enabled Tamara to develop a fabulous 10 step program to help women to discover their perfectly authentic lovable selves. I coach them into their own empowerment and help them to build their "House Of The Lovable You."

She created the word -Moximize and have defined it as - "To overcome hardship with sass, courage, spunk, valor and attitude." I respect the trailblazing women of the 20's. They had moxie in everything they did. They had the courage to stand up to their challenges and they had the sass and spunk to defy society's norms.

The women and their stories of the twenties are are the source of inspiration for my coaching practice and I enjoy motivating my clients to becoming "Moximized."

Tamara decided to take the experiences of her own journey along life’s rocky road and help others succeed like she herself has. The result is the wonderful book – Fabulously Fifty and Reflecting It! – Discovering My Loveable Me.

The book covers her past, present and future reflections with the hope that each essay will inspire the women or indeed men who read it to work on the worksheets that accompany each story, with the result of each reader finding a way to follow their journey without giving up.

So listen now and share an interesting and entertaining show as I spend thirty minutes sharing "A Book and a Chat with Tamara Elizabeth".

Barry

Direct link to the show
"A Book and a Chat with Tamara Elizabeth"

or you can download the mp3 file of the show from
"Tamara Elizabeth"

You can find out more about my guest and their books at:
"Tamara Elizabeth - Fabulously Fifty and Reflecting It! Discovering My Lovable Me"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

My Blogs:

Book Information and Things UK - Across the Pond

Book and a Chat Radio Show Guests - A Book and a Chat

Funny, Weird Or Just Interesting News From Around the World - Laugh I Thought My Trousers Would Never dry