Books On Air

by  Lesley Millard Zafran with collaborators Dr. Cinda Kane and Tara Kellogg

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Fantastic Florence – It’s NOT your fault! is a series of books for children. Each book tells a story about a child, or children, experiencing different traumatic experiences. 

Florence is a wise and loving magical bag who hears the thoughts of children and writes them messages when they are suffering. Florence reassures the children in each story that the painful challenges that life is currently presenting to them are not their fault. She encourages them to speak to someone they trust about what is happening to them. 

Each story is designed to be a safe space for children to see themselves in the story’s characters. The stories can open the door to the hard conversations that children need to have in order to begin the healing process. The books are meant to be an invaluable tool for parents and caregivers, therapists, and educators. 

In A Story About Bullying, a young girl named Ella is being bullied by two of her classmates. Because Florence can hear the thoughts of children, she hears Ella’s pain. Florence uses her magic powers to soothe Ella’s anxieties by encouraging her to reframe the situation and reach out for help. Florence’s brave, caring insights and message help Ella feel supported and less alone, and to realize that it is not her fault that she is being bullied. 

Children and adults are sure to fall in love with Florence as she gently helps children navigate the specific traumatic situation they may currently be experiencing but are too young to understand. Florence gives children a name for the trauma they are experiencing and, most importantly, she comforts children by telling them that it is NOT their fault when bad things happen and that it is okay to reach out for help.

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The author spent years attempting to understand how her life was fractured and flawed while living under a patriarchal regime. Because she believes women’s unique stories are integral to supporting other females enduring similar traumas, she now shares her personal experiences in order to support fellow women during times of injustice, uncertainty, and fear and ultimately lead them out of the darkness into the light of healing to realize their self-worth.

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This poignant narrative is shared to seek clarity for the author as well as other women who experience life fractures. Amy provides a candid glimpse into her own challenging journey through life. She endured a dysfunctional childhood, rape as an innocent teenager and then entered into unhealthy relationships that led her to eventually lose her children in a custody battle, fight addiction, and finally to realize recovery, true love, and new beginnings.

A LONGING FOR JUSTICE is a memoir of grief and loss as a young woman battles to emerge from her obstacles and replace despair with integrity.

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Drawing upon his years of military experience, the author Gene Abel offers a unique insider’s perspective as he lays out the truth about UFOs. He offers readers a fascinating exploration of the existence of an intelligent extraterrestrial race in this exploration of sightings and their potential impact on the future, and security, of the human race.

There are few events that would be of more importance, or more startling, than if, in the near future, we found ourselves confronted by another intelligent race with abilities and technology far superior to anything that currently exists on Earth. In What, If Anything, Is Out There? 

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The author details historic events that may well have been sightings by our ancestors. He explores what these encounters could mean for our security in the future. Drawing upon his years of military experience, Abel offers a unique insider’s perspective as he guides readers through a thoughtful history into the Roswell incident of 1947 and beyond.

In the wake of the Department of Defense acknowledgement that the United States Navy previously encountered UFOs, and in a moment where sightings are on the rise, What If Anything, Is Out There is a timely, and much needed, look at the role of intelligent life in the universe.

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Join an adventure walking in the shoes of Abigail Adams, wife of the second President of the United States, John Adams. Many stepping stones along this journey are first-hand accounts of Abigail’s correspondence before, during, and after the birth of her nation. Her forthright, knowledgeable insights reporting from the hotbed of Boston during the Revolution reveal the struggle of a young, loving family often separated as they balanced the needs of family vs. the needs of the emerging nation. 
You will encounter discourse from famous people and witness Abigail’s benevolence. She taught a young African-American boy to read, advocating for his inclusion in a traditional school. An early abolitionist, she also fought for women’s education and suffrage. Share her anguish as she buried four of her children. Realize Abigail’s political prowess as chief advisor to John. 
Abigail became the first of two valiant women to wear the labels of both wife and mother of an American president. This passionate portrayal of Abigail’s life highlights the hardships endured by the patriots to cement America’s values of liberty and justice for all.

This book appeals to people who seek freedom, justice and equality for all. Anyone with a curiosity for how the United States became a nation will be drawn to this book. It resembles a historical novel, but also possesses romance, tragedy, love of family, conflict and conflict-resolution.
After reading this book, you will have an appreciation for the imminent dangers the Founding Fathers & Mothers, particularly Abigail Adams, faced during the Revolution. She was John’s confidante and most trusted advisor, who despite the criticism she received as First Lady, continued with fortitude to battle for the advancement of America.
You can find Wild Colts Make the Best Horses: The Intrepid Life of Abigail Adams by Mary Mauch on Amazon.

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A new understanding is developed in this book about the relationship between the Christian faith, modern science, and the world religions. The authors call their new position Evolutionary Pluralism. 

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By combining the Christian faith with modern science and the global growth of religious diversity, Evolutionary Pluralism provides Christians with an alternative to current interpretations such as Young Earth Creationism, Old Earth Creationism, Intelligent Design Creationism, and Evolutionary Creationism. This new understanding stands solidly within the history and traditions of the Christian faith and builds on the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.

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13 Months: In the Bush, in Vietnam, in 1968 is an intimate look at life in the bush during the Vietnam War in 1968. You will experience the daily struggles, battles, and funny things that happen to a USMC grunt living in the bush for 13 months. You’ll see firsthand through the battles, what Marines ate and drank, where they slept and their existence that ranged from unmitigated terror to utter boredom, hot & dry to wet & cold, rested and ready to frazzled and wired. You’ll watch as a kid grows philosophically and confident, able to handle stress and strain, learning about friendship, love, difficulty, danger, deprivation, and loss. His friends are American kids from all different walks of life, backgrounds, races, and learning. The common element among them is their humanity, bravery, and willingness to risk their lives to help one another. They all were simply just a bunch of American boys doing their job, taking their chances, hoping to go home to the real world from an unreal world.

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About Bruce Bastien: Bruce Bastien has had dual careers in data processing and aviation. He has been a computer salesman for IBM, a business applications computer programmer, a consultant, and owner of a “Cloud” service bureau business hosting client business applications. He has been a flight instructor and owner of a Part 135 on-demand airline with Commercial Pilot License; Single Engine & Multi-Engine, Instrument Airplane ratings. He has degrees in Biometry, Computer Science, and Accounting. He lives in San Diego, California with his wife Carol.
You can find out more about Bruce at his website and order 13 Days In The Bush: in Vietnam, in 1968 on Amazon.

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In this coming-of-age tale, a high school athlete must face a mirror of truth that shows him a reflection he must come to terms with before he can move forward in life.

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Ever since his beloved father’s unexpected death and his best friend’s suicide, high school athletic phenom Chente Jimenez has been shutting out his family and friends in an attempt to protect his shattered soul.

When Chente decides to take a midnight jog on a sleepless, snowy night, he never imagined that his surprising encounter with his first-year basketball coach at a city park will unleash a series of events that will test his fortitude, challenge his courage, and awaken feelings he has guarded and suppressed all his life. 

While immersed in the final semester of his senior year, Chente soon becomes overwhelmed by the pressures of being an “all-American boy,” choosing the right college, and hiding his emerging homoerotic feelings from family and friends. Now as the Avalon High School basketball team races toward their first state championship, their starting-point guard must battle locker room homophobia and cyberbullying while attempting to boldly embrace his truth and become, Valiente.

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Many mystical predictions are presented in the biblical book of Revelations. The author focuses on seven churches that can represent modern religions: Ephesus (Catholicism), Smyrna (Judaism), Pergamum (Voodoo), Thyatira (Hinduism), Sardis (Buddhism), Philadelphia (Christianity), and Laodicea (Islam). 

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Adams provides an examination of each church which includes: a brief history, the evolution of the religion to the current day, an elucidation of doctrine and rituals, and four or five “key points” that illustrate the connection to the message of Jesus. The author’s objectivity is notable. He presents some criticism of all religions, including Christianity, with no special bias either for or against any.

Besides frequently quoting from the Bible, the author also draws from scholarly works. He provides a complete list of the sources he used for research, such as R. C. Zaehner’s Encyclopedia of World Religions, in the back of the book.

Adams fully believes and expounds that anyone, at any time, who understands the message of Revelation and accepts Jesus can partake of his blessings. His book would make an excellent focus for a Bible study among religious seekers.

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Thirty-year-old Kate Andrews is council estate born and bred. She’s a single, lonely, sex-deprived mother who lives for her daughter, Sadie.

Kate’s also the street’s Agony Aunt who dreams of her own happy ever after. Fat chance of that, though, when her prince charming is very much taken. So, for now she’ll continue to clean toilets, take care of her family, avoid the local drama, and keep her nose clean.

But when something terrible happens, Kate’s calm but mundane existence is turned on its head overnight. Her life becomes an overcrowded, drama-infused, chaotic, blood-stained, soap opera and she’s pushed to the brink. Now she has to keep her cards close to her chest, ward off her lifelong bestie’s drink, drug-fueled lesbian advances and protect her family from the predators who are getting too close for comfort.

Things are turning nasty on the estate and Kate’s dark side – the one no one knew existed – is about to take center stage.

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• Will this tough single mother get revenge for her daughter?
• Will she sacrifice her pathetic princess dream and focus on keeping everyone else happy instead?
• Or will the explosive truth be told?

Find out the answers in this exhilarating, rollercoaster of a novel that’s packed with illicit love affairs, criminal antics, humor, danger and single-parent, council-estate banter that will keep you enthralled from start to finish.

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The author is a licensed clinical social worker with a Master’s degree in Social Welfare as well as a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley. She has worked as a Psychotherapist in private practice, a Case Manager with developmentally disabled clients and their families, Child Therapist working with abused and battered children, and as a Behavioral Medicine Specialist and Sub-Chief.She has always thrived on helping other people solve problems.  She had no idea that one day soon she would be facing serious problems of her own. The book is her personal story of injury and recovery. She has included the latest updated research on brain injury.

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It all started after dropping her husband off at work. The author went on a bike ride. As someone who enjoyed hiking and staying active, it was just a routine day. Somehow, she suffered an accident as well as seizures. By the time she arrived at the hospital, her brain was bleeding, and it was unclear if she’d survive. Many others could tell similar stories.
Brain injuries cause more deaths than any other sports injury. In fact, a traumatic brain injury occurs every 15 seconds.

According to the  is the Brain Injury Research Institute, brain injury is the number one cause of death in children and young adults. Those lucky enough to survive a brain injury face many challenges, some more so than others. Whether you’re coping with an injury yourself or have a loved one seeking to discover a new normal, you’ll be informed and inspired by this story of surviving and thriving after a brain injury.

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