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Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. Included in this first volume are biographies and grave information for 51 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause.

In this volume: 

George WashingtonAbigail AdamsJohn AdamsWilliam BlountAaron BurrDaniel CarrollSamuel ChaseGeorge ClymerJohn CollinsFrancis DanaWilliam Richardson DavieWilliam Henry DraytonWilliam ElleryDeborah Sampson GarrettHoratio GatesElbridge GerryNicholas GilmanNathaniel GreeneButton GwinnettAlexander HamiltonElizabeth Schuyler HamiltonCornelius HarnettJohn HartJoseph HewesJared IngersollDaniel of St. Thomas JeniferFrancis Lightfoot LeeHenry Lee IIIRichard Henry LeePhilip LivingstonArthur MiddletonHenry MiddletonThomas MifflinRobert MorrisJohn MortonWilliam PacaJohn PennCharles PinckneyCaesar RodneyBenjamin RushRoger ShermanRichard SmithRichard StocktonThomas StoneGeorge TaylorNicholas Van DykeJoseph WarrenAnthony WayneNoah WebsterHenry WisnerGeorge Wythe

In this episode co-hosts Jody West and Sherry Knowlton interview Pat LaMarche, an author who could easily be described as a Renaissance woman, given her interesting and eclectic background.  We’re going to chat with Pat about her upcoming book, The Magic Diary. But we’ll also be discussing her work as a journalist, homeless advocate, non-fiction author, politician and philanthropist. Pat has run for pubic office several times, including twice as the Green Party candidate for Vice President of the United States. Her first foray into fiction, The Magic Diary, is expected to be released this spring.

Milford House Mysteries Hosts - Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, and Dead of Spring. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, and Had a Dying Fall.

When Bhante Sujatha was 10 years old, he told his parents he would throw himself off the bridge into the river below his childhood home in Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, if they did not let him become a monk. Since that time, he’s remained just as certain and determined to live a life dedicated to adding more love to the world and helping people heal their wounded minds.

Bhante has always known he was born to serve humanity and he wakes up everyday committed to this noble cause, teaching meditation and helping people access the deeper parts of themselves so they can feel radiant joy and peaceful happiness. With a single robe and some leftover food, Bhante left his home country and eventually found his way to America, where he learned a new language and culture and discovered the aching desire people have for a more meaningful life.

In a old leaky church basement, Bhante was given a small room to teach meditation. The first night, two people showed up. A decade later, The Blue Lotus Temple is a world-renowned Buddhist temple and meditation center that serves thousands of people locally and even more all over the world, under Bhante’s leadership as abbot and spiritual director.

Bhante leads more than 380 meditations a year, for which he travels hundreds of thousands of miles, often walking off a plane and onto a podium within minutes. He speaks to colleges and universities across the world, leads small group retreats, and consults with corporate giants, teaching them all that love is the way and peace is a constant practice.

On this episode of The Milford House Mysteries, hosts Joan West and Sherry Knowlton get into the holiday mood with a discussion of holiday and winter mysteries.  They'll talk about Christmas-themed mysteries, suspense and thrillers. They'll mention some favorite books that use a holiday backdrop to increase the suspense or ramp up the emotion. Plus, they'll discuss some new novels, which may not focus on the holidays but would be excellent presents for your favorite readers. Or to buy for yourself.  Join us for Booked for the Holidays!!

Milford House Mysteries Hosts - Sherry Knowlton is the author of the Alexa Williams series of murder mysteries including Dead of Autumn, Dead of Summer, and Dead of Spring. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series including Dying for Vengeance, Courting Doubt and Darkness, Darkness at First Light, and Had a Dying Fall.

Stories and Poems of a Strange but Beautiful Life

This collection of poems and short stories by Melanie Simms (all previously published in magazines, newspapers, and poetry journals) related to personal situations and experiences throughout her life. Included in this volume: 

The Fortune CookieLife Signs and Fortune CookiesIsaiahThe Snow ManWaiting for JackOnline LoversThe VisitorLittle Green MenOne More HeroThe Recipe Box

Spiritual Counselor, Annemarie Heckert, joins me again for this holiday special. Annemarie will be available to answer your calls live. Our loved ones are always with us, angels guiding us, we are always loved and held. Perhaps there are  "Messages from the Other Side" waiting for you.

Guy Graybill blasts the liquor industry and its detrimental effects on society, covering topics past and present similar to T. S. Arthur's 19th-century classic Ten Nights in a Barroom. The book covers a broad sweep required to address today's great social challenge from the intemperate use of alcohol. This book takes a very fresh, modern approach, separating the drunken/alcoholic segment of America from the young non-drinkers and the exemplary drinkers, putting the intemperate drinkers in a smaller niche. Graybill argues society is ripe for condemnation and legislation.

Ultimately, Graybill's goal is to push for the deglamorization of alcohol and the effort to reduce the danger of that 17% of the American population who create the danger and mayhem. Each chapter slams a different aspect of the problem: The ever-present danger of drunken individuals, the negative effect of alcohol on every system of the body and on the unborn, the glamorization of alcohol where it is utterly inappropriate, and the legislators' disregard for every American's right to "domestic tranquillity."

Sought after by clients from around the world, Dr. Shari Auth, has been a leading holistic health practitioner in New York City for over two decades. Her signature treatments combine ancient wisdom from global traditions with scientific knowledge and deep intuition to treat a wide range of conditions including chronic and acute pain, mental health, women's health, insomnia, digestion, and postural issues, among others.?

Dr. Auth has studied the healing arts globally from China to India, Peru, Thailand and beyond – becoming steeped in ancient healing practices that have woven the rich tapestry of her healing practices today. She is a licensed and NCCAOM certified Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. She has a Master’s in Herbology and is a Board Certified Chinese Herbalist also with extensive training in Vedic and Western herbs. Among her many other accreditations, she is a licensed massage therapist, guild-certified in the Rolf Method of Structural Integration and a Faculty Member of the Swedish Institute, NYC. She founded The Auth Method of Therapeutic Massage and has trained thousands of practitioners on this method. 

From her work at Deepak Chopra’s Center in Southern California to her own wellness practice in New York City, Shari has attracted celebrity clientele with her signature blend of acupuncture, herbs and bodywork. Fo more information, visit https://www.shariauth.com

Finally, there is a book that reveals the truth about the worst air disaster to strike a Marine Corps fighter squadron during the Second World War. Marine Fighter Squadron 422 was a group of twenty-four typical young Americans trained to fly the famous F4U Corsair into combat with the legendary Japanese Zero. When they arrived in the Pacific, they suddenly found that not all their enemies carried guns in savage Banzai charges. Their two most dangerous and merciless adversaries were the fury of a tropical typhoon and the cold heartless whims of a Marine Corps general. Together, these two foes seal the fate of VMF-422 and cause the greatest disaster ever to strike a Marine squadron.

Aviation historian Mark Carlson has written the first full account of a group of ordinary young men who were suddenly challenged beyond their experience and which forever changed the lives of the survivors. The Marines’ Lost Squadron is the dramatic true story of a desperate and courageous fight for survival against the forces of nature and a conspiracy of silence. The Marines’ Lost Squadron is a saga of courage and conspiracy, patriotism and pride, fate and futility in a struggle to survive the ferocity of a huge typhoon in the midst of the Second World War.  ex communi periculo fraternitas

Rachel Grundon is a clairvoyant Medium who has been pursuing her desire to help others using her healing gifts as a creative and psychic channel. 

Developing a deep, intuitive connection with her clients, Rachel works directly with individuals to facilitate a deep-healing process through self-actualization and self-empowerment. She fully acknowledges the lack of personal fulfillment in those entangled in the “daily grind”, and works with individuals to uncover their true life’s purpose.

For more information, visit http://www.rachelgrundon.com/lux-convergence