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The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens By Sean Covey chats with Dr. Alvin

Sean Covey Click Here To Listen With more than five million copies in print all around the world, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens is the ultimate teenage success guide—now updated for the digital age. Imagine you had a roadmap—a step-by-step guide to help you get from where you are now, to where you want to be in the future. Your goals, your dreams, your plans…they are all within reach. You just need the tools to help you get there.

By |July 23rd, 2014|Leadership, Self-Help, Youth|Comments Off on The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens By Sean Covey chats with Dr. Alvin

“The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” Roger Bannister ©

By |July 23rd, 2014|Quotes, Sports|Comments Off on “The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.” Roger Bannister ©

“May the hate that comes to you not become you, and may the love you share become a part of us.” Dr. Alvin’s Book of Ponderations 18:5 ©

By |July 22nd, 2014|Quotes, Self-Help, Spirituality|Comments Off on “May the hate that comes to you not become you, and may the love you share become a part of us.” Dr. Alvin’s Book of Ponderations 18:5 ©

The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor By Jonathan Rose chats with Dr. Alvin

Jonathan Rose Click Here To Listen This strikingly original book introduces a Winston Churchill we have not known before. Award-winning author Jonathan Rose explores in tandem Churchill’s careers as statesman and author, revealing the profound influence of literature and theater on Churchill’s personal, carefully composed grand story and on the decisions he made throughout his political life.

By |July 22nd, 2014|Biography, History, Leadership, Literature|Comments Off on The Literary Churchill: Author, Reader, Actor By Jonathan Rose chats with Dr. Alvin

Island: How Islands Transform The World By J. Edward Chamberlin chats with Dr. Alvin

J. Edward Chamberlain Click Here To Listen

By |July 22nd, 2014|Agriculture, History, Real Estate, Travel|Comments Off on Island: How Islands Transform The World By J. Edward Chamberlin chats with Dr. Alvin

Let Me Be Clear: Barack Obama’s War On Millennials, And One Woman’s Case For Hope By Katie Kieffer chats with Dr. Alvin

Katie Kieffer Click Here To Listen “Let me be clear.” It was his come-hither call, his winsome whistle, his lingual lure. Barack Obama employed this phrase to sell his lies as maxims and his ineptitude as expertise. From JFK to Bill Clinton, America has experienced charming and coy presidents. But the most charming and coy is Obama, who seduced a generation of 95 million young Americans he used for his own political gain. Katie Kieffer is a gutsy commentator who gives it back to Barack. She turns his words against him. She grabs the high bar of transparency that Obama set for himself and snaps it with her wit. In Let Me Be Clear, Kieffer [...]

By |July 22nd, 2014|African Americans, History, Politics, Pop Culture|Comments Off on Let Me Be Clear: Barack Obama’s War On Millennials, And One Woman’s Case For Hope By Katie Kieffer chats with Dr. Alvin

Bouts Of Mania: Ali, Frazier, Foreman And An America On The Ropes By Richard Hoffer chats with Dr. Alvin

 Richard Hoffer Click Here To Listen The fights resonate still: The Fight of the Century, Down Goes Frazier!, The Rumble in the Jungle, The Thrilla in Manila. And the fighters, too-- Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman—three complicated and competitive men who happened to be vying for sport's biggest prize when boxing was still a national reassurance and its champion a cultural resource. They fought five times for that title, from 1971 to 1975, ranging across the globe, and their struggles, triumphs, and defeats echo through the years as well.

By |July 22nd, 2014|African Americans, Biography, History, Politics, Sports|Comments Off on Bouts Of Mania: Ali, Frazier, Foreman And An America On The Ropes By Richard Hoffer chats with Dr. Alvin

Mississippi Eyes: The Story And Photography Of The Southern Documentary Project By Matt Herron chats with Dr. Alvin

Matt Herron Click Here To Listen Mississippi Eyes is the chronicle of the events and the powerful witness of five young photographers in The Southern Documentary Project, working during the pivotal summer of 1964 in the segregated South. Together they captured the sometimes violent, sometimes miraculous process of social change as segregation resisted then gave way to a new beginning toward social justice.

By |July 22nd, 2014|African Americans, History, Law, Politics|Comments Off on Mississippi Eyes: The Story And Photography Of The Southern Documentary Project By Matt Herron chats with Dr. Alvin