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Discovering Your Soul Signature: A 33-Day Path To Purpose, Passion & Joy By Panache Desai chats with Dr. Alvin

Panache Desai Click Here To Listen   Your soul signature is your spiritual DNA—it is who you are at your core, the most authentic part of you, your singular contribution to this world. And yet we reject our authentic selves. We allow our soul signature to become blocked by any number of emotional obstacles that life throws in our path: anger, fear, guilt, shame, sadness, despair. Any or all of these feelings overtake us and create a density, a heaviness that doesn’t permit us to embrace who we truly are, deep inside. We are energetic beings, Panache Desai reminds us, and emotions are energy in motion. When we are blocked we feel unworthy, less than, [...]

By |June 9th, 2014|Self-Help, Spirituality|Comments Off on Discovering Your Soul Signature: A 33-Day Path To Purpose, Passion & Joy By Panache Desai chats with Dr. Alvin

Done: A Cook’s Guide To Knowing When Food Is Perfectly Cooked By James Peterson

James Peterson Click Here To Listen Done. answers the age-old question that stumps all cooks: "Is it ready yet?" In this infinitely handy kitchen guide, foremost cooking authority James Peterson gives at-a glance answers for more than 85 of the most vexing-to-cook foods, from sauces, vegetables, fish, and meats to sweets. Detailed descriptions of smell, sound, look, and texture provide a quick reference, while more than 500 color photographs clearly capture each key stage of doneness. With distilled explanations of the 10 basic cooking methods for context, Done. is the solution to thermometer dependence. It's an instant classic for cooks of all skill levels.

By |June 8th, 2014|Cooking / Food|Comments Off on Done: A Cook’s Guide To Knowing When Food Is Perfectly Cooked By James Peterson

Coach Wooden’s Greatest Secret: The Power Of A Lot Of Little Things Done Well by Pat Williams chats with Dr. Alvin

Pat Williams-Coach Wooden Click Here To Listen Now Pat Williams takes Coach Wooden's lesson, along with stories of people like Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, and more whose lives have exemplified the importance of little things done well, and shows you how the small things you do or don't do drastically affect your integrity, reputation, health, career, faith, and success. Want to do your very best in life, family, work, and faith? Want to live a life of excellence that is worthy of emulation? This inspiring book will show you how it's done.

By |June 8th, 2014|Biography, Leadership, Sports|Comments Off on Coach Wooden’s Greatest Secret: The Power Of A Lot Of Little Things Done Well by Pat Williams chats with Dr. Alvin

Train: Riding The Rails That Created The Modern World–From The Trans-Siberian To The Southwest Chief By Tom Zoellner chats with Dr. Alvin

Tom Zoellner Click Here To Listen Tom Zoellner loves trains with a ferocious passion. In his new book he chronicles the innovation and sociological impact of the railway technology that changed the world, and could very well change it again. From the frigid trans-Siberian railroad to the antiquated Indian Railways to the futuristic MagLev trains, Zoellner offers a stirring story of man’s relationship with trains. Zoellner examines both the mechanics of the rails and their engines and how they helped societies evolve. Not only do trains transport people and goods in an efficient manner, but they also reduce pollution and dependency upon oil. Zoellner also considers America’s culture of ambivalence to mass transit, using the [...]

By |June 6th, 2014|Business, History, Transportation|Comments Off on Train: Riding The Rails That Created The Modern World–From The Trans-Siberian To The Southwest Chief By Tom Zoellner chats with Dr. Alvin

Ruby: A Novel By Cynthia Bond chats with Dr. Alvin

Cynthia Bond Click Here To Listen Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby, “the kind of pretty it hurt to look at,” has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees suffocating Liberty for the bright pull of 1950s New York. Ruby quickly winds her way into the ripe center of the city--the darkened piano bars and hidden alleyways of the Village--all the while hoping for a glimpse of the red hair and green eyes of her mother. When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, thirty-year-old Ruby Bell finds [...]

By |June 6th, 2014|Fiction, Women|Comments Off on Ruby: A Novel By Cynthia Bond chats with Dr. Alvin

Kosher Lust: Love Is Not The Answer By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach chats with Dr. Alvin

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Click Here To Listen Live From Germany Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Boy and girl enjoy the sparks in the early years, but eventually settle into a comfortable friendship, and all passion disappears from their marriage. That s just the way it goes, right? As many as one in three long-term marriages in America are sexless, and most people accept this as the inevitable course of a romantic relationship. In this groundbreaking book, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach explains why the prioritizing of love and companionship in marriage is all wrong, and why we should not go quietly into that dark night of celibate marriage. It is not love, Rabbi Shmuley shows, but [...]

By |June 6th, 2014|Jewish, Men, Relationships, Spirituality, Women|Comments Off on Kosher Lust: Love Is Not The Answer By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach chats with Dr. Alvin

Everything To Lose By Andrew Gross chats with Dr. Alvin

Andrew Gross-Everything To Lose Click Here To Listen A determined mother becomes entangled in a murderous conspiracy to keep a twenty-year-old secret buried in this blistering thriller, set during the tragic aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, from Andrew Gross, the New York Times bestselling author of 15 Seconds and No Way Back While driving along a suburban back road, Hilary Cantor, who's just lost her job and whose deadbeat husband has left her to care for her son who has Asperger's, witnesses a freakish accident when a deer suddenly darts in front of the car ahead of her. The driver careens down a hill and slams into a tree. Rushing to help, she discovers the car [...]

By |June 6th, 2014|Fiction|Comments Off on Everything To Lose By Andrew Gross chats with Dr. Alvin

Letters Of Note: An Eclectic Collection Of Correspondence Deserving Of A Wider Audience Complied By Shaun Usher chats with Dr. Alvin

Shaun Usher Click Here To Listen Live From The U.K. This spectacular collection of more than 125 letters offers a never-before-seen glimpse of the events and people of history—the brightest and best, the most notorious, and the endearingly everyday. Entries include a transcript of the letter; a short contextual introduction; and, in 100 cases, a captivating facsimile of the letter itself. The artfulness of Shaun Usher's eclectic arrangement creates a reading experience rich in discovery. Mordant, hilarious, poignant, enlightening—surprise rewards each turn of the page. Colorfully illustrated with photographs, portraits, and relevant artworks, this handsome hardcover is a visual treat too, making Letters of Note an utterly distinctive gift, and an instant classic.

By |June 6th, 2014|Art, Literature, Quotes|Comments Off on Letters Of Note: An Eclectic Collection Of Correspondence Deserving Of A Wider Audience Complied By Shaun Usher chats with Dr. Alvin

America: Imagine A World Without Her By Dinesh D’Souza chats with Dr. Alvin

Dinesh DSouza-America Click Here To Listen Live From The Nation's Capitol   Is America a source of pride, as Americans have long held, or shame, as Progressives allege? Beneath an innocent exterior, are our lives complicit in a national project of theft, expropriation, oppression, and murder, or is America still the hope of the world? New York Times bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza says these questions are no mere academic exercise. It is the Progressive view that is taught in our schools, that is preached by Hollywood, and that shapes the policies of the Obama administration. If America is a force for inequality and injustice in the world, its power deserves to be diminished; if traditional [...]

By |June 5th, 2014|History, Politics|Comments Off on America: Imagine A World Without Her By Dinesh D’Souza chats with Dr. Alvin

“Your character is shaped by the ones you love, by the souls you refuse to love and by the hearts you never reach out to touch.” Dr. Alvin ©

By |June 5th, 2014|Business, Gospel, Ponderations, Quotes, Spirituality|Comments Off on “Your character is shaped by the ones you love, by the souls you refuse to love and by the hearts you never reach out to touch.” Dr. Alvin ©