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All My Belongings By Cynthia Ruchti chats with Dr. Alvin

Cynthia Ruchti Click Here To Listen Where do you turn when changing your name doesn’t give you the anonymity you want? When running hundreds of miles away isn’t far enough? When your search for a place to belong lands you right back where you began? One phone call destroys all hope Becca Morrow has for a life beyond the shame of her past. Further discredited by the death of her elderly, ailing patient—the mother of the influential businessman, Isaac Hughes—Becca’s new life is shattered and her longing for love slips away. Working to clear her name, Becca must learn to see the beauty in the ugliness of dying, to accept the precious tenderness in forgiveness, [...]

By |May 14th, 2014|Fiction, Gospel, Women|Comments Off on All My Belongings By Cynthia Ruchti chats with Dr. Alvin
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Thankful By Shelley Shepard Gray chats with Dr. Alvin

Shelley Shepard Gary-Thankful Click Here To Listen From bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray comes a tender story of faith, family, and finding love with the Amish of Sugarcreek Christina Kempf has always felt that God chose Aden Reese to be her husband. When they were children, Aden was there to save her when she fell through a patch of thin ice, and he's been by her side ever since. After his parents died in a car accident ten years ago, the Kempfs raised Aden as one of their own, and everyone sees Aden and Christina as brother and sister. But Christina has never given up hope that Aden will one day see her as the [...]

By |May 14th, 2014|Fiction, Gospel|Comments Off on Thankful By Shelley Shepard Gray chats with Dr. Alvin
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The Kraken Project By Douglas Preston chats with Dr. Alvin

Douglas Preston-Kraken Project Click Here To Listen Wyman Ford is back again in The Kraken Project, the thrilling new novel from New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston. NASA is building a probe to be splashed down in the Kraken Mare, the largest sea on Saturn’s great moon, Titan. It is one of the most promising habitats for extraterrestrial life in the solar system, but the surface is unpredictable and dangerous, requiring the probe to contain artificial intelligence software. To this end, Melissa Shepherd, a brilliant programmer, has developed "Dorothy," a powerful, self-modifying AI whose true potential is both revolutionary and terrifying. When miscalculations lead to a catastrophe during testing, Dorothy flees into the internet. [...]

By |May 13th, 2014|Fiction, Military, Technology, War|Comments Off on The Kraken Project By Douglas Preston chats with Dr. Alvin
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The Prodigal Son By Kimberla Lawson Roby chats with Dr. Alvin

Kimberla Lawson Roby-The Prodigal Son Click Here To Listen The Reverend Curtis Black hasn't spoken to his son, Matthew, in over a year-not since Matthew dropped out of Harvard to marry his girlfriend, Racquel, and be a full-time father to their infant son. Curtis knows that it was he and his wife, Charlotte, who drove Matthew away, but he prays that one day his son will forgive them and come home. Matthew, however, can't seem to forget the pain his parents caused him and Racquel. Still, he wonders if maybe they'd been right, as fatherhood is not what he expected, and Racquel's behavior has become increasingly erratic. Matthew genuinely wants to be a good husband, [...]

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The Kill Switch By James Rollins chats with Dr. Alvin

James Rollins Kill Switch Click Here To Listen From the two bestselling masters of action and political intrigue, James Rollins and Grant Blackwood, comes the first in a groundbreaking new series, featuring Captain Tucker Wayne and his stalwart military dog, Kane, both ripped from the pages of Sigma Force for their first solo adventure. It will take this uniquely talented pairing of man and beast to discover the earth-shattering truth behind The Kill Switch.

By |May 12th, 2014|Animals, Fiction, Military, War|Comments Off on The Kill Switch By James Rollins chats with Dr. Alvin
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Seven Wonders By PeterLerangis chats with Dr. Alvin

Peter Lerangis Click Here To Listen Three friends left Jack McKinley and his friends defeated the Colossus of Rhodes, unearthed the treasures of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and recovered two of the seven lost Loculi—only to find they'd been betrayed. Two sides split With Babylon in ruins, Marco on the Massa side, and ancient secrets coming unraveled, the Select don't know who to trust or where to turn. Their G7W powers are growing at a furious pace, their worlds have been turned upside down, and the Massa are hot on their heels. But Jack, Aly, and Cass have no choice but to fight on. One life lost With the fate of the world in [...]

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Return To The Beach House By Georgia Bockoven chats with Dr. Alvin

Georgia Bockoven Click Here To Listen Over the course of one year, in a charming cottage by the sea, eight people will discover love and remembrance, reconciliation and reunion, beginnings and endings in this unforgettable sequel to Georgia Bockoven's The Beach House and Another Summer Alison arrives at the beach house in June to spend a month with her restless grandson before he leaves for his first year of college. More than a decade earlier, Alison lost her beloved husband, and has faced life alone ever since. Now she discovers a new life and a possible new love. August brings together four college friends facing a milestone. During summer's final days, they share laughter, tears, [...]

By |May 12th, 2014|Fiction|Comments Off on Return To The Beach House By Georgia Bockoven chats with Dr. Alvin
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How To Babysit Grandma By Jean Reagan chats with Dr. Alvin

Jean Reagan Click Here To Listen When you babysit a grandma, if you're lucky . . . it's a sleepover at her house! And with the useful tips found in this book, you're guaranteed to become an expert grandma-sitter in no time. (Be sure to check out the sections on: How to keep a grandma busy; Things to do at the park; Possible places to sleep, and what to do once you're both snugly tucked in for the night.) From the author-illustrator team behind the bestselling How to Babysit a Grandpa comes a funny and heartwarming celebration of grandmas and grandchildren.

By |May 10th, 2014|Children, Family, Fiction, Parenting, Relationships, Women|Comments Off on How To Babysit Grandma By Jean Reagan chats with Dr. Alvin
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Robert B. Parker: Cheap Shot By Ace Atkins chats with Dr. Alvin

Ace Atkins-Cheap Shot Click Here To Listen Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriots’ marquee players—a hard-nosed linebacker who’s earned his reputation as one of the toughest guys in the league. When off-field violence repeatedly lands Heywood in the news, his slick agent hires Spenser to find the men who he says have been harassing his client. Heywood’s troubles seem to be tied to a nightclub shooting from two years earlier. But when Heywood’s nine-year-old son, Akira, is kidnapped, ransom demands are given, and a winding trail through Boston’s underworld begins, Spenser puts together his own all-star team of toughs. It will take both Hawk and Spenser’s protégé, Zebulon Sixkill, to watch Spenser’s [...]

By |May 10th, 2014|Fiction|Comments Off on Robert B. Parker: Cheap Shot By Ace Atkins chats with Dr. Alvin
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Starfire By Dale Brown chats with Dr. Alvin

Dale Brown-Starfire Click Here To Listen With the death of his heroic father, bomber and space warfare veteran Patrick McLanahan, Bradley McLanahan must now fly solo, leading a team of young engineers designing Starfire, the world's first orbiting solar power plant. Starfire will not only deliver unlimited and inexpensive electricity to anywhere on planet Earth, it can also transmit power to the moon, and even to spacecraft and asteroids. It's a crucial first step in the exploration of the solar system, and Bradley and his team are on the cutting edge. But U.S. president Kenneth Phoenix's plans to militarize and industrialize Earth's orbit sparks an arms race in space that eclipses the darkest and most [...]

By |May 10th, 2014|Fiction, Military, Technology, War|Comments Off on Starfire By Dale Brown chats with Dr. Alvin
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