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The White Boy Confessions By Marcus Valdespino chats with Dr. Alvin

Marcus Valdespino   Click Here To Listen The White Boy Confessions is the powerful autobiography of Marcus Valdespino and deals with gang life and violence in San Antonio and such controversial subjects as race relations, poverty, and interracial crime. The first 29 years of Valdespino's was compelling and tragic. He witnessed his father's drug dealing to high profile people and Marcus, unfortunately followed in his footsteps. Valdespino's story shows the worst of humanity and is chilling in its depiction of sex and violence and heartfelt, poignant and sad in its betrayal of the rite of passage of a young person growing up in this world. The White Boys Confessions is also extremely powerful in its [...]

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Edwin & Nikki Graves Henderson of Tinner Hills Blues Festival 2014 Falls Church, VA chats with Dr. Alvin

Tinner Hill Click Here To Listen The Tinner Hill Blues Festival is the only three-day event in Falls Church. There are all kinds of blues for all ages, all weekend, all over town. For more information visit http://tinnerhill.org/blues-festival.

By |June 9th, 2014|African Americans, Music, Performing Arts, Poetry, Travel|Comments Off on Edwin & Nikki Graves Henderson of Tinner Hills Blues Festival 2014 Falls Church, VA chats with Dr. Alvin
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A Long Time Gone By Karen White chats with Dr. Alvin

Karen White Click Here To Listen I want someone who will talk to me honestly about things. You're the only person who ever has. Maybe you don't know this, but when you're disabled almost no one tells you the truth. They feel too awkward because the truth seems too sad, I guess. You were very brave to walk up to the crippled girl and say, essentially, wipe that sunny expression off your face and look at reality. That's what I want you to do next year. Tell me the truth. That's all. Amy and Matthew didn't know each other, really. They weren't friends. Matthew remembered her, sure, but he remembered a lot of people from [...]

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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