NEW BOOK CAPTURES AMERICA – HER STRENGTHS, HER CHALLENGES AND HER SACRIFICES

It’s June 22, 1939, and with $45 in his pocket, 19-year-old Jack Newkirk is riding his rickety Harley across the country – a nation, as Tom Brokaw so eloquently wrote, that was balanced precariously between the darkness of the Great Depression on one side and the storms of war in Europe and the Pacific on the other.  Jack had no way of knowing that he and the rest of America were on the brink of an irrevocable transformation.

Nearly seven decades later, author John J. Newkirk retraces that journey with his aging father – Jack. The results make up The Old Man And The Harley: A Last Ride Through Our Fathers’ America (Thomas Nelson, September 4, 2008) – a heartwarming hybrid of Brokaw’s The Greatest Generation and the late Tim Russert’s Russ and Me.

Come full circle with John as he and Jack ride from San Francisco to New York – discovering freedom, forgiveness, and respect along the way.  READ MORE »

“Real success is a treasure you cannot spend or lose, and it can’t ever be stolen from you, because it is who you have become.” - Louis Barajas

(Santa Fe Springs, Calif.) – Today’s sputtering economy has workers feeling as though they’re doing more and more and going nowhere – and with good reason. Americans work eight weeks longer per year than they did in the 1960s, but for roughly the same income after adjusting for inflation, according to a report by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Conference.

We have always been told that the harder we work the more successful we will be. So why is it that we are not living the life we say we want? Why do we feel so overwhelmed and stressed? The simple answers can be found within the pages of Overworked, Overwhelmed and Underpaid (Thomas Nelson, September 30, 2008) by award-winning columnist, speaker, and Certified Financial Planner™ Louis Barajas. READ MORE »

DR. WILLIAM J. BENNETT AND JOHN T.E. CRIBB
365 REASONS TO LOVE AMERICA

(Washington) William J. Bennett and John T.E. Cribb have created a day-by-day source of insight, inspiration, and information about this extraordinary place called the United States of America. Together, Bennett and Cribb tell a year’s worth of stories about a great country that’s done great things.

The result is The American Patriot’s Almanac (Thomas Nelson, October 21, 2008). This beautifully crafted book is a compilation of events, symbols, and heroes that celebrate the remarkable history and character of the United States.

Easily readable and accessible to all ages, The American Patriot’s Almanac is divided into 365 entries, one for each day of the year. Each entry recalls a remarkable event that took place on that day in American history, providing a touch point for knowing what America is and what she represents. READ MORE »

(Nashville, Tenn.) – During the Democratic National Convention, the eyes of the world will be fixed on one presidential candidate, Barack Obama. He is the “rock star” politician, “the face of the Democratic Party’s future,” and the “skinny kid with the funny name” who has ascended to the summit of American politics. His religious faith is both the fuel of all that he has achieved and the source of the greatest challenges in his pursuit of the presidency.

With the need to provide a fair minded and objective examination of the candidate’s faith, bestselling author Stephen Mansfield writes La Fe de Barack Obama (The Faith of Barack Obama, Thomas Nelson Publishers, published in Spanish by Grupo Nelson, September 8, 2008). In this new book, Mansfield provides us with the most thoroughgoing examination of the role of religion in the Democratic presidential candidate’s life to date. The author provides an analysis of Obama that is sure to surprise people across the political divide—and provoke widespread discussion about an issue that continues to be front and center in this year’s election. READ MORE »

NEW BOOK A CELEBRATION OF A TIMELESS STORY

(Nashville, Tenn.)  This Christmas, experience anew the miracle of one special baby.  “A Baby Changes Everything,” penned by renowned songwriters Tim Nichols, K.K. Wiseman and Craig Wiseman and sung by Faith Hill, tells the amazing story of a young girl, an unplanned pregnancy and one miraculous little baby.

Faith Hill’s song A Baby Changes Everything celebrates the baby in the manger in a fresh new way.  In this elegant gift book the lyrics joined by reflective stanzas on the wonder of God’s love and the Christmas season.  Through this new book and CD single included with the book, find the joy and wonder of how a baby can change our lives in an instant and how one baby changed the world forever.  This fresh retelling of the Christmas story makes for a beautiful expression of all that is wonderful about Christmas. READ MORE »