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Ever wonder what the people who bring us our TV entertainment are thinking? Television and pop culture historian and author Herbie J Pilato has, and now takes listeners on a provocative and entertaining look into the agenda behind TV shows and the resulting trends. Even when it seemed television programming was primarily mindless, there was serious thought behind what audiences were presented. The networks, after all, believe in giving the people what they want, even when the people should have known better.

We want others to know the joy we've discovered as Catholics and have an impact for good in the lives of others. But can busy, ordinary men and women of faith do something that really makes a difference? Through the heartwarming and candid stories of ordinary Catholics around the country, author Randy Hain shares creative ways Catholics can live their faith and pass it on to others—often with extraordinary results.

Society thrives when the family thrives. A family thrives in wholeness and completion. Take the king or queen off a chess board and the game doesn’t go as it should. You take the queen, and every other piece is exposed and vulnerable. You take the king, and the game is over. Sadly, we’ve watched incompleteness in the family increase dramatically in our lifetimes. There are certainly many factors at play in that reality, but the one I want to target here is a powerful one. It’s the Dad factor.

Abel Yeager is dead broke, down on his luck, and suffering from a serious case of what-the-hell-does-it-matter. His transition from active Marine to stateside long-haul trucker hit a wicked speed bump, when his rig was involved in a wreck that claimed the life of a pregnant woman and laid him up for several months. Back at work but deeply in debt, Yeager meets bookstore owner Charlie Buchanan in St. Louis and jumps at the chance to haul a load of remainder books to Austin for her. On the way south, a crew of truck thieves tracks his every move.

Suffering from shock after Indians massacred her family before her eyes, Susannah is put into an insane asylum by a ruthless cousin. Susannah’s life just seems to spiral downhill, from one tragedy to another. When will her life finally turn around? She finds a glimmer of hope in her friendship with Ben. Will he be her saving grace? Or would it be the handsome Dr. Carter Harding? She discovers herself and her love on a rugged trip back to the scene of the tragedy. During the trip her life is spared yet again.

The world’s most crucial quantum computer (ALVA) is housed on a secret military installation in the Nevada desert. Colonel James Travis is stunned when the highly guarded machine contacts him directly with a cryptic message. At first, Travis suspects the communication is a hoax. Why him? He’s a doctor, not a computer engineer. As the computer’s bizarre messages persist, the colonel reluctantly accepts ALVA’s invitation for an unauthorized late-night visit.

Castle Ravensforge lies in ruin, and an ancient relic of immense power is missing. Rumor that the Dark Warrior of Erebos has returned sends shock waves through the faerie realm and threatens an already uneasy peace between the Kingdoms of Oakhurst and Nebosham. Meanwhile Shea Remington, a young woman without a past, lands a job as caretaker of a stately historic mansion following a minor break-in. She quickly discovers that the gardens of Oakhurst are filled with magic and wonder, and home to the biggest mystery of all - who she truly is.

Are the values that Americans collectively hold destroying the American Dream? The answer to that question depends upon the answers to some very specific questions. What do we as citizens of the United States believe we owe to one another as citizens? What is the purpose of government? What is of the role of the private enterprise? What is the meaning of equal opportunity? To what extent should purely economic concerns be regulated in the public interest?

Vengeance came at a high cost. Paxton Locke not only lost his job, but he’s also the subject of a Federal manhunt. On the run, with no backup or resources, he still has a mission, albeit a cryptic one, issued by his angelic patron. But his old Division M coworkers aren’t the only threat. Renaissance Gitano—an elite operative from a secretive order of magicians Paxton has faced before—also hunts him. She will go to the ends of any Earth to bring him to justice and satisfy her own need for revenge.

When Claire travels to Montana for her sister Maddie’s wedding to Seth Samuels, she meets the youngest Samuels brother, Marcus, and they fall in love. Can they find the fortitude to withstand the tests that come their way, or will they both end up with broken hearts?

After Maddie O’Connor was brutally attacked, she sinks into a deep depression. Her older sister, Tessa, enlists the help of her brother-in-law, Seth Samuels, to coax Maddie into coming to Dawson to heal.

After a number of earthquakes hammer the Sierra Madre region of Mexico, Grupo Verdugo, a splinter group of cartel enforcers, takes control of the drug shipping routes through that territory. Caught in the middle, a small orphanage high in the mountains, desperate for supplies to care for the children and the battered earthquake victims, reaches out to Abel Yeager for help. Yeager and his friend Victor agree to deliver the needed food and medicine.