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Congratulations to Publisher - Broadway Books -
 since the KNLE -THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW-
BOOK OF THE YEAR
 Why Good Things Happen to Good People
by Stephen Post, PhD, and Jill Neimark,
whose interview aired February 20th
 
 

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The Wednesday, December 17th show, at 5:30 PM CST,  will feature an interview with acclaimed author Rick Renner, author of DRESSED TO KILL: A Spiritual Approach to Spiritual Warfare and Armor. The book addresses the armor of God as described in Eph. 6 comparing it to ancient Roman armor with its function and purpose.  The book also addresses the power of prayer, spiritual warfare--real vs wacky and more and has sold over 500,000 copies and hit no #1 in several categories on Amazon (dot) Com this year.
Explore also the six different types of prayer; including the
prayer of Thanksgiving.


Book Review of
Rick Renner's DRESSED TO KILL: A Spiritual Approach to
Spiritual Warfare and Armor

THE INSIDE VIEW
TM  RATING     (five star rating)

Written review will appear here after interview.
 

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"What I relish about Salvador SeBasco Book written reviews is that he's an unsuspecting marketing machine aimed at serving finicky readers; which we all are at one time or another. He sees insight in a book and how it applies to life like no other book critic. We learn, from his reviews, how Christianity applies to all people. As for the non-Christian books we've also had him review, we learn what life applications a book has for people of all ages. After all, what good is a book if we cannot apply its principles; even if entertaining."

--Anonymous, Publisher (10/16/08)

 

The Wednesday, October 15th show featured an interview with
noted author
Tim Lott , author of GROWING UP CATHOLIC.
GROWING UP CATHOLIC is a stirring account of one person finding
spiritual completeness amongst the tribulations of maturing FROM
an education basis in Catholicism TO the trial of venturing out in
religious directions condoned by those closer to him. His candor and
lessons learned (in application of tradition to morals when life's trials
test one's faith and character) gives readers of all ages a surety that they
are not alone when it comes to the growing pains involved with the
maturing process that comes with applied religion.

Click here to read the written book review for GROWING UP CATHOLIC

THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating) GROWING UP CATHOLIC:
From Tradition to Satisfaction
 

To get yours.

 

 

The Wednesday, February 20th show featured an interview with noted author Stephen Post, co-author of Why Good Things Happen To Good People:  


Book Review of
Stephen Post & Jill Neimark's WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN 
TO GOOD PEOPLE (Foreword by Reverend Otis Moss, Jr.)
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)
 

"
WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE, by Stephen Post and Jill Neimark, reflects on WHY pure intentions in GIVING of one’s self result in better health and longer life

I felt that the number of review copies I received of
WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE was not enough for as many people with whom I wanted to share this book’s message.  Post & Neimark tag teamed to write a great book. Post & Neimark introduce GIVING as expression that comes in several ways or manners. That paradigm provides for a courageous basis for wrapping ones arms around the gamut of outward expression itself. In that, the book, WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE takes WAYS (aka manners) of GIVING that leads to GOOD THINGS. For instance, to GIVE of one’s self is to see ourselves in others; just as God sees us as being in his image.  Because God is GOOD, and all things that are GOOD are God, with a tiny play on words and meanings, the title WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE could be translated as WHY GOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE.

I loved how readers get to score their answers to questions in the book. I couldn’t help but think Stephen Post and Jill Neimark intentionally left the reader hanging at the very end of the book by not having a sum total of all the scores, though. I applaud that Post and Neimark did not take the easy way out which would have been to have a test at the end of the entire book tallying the parts of the book readers are led to score themselves on. Instead, Post and Neimark allow each reader’s outlook on their own life to be the bearer of how the sum total of all the scored questions in the book are used in one’s life. What better love is there than for people to encourage others to have courage to impact their own life through GIVING.

WHY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE is (as an influential book) GREAT because it is a GOOD influence on how GREAT GOD becomes by how we GIVE unto others!"

                                                                         

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit  Amazon.   
Learn more: www.whygoodthingshappen.com

 

 

The Wednesday, November 14th show featured an interview with noted author  Bob Bevington and offered Christian believers a greater understanding and appreciation for the atoning work of Jesus Christ:  


Book Review of
Jerry Bridges & Bob Bevington's THE GREAT EXCHANGE: MY SIN FOR HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS (Foreword by Sinclair Ferguson).
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)

 A LOVE AFFAIR WITH ATONEMENT
Book Becomes Seeing Eye Dog for the Spiritually Blind 

“Our Grandmother use to teach us that if ever the Bible falls to the ground, to pick it up and kiss it because the Bible is never suppose to touch a floor or the ground.  That is a practice I’ve continued to this day.  Without it falling to the floor or ground, I kissed THE GREAT EXCHANGE because it is certain that over time, it will help others keep the Bible close to heart.   

Yes.  For the spiritually challenged, THE GREAT EXCHANGE brings history into life and gives a chance for the seeds of God’s mercy to bloom.  For the spiritually sound, those as blessed will continue to rejoice in the tune for God’s honor.  Readers of all walks of life will rejoice to no end at the book’s (THE GREAT EXCHANGE’s) ending and feel inspired that they got to know the basis of atonement all the better than ever before. 

THE GREAT EXCHANGE will bring you to the foot of the cross!  Readers will feel that there was no opportunity costs, per se, at all in their taking the time to read this 290 page marvel of literary wonder called THE GREAT EXCHANGE, by Jerry Bridges & Bob Bevington (Foreward by Sinclair Ferguson).  Why? ‘What better exchange (than their time reading this book) could readers get, in the honor of God, than their time for a chance at touching the glory of God by reading THE GREAT EXCHANGE?’  Only the Bible itself would show readers such fullness of atonement in his Glory, and that is what the book THE GREAT EXCHANGE will do: make devout Christians remember the first time they fell in love with the Bible and why. 

THE GREAT EXCHANGE brings readers closer what the disciples went through and, in doing so, gives readers a rare glimpse back-in-time to what it must have been like for the disciples to keep faith under extenuating circumstances.  It doesn’t take having a great spiritual vision to see the outlandish value in this book.  THE GREAT EXCHANGE will have the spiritually blind wanting to choose again when grabbing for ‘man’s best friend.’

 Insightful!”                                                                        

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.


    

To get yours, visit  Amazon.   
Learn more: Crossway Books
 


The Wednesday, October 17th, show featured an interview with noted author Nancy Linden and the Book Review of  Nancy Linden's BOOK AND BRAIN READING: Test Taking Strategies.  The interview celebrated her testimony, her new start on life after learning to read at 19 years old, and her international efforts to teach the book's test taking strategies (from which over 20,000 books have sold).


THE INSIDE VIEW
TM  RATING   
ó  (four star rating)
 


BOOK AND BRAIN READING: TEST TAKING STRATEGIES is a tool to teach how to read and meet the challenge of testing, to apply to life, not only what is learned but also the significance of whether it applies to a pattern or patterns within the text that can be applied to influence one's life.  Learning to read when she was eighteen was no small feat. 

In
BOOK AND BRAIN READING, by Nancy Linden, pays conscientiousness to what readers go through from the inside outside.  A dedicated Christian, Nancy Linden even directs readers of the BOOK AND BRAIN READING to the biblical basis for her use of guiding readers to seek a pattern in reading. 

Now, to answer the question, ‘What was the worse I ever did on any test?’ it only needs reading BOOK AND BRAIN READING to know the answer.

A gem that shines for all to see, one just needs to care about someone important in your life to know if they have a problem excelling in school or life’s comprehensions, they need to read BOOK AND BRAIN READING. 

By its title, it sounds overly technical because it has the word ‘brain’ in it but it was not.  To read it was a shear joy and the first book I reviewed where I sent the author money, which was well worth the life changing influence."      

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit BOOK AND BRAIN READING.    
 

 

The Wednesday, September 26th, show featured an interview with Gina D, president of the Reading Across America Program and noted author/contributor and of highly praised DVD content related to The GINA D KIDS CLUB SHOW; which she hosts.   The transcripts from this interview are at the bottom of this web page.  The "Gina D Kids Club" Show is syndicated to over 233 Television stations in the USA and has won numerous awards for children educational television, and has Christian values in mind.:

Review of
Gina D's KIDS CLUB and SING ALONG WITH GINA
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)

 
“Gina D's DVDs (KIDS CLUB and SING ALONG WITH GINA D.) are wholesome and for the whole family to enjoy.   The content is Christian-based and brings a unique twist of wit and creativity to children of all ages.

It's no doubt, Gina D's Kids Club is wholesome television!  GINA D's dynamic, endearing, clubhouse cast provides engaging entertainment with an educational twist sensitive to children's needs.

The music is positive, upbeat, and if you close your eyes, may even replace your morning cup of coffee to give you that extra kick start.”

 
                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.
 

For more information, www.GinaDsKidsClub.com
 

Excerpt from the written review:

“One can only think that Raven Moon Entertainment, Inc. producers, Joey & Bernadette DiFrancesco and writers are trying to engage children like no other time in television history: by asking them to help their parents and themselves by following the tips in the episode ‘Let’s Get Fit.’  It is not too often I want to play a DVD and scan to the same part to play over and over and over as I did with the ‘Let’s Shape Up’ song. I am no spring chicken but had to get up to dance to it. It would have been more a feat to get me to do that with others in the room. Alone, I was compelled to jumping- in -place in tandem with those on the screen. More people ought to realize if this episode (#15, ‘Let’s Get Fit’) has such an impact on adults, it should be available on every network for children of all ages to be influenced by.”

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

Read the complete version of the FIVE STAR REVIEW OF "LET'S GET FIT "
DVD released to Christian books stores this month
 

 

The Wednesday, August 29th, show featured an interview with noted author  Dave Harvey:  

Book Review of
Dave Harvey's WHEN SINNERS SAY "I DO"
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


When Sinners Say `I DO' by Dave Harvey (Foreword by Paul David Tripp) is a keeper.

Just as the Gospel is a marriage between people and God, the strongest suit of the book When Sinners Say `I DO' is how it describes SIN and how it describes GIVING SHAPE TO MERCY to allow for God's intervention.

By giving the gift of the book When Sinners Say `I DO' to a newly married couple, you will be giving them a chance at longevity in their relationship because, should they read and apply it, they will learn how their loss based on sin is preparatory for what will come in their marriage and how God's mercy finds their vulnerabilities.

Newlywed or not, without this book, couples may instead divest of the fallibilities of sin in their marriage.  Whereas, with the book When Sinners Say `I DO' they at least have a chance to learn their susceptibility to sin and also learn about the hope they could hold with the shape of mercy is there; because they'll discover the power of the Gospel for their own marriage.  

This is no ordinary book: When Sinners Say `I DO' is reminiscent of the (love) potency of Dr. Gary Smalley's writings.

When asking yourself, `Should I go out and get the book When Sinners Say `I DO', say `I DO,' because you will not regret it!”

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit Amazon.    



The Wednesday, July 18, show featured an interview with noted author  Ed Gungor:  

Book Review of
Ed Gungor's THERE IS MORE TO THE SECRET
                        A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


There is MORE to THE SECRET, by Ed Gungor, is pure genius!  As I read its 125 pages, all of only a half-inch thick, I flicked its pages in disbelief that that much meaning was packed into it by the hand of one author; all to come to realize (as I did) that more than Ed Gungor was talking through this book.

Riveting.  A jolt of clear, distinct, revival to what accompanies attraction in people's lives.  `For if we are only what we attract, there is the rest of the world we are missing' is, in my own words, what resonates in me when I read There is MORE to THE SECRET.  I was delighted page after page to see it grow before my very eyes as being more than a repertoire of retort.  In my own words, `The eye of the beholder is limited to not only that beheld but (by the actuality) that God exist as well' is the second thing I think when reading (again and again) There is MORE to THE SECRET.

Ed Gungor gives a jolt of synthesis otherwise unmatched without There is MORE to THE SECRET.  What There is MORE to THE SECRET contains is more than you can whisper in someone's ear; which is why there is more (in this book) than whispered into ears by THE SECRET (that book).   Ed Gungor's genius is also in taming down the initial cynicism someone may be thinking when pondering that this book is drawing attention (ironically enough) to credible gaps without coming across as being at the expense of any other publisher but the almighty; while at the same time this book's strength in reach is that it could do nothing but find another market (Christians) for the message in THE SECRET.  People will want to buy both to see what the other is talking about.  Whereas THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrnes, is one piece of a puzzle, Ed Gungor's There is MORE to THE SECRET springboards towards the reader to show the entire board on which the puzzle sets.  It also plays the readers hand on the next move being their choice to include God or not include God.  There is MORE to THE SECRET is not only an overview of what other puzzle pieces have settled on that board but also what pieces are springing up such as the correlations in (the sister book) THE SECRET.

There is MORE to THE SECRET is a joy ride from beginning to end.  From its frame of references dabbling in Genies, a man from the future, to the reference to puppets and a reference to the limitations of the God as portrayed in the movie BRUCE ALMIGHTY, There is MORE to THE SECRET is also very entertaining and not over indulgent in the `I am here and you are there' mentality which unknowingly fence in sloughs of writers in the Christian books' market.  There is MORE to THE SECRET exquisitely rebellions (without throwing a stone) with truths but in a complimentary fashion; form fitted to realize (a market towards) those set off course by what they might attract when possibly relinquishing their attention on only one aspect of life, an aspect other than that born of God.

I am not one for comparing books, and needless to say that Ed Gungor's last book RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES was nominated for and won BOOK OF THE YEAR (from THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW) for 2006 but, as if it was thought that `it couldn't be done, There is MORE to THE SECRET is even better yet because it is more meaningful than purpose itself because it climbs outside church walls and it tells us to remember to remember God too because he does not forget us.

There is MORE to the SECRET is deeply compelling only because it only begins to describe not only how but also the reasons for which There is MORE to THE SECRET.  After all, as There is MORE to THE SECRET describes: that is why you are not to just be attracted to it as a book and why you are not only to live it to (be) more than what you want to be attracted towards, but too for what God wants for you; including those you love and the best interests of the rest of the world.

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

   
To get yours, visit Amazon.   



The Wednesday, May 30th, show  featured an interview with noted author  John J. Dwyer:  

Book Review of
John J. Dwyer's WHEN THE BLUEBONNETS COME
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


If you liked LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE or THE WALTONS, you'll love WHEN THE BLUE BONNETS COME.  

WHEN THE BLUEBONNETS COME, by John J. Dwyer, is a caring, heartfelt book which allows readers to experience life and death through the eyes of a little child, a preacher's daughter, Katie Shanahan of Cotton Patch, Texas.  

John J. Dwyer's writing style reads as though we are in the mind of a child out in the country thinking to her self and is rich with empathy; particularly notable on page 121 where he describes the credence of a child's sadness.  Little Katie has many questions about life and the answers are lived out through what she learns from others and the events in this small town.  Dwyer masterfully succeeds in the believability-factor that sets the reader back in a time when ears hung tight on what was said on the radio and indiscretions were mostly talked through amongst family members and amongst a close-knit town's people.  As Katie's values about religion evolve, so does the reader's insight into little Katie: her rationale about people in her little town, what she thinks about a town's upheaval, tornados, influences from the world outside the town, and even what she thinks about death.  

Written in the tone as if it was a diary of sorts, WHEN THE BLUEBONNETS COME, by John J. Dwyer, takes readers through the growth of spirituality in a small town, relives its uproars and the eventual role of religion on a small town.   With its strongest jolt of wisdom at the book's end, WHEN THE BLUEBONNETS COME is packed with endearment as little Katie grows her memories into a lifelong understanding that the memories and stories of those we love, linger with us long after they pass.  

Her great deal of respect for her Father marks times in his life and creates anchors for her experiences in the thrill of sports, empathy in defeat, uncertainty, influences of the spoke word, influences from the Bible, and by story's end lives to tell about it all to her Son who learns what the fields of Blue Bonnets and Indian Paintbrushes meant to his Grandpa Ethan.  Ethan Shanahan, her Father, lived and died between the covers of this book, but by book's end, readers get to know what he meant to little Katie and what she later relayed to her Son.  As she reflects on her life and what a field of bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrushes meant to her Dad, she relinquishes this wisdom to her own Son and, by that, embellishes the meaning of having the circle of life come full-circle.

With WHEN THE BLUE BONNETS COME, Dwyer gives (readers) back a taste of where Texas hospitality got its roots!  WHEN THE BLUE BONNETS COME will remind readers of all ages that life is a nurturing process minded by simple relationships that, when looked back on, builds meaning in each others lives.”

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit Amazon.   
Learn more:  www.bluebonnetpress.com.



The Wednesday, April 25th, show featured an interview with acclaimed author  Michelle Katz (of ABC) and host of Today's Health:  

Book Review of
Michelle Katz's, HEALTHCARE for LESS: Getting the Care You Need--Without Breaking the Bank
THE INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


It most likely was not too long ago when you needed tips for saving and getting healthcare for less.  The inevitable (resource), Michelle Katz's book HEALTHCARE FOR LESS: Getting the Care You Need Without Breaking the Bank, answers head-on the antagonistic issue we must each face: How do we each come to grips that our body will deteriorate and we will get ill?

HEALTHCARE FOR LESS is a tremendous resource each doctor's office and each family ought to have in their home because it helps answer the million dollar question, `Why is healthcare so expensive and what can we do to save?'

Its ready-made tips are simple to apply.  And, why not, as healthcare costs loom as the enemy, go out and get HEALTHCARE FOR LESS?

Yes, every now and then along comes a book that can easily be your family's best friend when it comes time to bridging the gap between what would otherwise be technical lingo and that which stands between you and saving money.

HEALTHCARE FOR LESS gives us a tool for introspection on our own self value enough to have us want to ask the questions of the healthcare system.

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit Amazon.   
Learn more: Random House



The March 28th show featured the February 7th interview with noted author Timothy Lane.  Special Thanks to Listeners for supporting the show and to Bennigan's for underwriting the show.


The February 7th show featured an interview with insightful author Timothy Lane.

Book Review of
Timothy Lane and Paul David Tripp's book, HOW PEOPLE CHANGE.
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating):


“In a world where it seems the only people that like change are babies in diapers,    
Timothy S. Lane's & Paul David Tripp's new book, HOW PEOPLE CHANGE, will
not only help others grow in grace, each as an individuals with a community of faith, but also will help people grow in knowledge about Jesus Christ because it's filled with its gospel-centered glory and Christ-centered wisdom.   If you want change to have a lasting influence in your life, spare some change and get HOW PEOPLE CHANGE for your congregation or family.  It will be money well spent on your community of faith.

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit Amazon.   
Learn more:  www.cceg.org.



The January 25th show featured the announcement of the BOOK OF THE YEAR (Ed Gungor's Religiously Transmitted Diseases) and AUDIO BOOK OF THE YEAR (John McCutheon's Christmas in the Trenches)



The December 20th show featured an interview with author Ed Gungor whose new book RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES was nominated and then won THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW's "best of the best" BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD also called the MAPS Award.  An excerpt from one of the many nominations read: "This book may change our community forever."

Book Review of
Ed Gungor's book, RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING     (five star rating)


Ed Gungor's RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES is a `connect the dots'  between some dots in human nature called distractions and another called human judgment.

He draws a picture that distraction away from God is not the disease.  Instead human nature itself is the disease that thwarts the progress of a group of people supposedly joined in common purpose.  

Ed Gungor methodically carves away at flaws in human nature and artfully displays how subjectivity in judging others pulls us away from a focus on God while at church.  Proving that self-righteousness was never so wrong.  

Although the title sounds religion-specific, it offers a lesson that does not need
religion to make the lesson have credence: that human nature itself has an affinity towards a premature judgment of people wherever people gather.  Moral of the story, do not take your eye off the people for they may be the very ones whose behavior holds the cure to a church's infection aka distraction away from God.  Gungor's genius is in displaying how an infected church is full of people distracted with pre-guessing about what God wants for his people.  

What lingers on after this read is that church is not the place to judge each other as to the level we each conform.  Instead, we can each see the signs and symptoms when a body of people have susceptibility to the frailties of human nature itself.  

RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES is a delightful morsel for those who always knew their church was infected and it had less to do with religion than met the eye.  While many focus on how the disease is transmitted, Gungor shows the solution to preventing it from spreading is more about seeing the early signs and symptoms of the infection.

Although clapping in church is not acceptable in some churches, it is very likely there will be many closet-clappers in churches across the globe after reading
RELIGIOUSLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES.

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.

To get yours, visit  Amazon.   
Learn more: Thomas Nelson Books.



For November, we had a special, a recorded tribute to all those who support the show and a phone drive that thanked those publishers, and sponsors; wishing them and theirs a fruitful Holiday Season.  



The October 24th show, at 8:30 am CST, featured an interview with notable author, folksinger, songwriter and musician John McCutcheon.  Congrats to Peachtree Press and author John McCutcheon.  We've received word that since being on THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW, John McCutcheon  is a 2007 Grammy Award nominee (December 8, 2006) for CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES (Peachtree Publishers, 2006) in the category of Best Spoken Word Album for Children.

Book Review of
John McCutcheon's book CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES (audio book with two songs).  
The INSIDE VIEWTM  RATING    (five star rating)


“John McCutcheon's CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES captures the spirit of fellowship in the most unlikeliest of settings.  An inspirational story set in war time one Christmas Eve, centers around a bold man walking across the battlefield with a Christmas Tree in hand, daring it all and his life, to show that a spirit of fellowship around the Holiday season can rise above political affairs and rise above all obstacles no matter how impossible they seem.  An unlikely celebration took place.

The hardcover edition includes a CD of the audio book (Track 1) read by the author and two songs: `Silent Night' and `Christmas in the Trenches' sung by the author.  With a combination of song and literature, in a folklore tone, John McCutcheon takes us back in time.  The reminiscing began as the story began, as a Grandfather is asked by his Grandson `what was your favorite Christmas?' (of all time), and then the story unfolds as the Grandfather reminisces with his Grandson.  The song on Track 2, `Silent Night,' is notably punctuated by Track 3's `Christmas in the Trenches' that describes how the two armies were singing Holiday cheers to each other across the battlefield as Christmas Eve turned into Christmas Day.   The song tracks allow the reader to relive and reminisce about the message in the story; as opposing sides set down their arms to sing together and pay tribute to the Holiday spirit as their unlikely time-out reminded all there just what the Holiday spirit is all about.  John McCutcheon's soothing, calming voice, and his storytelling ability, adds a dimension worth listening to over and over and over again.  I did, for 4 straight hours (story is six minutes and there are nine minutes of songs.)

CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES is a `must read' and the BONUS CD, with songs and the story, exudes an essence where one can easily imagine reading and listening to CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES each year as a Holiday tradition with your family.  If you do, it will be one tradition they all will remember for a long time coming!  All together combined, with the bonus songs and, with the story's strong message about the spirit of fellowship, it all make for a perfect entertaining, meaning-filled, gift just in time for the Holidays.  Peachtree Publishers has a real winner here.

                                   Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEWTM
                                   broadcast, book critic, on staff with a CNN affiliate.
To get yours, visit, your local bookstore or Peachtree Publishers





The September 22nd broadcast commemorated Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) and reminded listeners of the historical Famous Firsts for Hispanic Americans in literature and other mediums of expression.  The show honored Hispanic American accomplishments and featured call in guests honoring those who had an influence in their lives.  The supporter honor roll was announced as well.


The July 19th show featured an interview with renowned author R.K. Mortenson.  

Book Review of
R.K. Mortenson's book series, books 1-3, featuring Landon Snow:
1) Landon Snow And the Auctor's Riddle,
2) Landon Snow And the Shadows of Malus Quidam,
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September 26, 2007, Interview: 


Transcript of a Radio Interview on
Values in Television Broadcasting and Value of Children Having Hope to Have Hope Through the Love of Reading

with
Gina D, President of Reading Across America and the host of “Gina Ds Kid’s Club
®

THE INSIDE VIEW(TM) SHOW
September 26, 2007
5:00 p.m.
KNLE- 88.1 FM, A CNN affiliate Station
Austin, Texas

www.theinsideview.show.com


Transcript of radio interview with Gina D

Friday, September 26, 2007; Posted: 6:35 p.m. EDT (21:35 GMT)

‘Gina D. Kids Club® is a recapturing of the hope to have hope that children can get through wholesome television programming and the love of reading.

The following is a transcript of THE INSIDE VIEW(TM) SHOW Literary Director & host, book critic, Salvador SeBasco's interview Wednesday night.  SeBasco asked Gina D about her views on values in today’s Television programming, the importance of life-lessons on fitness & health, and encouraging children through reading.  In doing so, SeBasco also reads written reviews on air and cites Gina D DVDs which received THE INSIDE VIEW(TM) SHOW’s highest Rating of FIVE STARS.  The historical exclusive interview (in which Gina D reveals a personal side to her passion to bring back family values through quality educational children’s television programming) strikes an insightful balance between Gina D the visible star & Gina D the mother of two (seven and ten) just trying to do what’s right for her own kids in today’s attention detracting world.  Gina’s commentary about what needs to change is enough to have the networks do a double-take at why the formula which drives “Gina Ds Kid’s Club® is not the usual executive strategy, but instead, a whole lot of love. 

Keith Jackson, INTRO: And, now for THE INSIDE VIEW(TM) SHOW with host and Book Critic, Salvador SeBasco.

Salvador SeBasco: That’s right! Hi, this is Salvador SeBasco, Literary Director and host of THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW. Today, we have a special guest, a KNLE exclusive, Gina D of the READING ACROSS AMERICA Program and the Host of the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’.  And, today we are going to talk about values; Christian values when we teach children to read, by use of music also and, also amongst other things, we are going to talk about values in today’s television. But first, we are going to start off our show as we start off each THE INSIDE VIEW SHOW with John 21:25, ‘And, there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which if they should be written everyone, I suppose the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.’ Amen.  Now, before Gina joins us, I am going to read the review from the lessons of the GINA D’s DVDs.  I reviewed the lessons in the KIDS CLUB DVDs and the SING ALONG WITH GINA D and here is that written review: Gina D’s DVDs, KIDS CLUB and SING ALONG WITH GINA D., are wholesome and for the whole family to enjoy.  The content is a Christian-based and brings a unique twist of wit and creativity to children of all ages. It’s no doubt, Gina D’s Kids Club is wholesome television!  GINA D’s dynamic, endearing, clubhouse cast provides engaging entertainment with an educational twist sensitive to children’s needs. The music is positive, upbeat, and if you close your eyes, may even replace your morning cup of coffee to give you that extra kick start.’ And, that was my written review.  And, I have also had the privilege to review the lessons on the DVD in writing in book-format since Raven Moon Entertainment, Inc. is looking to roll-out some books for the DVDs.  And, the DVDs were just released last month to most Christian book stores, and the lessons are shared across America. There is a READING ACROSS AMERICA PROGRAM and the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’ which airs on two hundred and thirty-three stations including the Trinity Broadcasting Network, and the Smile of a Child Network, which air in approximately ninety-five percent of the world, seven days a week.  In addition, they’re on PBS.  And, so, without further a due, Gina D.

Gina, are you there?

Gina D: Hi Salvador. How are you today?

Salvador SeBasco: Fine, Gina. How are you?

Gina D: I’m doing fantastic!

Salvador SeBasco: Alright!  Gina, I realize that the content on the DVDs is going to be distributed in the book format, I had the pleasure of reviewing, and I wanted to know, since you are the president of the READING ACROSS AMERICA PROGRAM, if you could tell us a little bit about that program?

Gina D: Sure. Our Reading Across America Program is in conjunction (with the ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’); it’s sort of like the message, one of the messages for ‘Gina Ds Kid’s Club®’, our show on TV, where we encourage kids to get with their parents, get with their grand parents, their sisters and brothers, and read books because it’s very important for the kids to learn to read and to keep that love of reading going as they get older.

Salvador, I have a question for you today.

Salvador SeBasco: Yeah. What is that (question) Gina?  Wait a minute.  Wait a minute. (said with laughter)

Gina D: Well.  What I would like to known, and I think all of your listeners would like to know:
What is the hope you have for children through reading?

Salvador SeBasco: My. My hope for children through reading is that—
through reading, children have hope about having hope.  So many times their spirits are dampened.  There’s more going on in schools now than when we, you and I, were going to school.

Gina D: Right! (said as though encouraging SeBasco to continue)

Salvador SeBasco:  There is more expectation. With all the distractions that there are, it’s hard to reach children nowadays. The images that we can draw with words helps their reading comprehension and, having had a reading comprehension problem when I was younger, the images (drawn to mind by reading) just didn’t come.  I could read and the images just wouldn’t be there. Now, with programs such as Reading Across America getting children and parents back together reading, I can see how important it is for parents to read to children to, at an early age, impress on them that the images that are in their mind and the imagery