What
would you do if one of your children had less than a year to live? That was the
challenge that faced Frank Biehl when his eldest son, Tom, was diagnosed with
inoperable cancer. Just 25 years old, Tom was a bright young man with a
promising future that was about to be cut short. Like many parents, Frank’s
relationship with Tom had challenges of its own, moments of misunderstanding.
Can he somehow bridge the gaps of the past
before it's too late?
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They
say life never gives us more than we can handle... that whatever doesn’t
break us, only makes us stronger. We’ve heard it said a thousand times, and yet
it’s really true. Just ask Brooks and Jean Davis. They spent 12 years helping
their youngest son, Ron, overcome addiction. They'd just overcome this tragedy when
suddenly they were dealt another. How many times can one’s spirit be tested before it is
finally broken?
Ed
Robertson was the collaborator
on
VOICE OF REASON by award-winning, National Radio Hall of Fame nominee
Ronn Owens
of KGO-AM San
Francisco, Northern California's No. 1 radio station for more than 30 years.
Ronn's book is a
lively look at politics, elections, wedge issues, pop culture
and other slice-of-life topics from
the perspective of the political center. The book placed in the Top Ten of
many bestseller lists, including
the San Francisco Chronicle.
To read a sample chapter of
VOICE OF REASON, click
here. To order the book, click
here. To learn more about Ronn
and his show, click
here.
Based on a popular course taught by Dr.
Barad at Indiana State University,
The
Ethics of Star Trek uses the actions of Captains Kirk,
Picard, Sisko and Janeway as a model to
illustrate classic philosophy and timeless ethical precepts to a general
audience.
The complete history of the classic Western series that made
James Garner a star, launched the career of legendary
producer Roy Huggins, and broke all the rules about television heroes.
The behind-the-scenes history of The
Fugitive (ABC, 1963-1967), the Emmy Award-winning drama that made David Janssen
a star and established producer Quinn Martin as a purveyor of quality
television.
"My
Dad Story," a vignette about a seminal moment
in my relationship with my
father that occurred as I was writing The Fugitive
Recaptured, is
among the 101 stories featured in the New York Times bestselling anthology
Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul,
while "A Glass of Lemonade," a
short but powerful memoir that I co-wrote with Vincent Luong and Mary Gardner,
appears in
A Sixth Bowl of Chicken Soup for the Soul.