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From the widow and collaborator of Alex Haley, award-winning author of Roots, comes a new American epic from the Civil War. The Treason of Mary Louvestre is based on the true story of a seamstress slave who risked her life to steal plans of a Southern battleship and got them to the North in one of the worst winters in Virginia history. First there was Roots, now there is The Treason of Mary Louvestre. Almost 20% of adult Americans have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. What you don’t know can kill. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian explain the symptoms, risks, diet, exercise, and controls. Lowering your blood pressure could save your life. What is a philanthropist? As Executive Director of Be the Star You Are!® 501 c3 literacy and positive media charity, Cynthia Brian encourages everyone to dig deeper and give back through money, time, experience, skills, and networks. Learn how you can make a difference for a cause you care about deeply.

In Melodie Johnson Howe’s City of Mirrors , she returns to her roots in Hollywood to create a gripping tale of fame, corruption, greed, dysfunctional relationships, and good old fashioned revenge. In her years as an actress, Howe appeared alongside such leading men as Clint Eastwood, Alan Alda, and James Caan. “Hollywood is filled with wonderful ghosts for me,” says Howe. City of Mirrors is the novel that brings my writing life and my acting life together.” Ladies, have you ever wanted to skip your menstrual cycle for a month but feared it was unsafe? Reproductive Health Specialist, Heather Brittany, offers the facts and fiction in Health Matters to help you plan your play dates. Are you feeling scattered? Can you find things quickly in your closet? Being an actor and model, Cynthia Brian has to be able to get dressed in a nano second which means her closet is organized. She’ll offer tips to freshen and show off your clothes, shoes, and accessories. And while you are in the dressing room, let your nose know s

Year by year author Richard N. Bolles continues to build on the tradition he started in 1970, of providing new help, with new ideas, and new guidance, each year, based on his continuous interviews with, and reports from, people in the field—job-hunters, human resource managers, and career-counselors alike—as to what is working this year, and what is not. The latest edition, What Color Is Your Parachute 2014, is filled with the latest strategies, new and enduring advice, poignant examples, and modern tools for the job hunt. Mr. Bolles was featured in the June issue of Forbes as the #1 wizard of job hunting and has been a guest on Starstyle® Be the Star You Are!® several times in past years sharing his wisdom. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany offers a prescription for living life by cultivating good habits. She shows you how to bury the bad habits that bring you down. How do you assess creativity and how can you develop it? All creativity is not artistic as there are geniuses in mathematics, medicine, sc

Shot All to Hell by Mark Lee Gardner tells the story of the west’s most infamous bank robbery, with an hour-by-hour account of the James-Younger gang’s holdup of the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota, and the two-week chase that followed— the near misses, the fateful mistakes, and the bloody conclusion on the Watonwan River. But these outlaw robbers are not the only main characters: there are heroic townspeople and citizen pursuers who dramatically defeat the undefeated. How can you keep cool in hot weather without driving your energy bills sky high? Being energy efficient is good for your pocketbook as well as the planet. In T42, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian offer ways for you to get ahead with quick fixes. Do you want to be a better writer? Are you interested in writing a book or a blog? Your writing reflects your personality and your professionalism and becoming a talented wordsmith is a valuable asset to any career. New York Times best selling author and freelance writer, offers tips to

Summer is fun in the sun, but not with a sunburn. In addition to the discomfort, overexposure to the sun can lead to premature aging of the skin and skin cancer, including melanoma. In Health Matters, our health professional, Heather Brittany offers suggestions to protect your skin from getting burned. After the teen years, not many people look forward to adding another year to their birthday. However, planning for retirement is critical no matter what your age. It’s never to early or too late to plan for your future. Our lifestyle guru, Cynthia Brian, will guide you with tips for financial stability for the golden years. Are deer dining chez vous and gobbling up all your treasured plants? In summer, deer are especially voracious eaters preferring to munch on flowering annuals, perennials, vegetables, and fruit. What do you do when these graceful creatures jump the fence into your backyard? Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian shares her personal experiences with dear deer.

Everyone wants to save money! Some people clip coupons, others watch for sales, and still more troll the internet looking for the best deals. But you don’t have to be obsessed to save big time. Slash your bills with a little bit of savvy shopping and you’ll hang onto to cash this month. If you own a business, do you know how to make it better? Learn strategies the increase your customer service while making employees happy. Scams are on the rise, especially those that target seniors. Internet scams, phone calls impersonating loved ones, financial fraud, strangers becoming friends in order to get access, even seniors without dementia fall victim. Don’t let your loved one become a target for a scam. There is help and lifestyle coach, Cynthia Brian, will provide some tips.

Have you heard of Agenda 21? Most people haven’t and it’s important to get informed. Agenda 21 is a product of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992 to create sustainable development. But what is it really? Are America freedoms at risk? Are American farmers going to lose their property to imminent domain? Summer is in full swing in the garden. This is the season of plenty. For a gardener, the shed becomes a playhouse, and shears the tool of choice as we trim, cut, prune, and fill our baskets with food and flowers to share. Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian, takes you around the July garden in a salute to the summer season. The party is at your house but don’t let the panic set in. Expert tips for making a fun day for everyone, including the host and hostess. Get ready to plan, prep, and party hardy with your best bash ever!

Welcome to Starstyle®-Be the Star You Are!® with your hosts Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany on the Voice America Empowerment Channel. Our goal is to seed, stimulate, and support space for positive, meaningful conversations that will get you talking around the dinner table. To launch our program on our new network, we are excited to showcase multi-award winning author and peace advocate Nola Hennessy. This Peace Angel is coming to America as she prepares to publish her autobiography with Brown Books of Dallas. Ultra-revealing, heart-wrenching and immensely soulful, this latest literary work will not only inspire and astound readers, it will reveal Nola’s journey through past lives, her time in heaven, God’s words to her and the immensely challenging journey she has lived in the 20th and 21st Centuries. Does the weather play a part in our weight? Can climate contribute to being fat or thin? In Health Matters, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian will discuss these facts and research as well as give you tip

Alison's Adventures, is a documentary film series created by Alison Teal, that shares the wisdom of exotic cultures and authentic people Follow Alison as she travels the world looking into the secrets to survival, sustainability, and happiness. Watch her Discovery Channel series Naked & Afraid. Essayist and entertainment industry veteran, Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel, Forever Interrupted was inspired by a personal experience eloping with a man she had only recently met. It’s a heartrending story about an elopement and widowhood. Heather Brittany has always been physically fit and athletic. In Health Matters today, she talks about her newest exercise passion, The Bar Method. Heather will explain the new exercise craze that is sweeping the nation and toning up bodies. Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany bid ado to World Talk Radio as beginning on July 3rd, Starstyle® Be the Star You Are!® moves to the Voice America Network, Wednesdays LIVE 4-5pm PT

From James Beard and IACP award–winning chef and cooking instructor Peter Berley: mouthwatering seasonal vegetarian menus that can be created in under an hour in the new book, Fresh Food Fast. A Food & Wine Best of the Best Cookbook, Berley provides 48 sophisticated home-cooked vegetarian meals—twelve for each season. June is the most popular month of the year for weddings. Blessed with pleasant weather and an abundance of flowers, summer weddings are always in style. Bride-to-be, Heather Brittany gives tips on how to plan a beautiful Big Day any time of the year by planning ahead and eliminating the stress of last minute decisions. Are you getting sick of your tired, worn out lawn? Are you considering putting in fake turf? STOP! Let Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian, offer an alternative that is durable, easy to grown and a no-mow solution that will have you looking to the stars!

Want to lose weight easily and maintain a healthy lifestyle? Heather Brittany will show you how five subtle tweaks to your daily diet will pay off big in our Health Matters segment. What makes people happy? Is it where you live, how much money you make, children or lack of them, a great job, busy social life, volunteering, nature? Empowerment expert Cynthia Brian provides 10 ways to make better choices to feel happier. Do you know how to keep your pet safe in an emergency? There is no doubt that people in America pamper their pets. Pet services is one of the fastest growing industries with gourmet treats, spas, pet hotels, designer clothing, and fancy retirement homes. When natural disasters grab the headlines, most of us are not prepared to safeguard our animal companions. Cynthia Brian prepares an emergency rescue kit to keep our furred, finned, feathered, slithery, and shelled friends safe.

Picnics, barbecues, and poolside parties are part of summer fun, While warm weather is great for outdoor gatherings, it also can be the perfect storm for breeding bacteria in food. Reduce your risk of food poisoning and have fun in the sun with tips from Health Matters specialist, Heather Brittany. How can we raise healthy, happy teens? Cynthia Brian, author of Be the Star You are!® for Teens, has been a specialist in coaching young people for over two decades and also produces the teen radio program, Express Yourself!. She offers supportive advice for parents to help navigate adolescence. Entertaining in the summer garden is Cynthia Brian’s favorite manner to gather friends and family for al fresco dining, conversation, and laughter. There is always so much to celebrate in June–end of school, graduations, Father’s Day, birthdays, showers, and weddings that sprucing up the end of the springtime yard in anticipation of the summer to come is stimulating and pleasurable. Cynthia Brian throws a garden gala

Do you understand the purpose of your medical tests? Are they screening or diagnostic? Learn to decode the results in Health Matters with Health professional, Heather Brittany. When spring has sprung and the gardening bug has bitten you, it’s essential to follow a few tried and true rules of gardening to grow the best specimens with ease. Goddess Gardener Cynthia Brian digs in with simple steps to improve your yard. Writers are mysterious and the general public has the impression that once you’ve written a book or movie, your financial future is secure. Nothing could be further from the truth. Writer and author, Cynthia Brian, let’s you in on the spreadsheet secret behind the publishing world with an article written by the historical British novelist, Sara Sheridan.

Bestselling author Alexandra Stoddard’s latest release, The Shared Wisdom of Mothers and Daughters, is a lovely little tome, full of the pearls of wisdom which Stoddard has become known for. In it, Stoddard reflects not solely on what she’s taught her daughters (and other women), but muses on the valuable life lessons her 30-and 40-something daughters have brought home to her. Prescription drug abuse is skyrocketing among teens, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy. It’s an epidemic and in Health Matters, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian will tell us what we can do to play it safe. The only member of the family who spends more time in your home than you do could be your pet. Cynthia Brian offers decorating tips to keep you and your animal friends happy and healthy at home.

An immigrant tale that combines elements of Jewish and Arab folk mythology, The Golem and the Jinni tells the story of two supernatural creatures who arrive separately in New York in 1899. Imaginative and meticulously researched, this enchanting debut novel from Helene Wecker is historical fiction. Set primarily in turn-of-the-century Manhattan, it deliberately details the immigrant experience while bringing the city itself to life with such passion that New York of yore seems like a magical land. What you eat and poor oral hygiene are the two main causes of halitosis, or bad breath. Even with good dental hygiene your breath can still stink. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian talk about foods you can add to your arsenal in the battle against bad breath. One third of U. S. workers live within five miles of their employment and many ride their bikes to work. Learn how to be a streetwise bicyclist, stay safe, save money, and get exercise with Cynthia Brian.

With SEDUCTION, international bestseller M.J. Rose returns with a haunting historical suspense novel about Jac L’Etoile, a present day mythologist, who discovers Victor Hugo’s lost journal chronicling those séances and awakens a mystery that spans centuries. The result is an intricately plotted, historically evocative, atmospheric tale with a spellbinding ghost story at its heart. Mother’s Day is Sunday. How will you show the mom in your life how much you appreciate her?; Mother/Daughter dynamic duo, Cynthia Brian and Heather Brittany discuss their close relationships and provide tips on how to celebrate your mom on this special day. Alice Walker wrote :In search of my Mother’s garden, I found my own.” Cynthia Brian learned everything she needed to know about life in the garden, her mom’s garden. Stroll through the Napa Valley gardens and you’ll be exclaiming, “Mother, may I?”

Helen Bryan brings women out of the shadows of history and celebrates their resilience and courage. Her last novel War Brides was an overnight bestselling success. In THE SISTERHOOD, set in Spain during the sixteenth century and present-day, she weaves two stories separated by centuries about the resilience of the female spirit. Bestselling author Liza Palmer carries readers to North Star, Texas, in the amusing and poignant Nowhere But Home, a funny and touching story of food, football, and fooling around. Author of the international bestseller Conversations with the Fat Girl, she is Emmy-nominated writer. The healing power of music was recognized in ancient Greece; Aristotle and Plato wrote about it. Although the field of music therapy debuted in 1950, only recently are hospitals and nursing homes using music to treat a long list of conditions. In Health Matters, Heather Brittany brings us the soothing sounds of music.

Ed Rosenthal's Protect Your Garden is an easy-to-use troubleshooting guide that helps you identify and eliminate things that want to harm your plants. Over one hundred full-color photographs help you determine exactly what is plaguing your flowers and edible plants. Protect Your Garden then provides easy and safe solutions. Building Soils Naturally: Innovative Methods for Organic Gardeners by Phil Nauta (AKA The Smiling Gardener) is all about helping you to grow the best quality food possible, starting from the ground up. It all starts with healthy soil. With living, balanced soil, plants are healthier, more pest and disease resistant, there are less weed problems, and your garden better accommodates moisture fluctuations. Does mealtime turn into battle time with your youngster? Heather Brittany and Cynthia Brian offer simple suggestions to help make eating fun and healthy for children and the family with farm to table freshness that you and your children can grow together.

Russ Hovendick motivates people through his multiple roles as a national award winning executive recruiter, career coach, training consultant, business owner, and volunteer chaplain/counselor within the Juvenile, Jail, and Prison system of South Dakota. His books, How to Interview and How to Get a Raise will help you jumpstart your dream job. It has been known for over 100 years that the diet of a pregnant woman directly affects the growth and health of her baby. Reproductive health professional, Heather Brittany shares new studies to help us understand how the food eaten by a pregnant woman influences her health and the growth and development of her child. How do we get rid of weeds? When is the right time to plant seeds? How do you fertilize? Goddess Gardener, Cynthia Brian digs in the April garden to give you the answers.

Why are men and women irresistibly drawn into romantic relationships, not so much by what they see, feel and think, but more by an invisible and irresistible magnetic-like force? Psychotherapist and author of The Human Magnet Syndrome: Why We Love People Who Hurt Us, Ross Rosenberg, describes a revolutionary way of conceptualizing dysfunctional relationships. In Alison Atlee’s historical debut novel, The Typewriter Girl , a girl in turn-of-the-century England struggles to be viewed on her own merits—but in a man’s world, that’s an unforgivable sin. The Typewriter Girl expertly navigates readers through the struggles of finding love, independence, and strength in life in a harsh world. In the specialty coffee world, the level of obsession over how to brew the perfect up has reach maddening levels of complexity. The choices seem infinite and former barista, Heather Brittany provides a cheat sheet of coffee flavors and roasts to help you decode and brew the perfect cup of java!