LISTEN: Lt. Bill Harris was valor personified

Dr. Stanley Andrisse was arrested for the first time at age fourteen. At twenty one, he was sentenced to prison for ten years. For some, that would be game over. Not for Andrisse. Now a professor at Howard University College of Medicine researching type 2 diabetes, Andrisse shared his story on Maine Street as detailed in his book "From Prison Cells to PhD."

Lt. Bill Harris was only 25 when he was captured by the Japanese during WWII. Dan Hampton shares his incredible story of survival and unrelenting will to live in his book "Valor."

In May 1996, two skilled backcountry leaders, Lollie Winans and Julie Williams, were found brutally murdered at their remote campsite in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, adjacent to the world-famous Appalachian Trail. Despite an extensive decades-long joint investigation by the FBI, National Park Service Investigators, and the Virginia State Police, this shocking case has never been solved. Kathryn Miles brings the story to life and her continuing attempt to solve the case in "Trailed."

Hall County Superintendent of Schools Will Schofield shared some thoughts on what it means to be a teacher as part of National Teacher Appreciation Week. All of us on Maine Street thank our teachers here and across the country for what you do.

Grace Farris takes a humorous and accurate look at the first years of motherhood in her book "Mom Milestones". In her visit on Maine Street she reminds folks that babies are the only ones who have "first milestones".

America is struggling to stay a superpower while China struggles to become one. Carl Delfeld says this is the decade of America's vulnerability and China's window of opportunity in his book "Power Rivals".