Posts Tagged ‘biography’

📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents LITTLE GIANTS Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Juvenile #Biography

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Raynelda Calderon’s LITTLE GIANTS: 10 HISPANIC WOMEN WHO MADE HISTORY Virtual Book Tour September 15 – October 15. Inside the Book Title: LITTLE GIANTS: 10 HISPANIC WOMEN WHO MADE HISTORY Author: Raynelda Calderon Publisher: Cayena Press, Inc. Pages: 64 Genre: Juvenile Biography BOOK BLURB: Little Giants: 10 Hispanic Women Who Made History is a short collection of biographies about Hispanic women and the impact they made in the world. Some of the women featured in this book are iconic figures such as ballet dancer Alicia Alonso; others are less known heroines such as indigenous leader Dolores Cacuango, founder of
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents BLIND PONY Virtual Book Publicity Tour #Biography #Autobiography #Memoir

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Samantha Hart’s BLIND PONY: AS TRUE A STORY AS I CAN TELL Virtual Book Tour July 19 – August 19. Inside the Book Title: BLIND PONY: AS TRUE A STORY AS I CAN TELL Author: Samantha Hart Publisher: Wild Bill Publishing Pages: 359 Genre: Biography/Autobiography/Memoir BOOK BLURB: In her debut memoir, entrepreneur and Hollywood executive Samantha Hart reveals the abuses and traumas that she overcame to build a creative, successful, and love-filled life. BLIND PONY As True A Story As I Can Tell (Wild Bill Publishing) was released on March 15, 2021, and is a 2021 Los Angeles Book Festival
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents SURVIVING HIROSHIMA Virtual Book Publicity Tour #biography

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Anthony Drago and Douglas Wellman’s SURVIVING HIROSHIMA: A YOUNG WOMAN’S STORY Virtual Book Tour September 1 – October 30! Inside the Book Title: SURVIVING HIROSHIMA Author: Anthony Drago & Douglas Wellman Publisher: Boutique of Quality Books Publishing Company Pages: 282 Genre: Biography BOOK BLURB: From Russian nobility, the Palchikoffs barely escaped death at the hands of Bolshevik revolutionaries until Kaleria’s father, a White Russian officer, hijacked a ship to take them to safety in Hiroshima. Safety was short lived. Her father, a talented musician, established a new life for the family, but the outbreak of World War II created a
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📚 Pump Up Your Book Presents The Other Side of Cancer: Living Life with My Dying Sister @Find1Cure #memoir #biography #VBT

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Annette Leads’ THE OTHER SIDE OF CANCER: LIVING LIFE WITH MY DYING SISTER Virtual Book Tour March 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: THE OTHER SIDE OF CANCER: LIVING LIFE WITH MY DYING SISTER Author: Annette Leads Publisher: Find1Cure Pages: 194 Genre: Biography/Memoir BOOK BLURB: The Other Side of Cancer: Living Life with My Dying Sister is a passionate story of two sisters and their extraordinary bond and friendship reignited in the face of cancer. Theresa conquered many hurdles in her lifetime, with victorious highs and shattering lows, but at fifty-four years old, she took on the biggest challenge
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Early Years Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

   Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rachel G. Carrington’s THE EARLY YEARS book blast October 24 – November 4!   Inside the Book: Title: The Early Years Author: Rachel G. Carrington Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Author Rachel G. Carrington lays no claim to lofty jobs, higher education, nor grand accomplishments except for a love-filled, multifaceted, family-oriented, poverty-to-plenty life. In The Early Years, the first in a series, she shares her story. As a young teenager, just entering high school in the small town of Denton, Kentucky, Carrington planned to attend college and become a teacher. With coursework geared toward college attendance, she was offered a lucrative
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Tinfoil Prince of Harlem Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Cyril H. Price’s THE TINFOIL PRINCE OF HARLEM Book Blast August 15 – August 26!   Inside the Book: Title: The Tinfoil Prince of Harlem Author: Cyril H. Price Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback By all reasonable calculations, a black child who started life with as many formidable challenges as author Cyril H. Price shouldn’t have prospered to the point of happiness he currently enjoys. In fact, at eight years of age, Price’s policy was to stay out of trouble, eat, and just survive. Growing up in the heart of Harlem during the Great Depression, Price and his family did what
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Geertje Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gerda Blokhuis Vandenhaak’s GEERTJE Book Blast August 15 – August 26!   Inside the Book: Title: Geertje: Was Seen Through the Eyes of a Child as an Adult Author: Gerda Blokhuis Vandenhaak Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook World War II officially ended some seventy years ago, but for some people, it lives on. Gerda Blokhuis Vandenhaak, who spent the war in the Netherlands, still recalls the hunger and fear she felt throughout the war-that sticks out more than hearing about the two little boys killed or the blank expression of her father when she visited him in a concentration camp. She looks
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Pump Up Your Book Presents My Left Side Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Darlene Linda Jones-Brooks’ MY LEFT SIDE Book Blast May 23 – June 3!   Inside the Book: Title: My Left Side Author: Darlene Linda Jones-Brooks Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback   Author Darlene Linda Jones-Brooks has been through a lot in her life—and, strangely enough, many of the worst physical experiences have happened on the left side of her body. When she was thirteen, a cousin accidentally stabbed her in the wrist. As an adult, she got caught in the crossfire of random shooting and lost half her left kidney due to the resulting injury. Later, a severe pain in her left
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Memoir of a Journey with Mental Illness Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you M.S. Burke’s MEMOIR OF A JOURNEY WITH MENTAL ILLNESS book blast May 23 – June 3!   Inside the Book: Title: Memoir of a Journey with Mental Illness Author: M.S. Burke Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook M.S. Burke was only nineteen years old when she inexplicably tried to kill herself. It made no sense: She lived a privileged life of yacht clubs, tennis lessons, private schools, and summers in Canada. If you named it, she had it, including an incredible family-with three sisters she adored and two loving, supportive parents. Many years later, she still starts each day with
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Early Years Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

     Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Rachel G. Carrington’s THE EARLY YEARS book blast May 23 – June 3!   Inside the Book: Title: The Early Years Author: Rachel G. Carrington Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Author Rachel G. Carrington lays no claim to lofty jobs, higher education, nor grand accomplishments except for a love-filled, multifaceted, family-oriented, poverty-to-plenty life. In The Early Years, the first in a series, she shares her story. As a young teenager, just entering high school in the small town of Denton, Kentucky, Carrington planned to attend college and become a teacher. With coursework geared toward college attendance, she was offered a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Four Score and More Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

  Inside the Book: Title: Four Score and More Author: LaVera Edick Publisher: Trafford Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Statement from Author I was born in 1925. This is my story of growing up on a farm and following the oft-times bumpy road of life. It is the story of my family and ancestors, those pioneers who cut the trails and paved the roads for our journey through life. Several major events helped shape the lives and attitudes of those born before 1940. It was a struggle raising a family in the thirties: not only was the nation in a financial crisis, Mother Nature was in an ugly mood. When people
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Four Score and More Virtual Book Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you LaVera Edick’s Four Score and More Book Tour June 1 – July 29!   Inside the Book: Title: Four Score and More Author: LaVera Edick Publisher: Trafford Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Statement from Author I was born in 1925. This is my story of growing up on a farm and following the oft-times bumpy road of life. It is the story of my family and ancestors, those pioneers who cut the trails and paved the roads for our journey through life. Several major events helped shape the lives and attitudes of those born before 1940. It was a struggle raising a family in
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I Made It! Virtual Book Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Juana M. Ortiz’s I MADE IT Virtual Book Tour!   Inside the Book: Title: I Made It Author: Juana M. Ortiz Publisher: AuthorHouse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Author Juana Ortiz was born with cerebral palsy in the Dominican Republic, a country where prejudice against people with disabilities is strong. In I Made It, Ortiz shares the story of her experiences and struggles throughout her life, particularly her difficulties within the educational system. Through her writing, she seeks to address common misunderstandings that persist with regard to people with disabilities and their enrollment in school and to raise awareness regarding the inclusion
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Though I Don’t Deserve It, God’s Hand of Protection Watches Over Me

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Arthur Luke’s THOUGH I DON’T DESERVE IT, GOD’S HAND OF PROTECTION WATCHES OVER ME Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: Though I Don’t Deserve It, God’s Hand of Protection Watches Over Me Author: Arthur Luke Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Though I Don’t Deserve It, God’s Hand of Protection Watches Over Me: My Story spans sixty-four years in the life of a believer in Jesus Christ, telling how God has watched over him and his family. Arthur Luke begins with his childhood in Georgia, follows the sojourns of his military family, narrates the key events
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Pump Up Your Book Presents I Made It Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Juana M. Ortiz’s I MADE IT Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: I Made It Author: Juana M. Ortiz Publisher: AuthorHouse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Author Juana Ortiz was born with cerebral palsy in the Dominican Republic, a country where prejudice against people with disabilities is strong. In I Made It, Ortiz shares the story of her experiences and struggles throughout her life, particularly her difficulties within the educational system. Through her writing, she seeks to address common misunderstandings that persist with regard to people with disabilities and their enrollment in school and to raise awareness
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Pump Up Your Book Presents War Ready Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Mary Lou Darst’s WAR READY Book Blast March 28 – April 8!   Inside the Book: Title: War Ready Author: Mary Lou Darst Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback “Her memoir is seen through the eyes of the girl living it, not at decades removed, which gives it both freshness and ache.” By Kirkus Indie For young Mary Lou, life was an adventure. Her father served in the military, and she traveled the world with him and her family. His assignments took them to Alaska, Virginia, Japan, Texas, and Germany, as part of the US Army’s responsibilities in policing the world. This
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Guest House Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you W. Jacqueline Johnson’s THE GUEST HOUSE Book Blast March 14 – March 25!   Inside the Book: Title: The Guest House Author: W. Jacqueline Johnson Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook As a healer, author W. Jacqueline Johnson knew a cancer diagnosis could be a gift in one’s life, bringing valuable life lessons and even transformation. But nothing prepared her for her own diagnosis and the debilitating effects of chemotherapy and radiation. In The Guest House, she narrates the story of her diagnosis, treatments, and the surprising aftermath. Johnson shares how, as a healthy woman who only saw the doctor for checkups,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Reflections of a Negro Revolutionary Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Boss Jackson’s REFLECTIONS OF A NEGRO REVOLUTIONARY Book Blast March 14 – 25! Inside the Book: Title: Reflections of a Negro Revolutionary Author: Boss Jackson Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 64 Genre: Biography Format: Ebook The turbulent years of the sixties and early seventies, a time of the flowering of a people and a nation, we thought we knew what it meant to black in America, but everything we knew was changing. From the civil rights movement Led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr. The watts Riot, the so called Black Revolution, the rise of the Black Student Unions on college campuses, to the anti
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Pump Up your Book Presents Candlelight in a Storm Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Naveen Sridhar’s CANDLELIGHT IN A STORM Book Blast February 22 – March 4! Inside the Book: Title: Candlelight in a Storm Author: Naveen Sridhar Publisher: Authorhouse Pages: 280 Genre: Biography Format: Ebook “Candlelight in a Storm by Naveen Sridhar is the historical biography of his wife. Born during World War II and fleeing the violence there, later fleeing communist regimes as a teenager, and traveling the world, her story is at once colorful and harrowing. John F. Kennedy came to Germany and said ‘Ich bin ein Berliner,’ signifying that Germany did not need to be forever tarnished with the legacy of the Nazi
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Chapters Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Dianna Hubbard Stein’s CHAPTERS Book Blast December 7 – 18!   Title: Chapters Author: Dianna Hubbard Stein Publisher: AuthorHouse Genre: Biography/Autobiography Format: Ebook Dianna and Steve were roaring through life, in love, happy, and intent on having a family along the way. The story that unfolds and changes their lives forever, seemingly by chance, is a reminder to us all that amazing things can happen if you listen to your heart. The joy of finally finding their son, the complex emotions of adoptive parents and birth families, and the deep sorrow of the blows that stole their happiness can be understood by
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Pump Up Your Book Presents No Time To Cry Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Vera Leinveber’s NO TIME TO CRY book blast November 16 – 27!   Title: No Time To Cry Author: Vera Leinvebers Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Every story has a beginning, a journey, and an end. Author Vera Leinvebers’s story begins in her beloved homeland of Latvia, just prior to the outbreak of World War II. Her early childhood is filled with joy and music, but this idyllic, carefree existence is irrevocably silenced by the advancing drumbeats of war. The journey that follows proves so intense and harrowing that in order to fi nd the emotional separation necessary to face her
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Baby Boy Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Marilyn Pelkey’s BABY BOY book blast October 5 – 16!   Title: Baby Boy Author: Marilyn Pelkey Publisher: iUniverse Genre: Biography Format: Ebook When author Marilyn Pelkey’s son, Kendall, was twenty-seven, he was diagnosed with an unusual and aggressive cancer. Less than two years later, he passed away. A recently separated father of three children at the time of his diagnosis, Kendall was an outgoing and open-minded man who loved music and saw strangers as friends he hadn’t met yet. In this memoir, Pelkey shares the story of their lives and of Kendall’s battle with cancer. She recalls the history of their
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Now That the Dust Has Settled Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Anthanasio Dzadagu’s NOW THAT THE DUST HAS SETTLED book blast July 6 – July 17!   Title: Now That the Dust Has Settled Author: Anthanasio Dzadagu Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 372 Genre: Biography/Autobiography Format: Kindle In this book, I try to explore why one section of the Catholic Community connected with the late Archbishop Chakaipa was overtaken by great remorse when he died, while another went into jubilation. This leads me into the examination of what kind of person Archbishop Chakaipa was. I do this in the context of his family background and his priestly and Episcopal ministries. He was of the Unendoro clan,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Little Boy’s War Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Roy Bartlett’s A LITTLE BOY’S WAR book blast July 6 – July 17!   Title: A Little Boy’s War Author: Roy Bartlett Publisher: AuthorHouse Pages: 190 Genre: Biography/Autobiography Format: Kindle In this autobiographical reminiscence of the war years, Roy Bartlett relates the experiences of a young boy living in the West London suburb of Ealing, particularly during the sustained German Luftwaffe ‘Blitz’ on the capital in 1940 during which he sustained injury. Millions of people in London and other cities, children as well as adults, survived the horrors and rigours of the war. Many accounts have been written, but few from the viewpoint
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Bosom of Abraham Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Beatrice Blue Pipe’s THE BOSOM OF ABRAHAM book blast June 29- July 10!   Title: The Bosom of Abraham Author: Beatrice Blue Pipe Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 90 Genre: Historical Biography Format: Kindle/Paperback As a child, Beatrice Blue Pipe was confused and hurt by what her teachers told her. As a student, her teachers at Canada’s Christian-administered residential school system taught that God hated Canada’s First Peoples and First Nations. From Blue Pipe’s perspective, she was condemned. As she grew, the hateful lessons of her youth slowly consumed her, and like too many others, she attempted to silence those demons with alcohol and thoughts
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Destiny’s Tapestry Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Betty June Gilliland’s DESTINY’S TAPESTRY book blast May 25 – June 5!     Title: Destiny’s Tapestry Author: Betty June Gilliland Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 346 Genre: Biography Format: Kindle/Paperback/Hardcover On a stormy night, as a hurricane raced up the Gulf Coast and created havoc in its path, Betty Gilliland was born on a corn shuck mattress in a barn at the foot of Sand Mountain. As soon as the midwife wrapped her in a blanket and gently laid her in a cow manger, Gilliland began a journey through life that would eventually test her spirit, courage, and, most of all, her power to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Better Believe: A Story of Hope Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ruby Lee Tuesday’s BETTER BELIEVE book blitz February 16 – 27!   Title: Better Believe Author: Ruby Lee Tuesday Publisher: Trafford Pages: 132 Genre: Biography Format: Ebook Purchase at AMAZON Ruby Lee Tuesday was born to be her father’s property. Trapped in an abusive home where only perfect was good enough for the devil, Ruby attempted to distract herself from his ways through her music, poetry, art, and most importantly, her faith in God. Tuesday shares a heartbreaking story of childhood trauma as she bravely pursued her dreams, despite living with parents who seemed determined to destroy her, both physically and emotionally. While
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Pump Up Your Book Presents You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? Reminiscences Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Helga Stipa Madland’s YOU’RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE, ARE YOU? REMINISCENCES virtual book tour March 2 – 27! Title: You’re Not From Around Here, Are You? Reminiscences Author: Helga Stipa Madland Publisher: Aventine Press Pages: 202 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback/Kindle I start with when I was born, then there was a World War, and then I went to Norman.—Klodnitz, in Upper Silesia, now a part of Poland, was my birth place; when everything collapsed in 1945 at the end of WWII, my family and I became refugees. We trekked across Germany, to the west, and eventually settled in a small
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Beautiful Land of the Sky Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Loren M. Wood’s Beautiful Land of the Sky book blitz February 2 – 13!     Title: Beautiful Land of the Sky Author: Loren Wood Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 624 Genre: Biography Format: Ebook/Paperback Purchase at AMAZON John Muir is considered to be the supreme icon of western wilderness and preservation. His counterpart in the east is Harlan P. Kelsey, an often obscure and forgotten figure. In Beautiful Land of the Sky, author Loren M. Wood chronicles Kelsey’s journey from the humblest of beginnings to national prominence in horticulture and the establishment of national parks in the eastern United States. In this biography, Wood
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Hope For a Better World Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Monique Mitchell’s Hope for a Better World book blitz January 19- 30! Title: Hope for a Better World Author: Monique Mitchell Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 244 Genre: Biography/Autobiography Format: Ebook/Paperback Purchase at AMAZON The book is basically my memoir; however, there are some fictitious characters but all is based on real events. Flashback to my childhood in Madagascar: country with a fascinating history and a unique population, with ethnic characteristics in my own family. Recollecting past personal tragedies in childhood and situating myself in the present where loving people( my family and church friends) are surrounding me, motivating me to be a good person
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