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Pump Up Your Book Presents Scapegoat: A Flight Crew’s Journey From Heroes to Villains to Redemption Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Emilio Corsetti’s SCAPEGOAT: A FLIGHT CREW’S JOURNEY FROM HEROES TO VILLAINS TO REDEMPTION virtual book tour August 1 – September 30! Inside the Book Title: Scapegoat: A Flight Crew’s Journey from Heroes to Villians to Redemption Author: Emilio Corsetti Publisher: Odyssey Publishing, LLC Pages: 472 Genre: Nonfiction Narrative “This is the kind of case the Board has never had to deal with-a head-on collision between the credibility of a flight crew versus the airworthiness of the aircraft.” NTSB Investigator-in-Charge Leslie Dean Kampschror On April 4, 1979, a Boeing 727 with 82 passengers and a crew of 7 rolled over and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shadows of an Empress Book Blast & Book Giveaway!

We invite you to Carole Waterhouse’s SHADOWS OF AN EMPRESS Book Blast on July 5 – 29! Inside the Book: Title: Shadows of an Empress Author: Carole Waterhouse Publisher: Anaphora Literary Press Pages: 310 Genre: Literary Fiction After the death of her mother, Sylvia is sent to live with her grandmother on an isolated piece of farmland, where she and a nymph-like companion run through the woods creating an imaginary world where her mother is still alive. When Sylvia marries Dan, everyone sees her life moving from tragic to fairy tale.  But when a recurring dream about a city she can’t identify leaves Sylvia feeling especially unsettled, she goes
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Can’t-idates: Running For President When Nobody Knows Your Name Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Craig Tomashoff’s THE CAN’T-IDATES: RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT WHEN NOBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME virtual book tour July 11 – 15! Inside the Book Title: The Can’t-idates: Running For President When Nobody Knows Your Name Author: Craig Tomashoff Publisher: Bobtimystic Books Pages: 302 Genre: Nonfiction I’m not a political person by nature. Most of the time, it seems the political world plays out more like a lame ‘70s sitcom with all its predictable characters and routine storylines. However, last spring, I got tired of hearing friends and family complain about the lack of exciting, innovative candidates for president. Everyone seemed ready to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Girl in the Air Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Tyler Pike’s GIRL IN THE AIR virtual book tour July 5 – 29! Inside the Book Title: Girl in the Air Author: Tyler Pike Publisher: Tyler Pike Books Pages: 352 Genre:  Magical Realism Action Thriller / YA Paranormal Thriller 6’3″ 200LBS, AIRBORNE AND ANGRY. ARE THEY SMART ENOUGH TO LEAVE HER ALONE? A teenaged loner who sees more than she should, Alice Brickstone’s mission in life is to find out who or what killed her twin brother a decade earlier. All her parents will divulge is that he died on a family trip to an ashram in India, a place
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Suppose Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you D.J. Adamson’s SUPPOSE virtual book tour July 5 – 29! Inside the Book Title: SUPPOSE Author: D.J. Adamson Publisher: Horatio Press Pages: 334 Genre: Mystery/Suspense “What did he want to know about me?” “If you were still alive.” Connivers, murder, and the international shipment of drugs unites the local PDs and the Federal Government, and drags Lillian into a hailstorm of manipulation and danger, whereby she is given two choices: Join? Or die trying? For More Information SUPPOSE is available at Amazon. Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads. Meet the Author Award Winner at the Midwest
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Jungle Within Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Charles M.’s THE JUNGLE WITHIN virtual book tour June 6 – August 31! Inside the Book Title: The Jungle Within Author: Charles M. Publisher: Createspace Pages: 308 Genre: Drama/Suspense When Evan and Katie said “I do”, they expected to navigate life together side-by-side. But when a car accident and a tawdry affair disrupt life as they know it, Evan and Katie are forced to venture on alternate paths, alone. In the darkest depths of an unforgiving coma, Evan fights to survive the treacherous jungle of his mind. He embarks on a spiritual journey to understand the meaning of life and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Reclamation Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Thorn Osgood’s THE RECLAMATION virtual book tour June 6 – 30! Inside the Book Title: THE RECLAMATION Author: Thorn Gould Publisher: Mind Wings Audio Pages: 595 Genre: Scifi/Fantasy Corilan, 25, is an IT project manager by day, and spends her free time involved in ecological organizations endeavors. When her long-absent negligent father, Nolan, wants to see her she’s annoyed. Finally, she decides to see him and despite the friction over his absence, from that meeting her life evolves. Nolan tells her of his birthright, an environmental organization, the School of Ancestral Guidance (SAG) and its members having ancestral guides. This
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tours and Cures of a Lightsoldier: Surviving the Path to Enlightenment Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Alexander TOURS AND CURES OF A LIGHTSOLDIER: SURVIVING THE PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT virtual book tour June 6 – 30! Inside the Book Title: Tours and Cures of a Lightsoldier Author: Alexander King Publisher: O Books Pages: 370 Genre:  Self-Help/Self-Discovery/Spirituality Tours and Cures of a Lightsoldier is a revolution in the Self-help book world. It shakes up the status-quo, by questioning and uncovering the illogical, cold-hearted or incomplete in spiritual teachings. But Alexander King then attempts to find understandings which allow for the Divine and the basis of Life to be truly loving and intelligent again. Perhaps to keep ascending on
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Floor 21 Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jason Luther’s FLOOR 21 virtual book tour June 6 – August 31! Inside the Book Title: Floor 21 Author: Jason Luthor Publisher: Scout Press Pages: 355 Genre: Sci-fi/Dystopian The last of humanity is trapped at the top of an isolated apartment tower with no memory of how they got there or why. All travel beneath Floor 21 is forbidden, and nobody can ever recall seeing the ground floor. Beneath Floor 21, a sickness known as the Creep infests that halls of the Tower. A biological mass that grows stronger in reaction to people’s fear and anger, the Creep prey’s on
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Pump Up Your Book Presents His Lass Wears Tartan Book Blast!

We invite you to Kathleen Shaputis’ HIS LASS WEARS TARTAN Book Blast on June 20! Inside the Book: Title: HIS LASS WEARS TARTAN Author: Kathleen Shaputis Publisher: Crimson Romance Pages:  270 Genre: Paranormal Romance Independent and dedicatedly single, Rogue Bruce enjoys running Castle Baillie with her Aunt Baillie from America. They specialize in romantic Elizabethan-themed weddings, complete with resident ghost, Lord Kai (nothing like a haunted castle to set the mood for love). But love is something Rogue is not the least bit interested in. Content with her work and stable of horses, no man is necessary for her happiness. Matchmaking is in the air, though, focusing on Bruce
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{Paranormal Romance} His Lass Wears Tartan Book Blast Sign Up

We invite you to join Kathleen Shaputis’ HIS LASS WEARS TARTAN Book Blast June 20. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: HIS LASS WEARS TARTAN Author: Kathleen Shaputis Publisher: Crimson Romance Pages:  270 Genre: Paranormal Romance Independent and dedicatedly single, Rogue Bruce enjoys running Castle Baillie with her Aunt Baillie from America. They specialize in romantic Elizabethan-themed weddings, complete with resident ghost, Lord Kai (nothing like a haunted castle to set the mood for love). But love is something Rogue is not the least bit interested in. Content with her work and stable of horses, no man is necessary for her happiness. Matchmaking is in the air, though, focusing
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Fatal Reunion Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Ken Malovos’ FATAL REUNION virtual book tour May 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: Fatal Reunion Author: Ken Malovos Publisher: CreateSpace Pages: 284 Genre: Legal Thriller Jason Robinson attends his 20th high school reunion where he connects with his old girlfriend. The next day she is dead and he is charged with her murder. He asks attorney Mike Zorich to represent him. Mike feels that the case against Jason is weak, even though Jason has given inconsistent statements and some emails emerge that give him a motive to commit murder. Meanwhile, Mike is trying to cope with his own
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{Memoir/Travel} You Must Only Love Them: Lessons Learned in Turkey Book Blast Sign Up

We invite you to join Ann Marie Mershon’s YOU MUST ONLY LOVE THEM: LESSONS LEARNED IN TURKEY Book Blast May 16. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: You Must Only To Love Them: Lessons Learned in Turkey Author: Ann Marie Mershon Publisher: Maple Hill Publications Pages: 282 Genre: Memoir/Travel Price: $3.99 (Kindle) Living overseas is the best way to understand the world and its varied cultures. Recently divorced, Ann Marie decided to pursue her life dream of living overseas and accepted a position as a prep school English teacher in Istanbul. Ann Marie battled loneliness as she tried to make the most of her ex-pat existence, and her forays
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Beneath the African Sun Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Maria Lynch’s BENEATH THE AFRICAN SUN virtual book tour May 2 – 27! Inside the Book Title: Beneath the African Sun Author: Maria Lynch Publisher: Friesen Press Pages: 282 Genre: Historical Fiction When Sabby Mendes leaves Portuguese Goa aboard the dhow Monsoon Wind bound for British East Africa in 1916, he has one dream—to find work as a tailor in the relatively new capital of Nairobi. Sabby is a young man, still a teenager, but he is determined to build a life for himself, and he knows that the opportunities in the British Protectorate are better than those facing him
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{Scifi/Dystopian} Floor 21 Blog Tour Sign Up

Jason Luthor will be touring June 6 – August 31 with his scifi/dystopian, FLOOR 21. We are looking for reviews (PDF only), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights/promo (HTML included) Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: Floor 21 Author: Jason Luthor Publisher: Scout Press Pages: 355 Genre: Sci-fi/Dystopian The last of humanity is trapped at the top of an isolated apartment tower with no memory of how they got there or why. All travel beneath Floor 21 is forbidden, and nobody can ever recall seeing the ground floor. Beneath Floor 21, a sickness known as the Creep infests that halls of the Tower. A biological mass that grows stronger
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  • April 1, 2016
  • Authors on Tour, Book Blasts
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Free of Malice Book Blast – Win $25 B&N Gift Card & Autographed Copy!

We invite you to Liz Lazarus’ FREE OF MALICE Book Blast April 11 – May 11! Inside the Book: Title: FREE OF MALICE Author: Liz Lazarus Publisher: Mitchell Cove Publishing LLC Pages: 274 Genre: Suspense/Thriller Laura Holland awakes in the middle of the night to see a stranger standing in her bedroom doorway. She manages to defend herself from the would-be rapist, though he threatens to return as he retreats. Traumatized with recurring nightmares, Laura seeks therapy and is exposed to a unique treatment called EMDR. She also seeks self-protection— buying a gun against the wishes of her husband. When Laura learns she could have gone to prison had
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Hidden Reality Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Win $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Stephen Martino’s THE HIDDEN REALITY virtual book tour April 4 – June 30! Inside the Book Title: The Hidden Reality Author: Stephen Martino Publisher: Light Messages Pages: 318 Genre: Science Fiction/Political Thriller In the year 2084, the brilliant inventor, Alex Pella, finds himself at a precarious crossroad between the pursuit of justice and preservation of his own sanity. While attempting to undermine an international New World Order government created by the financial juggernaut known as The New Reality, he must also face the hidden truths about his own genetic heritage that are slowly destroying him. After receiving an ambiguous message
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  • March 30, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The SECRETS of the KEYS Movie Blast – Win DVDs/Downloads!

We invite you to Robin Jay’s THE SECRET OF THE KEYS Movie Blast April 4 – 29! Inside the Book: Title: The SECRETS of the KEYS Producer: Robin Jay Producer: TwoBirds, Inc. Genre: Inspirational/Motivational Imagine getting a life-altering call from your doctor.  That’s exactly what happens to motivational speaker and author “Elizabeth” in The Secrets of the Keys. Now, the inspiration she has used throughout her career to guide others comes back to her as she attempts to make sense of her situation. Elizabeth comes face-to-face with her spiritual guide, “Gwen,” who has an intriguing opportunity for her. Gwen takes Elizabeth on a mystical journey where they encounter impressive experts eager to share
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Wild Within Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christine Hartmann’s WILD WITHIN virtual book tour April 4 – June 30! Inside the Book Title: WILD WITHIN Author: Christine Hartmann Publisher: Limitless Publishing Pages: 274 Genre: Romantic Suspense A year after a family tragedy, Grace Mori embarks on the journey of a lifetime… Two thousand, six hundred miles of blistering heat, wilderness, and soul searching—that’s what Grace signed up for when she decided to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. It’s not a voyage for beginners, but with no husband and her family still recovering from her bother’s death, Grace is more alone than ever. This trail meant something to
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Am I Going To Be Okay? Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Debra Whittam’s AM I GOING TO BE OKAY? WEATHERING THE STORMS OF MENTAL ILLNESS, ADDICTION AND GRIEF virtual book tour March 25 – June 24! Inside the Book Title: Am I Going To Be Okay? Weathering the Storms of Mental Illness, Addiction and Grief Author: Debra Whittam Publisher: Turning Point International Pages: 253 Genre: Memoir/Women’s Psychology/Applied Psychology Am I Going To Be Okay? is an American story with a universal message. Ms. Whittam traces her history in the form of stories about her all too human, and sometimes unhinged family; she throws a rope to the little girl living there,
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  • March 8, 2016
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Book Marketing Tips: 98 Book Marketing Ideas That Can Help Authors Increase Sales

Whether you’re a self- or traditionally published author, there’s a wide array of marketing tactics you or your publisher can use to amplify a book’s exposure and reach more readers. To spark inspiration and get those creative juices flowing, we put together 98 book marketing ideas. Some of these ideas can help directly increase book sales, while others may help expand your platform, which can lead to future sales. Not all of these ideas will be applicable all the time, but these can help you brainstorm when developing your own marketing plan. Read the rest of article at BookBub.


Pump Up Your Book Presents Tell Me a Story Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Tamara Lush’s TELL ME A STORY virtual book tour April 4 – 29! Inside the Book Title: Tell Me a Story Author: Tamara Lush Publisher: Independent Pages: 102 Genre: Erotic Romance Bookstore owner Emma Price attends a sexy literacy fundraiser called Story Brothel in Orlando, expecting a few raunchy jokes and a chance to show off her writing. She’s intrigued when Caleb King, a successful real estate developer in a custom tailored suit, pays to listen to her read from her erotic novel. Later, the mysterious Caleb with beautiful eyes asks her to read him a bedtime story at his
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  • February 24, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The CIA International Thriller Series Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you R. Lawson’s THE CIA INTERNATIONAL THRILLER SERIES virtual book tour March 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: Existential Threats (Book 4 of The CIA International Thriller Series) Author: R. Lawson Publisher: Independent Pages: 345 Genre:  Thriller/Espionage The CIA’s incoming Director of Counter Terrorism, Biff Roberts, is inheriting a multitude of challenges. For starters, there is the existential threat of a nuclear Iran. Added to that, the Middle East has become enmeshed in a surge of radical religious extremism ranging from fanatical Muslims of the Islamic State to the Taliban, groups who commit unspeakable atrocities using violence to pursue their
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  • February 23, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Not Quite So Stories Virtual Book Publicity Tour & Two Book Giveaway!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David S. Atkinson’s NOT QUITE SO STORIES virtual book tour March 1 – May 27! Inside the Book Title: NOT QUITE SO STORIES Author: David S. Atkinson Publisher: Literary Wanderlus LLC Pages: 166 Genre: Absurdist Literary Fiction The center of Not Quite So Stories is the idea that life is inherently absurd and all people can do is figure out how they will live in the face of that fact. The traditional explanation for the function of myth (including such works as the relatively modern Rudyard Kiping’s Just So Stories) is as an attempt by humans to explain and demystify
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Unicorn: Addiction, Guilt and a Decision That Would Change Her Life Forever Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you L.E. Get’s UNICORN: ADDICTION, GUILT AND A DECISION THAT WOULD CHANGE HER LIFE FOREVER virtual book tour March 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: Unicorn: Addiction, Guilt, and a Decision That Will Change Her Life Author: L.E. Get Publisher: Telemachus Press Pages: 240 Genre: Women’s Fiction/Literary Fiction/Drama Scarlet has the life most only dream about—she travels the world, she makes plenty of money and she has the best friend anyone could ask for. But, piece by piece, her world is falling apart because of her damaged family, years of resentment and her sister’s drug and alcohol addiction. Scarlet tries
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Changing Teams Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Jennifer Allis Provost’s CHANGING TEAMS virtual book tour March 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: Changing Teams Author: Jennifer Allis Provost Publisher: Limitless Publishing Pages: 36 Genre: Contemporary Romance Britt Sullivan, part time model and full time aspiring artist, is sick of living alone in the city… Taking lame jobs just to make ends meet is leading Britt nowhere, and she knows something has to change. She needs some excitement, and when she meets blue-eyed Midwesterner Sam MacKellar at a photo shoot, she realizes he’s perfect for her in every way—well, except for the fact that he’s gay. A
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Perfect Tear Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Connie Lansberg’s THE PERFECT TEAR virtual book tour March 1 – 31! Inside the Book Title: The Perfect Tear Author: Connie Lansberg Publisher: Rockit Press Pages: 320 Genre: YA Fantasy The Perfect Tear begins with the Singers of the world who, during their initiation by a multi-dimensional being, are given a magical three-pronged hair comb to use as tuning forks to help keep the world in harmony.  They are a special breed of women, able to connect their voices to the vibration of the earth in order to create this needed balance and equilibrium for all. The story follows the
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  • February 20, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Networking Karma Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Gail Tolstoi-Miller’s  NETWORKING KARMA virtual book tour March 1 – April 29! Inside the Book Title: Networking Karma Author: Gail Tolstoi-Miller Publisher: Consultnetworx Pages: 160 Genre: Business/Self-Help Are you Awkward? Uncertain? Even jittery at networking events? Author Gail Tolstoi Miller, an award-winning entrepreneur and successful CEO, feels your pain. In fact, she spent years experiencing the same emotions when networking. An avowed introvert, Gail discovered a powerful and universal law of connecting, she calls Networking Karma. And when she embraced it, Gail put those anxious, apprehensive interactions behind her to become a career coach and owner of a networking event
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{Inspirational Contemporary Romance} Cupid’s Quest Blog Tour Sign Up

Lori Soard will be touring April 4 – 29 with her inspirational contemporary romance, CUPID’S QUEST. We are looking for reviews (paperback U.S./PDFs), interviews and guest posts. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: CUPID’S QUEST Author: Lori Soard Publisher: Grace Nicole Books Pages: 201 Genre: Inspirational Contemporary Romance The only life Gracie has ever known has been the nursing home and the residents who are like family to her. Now, she risks losing it all and her friends scattering to different homes if she can’t come up with the money to save the business. Between caring for his ailing mother and running the family farm, Brandt is stretched thin.
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  • February 18, 2016
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Bipolar Millionaire Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John E. Wade’s THE BIPOLAR MILLIONAIRE virtual book tour March 1 – May 27! Inside the Book Title: The Bipolar Millionaire Author: John E. Wade II Publisher: Sunbury Press Pages: 164 Genre: Memoir John E. Wade II, retired CPA, author, investor, television producer, and philanthropist, reveals in his memoir, The Bipolar Millionaire, his personal struggle with bipolar disorder and how he has succeeded in living a balanced and blessed life, despite his mental illness. Wade takes the reader through his family experiences, political aspirations and beliefs, spiritual journey, relationship trials and errors, all while battling mental illness. Through his religious
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