Posts Tagged ‘nonfiction’

  • August 9, 2013
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{Featured Author} Susan Louise Peterson, author of The Yes Book for Teenagers & The No Book for Teenagers – Win $25 Amazon GC!

Susan Louise Peterson is an author and school psychologist living in Las Vegas, NV. She has taken a twenty year journey working in the tough inner city schools of Las Vegas, Nevada as a teacher and later a school psychologist. Susan has worked with students from pre-kindergarten to high school levels. Working in a large inner city high school she noticed that many teenagers were dealing with communication issues related to their parents, teachers and other adults. Students were given limited information from adults when they asked questions and usually did not understand the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ type of responses they received from adults. In response, Susan Louise Peterson
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First Chapter: Vampire of Macondo by Deborah Dupre

Title of Book: VAMPIRE OF MACONDO Genre: Nonfiction Author: Deborah Dupre Website: www.deborahdupre.com Publisher: Duprevent Publishing PURCHASE VAMPIRE OF MACONDO HERE SUMMARY: The untold story of psychopathic genocide of Americans by the petrochemical military industrial complex, of how BP’s Deepwater Horizon catastrophe has sickened and killed thousands of people on the Gulf of Mexico Coast and government covered it up. Hear heart-rending cries of the victims. Read thoroughly documented evidence of crimes by Big Oil, the military, the seafood and tourism industries, health care providers, and corrupt government leaders. FIRST CHAPTER The Land Where Not Only Women Bleed It’s ‘Very Scary’ “I’m having, I guess you can describe it
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First Chapters: Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down by Pauline L. Hawkins

Title: Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down Author: Pauline L. Hawkins Paperback: 124 pages Genre: Nonfiction Publisher: Anole (June 14, 2012) Language: English ISBN – 0578105306 ISBN – 978-0578105307 About Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down Where were you on 9/11? That question has become part of the fabric of our lives as Americans. On that bright, sunny day, none of us had any idea what was in store and how it would change our lives. Depending on what part of the country you lived in, you may not have known anything was going on until several hours after the first plane struck. You may not have heard the
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  • August 30, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down Virtual Book Publicity Tour + Kindle Giveaway

Join Pauline L. Hawkins, author of the biography/autobiography, Ashes Ashes the Twins Fall Down, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT PAULINE L. HAWKINS Pauline L. Hawkins was born in Munson Army Hospital at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on Easter Sunday. Pauline has been in the health insurance industry for almost thirty years, working her way up from the mailroom to corporate management and claims payment. In 2002, Pauline received her Instructional Design certification, which allows her to create instructor-led and learner-paced training curricula, along with computer-based learning activities and website creation. Pauline has enjoyed
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Looking for blog hosts for huge Kindle Fire Promotion for The Baby Matrix

Laura Carroll will be touring July 2 – September 24 2012 with her nonfiction book, The Baby Matrix: Why Freeing Our Minds From Outmoded Thinking About Parenthood & Reproduction Will Create a Better World. We are looking for blog hosts who would like to review this book, interview Laura, have her write a guest post for you or post a book spotlight during her July, August and September tour. This tour is also part of a huge Kindle Fire giveaway where you, the blogger, can win, too! Also we are offering incentives for not only your visitors but you, also. Win $50 for the blog with the most comments
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Anger Mastery Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012 + Nook 8GB Tablet Giveaway

Join Kevin Burk, author of the nonfiction, Anger Mastery: Get Angry, Get Happy, as he tours the blogosphere July 2 – August 24 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT KEVIN B. BURK Kevin B. Burk has been helping people around the world to improve their lives and relationships since 1996 through his astrological counseling and relationship coaching practice. His humor, wisdom and compassion are always present, in his books (ten so far, including Astrology: Understanding the Birth Chart, The Relationship Handbook: How to Understand and Improve Every Relationship in Your Life, and his newest book, Anger Mastery: Get Angry, Get Happy), his
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Pump Up Your Book Presents 1001 First Lines Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Scarlett Archer, author of the nonfiction book, 1001 First Lines, as she tours the blogosphere July 2 – 27 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT SCARLETT ARCHER   Scarlett Rugers (writing as Scarlett Archer) has just released a book 1001 First Lines which is now available at Amazon! You can purchase a paperback, .lit, .epub, .mobi and PDF versions here: http://www.1001firstlines.wordpress.com. She has been writing for over fifteen years, completed over eleven novels, and her main drive is in speculative fiction or its contrasting opposite romantic comedic novels. She has a passion for studying the art of story telling and is a
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New Nonfiction Book for Review: 1001 First Lines by Scarlett Archer

Scarlett Archer will be touring June 4 – 22 with her nonfiction book, 1001 First Lines. Have you ever wondered which novels contain the most famous opening lines? Or how the writers of Science Fiction compare to those of Romance? Now you can compare for yourself, with 1001 of the best and worst First Lines from fifteen genres. 1001 First Lines is for the writers and the readers of the world, providing inspiration and instruction. Purchasing the paperback gives you a checklist of titles to tick off as you go! Visit her website at www.scarlettarcher.com or her book blog at www.101firstlines.wordpress.com. If you would like to review 1001 First
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  • March 9, 2012
  • books for review, Featured
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New Spiritual/Nonfiction Book for Review: Staying Grounded in Shifting Sand by Linda Ferguson

Linda Ferguson will be touring June 4 – July 27 2012 with her spiritual nonfiction book, Staying Grounded in Shifting Sand. Staying Grounded in Shifting Sand provides insightful stories and ideas to support your spiritual journey and help you answer your soul’s calling. Inside you’ll read how to step fully into who you are as an awakened soul being. You’ll read ways to apply spiritual principles for daily challenges and stressors of relationships, finances, work, or family.  You’ll learn how to connect with the joy and beauty of who you are as a spiritual being through your various human experiences. You’ll learn ways to shift how you experience your
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Grinding It Out: How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice Virtual Book Publicity Tour February/March 2012

Join Chris Shella, author of the nonfiction legal book, Grinding It Out: How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice (Digisoda Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – March 23  2012 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Chris Shella Author Chris Shella is a graduate of Morehouse College and the University of Texas Law School and started his legal career in Long Island, New York at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. He is admitted to the practice of law in New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and North Carolina. Shella is also admitted to the federal court in the
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction/Legal ‘Grinding It Out: How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice’ by Chris Shella

Chris Shella will be touring February 6 – March 23 with his nonfiction legal how to book, Grinding It Out: How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice. Learn everything you need to know about starting your own law practice. Chris Shella discusses the good and the bad of running a successful law practice  The secret to making sure you get paid is revealed with specific steps designed to guide you through the A, B, C’s of a Six-Figure-Law-Practice. You can visit his website at www.hiredgunlawyer.com. If you would like to review Grinding It Out, How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice, please fill out the form below or email
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Reversible Skirt Online Book Tour December 2011

Join Laura McHale Holland, author of the memoir Reversible Skirt as she virtually tours the blogosphere in December 2011 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Laura McHale Holland Laura McHale Holland’s memoir, Reversible Skirt won a silver medal in the 2011 Readers Favorite book awards. Her stories and articles have appeared in such publications as Every Day Fiction Three, Wisdom Has a Voice, the Vintage Voices anthologies, NorthBay biz magazine, the Noe Valley Voice and the original San Francisco Examiner. A member of both Redwood Writers and the Storytelling Association of California, Laura has been a featured teller at the Lake Tahoe Storytelling Festival. To
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction ‘The Cross Dresser’s Wife’ by Dee A. Levy & B. Sheffield Hunt

Dee A Levy and B. Sheffield Hunt will be touring December 5 – 16 2011 with their nonfiction book, The Cross Dresser’s Wife: Our Secret Lives! At long last, valuable and emotionally intimate social commentary on the taboo subculture of cross dressing is revealed in the pages of THE CROSS DRESSER’S WIFE * OUR SECRET LIVES. Culled from the nonprofit website www.crossdresserswives.com by authors Dee A. Levy (the website’s founder) and B. Sheffield Hunt, this international collection of stories exposes, for the first time, the shocking secret lives of cross dressers’ wives or partners who silently grapple with the issue of transvestism in their marriage or relationship. This is
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New Book for Review: Family/Relationship Nonfiction ‘Inside the Spaghetti Bowl’ by Frank Zaccari

Frank Zaccari will be touring November 14 – December 16, 2011, with his family/relationship nonfiction book, Inside the Spaghetti Bowl! Like many of the “baby boomers” my family faced the difficult task of burying our Mother. This is our story, this is your story. It is a story for every beating heart that has loved or has been loved. It is the story about the struggles and pains endured by those virtuous individuals who poured their lives into ours and filled our years with intimate memories and a gladdened heart. It is the story you will want to pass down to your children and grandchildren. This is a book
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New eBook for Review: Nonfiction ‘Writing Your Way: The Great American Novel Track’ by Julie Smith

Julie Smith will be touring December 5 – 16 with her nonfiction book, Writing Your Way: The Great American Novel Track! WRITING YOUR WAY is a no-nonsense, jam-packed book on writing fiction that came directly out of the author’s belief that most writing teachers need to cut their students a little slack. Edgar-winner Julie Smith’s approach is to help you find your own writing method, not bombard you with “unbreakable” rules. But make no mistake, she’s going to give you plenty of how-tos—on plot, character, setting, voice, point-of-view, dialogue, pacing and marketing.  As well as plenty of practice exercises. And lots of motherly advice. She also thinks most writing
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New Book for Review: Health & Fitness / Weight Loss Nonfiction ‘Food Allergy and Gluten-Free Weight Loss’ by Nicolette Dumke

Nicolette Dumke will be touring December 5 – February 17 with her health & fitness/weight loss nonfiction book, Food Allergy and Gluten-Free Weight Loss! Food Allergy and Gluten-Free Weight Loss answers the question, “Why is it so hard to lose weight?” Because it’s hard to put a puzzle together if you’re missing some of the pieces. We’ve been missing or ignoring the most important pieces in the puzzle of how our bodies determine whether to store or burn fat. Those puzzle pieces are hormones such as insulin, cortisol, leptin, and others. In addition, we’ve been given some puzzle pieces that don’t belong or fit in the weight-control puzzle. Much
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The Human Spirit Virtual Book Publicity Tour September 2011

Join Carole Eglash-Kosoff, author of the nonfiction book, The Human Spirit (Author House), as she virtually tours the blogosphere September  5 – 30 2011 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Carole Kosoff Carole Eglash-Kosoff lives and writes in Valley Village, California. She graduated from UCLA and spent her career in business and in teaching. In 2006 her husband, mother, and brother died within a month of one another, causing her to reevaluate her life. She volunteered to work with the American Jewish World Service and was sent to South Africa to teach. She returned there a year later, having met an amazing array
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New Book to Review, ‘Peter: Rock Star from Galilee’ by Sherree Funk

Sherree Funk will be touring in August with her youth/teen Bible study book, Peter: Rock Star from Galilee. If the New Testament were a Broadway musical, Peter would be one of the stars.  He lived life loud, while making his best effort to be one of the best disciples. Peter was like a modern day rock star, but his struggles were just like ours.  If Jesus could shape Peter into a solid rock of a disciple, he can surely do the same for you. From his first call to follow, Peter was acutely aware of his own sinfulness.  He wanted Jesus to go away, but ended up following.  What makes
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction Entertainment ‘Making It In Hollywood’ by Bryan Hidalgo & Gail O’Donnell

Bryan Hidalgo & Gail O’Donnell will be touring in July 2011 with their nonfiction entertainment book, Making It In Hollywood. Learn the secrets of how to become a successful actor, screenwriter, director, or producer from the people who’ve made it—and are continuing to make it! Authors Bryan Hidalgo and Gail O’Donnell have interviewed more than 100 of today’s top actors, screenwriters, directors, and producers—including Oscar and Emmy winners—who reveal, in their own words, how they started, how they work, how they got where they are today, and how you can get there too. The result is a truly inspirational compilation of interviews, with answers, encouragement and guidance straight from
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction ‘The Human Spirit’ by Carole Eglash-Kosoff

Carole Eglash-Kosoff is touring in September with her nonfiction book, The Human Spirit. Apartheid in South Africa has now been gone more than fifteen years but the heroes of their struggle to achieve a Black majority-run democracy are still being revealed. Some individuals toiled publicly, but most worked tirelessly in the shadows to improve the welfare of the Black and Coloured populations that had been so neglected. Nelson Mandela was still in prison; clean water and sanitation barely existed; AIDS was beginning to orphan an entire generation. Meanwhile a white, Jewish, middle class woman, Helen Lieberman, joined with numerous Xhosa and other Black African women, such as Tutu, Millie,
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My Life & 1000 Houses Virtual Book Tour May 2011

Join Mitch Stephen, author of the nonfiction, My Life & 1000 Houses (Lone House Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in May 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Mitch Stephen Mitch Stephen has been a full time investor since March ’96. He’s flipped 1000+ properties and is author of the book, My Life & 1000 Houses. You may download the first 100 ages of his book at www.1000Houses.com.  His autobiography is one of a high school graduate striving to find his place in the world. With over (70 ) 5 STAR REVIEWS, it is evident that this author has mastered the
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction ‘The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery’ by Dr. Frederick Lukash

Frederick Lukash, M.D., is touring in June with his nonfiction book, The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery.   The Safe and Sane Guide to Teenage Plastic Surgery, by Dr. Frederick N. Lukash, is the only complete guide to this ever-expanding phenomenon. Written by the American Society of Plastic Surgery‘s acknowledged expert and official media spokesperson on pediatric and adolescent plastic surgery, this book answers those tough questions parents of potential teenage plastic surgery candidates have: Will surgery increase their child’s self-esteem and help them fit in better? Or is it a dangerously easy solution to deeper issues? When is surgery right, and when is it not? Interviewed
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Book Review: Lessons from Stanley the Cat

Title: Lessons from Stanley the Cat: Nine Lives of Everyday Wisdom Author: Jennifer Freed Paperback: 117 pages Genre: Humor Publisher: Perigee Trade (October 5, 2010) Language: English ISBN – 0399536159 ISBN – 978-0399536151 About the Book: Seduction is just the practice of artful stretching. Never let people know how fast you are. Appear slow in all things, and less is expected of you. When someone is on the computer too long, help them by distracting them, or walk lightly on their keyboard. So advises Stanley, a remarkably astute cat with a keen eye for the important things in life. Perhaps you don’t have time for yoga, can’t afford therapy,
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As the Sycamore Grows Virtual Book Tour May 2011

Join Jennie Helderman, author of the nonfiction narrative, As the Sycamore Grows (Summers Bridgewater Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in May 2011 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jennie Helderman Jennie Helderman broke the glass ceiling at age ten by becoming the first girl page in the Alabama State Legislature. That surge of girl power wouldn’t be the last time she saw a need to put women’s issues at the forefront. Years later, after she helped set up a crisis-call center in an old house, a cry for help at the other end of the phone line resounded in her head.
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction ‘My Life & 1000 Houses’ by Mitch Stephen

Mitch Stephen is touring in May with his nonfiction book, My Life & 1000 Houses! This autobiographical tale is perfect for entrepreneurs and a must-read for anyone aspiring to be a real estate investor. Beginning with a handful of credit cards, he mastered the art of the purchase and sale of single and multi-family residences, small commercial properties, manufactured homes, raw land and lots, and eventually was honored by the San Antonio Real Estate Investors Association. Combining commonsense, experience and technology, he merges real estate and Internet marketing. With fifty one informative chapters, including an eye-opening introduction to “Adversity University,” and powerful food for thought in “Escaping the Debt
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Pump Up Chats with Borneo Tom McLaughlin

An award winning science teacher, Tom McLaughlin battled a rare neurological disease to a standstill, packed up and moved to Malaysian Borneo. He traveled extensively on the local discount airline, re married and is now the father of a vasectomy failed son. His adventures are shared in his book, Borneo Tom. He teaches English and English Literature at a local international school. He shares his life on his blog at www.borneotom.com and Face Book at Borneo Tom. Thank you for this interview, TOM.  Do you remember writing stories as a child or did the writing bug come later?  Do you remember your first published piece? A: In college, I
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Borneo Tom Online Book Tour March ’11 – February ’12

Join Borneo Tom McLaughlin, author of the travel journal Borneo Tom: Stories and Sketches of Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia as he virtually tours the blogosphere from MArch 2011 to February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Borneo Tom Science teacher Tom McLaughlin battled a rare neurological disease to a stand still, packed up his life and moved to Malaysian Borneo from a Washington D.C. suburb. Landing in Kuching, he quickly learned the Malay language and involved himself in projects which includes orangutan rehabilitation and research about the famed naturalist, Alfred Wallace, whose thunder was stolen by Charles Darwin. The advent
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction Television ‘Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D.’ by Barbara Barnett

Barbara Barnett is touring in March and April 2011 with her nonfiction television book, Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D. Medical students are taught that when they hear hoofbeats, they should think horses, not zebras, but Dr. House’s unique talent of diagnosing unusual illnesses has made House, M.D. one of the most popular and fascinating series on television. In Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D., Barbara Barnett, co-executive editor of Blogcritics magazine and widely considered a leading House expert, takes fans deep into the heart of the show’s central character and his world, examining the way this medical Sherlock Holmes’s colleagues and patients reflect him and
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New Book for Review: Entrepreneur ‘Startup from the Ground Up’ by Cynthia Kocialski

Cynthia Kocialski will be touring in February and March 2011 with her entrepreneur book, Startup from the Ground Up.  Many entrepreneurs have that sudden spark of inspiration, that moment when an product idea is born, their minds start racing quickly with images of all its potential, jumping from one possibility to the next, and then their thoughts slowly settle and arrive at vision a futuristic company – one with crowds of customers beating at the doors of their new office building, inboxes overflowing with requests from the press wanting to interview the founders,  and phone ringing with investors all wanting to get in on the deal. Finally, reality brings
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Interview with Nonfiction Spiritual Book Author Nicholas Oliva

Nicholas Oliva (O-lee-va’) has been a musician, writer, poet, photographer, an audio engineer, an Entertainment and Technical Director for over twenty-five years.  This is his second book. The first entitled “Only Moments” published in 2007, ( www.onlymomentsbook.com ) was a novel that followed the lifetime journey of the professional musical career of a husband and wife team to the year 2020. ‘Finding God: To Believe or Not To Believe” ( www.tobelieveornot.com ) is a non-fiction book based on his own experiences. Mr. Oliva’s other websites are:  www.onlymoment.wordpress.com You can find him on Facebook as well on the Facebook page  Finding God: To Believe or Not To Believe http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=151624104854808 He
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