Posts Tagged ‘travel’

  • January 11, 2024
  • First Chapters
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First Chapter: Going There: Tales from the Riviera and Beyond by Donna Fletcher Crow #firstchapter

Going There: Tales from the Riviera and Beyond Donna Fletcher Crow   152 pp. Travel Memoir In the summer of 2021 my daughter-in-law and I slipped through a brief window of sanity in a world driven mad by the Covid pandemic. Our purpose was to see my granddaughter Jane to a summer program in Monaco, then back to her ballet school in Switzerland. In spite of restrictions, protests, and nail-biting worries, the result was a marvelous experience. I invited characters from my mystery series to join me in my imagination and have their own adventures in each setting. Their encounters are: Nice: “The Crime of Passion”; St Tropez: “The
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  • December 17, 2023
  • Authors on Tour, Blog Tour & Book Blast Sign-Ups
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📚{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Donna Fletcher Crow’s Going There: Tales from the Riviera and Beyond Virtual Book Publicity Tour #TravelMemoir

  · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Donna Fletcher Crow’s Tales from the Riviera and Beyond Virtual Book Tour January 2 – February 29. · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ꕥ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · Title: Going There: Tales from the Riviera and BeyondAuthor: Donna Fletcher CrowPublisher: Verity PressPublication Date: December 3, 2023Pages: 152Genre: Travel Memoir/Short Story Collection In the summer of 2021 my daughter-in-law and I slipped through a brief window of sanity in a world driven mad by the Covid pandemic. Our purpose was to see my granddaughter Jane to a summer program in
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{Travel/Humor} Oh Ship! Tales of a Cruising Chick and Other Travel Adventures Review Campaign Sign Up

We are taking review requests for Lori A. Moore’s OH SHIP! TALES OF A CRUISING CHICK AND OTHER TRAVEL ADVENTURES. This is an review campaign and not a tour. If requesting review copies, we ask that you post your review at Amazon no later than September 21. When you are ready to submit your review, come back and click below to take you directly to the book’s Amazon link. Review copies will be sent via paperback (U.S.) and PDF only. Thank you! Inside the Book: Title: OH SHIP! TALES OF A CRUISING CHICK AND OTHER TRAVEL ADVENTURES Author: Lori A. Moore Publisher: Tate Publishing Pages: 134 Genre: Humor/Travel Cruises
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Pump Up Your Book Presents You Must Only To Love Them: Lessons Learned in Turkey Book Blast!

We invite you to Ann Marie Mershon’s YOU MUST ONLY TO LOVE THEM: LESSONS LEARNED IN TURKEY Book Blast May 16! 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 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 into the Muslim culture and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Young American Traveler Book Blast – Win a $25 Gift Card

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Albert Park’s A YOUNG AMERICAN TRAVELER Book Blast February 22 – March 4! Inside the Book: Title: A Young American Traveler Author: Albert Park Publisher: Authorhouse Pages: 422 Genre: World Travel Format: Ebook In a journey 11-years in the making, Park takes the reader on an extensive holiday to over 30 countries, friendly and hostile, exotic and metropolitan, all infused with the pleasures of life as well as the dangers of the same. Park sets the scene as a young undergraduate army cadet in southern California in the hopes of becoming an army officer during the Global War on Terrorism in 2003. His
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Oh Ship! Tales of a Cruising Chick and Other Travel Adventures Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lori A. Moore’s OH SHIP! TALES OF A CRUISING CHICK AND OTHER TRAVEL ADVENTURES virtual book tour January 4-29! Inside the Book Title:  OH SHIP! TALES OF A CRUISING CHICK AND OTHER TRAVEL ADVENTURES Author: Lori Moore Publisher: Tate Publishing Pages: 134 Genre: Travel/Humor Reading Lori A. Moore’s true tales of things that happen on the high seas will have you saying, “Oh Ship!” From stories of passengers pepper-spraying other passengers to grown men fighting over glass figurines of penguins, you’ll laugh until your ribs hurt. For More Information Oh Ship! Tales of a Cruising Chick and Other Travel Adventures
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{Travel/Humor} Oh Ship! Tales of a Cruising Chick and Other Travel Adventures Blog Tour Sign Up

Lori Moore will be touring January 4-29 with her travel/humor book, OH SHIP! TALES OF A CRUISING CHICK AND OTHER TRAVEL ADVENTURES! We are looking for: Reviews (Paper U.S. only &PDF) Interviews Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 72 hours. Thank you! Title:  OH SHIP! TALES OF A CRUISING CHICK AND OTHER TRAVEL ADVENTURES Author: Lori Moore Publisher: Tate Publishing Pages: 134 Genre: Travel/Humor Reading Lori A. Moore’s true tales of things that happen on the high seas will have you saying, “Oh Ship!” From stories of passengers pepper-spraying other passengers to grown
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{Women’s Fiction} The Summer of France by Paulita Kincer – Blog Tour Sign Up

  Paulita Kincer will be touring August 3-31, 2015 with her women’s fiction novel, The Summer of France!   We Are looking for: Book Reviews (eBook / PDF/ Paperback) Author Guest Post Author Interview Character Interviews Book Spotlight   Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host the tour, we will email you a tour host confirmation. Thank you!       When Fia Jennings loses her job at the local newspaper, she thinks she’ll have the chance to bond with her teenage twins. As she realizes she may be too late to create the perfect family, she’s saved by a phone call from her great
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Abruzzo Intrigue and Corsican Justice Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Bluette Matthey’s ABRUZZO INTRIGUE and CORSICAN JUSTICE virtual book tour March 2 – March 27!   Title: Corsican Justice Author: Bluette Matthey Publisher: Blue Shutter Publishing Pages: 284 Genre: Travel Mystery Format: Kindle/Paperback In Bluette Matthey’s first novel, Corsican Justice, we are introduced to Hardy Durkin, an American tour outfitter who seems to experience a mystery at every stop. Hardy is visiting Corsica for the first time to explore the possibility of arranging a hiking tour for   segments of Corsica’s infamous hiking trail, the GR20.  He was also seeking closure from the fact that his father was killed in a highway
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Living the Palio Book Blast – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Thomas W. Paradis’ LIVING THE PALIO book blast March 2 – 13!   Title: Living the Palio Author: Thomas W. Paradis Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 266 Genre: Travel Format: Ebook Purchase at AMAZON It was May 2013 when Thomas Paradis convened in Siena, Italy, with a cohort of American faculty and students to lead a two-month inaugural study-abroad program. After a harrowing journey across the ocean, students and faculty alike soon realized that adapting to a foreign culture and language would be more challenging than they expected, especially amid one of the world’s more authentic community festivals-the Palio horse race. Paradis weaves witty stories
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First Chapter: Not Without My Father by Andra Watkins

Title: Not Without My Father: One Woman’s 444 Mile Walk of the Natchez Trace Author: Andra Watkins Publisher: Word Hermit Press Pages: 240 Genre: Memoir Format: Paperback/Kindle Can an epic adventure succeed without a hero? Andra Watkins needed a wingman to help her become the first living person to walk the historic 444-mile Natchez Trace as the pioneers did. She planned to walk fifteen miles a day. For thirty-four days. After striking out with everyone in her life, she was left with her disinterested eighty-year-old father. And his gas. The sleep apnea machine and self-scratching. Sharing a bathroom with a man whose gut obliterated his aim. As Watkins trudged
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Round the Bend Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Alistair McGuiness’ Round the Bend virtual book tour September 2-26! Title: Round the Bend: From Luton to Peru to Ningaloo, a Search for Life After Redundancy Author: Alistair McGuiness Publisher: Matador Pages: 256 Genre: Travel Format: Paperback; Kindle From the Amazon to the Andes and Kilimanjaro to Cape Town. This adventure story captures the reality and exhilaration of leaving home to undertake Gap Year travel in South America, Africa, Fiji and Australia. Three things happened simultaneously. The lioness charged, Alistair fled across the parched savannah and his wife screamed for him to run faster. Stuffed deep inside his tattered rucksack
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{Adventure Travel} Round the Bend Blog Tour Sign Up

Alistair McGuiness will be touring September 4 – 29 with his adventure travel book, Round the Bend: From Luton to Peru to Ningaloo, a Search for Life After Redundancy! We are looking for: Reviews (paperback & ebook) Interviews Author Guest Posts Book Spotlights Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you!   From the Amazon to the Andes and Kilimanjaro to Cape Town. This adventure story captures the reality and exhilaration of leaving home to undertake Gap Year travel in South America, Africa, Fiji and Australia. Three things happened simultaneously. The lioness charged, Alistair fled
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{Virtual Book Tour} One Exquisite Night in Paris Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Andre Phillip-Hautecoeur’s One Exquisite Night In Paris virtual book tour February 3 – 28! ABOUT ONE EXQUISITE NIGHT IN PARIS Title: One Exquisite Night in Paris Author: Andre Phillip-Hautecoeur Publisher: Hautecoeur Press Pages: 198 Language: English Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Paperback & eBook What’s the most amazing thing you’ve ever done? Take a moment, close both eyes, summon your most exaggerated fantasy, and multiply by 1000. Feel the extraordinary moment for a minute…then multiply it all by 1000 again. That’s this story. It’s your story too. If you were ever a little girl, or even a little boy with a
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  • January 3, 2014
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents Maya & Filippo Make Friends in Auckland Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Alinka Rutkowska’s Maya & Filippo Make Friends in Auckland virtual book tour January 6 – 31! ABOUT MAYA & FILIPPO MAKE FRIENDS IN AUCKLAND Title: Maya & Filippo Make Friends in Auckland Genre: Children’s Picture Book Author: Alinka Rutkowska Publisher: Alinka Rutkowska Pages: 26 Language: English Format: Paperback & eBook Embark on a one-of-a-kind, unprecedented, breathtaking adventure with Maya and Filippo as they travel around the globe on board the “Fun Princess” — a cruise ship full of surprises. Discover their fascinating ports of call, find out what the local customs and traditions are, join the kids in activities at sea, and
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Virtual Book Tour with Pump Up Your Book: The Wonderful Adventures of Godfrey and Chucky Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Daitoku Daiichi, author of the adult drama novel, The Wonderful Adventures of Godfrey and Chucky: Hot Spring, as he tours the blogosphere July 1 – July 26, 2013 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF GODFREY AND CHUCKY Godfrey is young, wealthy and able-bodied. He has all the women you can imagine, and unbelievably deep pockets. But Godfrey wants more. His Great Greatness wants to rid the world of a menacing scourge, and restore what is truly superior to an elevated position. Why would anyone stop him? Who could possibly stop him? Chucky arrives as the new assistant, and
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  • November 24, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents French Illusions Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Linda Kovic-Skow, author of the memoir, French Illusions: My Story as an American Au Pair in the Loire Valley, as she tours the blogosphere December 3 – March 15 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The French Illusions Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of huge Kindle Fire HD giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own! ABOUT LINDA KOVIC-SKOW Linda Kovic-Skow resides in Kirkland, Washington. She earned an Associate Degree in Medical Assisting in 1978 from North Seattle Community College and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Seattle University in 1985. She has
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New Book for Review: Borneo Tom by Tom McLaughlin

Borneo Tom is touring in 2012 with his nonfiction travel memoir Borneo Tom – In Story and Sketch: Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia. Join award winning science teacher Tom McLaughlin (aka Borneo Tom) as he moves from America to Malaysian Borneo as he tracks orangutans, dances naked in an earthquake, swims with jellyfish AND MORE DANGEROUSLY…falls in love. Walk with him through a cacophony of emotions including great joy when he finds the love of his life and marries in a village ceremony, reunites with one daughter after a divorce, travels with another and flies the entire family on his honeymoon in Bali. Oh, yes, did
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New Book for Review: Travel Memoir ‘My Seductive Cuba’ by Chen Lizra

Chen Lizra will be touring in October & November 2011 with her travel/memoir My Seductive Cuba. Enough books have been written about Cuba to fill an entire library, but few take the approach Chen Lizra does with “My Seductive Cuba.” Deeply personal and always engaging, Lizra — an Israeli-born dance instructor and entrepreneur now living in Canada — fuses history and politics with her real-life experiences among the people of this often-visited but little-understood island. The result is a moving portrayal of Cuba on the verge of historic change. Packed with practical information on where to go in Cuba, what to pack and the best ways to get there,
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Children’s Book Author Hayley Rose

Hayley Rose grew up in the beach side town of Pacific Palisades , California, to a family of visual artists.  In the early 1990’s she traveled the U.S. with her band Crush Violet.  In 1994, after a family reunion, she was inspired to write a children’s book.  Looking for a cute and catchy name for a main character, she kept hearing “first in, first out”.  Hence, the name Fifo was born.  Hayley’s mother would often ask her what she wanted to be when she grew up, so Hayley decided to start her series of “Fifo” books with that very question.  Her first book, Fifo “When I Grow Up” was
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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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Fifo “50 States” Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join Hayley Rose, author of the children’s book, Fifo “50 States” (Inkwell Productions), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – April 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Hayley Rose Hayley Rose grew up in the beach side town of Pacific Palisades , California, to a family of visual artists.  In the early 1990’s she traveled the U.S. with her band Crush Violet.  In 1994, after a family reunion, she was inspired to write a children’s book.  Looking for a cute and catchy name for a main character, she kept hearing “first in, first out”.  Hence, the name Fifo was
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