Archive for February, 2014:

  • February 24, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ghost of the Gods Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kevin Bohacz’s Ghost of the Gods virtual book tour March 3 – May 30! Title: Ghost of the Gods Genre: Techno-Thriller Author: Kevin Bohacz Publisher: Mazel & Sechel Pages: 437 Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Was it the accumulated wounds to the environment that had finally triggered the nanotech plague or was it simply one more step in a shrewdly crafted plan to replace us with humans 2.0? As I write this at least one pair of these transhumans breathe the same air as us, and there are likely many more. They may look like us, they may even be
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Love Like the Movies Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Victoria Van Tiem’s Love Like the Movies virtual book tour March 3 – 28! Title: Love Like the Movies Genre: Contemporary Romance/Chick Lit Author: Victoria Van Tiem Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 261 Format: eBook A contemporary romantic comedy from Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Star by Victoria Van Tiem. In this irresistible romantic romp, movie fanatic, Kensington Shaw is thrown into love—Hollywood-style–when her gorgeous ex presents a big screen challenge to win back her heart. What girl wouldn’t want to experience the Pretty Woman shopping scene? It’s number two on the list. Or, try the lift from Dirty Dancing? It’s number
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Pump Up Your Book Presents To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Andra Watkins’ To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis virtual book tour March 3 – April 30! Title: To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis Author: Andra Watkins Publisher: Word Hermit Press Pages: 300 Language: English Genre: Historical fiction/Paranormal/Suspense Format: Paperback, Kindle Is remembrance immortality? Nobody wants to be forgotten, least of all the famous. Meriwether Lewis lived a memorable life. He and William Clark were the first white men to reach the Pacific in their failed attempt to discover a Northwest Passage. Much celebrated upon their return, Lewis was appointed governor of the vast Upper
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Love Like the Movies Release Day Blitz + Win Prizes Today!

TODAY is the US premier of LOVE LIKE THE MOVIES through Simon & Schuster’s Pocket Star & You’re Invited to our HOLLYWOOD LAUNCH PARTY! This is an ALL DAY FACEBOOK Red Carpet Event. ★★CLAIM your VIP ticket now to the LOVE LIKE THE MOVIES online premiere event and Join us for movie fun and awesome prizes.★★ https://www.facebook.com/events/790570154291472/ ★Last chance entries for our MOVIE Swag Sweepstakes. Winners will be announced throughout the day. -2 first prizes of $25 iTunes gift cards and free Ebook -GRAND PRIZE worth over $150 – Popcorn gift basket of 10 ROM-COM DVDs, EBook, movie swag and candy! ★Win additional fun prizes throughout the day! ★Go behind the scenes! ★Meet the
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  • February 23, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Immortality Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kevin Bohacz’s Immortality virtual book tour March 3 – May 30! Title: Immortality Genre: Techno-Thriller Author: Kevin Bohacz Publisher: CPrompt Pages: 389 Format: Paperback/Kindle Purchase at AMAZON Without warning, something has gone terribly awry. In the remote and unnoticed places of the world, small pockets of death begin occurring. As the initially isolated extinctions spread, the world’s eyes focus on this unimaginable horror and chaos. Out of the ecological imbalance, something new and extraordinary is evolving and surviving to fill the voids left by these extinctions. Evolution is operating in ways no one could have expected and environmental damage may
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Directory of Federal Prisons Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Christopher Zoukis’ and Dr. Randall Radic’s Directory of Federal Prisons: PrisonLawBlog.com Federal Buereau of Prisons Facility Directory virtual book tour March 3 – May 30! Title: Directory of Federal Prisons Author: Christopher Zoukis & Dr. Randall Radic Publisher: Middle Street Publishing Pages: 145 Language: English Genre: Reference/Law Format: Kindle The DIRECTORY OF FEDERAL PRISONS: PrisonLawBlog.com’s Federal Bureau of Prisons Facility Directory by Christopher Zoukis and Dr. Randall Radic is a comprehensive, yet succinct, guide to the contact information and basic character profile information of every prison within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, plus all private prisons under contract with the
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{Humor} Hair of the Corn Dog Blog Tour Sign Up

A.K. Turner will be on tour April 7 – 30 with her humor book, Hair of the Corn Dog. We are looking for reviews (paperback U.S. only or ebook international and U.S.), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is March 28. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! In the latest laugh-out-loud confessional from A.K. Turner’s “Tales of Imperfection” series, the author of This Little Piggy Went to the Liquor Store and Mommy Had a Little Flask relates her adventures on the Jersey Shore, at an Idaho drag show with
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First Chapter: Soul Control by C. Elizabeth

Title: Soul Control Author: C. Elizabeth Publisher: Wings ePress Pages: 454 Genre: YA Paranormal Format: Paperback, Kindle Purchase at AMAZON “Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil.” Words that ring true for seventeen-year-old Saydi Gardiner upon discovering her ancestry.  But if she has doubts, further confirmation is forthcoming and it comes in the form of a wickedly gorgeous Nathanael Braxton, when he steals her heart and cuddles into her sole – the last place the boy should be. Nineteen-year-old Nathanael’s unrelenting good looks aren’t the only thing that make him dangerous – and he knows it!  However, his caring human side struggles with a loyalty – a loyalty that binds
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Written in Ruberah Virtual Book Publicity Tour

  Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you P. Christina Greenaway’s Written in Ruberah virtual book tour March 3 – 28! ABOUT WRITTEN IN RUBERAH Title: Written in Ruberah Author: P. Christina Greenaway Publisher: Girl by the Sea Publishing Pages: 420 Language: English Genre: Paranormal romance Format: Paperback & eBook New York real estate broker Miriam Lewis takes off for a brief getaway to a remote inn on the rugged cliffs of Cornwall. Rest and romance with her boyfriend seem like the perfect cure for a life that appears to be going nowhere, and too fast. Entering Cornwall, Miriam crosses the River Tamar and glimpses a luminous girl floating
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{Romantic Comedy} White Girl in La Casa Blog Tour Sign Up

Christa Jeanne will be on tour April 7 – 30 with her romantic comedy, White Girl in La Casa. We are looking for reviews (paperback – only 10 available – U.S. only), interviews and guest posts. Deadline to sign up is March 28. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! After being dumped by the last bad boy she’s ever going to date, Calliope meets her Hispanic prince charming.  Peter Delgadillo is the perfect gentleman, sure, but he’s also extremely easy to look at with a flirtatious grin, naturally tanned skin that just radiates
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{Inspirational Historical Romance} Simple Faith Blog Tour Sign Up

Anna Schmidt will be on tour May 5-30 with her inspirational historical romance, Simple Faith. We are looking for reviews only (paperback – U.S. only). Deadline to sign up is April 28. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! After losing her beloved husband and daughter and surviving Hitler’s Sobibor death camp, Quaker widow Anja Steinberg dedicates her life to helping others and keeping her son safe. As a member of the resistance, she helps displaced Allied airmen get back to their units in England. The journey is rigorous and filled with danger and
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First Chapter: The Eight Fingered Fiend of Lake Porker by Fletcher Best

Title: The Eight Fingered Fiend of Lake Porker Genre: Humor/Satire Author:  Fletcher Best Publisher: Fletcher Best Pages: 202 Language: English Format: Paperback Purchase at AMAZON Dark secrets lie just below the surface of the small town of Lake Porker, Texas. The long-time, yet much-despised mayor has been keeping his job by means of rigging elections with the help of the town clerk, a highly respected woman who secretly happens to be the mayor’s dominatrix lover. The man that most of the town thinks is a successful stock day trader is actually a methamphetamine kingpin. His drop-dead beautiful and supposedly devoted God-fearing wife is not only plotting to kill him
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  • February 21, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Eight Fingered Fiend of Lake Porker

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Fletcher Best’s The Eight Fingered Fiend of Lake Porker virtual book tour March 3 – 28! ABOUT THE EIGHT FINGERED FIEND OF LAKE PORKER   Title: The Eight Fingered Fiend of Lake Porker Genre: Humor/Satire Author:  Fletcher Best Publisher: Fletcher Best Pages: 202 Language: English Format: Paperback Dark secrets lie just below the surface of the small town of Lake Porker, Texas. The long-time, yet much-despised mayor has been keeping his job by means of rigging elections with the help of the town clerk, a highly respected woman who secretly happens to be the mayor’s dominatrix lover. The man that
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  • February 19, 2014
  • Book Blasts, Featured, What's New?
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Requested Surrender Book Blast & Win $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Riley Murphy’s Requested Surrender Book Blast February 28 – March 28! Riley will be giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form below or on participating blogs throughout the blast and good luck! All participating bloggers willing to host are eligible to win. Thank you! ABOUT REQUESTED SURRENDER She knows he’s dangerous for a woman like her. He knows she’s perfect for a man like him. From their first meeting, David Hollan is intrigued because Lacy Pembrook is subconsciously hiding someone. Herself. And David wants to know why. He’s patient at first. Willing to give
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  • February 18, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Southern Heat Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you David Burnsworth’s Southern Heat virtual book tour March 3 – April 30! ABOUT SOUTHERN HEAT   Title: Southern Heat Author: David Burnsworth Publisher: Five Star/Gale Pages: 304 Language: English Genre: Southern Noir/Mystery Format: Paperback & eBook Gunshots echo down an antebellum Charleston alley. Brack Pelton, an ex-racecar driver and Afghanistan War veteran, witnesses the murder of his uncle, Reggie Sails. Darcy Wells, the pretty Palmetto Pulse reporter, investigates Reggie’s murder and targets Brack. The sole heir of his uncle’s estate, Brack receives a rundown bar called the Pirate’s Cove, a rotting beach house, and one hundred acres of preserved and
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{Contemporary Romance} A Comedy of Erinn Blog Tour Sign Up

Celia Bonaduce will be on tour April 7 – 30 with her contemporary romance, A Comedy of Erinn. We are looking for reviews (paperback & ebook), interviews, or book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is March 28. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! (We only have 5 paperbacks to send to bloggers so it’s a first come first serve basis for those.  All others it will be ebooks only.) Erinn Wolf needs to reinvent herself. A once celebrated playwright turned photographer, she’s almost broke, a little lonely, and tired of her sister’s constant
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{Contemporary Romance} Still Life with Strings Blog Tour Sign Up

L.H. Cosway will be on tour April 7 – 30 with her contemporary romance, Still Life with Strings. We are looking for reviews (ebook only), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is March 28. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! My name is Jade Lennon and I stand still for money. The night I saw Shane Arthur watching me everything changed. A man in a suit always catches my eye, but it was the way he looked at me that was different. Like he knew me or something. He
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  • February 16, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Do’s and Don’ts Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Hayley Rose’s The Do’s and Don’ts virtual book tour March 17 – May 16! Title: The Do’s and Don’ts Genre: Children’s Picture Book Author: Hayley Rose Publisher: Inkwell Productions Inc. Pages: 46 Language: English Format: Hardcover The Do’s and Don’ts is a whimsical lesson book aimed at teaching young readers the difference between good and bad behavior/etiquette. In the book Zack and Chloe go from being manner monsters to well-behaved children as they provide samples of typical scenarios that not only young children encounter but can relate to. For example, Zack becomes a Manner Monster when he loses a game,
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{Mystery/Thriller} Startup Blog Tour Sign Up

Glenn Ogura will be on tour April 7 – 30 with his mystery/thriller, Startup. We are looking for reviews (paperback), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is March 28. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! Set in California’s Silicon Valley, STARTUP follows a young idealist/entrepreneur, Zack Penny, as he strives to achieve his dream of creating a new company that will launch an international revolution in technology through the creation of wallpaper-thin displays that will completely surround a viewer. Zack works for a highly successful company called Display Technik,
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{Factu-Fiction} Another Heaven Blog Tour Sign Up

Annu Subramanian will be on tour April 7 – 30 with her factu-fiction, Another Heaven. We are looking for reviews (paperback), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is March 28. Please sign up on the form below. If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! Annu Subramanian’s new novel, ANOTHER HEAVEN, exposes with unflinching honesty and deep psychological insight the twisted relationship between terrorism and human trafficking. ANOTHER HEAVEN may be difficult to digest in part, but its frankness and refusal to turn away from the unsparing horror of its terrible premise make the book an essential addition
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  • February 12, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Twelve to Murder Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Lauren Carr’s Twelve to Murder virtual book tour March 3 – 28! ABOUT TWELVE TO MURDER Title: Twelve to Murder Author: Lauren Carr Publisher: Acorn Book Services Genre: Mystery Format: eBook Two people are brutally murdered in their summer place on Deep Creek Lake. Suspected of the murders, former child star and one-time teenybopper idol Lenny Frost takes innocent bystanders hostage in a local pub and demands that Mac Faraday find the killer. Can Mac save the hostages and himself from the wrath of the enraged has-been by piecing together the clues in less than twelve hours, or will it
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Soul Control Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you C. Elizabeth’s Soul Control virtual book tour March 3 – 28!   Title: Soul Control Author: C. Elizabeth Publisher: Wings ePress Pages: 454 Genre: YA Paranormal Format: Paperback, Kindle “Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil.” Words that ring true for seventeen-year-old Saydi Gardiner upon discovering her ancestry.  But if she has doubts, further confirmation is forthcoming and it comes in the form of a wickedly gorgeous Nathanael Braxton, when he steals her heart and cuddles into her sole – the last place the boy should be. Nineteen-year-old Nathanael’s unrelenting good looks aren’t the only thing that make
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  • February 6, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Pump Up Your Book Presents They Call Me Superman Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Goffinet’s They Call Me Superman virtual book tour March 3 – 28! ABOUT THEY CALL ME SUPERMAN Title: They Call Me Superman Author: Michael Goffinet Publisher: Barringer Publishing Pages: 334 Language: English Genre: Action/Thriller Format: Paperback & eBook Marcus Evans is a new kind of super hero.  Born with superhuman strength, he is compelled to join the Army Rangers, where his abilities create an unique assassin against the war on terror.  After his stent with the Rangers, he joins forces with reclusive billionaire, Robert Sinclair, who has been his mentor and father-figure since the age of sixteen.  A whirlwind
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You are invited to Gwen Knight’s Facebook Party Friday, February 7 & Win Prizes!

Gwen Knight, author of A Hunter’s Passion (Harlequin), will be having a Facebook party! Here are the details: Who – Gwen Knight Where – https://www.facebook.com/events/597144170357715/?previousaction=join&source=1 When – Friday, February 7, 3-6 pm PST Lots of prizes to be given away just by attending! ABOUT GWEN KNIGHT Canadian girl Gwen Knight first began to delve into the realm of the paranormal at the age of ten, when she wrote her first horror starring a clawed monster that hid beneath her bed. Since then, her tastes have expanded into many genres. Though addicted to reading and writing, she managed to achieve a degree in archaeology, geography, and mapping. Currently, she lives
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  • February 5, 2014
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{Virtual Book Tour} Across Great Divides Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Monique Roy’s Across Great Divides virtual book tour March 3 – 28! ABOUT ACROSS GREAT DIVIDES Title: Across Great Divides Genre: Historical Fiction Author: Monique Roy Publisher: Monique Roy Pages: 222 Language: English Format: Paperback/Kindle Across Great Divides is a timeless story of the upheavals of war, the power of family, and the resiliency of human spirit. When Hitler came to power in 1933, one Jewish family refused to be destroyed and defied the Nazis only to come up against another struggle—apartheid in South Africa. Sixteen-year-old twins, Eva and Inge, witness their lives in Berlin change before their eyes. Their
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{Tween Chapter Book} A Sandy Grave Blog Tour Sign Up

Donna McDine will be on tour March 3 – April 25 with her tween chapter book, A Sandy Grave. We are looking for reviews (PDF (preferred) and printed softcover copies available), interviews, guest posts, book trailer reveals, and a limited number of book spotlights with a giveaway. Update: Tour is full. Thanks. Title: A Sandy Grave Author: Donna McDine Publisher: Guardian Angel Publishing Pages: 24 Language: English Genre: Chapbook for Tweens Format: PDF and printed Purchase at AMAZON! The anticipation of summer vacation can put anyone in a great mood with the excitement of adventures especially at the beach. But what is a group of friends to do when
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{Historical Fiction/Paranormal/Suspense} To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis Blog Tour Sign Up

Andra Watkins will be on tour March 3 – April 30 with her historical fiction/paranormal/suspense, To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis. We are looking for reviews (paperback & ebook) mainly, interviews, guest posts, first chapter reveals and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is February 28.  Please sign up on the form below.  If you are chosen to host, we will email you within 48 hours. Thank you! Title: To Live Forever: An Afterlife Journey of Meriwether Lewis Author: Andra Watkins Publisher: Word Hermit Press Pages: 300 Language: English Genre: Historical fiction/Paranormal/Suspense Format: Paperback, Kindle Is remembrance immortality? Nobody wants to be forgotten, least of all
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{Paranormal Romance} Written in Ruberah Blog Tour Sign Up

P. Christina Greenaway will be on tour March 3 – 28 with her paranormal romance, Written in Ruberah. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest posts, first chapter reveals, and a limited number of book spotlights with an eBook giveaway. Deadline to sign up is February 21. Please sign up by visiting the author’s SignUp Genius page through the button below. Thank you! Title: Written in Ruberah Author: P. Christina Greenaway Publisher: girl by the sea Pages: 420 Language: English Genre: Paranormal romance Format: Kindle and printed Purchase at AMAZON! New York real estate broker Miriam Lewis takes off for a brief getaway to a remote inn on the rugged
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{Erotica} Sylvie and the Spark Blog Tour Sign Up

Gianna Day will be on tour April 7 – 30 with her erotica, Sylvie and the Spark. We are looking for reviews (ebook only), interviews, guest posts and book spotlights. Deadline to sign up is February 15. Please sign up on the form below if you are interested in hosting her and thank you! Title: Sylvie and the Spark Author: Gianna Day Publisher: AKA Press Pages: 88 Language: English Genre: Erotica Format: Kindle ($3.99) Purchase at AMAZON One night of phenomenal sex isn’t enough to convince Sylvie that she should stay with Dave, her long-time boyfriend who borders on dull when not in the bedroom. When a set of
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{Reference/Law} Directory of Federal Prisons Blog Tour Sign Up

Christopher Zoukis and Dr. Randall Radic will be on tour March 3 – May 30 with their reference/law book, Directory of Federal Prisons. We are mainly looking for spotlights, reviews, interviews and guest posts. Deadline to sign up is April 30. Please sign up on the form below if you are interested in hosting them and thank you! The DIRECTORY OF FEDERAL PRISONS: PrisonLawBlog.com’s Federal Bureau of Prisons Facility Directory by Christopher Zoukis and Dr. Randall Radic is a comprehensive, yet succinct, guide to the contact information and basic character profile information of every prison within the Federal Bureau of Prisons, plus all private prisons under contract with the
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