Welcome to Day Two of Pump Up Your Book Promotion’s August Authors on Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author with a recent release or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by!
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Mark Bernstein and Yadin Kaufman, authors of the nonfiction book, HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR, will be stopping off at Valley Girl Musings! How to Survive Your Freshman Year was compiled from interviews with hundreds of students at over 120 colleges across the country, and includes the latest advice and tips straight from students. The book is sure to help freshmen get off to a great start in college, armed with the experience of hundreds of others who have “been there, done that.” The book also helps parents better understand how their teens can survive and thrive in college, and makes for a great high school graduation gift.
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Mary Burton, author of the romantic suspense novel, I’M WATCHING YOU, will be stopping off at Plot Dog! A killer is on the loose. Lindsay O’Neil discovers the first victim in the yard at Sanctuary, the shelter for battered women that she runs in Richmond, Virginia. If that’s not bad enough, the detective who arrives on the scene is recovering alcoholic Zack Kier, her ex-husband. As the killing continues it becomes shockingly clear that Lindsay is being stalked by an enraged murderer—and that she and those she loves are targets.
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Suzanne Woods Fisher, author of the historical fiction novel, COPPER FIRE, will be stopping off at The Writer’s Life! On a summer day in 1945, Louisa Gordon receives a telegram from the International Red Cross Tracing Service. Her young cousin, Elisabeth, has just been released from Dachau, a concentration camp, and Louisa is her only remaining relative. Determined to go to war-torn Germany to retrieve her cousin, Louisa is also on a mission to discover the whereabouts of Friedrich Mueller, a Nazi sympathizer who fled Copper Springs, Arizona. What Louisa never expected was to meet the man she had once loved. And now hated.
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B. Jay Gladwell, author of the nonfiction book, WHAT’S WRONG WITH MORMONS?, will be stopping off at The Book Stacks! What’s Wrong With Mormons? was written as a result of the falsehoods and misinformation that continues to be perpetuated by those who are less than honest. Using a conversational style, he discusses the basic doctrines of the restored Gospel, based on the teachings found in the Holy Bible and latter-day scriptures.
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David Grant, author of the literary fiction novel, BLEACH l BLACKOUT, will be stopping off at Book Marketing Buzz! Fans of fluffy romance novels and that all-too-familiar, over-hyped, edge-of-the-seat crap should steer clear. This is life at its most jaded. Offense Mechanisms is proud to present Bleach l Blackout by David S. Grant, two novels about drugs, sex, revenge, the corporate crunch, and the inevitable unpleasantness of life and death.
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Tori Kropp, author of the parenting and pregnancy book, THE JOY OF PREGNANCY, will be stopping off at Book Excerpts! In a lighthearted and encouraging tone, Tori Kropp helps mothers- and fathers-to-be concentrate on the miracle of pregnancy and birth rather than on possible complications.
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Kathi Macias, author of the nonfiction Christian book, BEYOND ME: LIVING A YOU-FIRST LIFE IN A ME-FIRST WORLD, will be stopping off at If Books Could Talk and Butts About It. com! Living with others in Mind: Beyond Me is an invitation to pursue true discipleship. Using sometimes humorous but always vulnerable and meaninful examples, Beyond Me ties together current, historical, and biblically documented insights and teachings to encourage you to aspire to the higher calling of true discipleship.
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Cody McFadyen, author of the romantic suspense novel, THE FACE OF DEATH, will be stopping off at The Plot! For another vicious double homicide reveals a killer embarked on a dark crusade of trauma and death: an “artist” who’s molding sixteen-year-old Sarah into the perfect victim — and the ultimate weapon. But Smoky Barrett has another, more personal reason for catching The Stranger — an adopted daughter and a new life that are worth protecting at any cost.
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Lisa Jackson, author of the romantic suspense novel, LEFT TO DIE, will be stopping off at Paperback Writer – Books and Author Interviews, Talk About My Favorite Authors and Book Bitch! In LEFT TO DIE, Lisa Jackson creates a storm ravaged world and fills it with an array of characters and relationships involving colleagues, families, partners, spouses, exes and lovers, presenting a tale that frightens and intrigues as much as it entertains.
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Paul Kiritsis, author of the literary collection, HERMETICA: MYTHS, LEGENDS, POEMS, will be stopping off at The Story Behind The Book! Hermetica: Myths, Legends, Poems (September, 2007) is a homeric journey into the night where the world of dreams and symbols has sculpted our mythological past. Using the language of alchemy, astrology and magic this tome seeks to reconstruct the lost bonds between old myths contained in the oral folklore of Ancient Egypt; stories which once served as the backbone of a religion centred around Osirian ritual – the cosmic cycles of death, dismemberment and resurrection.
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ChaChanna Simpson, author of the book about college life, LIFE AFTER COLLEGE: WHAT YOUR PARENTS AND PROFESSORS NEVER TAUGHT, will be stopping off at Zensanity! This informative no nonsense guide covers diverse topics from moving back home to money management to job etiquette to searching for your first apartment. Also included are stories and tips from recent grads sharing their wisdom and experiences so you know you are not alone in trying to make it in the real world.
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Eliezer Sobel, author of the memoir, THE 99TH MONKEY: A SPIRITUAL JOURNALIST’S MISADVENTURES WITH GURUS, MESSIAHS, SEX, PSYCHEDELICS, AND OTHER CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING EXPERIMENTS, will be stopping off at Pump Up Your Online Book Promotion! The 99th Monkey is the story of one man’s utter failure to get enlightened, despite over 30 years of trying. Eliezer Sobel invites readers along on what is both a hilarious and astounding journey through the spiritual, New Age and Human Potential movements of the last 35 years, providing an insider’s view that is at once eye-opening, deeply moving, and completely entertaining.
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