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Pump Up Your Book Presents Startup Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Glenn Ogura’s Startup virtual book tour April 7-18! Title: Startup Author: Glenn Ogura Publisher: iUniverse Pages: 486 Genre: Mytery/Thriller Format: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle 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, run by CEO Allen Henley, whose vision is based on a success-at-all-costs philosophy.  Zack sees Henley as a mentor, but Zack’s philosophy favors
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  • April 2, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Breath of Spring Virtual Book Publicity Tour

liPump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Charlotte Hubbard’s Breath of Spring virtual book tour May 5 – June 27!   Title: Breath of Spring Author: Charlotte Hubbard Publisher: Kensington Pages: 352 Genre: Amish Romance/Inspirational As a bright season brings a fresh start to Willow Ridge, Annie Mae Knepp feels she can never make peace with the past. Her disgraced ex-bishop father is furious that she’s has taken her five siblings to live with her. She’s never been truly at home in her faith…or believing in herself. And Annie Mae fears no man will want to take on the responsibilities she’s gladly shouldered. True, her quiet neighbor Adam Wagler has
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Broken Family Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Kevin Hopson’s Broken Family virtual book tour April 7-18! Title: Broken Family Author: Kevin Hopson Publisher: MuseItUp Publishing Pages: 37 Genre: Crime/Mystery Format: Kindle Sheriff Joseph Mauro is summoned to a local lake in Stone County, having received a report of a dead woman along the water’s shore. With foul play a possibility, he utilizes the help of his two female deputies in questioning family members and friends. As the three of them search for clues and possible motives, the case takes an unexpected turn, and Sheriff Mauro must rely on his instincts if he is going to weed out
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  • April 2, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Hair of the Corn Dog Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you A.K. Turner’s Hair of the Corn Dog virtual book tour April 7-30! Title: Hair of the Corn Dog Genre: Humor Author: A.K. Turner Publisher: Fever Streak Press Pages: 220 Format: Hardcover/Kindle 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 her in-laws, and surviving the perils of an elementary school ice-cream social with equal parts wit and heart. The laughter pairs well with two parts cocktail. Discuss
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  • April 1, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Comedy of Erinn Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Celia Bonaduce’s A Comedy of Erinn virtual book tour April 7-30! Title: A Comedy of Erinn Genre: Contemporary Romance Author: Celia Bonaduce Publisher: eKensington Pages: 231 Format: Paperback, Kindle 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 worry. When a job on a reality TV show falls into her lap, she’s thrilled to be making a paycheck–and when a hot Italian actor named Massimo rents her guesthouse, she’s certain her life is getting a romantic subplot. But with the director, brash, gorgeous young Jude,
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Freddie Owens #1 Amazon Bestseller for ‘Then Like the Blind Man’!

I am so excited to announce Freddie Owens made Amazon’s #1 bestseller list for THEN LIKE THE BLIND MAN during his virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! Congratulations, Freddie! His stats today, March 29, 2014: Title: Then Like the Blind Man: Orbie’s Story Author: Freddie Owens Publisher: Blind Sight Publications Pages: 332 Language: English Genre: Historical Fiction/Coming of Age Format: Paperback & eBook A storm is brewing in the all-but-forgotten backcountry of Kentucky. And, for young Orbie Ray, the swirling heavens may just have the power to tear open his family’s darkest secrets. Then Like The Blind Man: Orbie’s Story is the enthralling debut novel by Freddie
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Living Memories Project Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Meryl Ain, Stewart Ain and Arthur M. Fischman’s The Living Memories Project: Legacies That Last virtual book tour April 7 – June 27! Title: The Living Memories Project: Legacies That Last Authors: Meryl Ain, Stewart Ain, & Arthur M. Fischman Publisher: Little Miami Publishing Pages: 196 Genre: Nonfiction Format: Paperback Three years after the death of her mother, Meryl Ain was still unable to fill the hole that the loss had left in her life.  In talking to friends, Meryl discovered an insight shared by those who had successfully overcome grief; there simply is no closure.  It was a breakthrough for her. She
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  • March 25, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Still Life with Strings Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you L.H. Cosway’s Still Life with Strings virtual book tour April 7-30! Title: Still Life with Strings Author: L.H. Cosway Publisher: L.H. Cosway Pages: 350 Genre: Contemporary Romance Format: Kindle 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 didn’t know me, especially not in my costume. My sobriety rests on staying away from men, but there was something about him
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  • March 25, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Soul of the Sun Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Genevieve Crownson’s The Soul of the Sun virtual book tour April 7- June 27! Title: The Soul of the Sun Genre: Paranormal/Young Adult Author: Genevieve Crownson Publisher: Genevieve Crownson Pages: 348 Format: Paperback; Kindle “The hands of time turn on the face of the sun. Only you can move them. If the Watcher controls the hands of the clock he can go anywhere, past or future– and destroy our planet.” Since the days of ancient Greece, the Argos dynasty has kept a secret, a mystery passed down through their descendants from generation to generation, in the hopes that the forces
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Next O&W Train From Tennessee Book Blitz

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you JR Holbrook’s Next O&W Train from Tennessee book blitz May 5 – May 16! ABOUT NEXT O&W TRAIN FROM TENNESSEE Title: Next O&W Train from Tennessee Genre: Historical Fiction Author: JR Holbrook Publisher: Xlibris EBook: 123 pages Release Date: March 30, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-46918-802-7 James Holbrook is the great-great-grandson of Nancy Moody. Nancy Moody was the daughter of Charlot Moody and Johnathon Moody-Johnathon Moody was killed in the Civil War-Nancy Moody being the mother of Armeldia Moody and the grandmother of Raymond Wright, Selby Wright, Clara, Cora, and Edith. This is the second short story of James Holbrook, who also published Making Sense in 2011. James graduated
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Islam in the Heartland of America Book Blitz

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Imam Omar Hazim’s Islam in the Heartland of America book blitz May 5- May 16! ABOUT ISLAM IN THE HEARTLAND OF AMERICA Title: Islam in the Heartland of America Genre: Religion/Spirituality Author: Imam Omar Hazim Publisher: Xlibris EBook: 279 pages Release Date: January 28, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-45685-798-1 “The purpose of this book is to inform and educate the general public of how Islam is taught in a mosque in the heartland of America. It includes the Friday khutbah (sermons) by Imam Omar Hazim and several other Imams (Spiritual Leaders). The hope is to help to clarify some of the misconceptions and distortions about the religion of Islam.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Twisted Venom Book Blitz!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you V.W. Raynes’ Twisted Venom book blitz May 5 – May 16! ABOUT TWISTED VENOM Title: Twisted Venom Genre: Suspense/Thriller Author: V.W. Raynes Publisher: AuthorHouse EBook: 300 pages Release Date: December 2, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-49183-399-5 When young internist Claudia Ranelli attends a medical conference in San Francisco, she has a sexual encounter so bizarre and frightful it nearly kills her. But that isn’t the end of her terror. Claudia and her cousin Dru Salinas must discover the identity of the person terrorizing them both, a quest that leads from pit vipers to modern genetics. Claudia tells a gripping story with sensitivity, a humanly scientific perspective, eroticism and a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Beyond the Dream Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Irene Snow’s Beyond the Dream book blitz April 1 – April 15! ABOUT BEYOND THE DREAM Title: Beyond the Dream Genre: Biography/Memoir Author: Irene Snow Publisher: iUniverse EBook: 398 pages Release Date: June 28, 2013 ISBN: 978-1-47598-255-8 Until the age of four, Irene Snow lived happily with her mother and gentle, doting grandparents. The return of her father, a rough and tough soldier, at the close of World War II set the stage for rebellion and dissention in her young life. He was a strict disciplinarian, and she resented his authority from the outset. What’s more his arrival introduced her to the baser emotions of jealousy and hatred,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents So What Do You Think Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Clair Swinburn’s So What Do You Think book blitz April 1 – April 15! ABOUT SO WHAT DO YOU THINK Title: So What Do You Think? Genre: Self Help/Personal Growth Author: Clair Swinburn Publisher: iUniverse EBook: 112 pages Release Date: July 28, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-46202-936-5 This psychology guide for teens presents an overview of how the mind works to give you a clearer understanding of how to look after your mental health. We all need to take care of our mental health. But just how do you accomplish this? In So What Do You Think? author Clair Swinburne helps teenagers understand the natural workings of the mind and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Summer in the Heart Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you John McMillan’s Summer in the Heart book blitz April 1 – April 15! ABOUT SUMMER IN THE HEART Title: Summer in the Heart Genre: Fiction Author: John McMillan Publisher: iUniverse EBook: 256 pages Release Date: May 9, 2011 ISBN: 978-1-46200-974-9 “That summer in the heart which is known only in youth.” Summer in the Heart is a lyrical evocation of the innocence, fun and liberation of growing up in the 1960s. Moving into and through his teens, Jim Mitchell must put his County Antrim village childhood behind him and adapt to the wider world of grammar school and the life of Belfast city. In the process
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Seeing the Joy in Affliction Book Blitz – Win a $25 Amazon Gift Card!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Michael Shelley’s Seeing the Joy in Affliction book blitz April 1 – April 15! ABOUT SEEING THE JOY IN AFFLICTION Title: Seeing the Joy in Affliction Genre: Religious Author: Michael Shelley Publisher: iUniverse EBook: 128 pages Release Date: October 8, 2004 ISBN: 978-0-59577-656-6 Based on the author’s personal experience with physical and emotional affliction, including terminal brain cancer, Seeing the Joy in Affliction deals with the tough questions: Why do Christians suffer? Is it a lack of faith? Is suffering part of God’s plan for us? How do we respond in obedience to various kinds of suffering? What is the secret in unleashing God’s power in
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  • March 17, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Where Was God Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Sheila L. Jackson’s Where Was God (Their Hearts Burned to Be Together) virtual book tour April 7-30! Title: Where Was God? (Their Hearts Burned to be Together) Genre: Christian Fiction Romance Suspense Author: Sheila L. Jackson Publisher: Concerning Life Publishing Pages: 226 Format: Paperback/Kindle Where Was God? Fayth Angelica Hope, questioned after the death of her father. Reared by a mother who could give, Cruella Deville, a run for her money as, “The Queen of Mean,” Fayth turns her back on the church, her faith, and love. She believed, no, just and merciful God would have abandoned her to the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Killing Notion Virtual Book Publicity Tour!

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to bring you Melissa Bourbon’s A Killing Notion virtual book tour April 1 – April 30! ABOUT A KILLING NOTION Title: A Killing Notion Genre: Cozy Mystery Author: Melissa Bourbon Publisher: Penguin Group Language: English Pages: 320 Format: Ebook Amazon –Barnes and Noble – Goodreads  Harlow Jane Cassidy is swamped with homecoming couture requests. If only she didn’t have to help solve a murder, she might get the gowns off the dress forms….   Harlow is doing everything she can to expand her dressmaking business, Buttons & Bows—without letting clients know about her secret charm. When she has a chance to create homecoming dresses with a local charity
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Pump Up Your Book Presents White Girl in La Casa Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Christa Jeanne’s White Girl in La Casa Virtual Book Tour April 7 – 30! Title: White Girl in La Casa Author: Christa Jeanne Publisher: Christa Jeanne Pages: 222 Genre: Romantic Comedy Format: Paperback; eBook Purchase at AMAZON 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 over gorgeous muscle, and the potential to be Calliope’s passionate Latin lover who whispers sweet Spanish nothings into her ear. 
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  • March 10, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Sylvie and the Spark Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Gianna Day’s Sylvie and the Spark Virtual Book Tour April 7 – 30! Title: Sylvie and the Spark Author: Gianna Day Publisher: AKA Press Pages: 88 Language: English Genre: Erotica Format: Kindle ($2.99) 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 twins moves in across the hall, Sylvie’s horizons broaden, though this pair might not turn out to be exactly what they seem. With a backdrop of inappropriate coworkers, a humping-addicted mutt, and a set of sexy
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  • March 8, 2014
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The First Series Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Dawne Dominique’s The First Series Virtual Book Tour April 7 – 30! Eden‘s Hell, I: The First In the beginning… God created man and called him Adam, a fine specimen replicated in his own image. He then created woman to ease Adam’s loneliness and named her Lillith. Unfortunately, God realized his mistake too late in giving woman free will, for she would rule her domain-not man. When Lillith left Adam, God created another for his first-born son, and gave her the name Eve and a kingdom called Eden, but by then it was too late, for he’d unleashed Hell into the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Author Training Manual Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Nina Amir’s The Author Training Manual Virtual Book Tour April 7 – 30! Title: The Author Training Manual Author: Nina Amir Publisher: Writer’s Digest Books Pages: 256 Genre: Nonfiction Format: Paperback/Kindle Anyone can publish a book and become an “author,” but if you want to become a successful author with a profitable publishing career, you need a clear, step-by-step guide to help you develop book ideas that sell. In The Author Training Manual, expert editor and book coach Nina Amir reveals the exact process successful authors have used to create business plans and proposals for their books and teaches you how
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Another Heaven Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce Annu Subramanian’s Another Heaven Virtual Book Tour April 7 – 30! Title: Another Heaven Author: Annu Subramanian Publisher: Apprentice House Pages: 332 Genre: Factu-Fiction Format: Paperback/Kindle 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 to the literature of terrorism and its links to international human trafficking. Subramanian, a self-described “writer of conscience,” employs her considerable literary
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Announcing Pump Up Your Book March 2014 Authors on Tour

Get a head start on your spring reading with books in your favorite genres. In the month of March, Pump Up Your Book! is featuring historical fiction titles, romance novels, thrillers, books for children and tweens, autobiographies and more! Follow our tours and find chances to win fabulous prizes like gift cards and Kindles. Kevin Bohacz shares his techno-thrillers “Immortality” and “Ghost of the Gods,” while Michael Goffinet tours with his action thriller, “They Call Me Superman,” and Pamela Samuels Young talks about her mystery thriller, “Anybody’s Daughter.” Freddie Owens and Monique Roy share their historical novels, and Andra Walkins tours with the historical paranormal suspense novel, “To Live
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  • 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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