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  Join Us for This Tour from November 1 to November 19, 2021 Book Details: Book Title: Thrive: The Facilitator’s Guide to Radically Inclusive Meetings by Dr. Mark Smutny Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 262 pages Genre: Business Communication / Meetings & Presentations Publisher: Emerald Lake Books Release date: October 26, 2021 Tour dates: November 1 to November 19, 2021 Content Rating: G. This is a business book. Book Description: Imagine meetings where everyone is heard and all people matter. Picture organizations that embrace all voices and are committed to justice, equity and opportunity. Imagine businesses, nonprofits and the public sector creatively engaging people in thousands of ways—seeking their best ideas, empowering the silenced, and building communities where all are treated with dignity and respect. That’s what "Thrive" seeks to create. Each chapter contains practical insights and accessible stories that transform meetings from dull to dynamic. You will learn how to:
"Thrive" includes chapters on privilege and power, multilingual and virtual meetings, and full inclusion of people with disabilities. Whether you are a skilled practitioner or new to leadership, Thrive will teach you techniques for facilitating more effective, inclusive and energizing meetings.  Meet the Author: Dr. Mark Smutny is a professional facilitator, consultant, speaker, author and founder of Civic Reinventions, Inc. He is known for helping organizations uncover the wisdom hidden in their diversity, build cohesion, and achieve their goals. He draws upon decades of work planning and leading retreats, facilitating meetings, and working with nonprofits and businesses. He teaches and writes on the arts of inclusive facilitation and inclusive leadership skills. He has worked in the fields of homeless services, affordable housing, transportation services for special needs populations, business and resident associations, faith-based groups, and public/private partnerships dedicated to strengthening civic engagement. Mark received his Master of Divinity degree from the Harvard Divinity School, one of the most religiously diverse theological institutions in the world. His doctorate focused on organizational revitalization in multicultural settings. He is a Program Associate with the Kaleidoscope Institute, an agency that equips leaders to communicate effectively across cultures, ethnicities and race. When not working, Mark and his wife, Barbara Anderson, enjoy the Cascades, cooking, gardening, exercising their dogs, and playing with their granddaughters. You can learn more about Mark Smutny and Civic Reinventions, Inc., professional facilitation services, consulting, coaching and training at civicreinventions.com or by sending Mark an email. connect with the author: website ~ email ~ goodreads Tour Schedule: Coming Soon! Enter the Giveaway:
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  Join Us for This Tour from October 12 to October 25, 2021 Book Details: Book Title: Awake with the Songbirds - Poems from the Pandemic by Kyrian Lyndon Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 172 pages Genre: Poetry Publisher: Independently Published Release date: July 18, 2021 Tour dates: October 12 to October 25, 2021 Content Rating: PG + M. The poem does discuss suicide, grief, and depression in a few poems, and there may be some profanity. “She has the ability to convey to the reader some of the most complex thoughts into words that truly reach our hearts.” — Love Books “Her lyric voice speaks with careful observation and passion. In the narrative mode, she is masterful in reading life around her. Kyrian possesses the sensitivity, insight, and soul of the true poet. Her writing provides a primer on how to compose meaningful poetry.” — Lou Jones Book Description: This collection consists primarily of poems written during the COVID-19 pandemic, a time of loneliness and rumination. Lyndon’s poetry stems from intense emotions that swing from one end of the pendulum to the other as she captures the agony of love and loss, along with innocent joy and lighthearted fun. Each poem is an earnest response to life, love, and everything in between.  Meet the Author: Kyrian Lyndon is the author of Shattering Truths, the first book in her Deadly Veils series. She has also published three poetry collections, A Dark Rose Blooms, Remnants of Severed Chains, and Awake with the Songbirds – Poems from the Pandemic. Kyrian began writing short stories and fairy tales when she was just eight years old. In her adolescence, she moved on to poetry. At sixteen, while working as an editor for her high school newspaper, she wrote her first novel, and then completed two more novels at the ages of nineteen and twenty-five. She is forthcoming about being a person with many years of recovery, as well as a trauma survivor. Throughout her journeys, she expressed her thoughts through poetry, embracing every challenge to triumph over adversity. In her conviction that learning, growing, healing, and evolving is a never-ending process, she remains as grateful for the dark days as she is for every flicker of hope and light. She considers herself a cheerleader for those trudging on against all odds in the hopes of living their dreams. Born and raised in Woodside, Queens, New York, Kyrian was the middle of three daughters born to immigrants --her father from Campochiaro, Italy; her mother from Havana, Cuba. She has worked primarily in executive-level administrative positions with major New York publishing companies. Kyrian loves nineteenth-century British literature, parallel universe fiction, and dark romanticism. She also enjoys music, art, history, fitness, and cooking. connect with the author: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ pinterest ~ instagram ~ goodreads Tour Schedule: Coming Soon! Enter the Giveaway:
Coming Soon!   Join Us for This Tour from October 12 to October 25, 2021 Book Details: Book Title: The Keepers by Joy Lynn Goddard Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 379 pages Genre: A Family Saga crisscrossing Mystery, Romance and Suspense genres. (Upmarket fiction) Publisher: Joy Lynn Goddard Release date: June 2021 Tour dates: October 12 to October 25, 2021 Content Rating: PG-13 + M: Author's Note: Children's mental health is a growing concern in today's schools. Often kids suffer in silence because of the stigma attached to their mental health needs. Mental health organizations such as the Canadian Mental Health Association work hard to change this mindset. It can't come soon enough. As a teacher, I worked with troubled teens and saw firsthand the devastating effects of their silence. With this in mind, I began writing The Keepers, for if I could help just one "Alexandre" find his voice, my efforts would be well worth it. There are a couple of mature scenes and a few sentences here and there of bad language reflective of the events in a life of a character coming-of-age. Book Description: Despite struggling to raise a troubled teenage son on her own, Beth Marshall has no intention of selling her beloved vineyard and moving to the city where her ex-boyfriend awaits with open arms. She has strong ties to the land, where she is happy living with her granddad and aunt in the old farmhouse, so when she gets an offer to sell her property, she turns it down. Meanwhile, a writer recovering from a shattering past moves into the guest house, tugging at her heart. She's not going anywhere. But after her granddad discovers a dead body in their shed, Beth fights jail time. She can't imagine a worse nightmare until she gets a call in the middle of the night with shocking news about her son!  Meet the Authors: Joy Lynn Goddard teamed up with husband Daniel Pike to write contemporary adult fiction. Their first and second novels, Moonshadow and The Keepers, have global appeal and won Canada Book Awards. Besides novels, they wrote Buyers, Liars, Sellers and Yellers, a collection of humorous short stories about the real estate industry. Although she is well known for her young adult and junior fiction—starting with the award-winning Daredevils and including Hello, my name is Emily, Charlie's Song, Jazz, When Pigs Fly, and Mrs. Maloney's Garden—her adult novels are quickly attracting attention. Each book involves romance, mystery, and suspense genres. Joy and Dan divide their time between Guelph and Belleville, Ontario, where they spend time with family when not working on their next book. connect with the authors: website ~ twitter ~ facebook ~ goodreads Tour Schedule: Coming Soon! Enter the Giveaway:
Coming Soon!   Join Us for This Tour from October 4 to October 22, 2021 Book Details: Book Title: Culture Ignited: 5 Disciplines for Adaptive Leadership by Jason Richmond with Jeanne Kerr and Malcolm J. Nicholl Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 124 pages Genre: Business Publisher: Ideal Outcomes Release date: October, 2021 Tour dates: October 4 to October 22, 2021 Content Rating: G. Book Description: The 5 Disciplines for Adaptive Leadership Every Executive Must Know Corporate leaders need to be prepared for any crisis and have a plan in place to act quickly, decisively, and empathetically. In Culture Ignited: 5 Disciplines for Adaptive Leadership, culture change strategist Jason Richmond and coauthors Jeanne Kerr and Malcolm J. Nicholl reveal how companies whose leaders ignite their culture are able to weather any storm and get ahead of the competition. Based on hands-on experience helping senior corporate executives navigate the turbulence of the 2020-2021 pandemic, the authors distill their findings into five key disciplines. They share how to:
The authors also explore how a crisis can be turned into opportunity and how to lead an organization in overcoming challenges never taught in business school. Buy the Book: Coming Soon! Release Date October 2021! Amazon B&N ~ Kobo add to goodreads  Jason Richmond Meet the Authors: Jason Richmond is an authoritative culture change strategist whose work over the past twenty-plus years has helped companies build strong, sustained revenue growth by empowering their employees and developing energizing office cultures. As President/CEO and Chief Culture Officer for Ideal Outcomes, Inc., he has worked closely with established Fortune 100 companies to create Leadership Development Journeys, and he has guided numerous start-ups on the path to become noted industry leaders. He has also provided thought leadership and innovative consulting services to a wide range of midsize companies.  Jeanne Kerr Jeanne Kerr is the Director of Organizational Development and Culture Consulting for Ideal Outcomes, Inc. She also has been a Senior Faculty Partner with the Human Capital Institute since 2012. With over twenty years of organizational development and talent management strategy in a variety of industries, her expertise includes culture strategy, strategic workforce planning, leadership development, team building, and assessment solutions.  Malcolm J. Nicholl Malcolm J. Nicholl is a former award-winning international journalist whose career includes a two-year stint as Belfast Bureau Chief for London’s Daily Mirror. He has authored or coauthored seven books published in nine languages by international giants such as Random House, Bantam Doubleday Dell, Ballantine Books, and St. Martin's Press and ghostwritten more than thirty books. connect with the authors: website ~ twitter ~ goodreads Tour Schedule: Oct 4 – Working Mommy Journal – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 4 - Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 4 - Splashes of Joy – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 5 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 6 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 7 – Pick A Good Book – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 8 – Westviel Publishing – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 12 – Books for Books – book spotlight Oct 12 - Sefina Hawke's Books - book spotlight Oct 13 – Lamon Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 14 – Stephanie Jane – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 15 – Kam's Place – book spotlight Oct 18 – Lisa's Reading – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 19 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 20 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 20 - She Just Loves Books - book spotlight / giveaway Oct 21 – Gina Rae Mitchell – book spotlight / giveaway Oct 22 – Sadie's Spotlight – book spotlight / giveaway Enter the Giveaway:
Coming Soon!   Join Us for This Tour from November 26th to December 6th Book Details: Book Title: Keeping Christmas Magic by Anna and Gunnar Counselman Category: Middle-Grade Fiction (Ages 8-12), 38 pages Genre: Children's Book Publisher: Mascot Release Date: August 2021 Formats Available for Review: print-hardback (USA only), ebook (PDF) Tour dates: November 26 to December 6 Content Rating: PG - It is a book about how to keep Christmas alive when your kids find out the truth about Santa. Book Description: Shhhh, don’t tell! Keeping Christmas Magic reveals the true story of Santa Claus, asking you to become a Christmas Magic-Keeper.  Meet the Authors: Anna and Gunnar are the husband-and-wife team behind Keeping Christmas Magic. Anna immigrated from Russia at age 12 and began her American journey in Swampscott, MA, attending Boston University before moving out to California to pursue her entrepreneurial career which has culminated in her co-founding Upstart, an AI lending platform. A third-generation Marine, Gunnar grew up pretty much everywhere there's a Marine base before going to Cornell for undergrad, deploying as a Human Intelligence Officer to Iraq, the Horn of Africa and Bosnia before attending Harvard for business school. Gunnar's entrepreneurial career has focused in education software and services where he's founded and invested in a handful of companies including his most recent company, Array. When their then-six-year-old son Tristan started asking hard questions about Santa, they didn't have good answer. Wanting to keep Christmas as magical as possible for as long as possible they looked for a children's book to help and when they couldn't find one, they wrote it. Originally, the poem was just for Tristan and his baby sister Sasha, but some close friends convinced them to submit it for publishing and the more they worked on the story, the more they felt like it needed to be told. They hope that the book does for parents around the world, what's it's done for them, help make an otherwise difficult conversation a beautiful experience instead. Tour Schedule: Nov 26 – Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 26 - The Momma Spot – book review / giveaway Nov 29 – A Mama's Corner of the World – book review / giveaway Nov 29 - Splashes of Joy – book review / author interview / giveaway Nov 29 - I'd Rather Be At The Beach – book review / author interview / giveaway Nov 30 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 30 - Laura's Interests – book review / guest post / giveaway Dec 1 – Chit Chat with Charity – book review / guest post / giveaway Dec 1 - Cheryl's Book Nook – book review / giveaway Dec 2 – Bound 4 Escape – book review / giveaway Dec 3 – StoreyBook Reviews – book review / giveaway Dec 6 - @twilight_reader – book review Enter the Giveaway:
Coming Soon!   Join Us for this Tour: November 1st to November 19th Book Details: Book Title: Ponce: What Actually Happened at the Fountain of Youth by Jim Halveron Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 164 pages Genre: Satire / Historical Fiction Publisher: Gail Force Publishing Release Date: November 2021 Format available for review: print-softback (USA only), ebook (Gifted Kindle, mobi file (for Kindle), ePub, PDF, NetGalley download) Tour dates: November 1 to November 19 Content Rating: G - Mentions of violence, but nothing specific. No language. Book Description: Two Florida State geology students found the pages written by Ponce de Leon’s chronicler in a dry limestone cave in the northwest panhandle. The original Spanish papers, five hundred years old, were found in relatively good shape, protected from time and moisture in a heavy triple-walled leather case. They chronicle Ponce de Leon’s second expedition to Florida in search of the fountain of youth. Buy the Book (coming soon-Release Date Nov 2021) AMAZON  Meet the Author: Jim Halverson grew up in the rural, gold-mining town of Mokelumne Hill, CA and received his MBA from Golden Gate University. He spent part of his life on a ranch and is an avid student of psychology. He recognizes the struggles of all men and women seeking equality and respect. Jim and his wife, Gail, spend their time traveling from their small farm in Forestville, CA. Tour Schedule:
Coming Soon! Enter the Giveaway: Coming Soon!   Join Us for This Tour From October 25th to November 12th Book Details: Book Title: Measure, Mix & Marinate: Embracing the Key Ingredients to a More Fulfilling Life by Cheryl Schuberth Category: Adult Fiction 18+, 174 pages Genre: Personal Growth, Memoir Publisher: Key Ingredients Release Date: August 2021 Formats Available for Review: print-softback (USA & Canada), ebook (Gifted Kindle, BookFunnel download) Tour dates: October 25th to November 12th Content Rating: G - Good for all audiences Book Description: As a wife, mom and former corporate go-getter, Cheryl knows firsthand the frustration of trying to do it all and feeling that none of it is good enough. As the world slowed down for a global pandemic, Cheryl inspected her own life and who she wanted to become—who she needed to become—to serve at her highest level. Much of this discovery occurred in the kitchen during playful evenings side-by-side with her sons, husband, and mother. Their time together led Cheryl to realize that how you measure your priorities, mix them in with your life experiences, and marinate on and adjust to the results determines the direction of your life. Buy the Book Amazon  Meet the Author: As the world slowed down for a global pandemic, Cheryl inspected her own life and who she wanted to become—who she needed to become—to serve at her highest level. Much of this discovery occurred in the kitchen during playful evenings side-by-side with her sons, husband, and mother. Their time together led Cheryl to realize that how you measure your priorities, mix them in with your life experiences, and marinate on and adjust to the results determines the direction of your life. Tour Schedule: Oct 25 – Cover Lover Book Review – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Oct 25 - Gina Rae Mitchell – book review / author interview / giveaway Oct 25 - Rockin' Book Reviews – book review / guest post / giveaway Oct 26 – Splashes of Joy – book review / author interview / giveaway Oct 27 – Lisa Everyday Life – book spotlight / author interview Oct 28 – Kam's Place – book spotlight / author interview Oct 29 – A Mama's Corner of the World – book review / giveaway Nov 1 – Literary Flits – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 2 – Locks, Hooks and Books – book review / giveaway Nov 2 - Book Corner News and Reviews – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 3 – Jazzy Book Reviews – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Nov 3 - Pick A Good Book – book spotlight / author interview / giveaway Nov 4 – Deborah-Zenha Adams – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 4 - The Adventures of a Traveler's Wife – book review / guest post / giveaway Nov 5 – Instagram - Soph_life.pages – book review Nov 8 – Books for Books – book review Nov 9 – Instagram - @twilight_reader – book review Nov 9 - Westveil Publishing – book spotlight / guest post / giveaway Nov 10 – StoreyBook Reviews – book review / giveaway Nov 10 - Leels Loves Books – book review / giveaway Nov 12 – Lisa's Reading – book spotlight / giveaway Nov 12 - Cheryl's Book Nook – book review / giveaway Enter the Giveaway:
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