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Book Details: Book Title: Montreal by Debra Schoenberger Genre: art / photography, 64 pages Publisher: Blurb Published: August 24, 2014 Available in: ePub or PDF format Content Rating: G Book Description for Montreal: Street photographer, Debra Schoenberger aka "girl with camera" captures the more unusual side of Montreal in her foot travels around the city. The images portrayed in the book are from 2010 to 2014 Book Details: Book Title: To Be a Child by Debra Schoenberger Genre: Documentary / Photography, 240 pages Publisher: Blurb Publishing Release date: November 30, 2015 Available for review in: ePub or PDF Content Rating: G Book Description for To Be a Child: Give a child a cardboard box and his imagination will turn it into anything but! Today, it is less common to see children playing in the streets, especially in urban areas. The plethora of ready-made toys should make any child happy. What usually happens is that the box the toy came in becomes the toy! This book documents children at play (and at times at work) from 10 different countries. A child's ingenuity never ceases to amaze me and I hope you will share these images with your children as well. Buy the book: Website Amazon iTunes
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Kathryn Kelly: The Moll Behind "Machine Gun" Kelly is the first book ever written about a woman who chose to follow a life of crime during the Prohibition era.
Join us for this tour from May 2 - 13, 2016!
Book Details: Book Title: KATHRYN KELLY: The Moll Behind "Machine Gun" Kelly by Barbara Casey Category: Adult non-fiction, 196 pages Genre: Biography / true crime Publisher: Strategic Media Books Release date: February 2016 Available for review in: Print, PDF Will send print books: Internationally Tour dates: May 2 - 13, 2016 Content Rating: PG-13 (There are some expletives and descriptions of crimes, although nothing gory or too graphic) Book Description: Kathryn Kelly: The Moll Behind "Machine Gun" Kelly is a biography of the woman who made a career of crime. With a lust for danger, she masterminded the crimes that took her and her husband, and others who included her own mother and stepfather, on a spree across Minnesota, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Texas. Starting with smaller crimes that included bootlegging, smuggling liquor onto an Oklahoma Indian reservation, and other petty crimes, she encouraged her husband, George Barnes aka George Kelly, toward a life of more serious criminal activity that eventually escalated into bank robberies, kidnapping and extortion. Many believe that it was Kathryn, after giving him a machine gun, who developed George's feared persona and the name of Machine Gun Kelly. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was even convinced that the two were somehow connected in the Lindbergh kidnapping. Kathryn and Machine Gun Kelly were eventually captured after kidnapping Charles Urschel, a wealthy Oklahoma City oilman, and collecting a $200,000 ransom the largest ransom ever paid at that time. Eventually, the two were captured in Memphis, where Kelly had grown up as a boy. During their trial in Oklahoma City, movie cameras were allowed into the courtroom for the first time as curious spectators across the nation watched. Kathryn, while claiming to be an innocent victim in a bad marriage, remained unrepentant, smiling and primping for the cameras, and writing threatening letters to the judge and attorneys assigned to the case as well as her victims. Convicted in 1933, Kathryn served twenty-five years of her life sentence at FPC Alderson, West Virginia, when in 1958 she was finally released into obscurity. Although much has been written about Machine Gun Kelly, there is very little known about Kathryn. Through narrative, FBI files, rare quotes from George Kelly's son and other relatives and associates, extensive research, and several photographs, Kathryn Kelly ¬The Moll behind Machine Gun Kelly is the first book ever written about a woman who chose to follow a life of crime during the Prohibition era. Buy the book: Amazon Barnes & Noble 
Meet the author:
Barbara Casey is a partner in Strategic Media Books, and president of the Barbara Casey Agency, representing authors throughout the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and Japan. She is also a manuscript consultant and the author of numerous articles, poems, and short stories. Her award-winning novels have received national recognition, including the Independent Publishers Book Award. Her novel, The House of Kane, was considered for a Pulitzer nomination, and The Gospel According to Prissy, also a contemporary adult novel received several awards including the prestigious IPPY Award for Best Regional Fiction. Her most recent young adult novel, The Cadence of Gypsies, received the Independent Publishers Living Now Award and was reviewed by the Smithsonian for its list of Best Books. Ms. Casey makes her home on the top of a mountain in northwest Georgia with her husband and three dogs who adopted her: Benton, a hound-mix, Fitz, a miniature dachshund, and Gert, a Jack Russel terrier of sorts. Connect with the author: Website TOUR SCHEDULE: May 2 - #redhead.with.book - review / guest post / giveaway May 2 - Library of Clean Reads - book spotlight / author interview/ giveaway May 3 - History from a Woman's Perspective - spotlight May 4 - Working Mommy Journal - review / giveaway May 5 - Tragically Dull Adventures of An Almost Librarian - review / giveaway May 5 - Life as Leels - review May 6 - Olio by Marilyn - review / author interview May 6 - Book and Ink - review / giveaway May 9 - Thoughts on This 'n That - review / giveaway May 9 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - review May 10 - JBronder Book Reviews - review / guest post May 11 - She Treads Softly - review May 11 - Bound 4 Escape - review / giveaway May 12 - Seasons of Opportunities - review / giveaway May 12 - Thoughts in Progress - review /author interview / giveaway May 12 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - book spotlight / guest post May 13 - The World As I See It - review / giveaway May 16 - Books Reviews, Nature Photos, and Everything in Between - review TBD - Deal Sharing Aunt - review Enter the Giveaway! BookGrabbr: A great way for readers to discover new books and an innovative marketing tool for authors. 
For Readers: BookGrabbr is a social media-marketing tool that allows authors to share both full books and previews of their books with readers. Readers, you can have access to these books by signing in through Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn and using their ability to share as a form of currency. The “Share” is the payment! Share the book, and it will allow you to read it. Just click the “Grabb this book” button next to the book and our system will prompt you to share in exchange for reading! BookGrabbr contains books of many genres, so visit today, "grabb" a book that catches your eye and start reading! For Authors and Publishers: Through their unique marketing tool and platform, BookGrabbr helps authors connect to readers that they wouldn't generally be able to connect to through their friends and their friend’s friends. The noise in the marketplace is deafening, and at times can be a bit overwhelming for authors trying to promote their books. BookGrabbr created a way to generate some more buzz by harnessing the power of each individual author’s social media platform. Once you create your profile on BookGrabbr it allows potential readers to read a preview of your book or the full copy and then directs them to your site of choice to purchase your book in the format that you desire. And since BookGrabbr doesn’t make any money on book sales, you can send them to a retailer, or to your own personal page or wherever you choose! BookGrabbr's purpose is to help you sell more books, gain momentum and generate exposure. See how it works: 
How does iRead Book Tours help? For Readers: We help you discover new authors that have put their profile and books on BookGrabbr through our BookGrabbr Promotion Service. For Authors and Publishers: Don't have time to dedicate to yet another marketing campaign? Let us take care of it for you. Through the BookGrabbr Promotion Service we create your profile, help you share your books on your social media and ours too, of course. In addition, we provide you with ideas and the support on how to best use your BookGrabbr profile. This is a cost-effective, efficient way to publicize your books! Contact us to see how we can help you spread the word about your book through BookGrabbr. Like the idea? Enter the giveaway below to win a BookGrabbr Promotion Service worth $75 and $100 in cash! Not an author? You can still win the $100 in cash. Giveaway starts March 14 and ends April 15, 2016.
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A film producer, a handsome star, and an African safari guide must race to protect themselves and the world from a terrorist nuclear trade.
Join us for this tour from April 25 to May 20! Book Details: Book Title: The Berlin Package by Peter Riva Category: Adult fiction, 320 pages Genre: Thriller / Crime Publisher: Yucca Publishing / Skyhorse Publishing Release date: April 26, 2016 Available for review in: print, ebook (PDF) Will send print books: Internationally Tour dates: April 25 - May 20, 2016 Content Rating: PG + M (There is some violence, a stabbing for example) Book Description: Film producer Pero Baltazar thought he was taking a Berlin filming assignment. He needed the work, needed to get back in the saddle after fighting off a life-threatening experience in East Africa—alShabaab had attacked his crew, intent on a much larger terrorist attack. Suddenly he finds himself under orders from his part-time employers at the State Department and the CIA when he is handed a mysterious package. It’s an assignment he doesn't want. The problem is, it’s a job contracted by mysterious patrons who are prepared to kill him if he doesn't deliver. Pero—now in far too deep—turns to friends, old and new, to help him unravel the mystery of the package, uncover connections to Nazi concentration camp gold recently sold by the US Treasury, and thwart the ex–Stasi chief, now head of a powerful banking group. In this fast-paced sequel to Murder on Safari, Pero calls on Mbuno, his friend and East African safari guide, to anticipate the moves of his enemies as if they were animals—dangerous vermin—who have kidnapped both the film star and director. Mbuno’s tracking skills may keep them from getting killed—provided Pero can rope in more help and keep the CIA at bay. Exhilarating and expertly crafted, The Berlin Package (Yucca Publishing; April 2016) is a gripping, page-turning thriller set in post–German reunification Europe. Praise for Berlin Package “An explosive radioactive thriller written with intelligence. . . . The reluctant spy motif works grandly. . . . An extremely thoughtful and terrifying exposure of the dangers inherent in a nuclear world.” —Ron Lealos, author of Pashtun and Don’t Mean Nuthin’ Buy the book: Amazon Barnes & Noble Book Depository Chapters / Indigo For those of you also interested in the first book: 
Book Description:
Only a reality TV producer and an expert safari guide can stop a terrorist attack. Every adventure starts at the fringes of civilization. For expert safari guide Mbuno and wildlife television producer Pero Baltazar, filming in the wild of East Africa should have been a return to the adventure they always loved. This time they’d be filming soaring vultures in northern Kenya and giant sea crocodiles in Tanzania with Mary, the daughter of the world’s top television evangelist, the very reverend Jimmy Threte. But when a terrorist cell places them in the crosshairs, there is suddenly no escape and they must put their filming aside and combine all their talents to thwart an all-out al-Shabaab terrorist attack on Jimmy Threte’s Christian gathering of hundreds of thousands in Nairobi, Kenya. Buy the book: Amazon Barnes & Noble Chapters/Indigo 
Meet the author:
Peter Riva has spent many months over 30 years travelling throughout Africa and Europe. Much of this time was spent with the legendary guides for East African hunters and adventurers. He created a TV series in 1995 called Wild Things for Paramount. Passing on the fables, true tales, and insider knowledge of these last reserves of true wildlife is his passion. Nonetheless, his job for over forty years has been working as a literary agent. In his spare time, Riva writes science fiction and African adventure books. He lives in Gila, New Mexico. Connect with the author: Website Twitter Facebook Tour Schedule: April 25 - The Autistic Gamer - review of The Berlin Package April 25 - #redhead.with.book - book spotlight / giveaway April 25 - Bookishly Devoted - review of Murder on Safari / giveaway April 26 - Books Reviews, Nature Photos - review of The Berlin Package April 26 - Celticlady's Reviews - book spotlight April 27 - 3 Partners in Shopping - review of Murder on Safari April 27 - Zerina Blossom's Books - book spotlight / author interview / giveaway April 28 - Vic's Media Room - review of The Berlin Package April 29 - Heidi's Wanderings - review of Murder on Safari / giveaway April 29 - Rockin' Book Reviews - review of The Berlin Package / guest post / giveaway May 2 - A Book Geek - review of The Berlin Package May 2 - The World As I See It - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 3 - Deal Sharing Aunt - review of Murder on Safari / giveaway May 4 - Jaquo Lifestyle Magazine - review of The Berlin Package May 4 - fuonlyknew - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 5 - Sahar's Blog - review of Murder on Safari May 5 - First Impressions Reviews - review of The Berlin Package May 6 - Heidi's Wanderings - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 6 - Create With Joy - review of Murder on Safari / giveaway May 9 - Mystery Suspense Reviews - guest post May 9 - 3 Partners in Shopping - review of The Berlin Package May 10 - Library of Clean Reads - review of Murder on Safari / giveaway May 10 - Working Mommy Journal - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 11 - Readers' Muse - review of Murder on Safari / guest post May 12 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of Murder on Safari / interview / giveaway May 12 - Sahar's Blog - review of The Berlin Package May 13 - Olio by Marilyn - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 16 - Olivia's Catastrophe - review of Murder on Safari May 16 - Ali - The Dragon Slayer - book spotlight / guest post / giveaway May 17 - Books Reviews, Nature Photos - review of Murder on Safari May 17 - Library of Clean Reads - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 17 - Deal Sharing Aunt - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 18 - Cover2Cover - review of Murder on Safari / giveaway May 18 - Create With Joy - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 18 - Book and Ink - review of Murder on Safari / giveaway May 19 - Readers' Muse - review of The Berlin Package May 19 - Seasons of Opportunities - review of Murder on Safari May 20 - Bookishly Devoted - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 20 - Nighttime Reading Center - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 20 - Book and Ink - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway May 20 - Jessica Cassidy - review of The Berlin Package May 20 - Life as Leels - review of The Berlin Package May 20 - Olivia's Catastrophe - review of The Berlin Package May 25 - Cover2Cover - review of The Berlin Package / giveaway Enter the Giveaway! |
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