Monday, April 27, 2015

Excerpt: Professor Birdsong’s 177 Dumbest Criminal Stories: International by Professor Leonard Birdsong


Professor Birdsong is out with another volume of his Dumbest Criminal stories. And he has done it again! Many of his stories are so funny that they will make you laugh out loud. He has managed to use his expertise and experience in criminal law to bring you 177 more of the most outrageous and dumbest criminal law stories from around the world. This new volume features stories of dumb criminals from China and the Far East, Stories from Around the Indian Ocean basin, Russia and Eastern Europe, the United Kingdom and France, as well as stories from Canada and Mexico. There is the story of a Chinese woman accused of killing a shopkeeper by squeezing his scrotum when he asked her not park her motorbike in front of his shop; her grip was so strong that the man went into shock and died. Then there is the story about a South Korean airline passenger who was not allowed to bring a certain liquid on the plane. She drank the liquid in front of airline officials but refused to swallow. When officials made her spit the liquid into a bucket they found she was attempting to sneak dozens of tadpoles on board. In India we learn about the use of “weapons-grade” spice wherein a group of criminals hijacked a train and freed a fellow gang member by throwing locally made chili powder in the face of police chasing them. They got away with it, too. From Australia there was a 20-year-old thief who stole a tanker truck containing 5,811 gallons of milk and led police on a two hour chase. From Poland we learn of a man who sued his ex-wife for a refund on the $8,000 he had spent on her breast implants. From Germany we find that a well-endowed woman allegedly tried to kill her boyfriend by smothering him with her size 38 DD breasts. Then there is the one about the English man arrested for having sex with his girlfriend’s dog. The stories just go on and on; this book covers just about every silly, unlawful citizens from around the in the globe. The stories are all true stories. Full of his witty “Birdsong” commentary the book is sure to deliver some great laughs. Professor Birdsong presents a wide variety of just plain, dumb criminals that make this anthology worth reading and, will, as previously stated, at times, make you laugh out loud.

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DUMBEST CRIMINALS STORIES FROM AROUND THE INDIAN OCEAN BASIN

European explorers began establishing footholds in the subcontinent of India during the 16th century. By the 19th century, Great Britain had become the dominant political power on the subcontinent. The British Indian Army played a vital role in both World Wars. Years of nonviolent resistance to British rule, led by Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, eventually resulted in Indian independence, which was granted in 1947. Large-scale communal violence took place before and after the subcontinent partition into two separate states – India and Pakistan.

The two neighboring nations have fought three wars since independence, the last of which was in 1971 and resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. Despite pressing problems of overpopulation, excessive poverty environmental degradation, and widespread corruption, economic growth following the launch of economic reforms in 1991 and a massive youthful population are driving India’s emergence as a regional and global democratic power.

Indian law is based on a common law system on the English model. There are separate personal law codes that apply to Muslims, Christians and Hindus.
The highest court is the Supreme Court.

The chief of state is President Pranab Mukherjee since July 22, 2012.
Here are a few dumbest criminal stories.  These come from India and around the Indian Ocean Basin. They are really funny and weird.

INDIA:
INDIA: Weapons-grade spice!  Who knew? A group of criminals hijacked a train and freed a fellow gang member by using local hot chili powder.  The bandits threw the powder in the faces of the police, freed their cohort and fled.

INDIA: Apparently pachyderms and moonshine do not mix well. A pack of drunken elephants tore through an Indian village after they got into 500 gallons of moonshine.  The elephants destroyed 12 homes in Dumurkota, where police and villagers eventually herded the elephants back over a river and onto to their migration route.

INDIA: Just make sure you spell Hitler correctly on the ballot! Among the 345 candidates who had run for the national assembly in the latest election in India are Adolf Lu Hitler, Frankenstein Momin, Billy-Kid Sangma and Jhim Carter Sangma. “Parents get fascinated by names of well-known people but are unaware that some are infamous,” said a local teacher. You think?

AUSTRALIA:

AUSTRALIA: OUCH! What kind of sex was he planning on having?  A man ended up in the hospital emergency room where he surprised doctors when an X-ray found that he had stuck a fork into his penis.  The man had hoped the utensil would serve as a sexual aid. However, since this did not work out doctors removed the fork with lubricant and forceps. OUCH! OUCH!



Friday, April 24, 2015

Cover Reveal and Pre-Order Worth of Souls by Bonnie R Paulson

WORTHOFSOULSbanner We are so excited to share the covers for this amazing series - Worth of Souls. The first book will be released July 6, book 2 July 8, and book 3 July 10 but you can pre-order NOW so they come to your eReader the day of release!

Cost of Survival, Book #1

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Anger isn’t an emotion anymore, it’s more of a survival mode I can’t afford to let go.
My dad predicted World War III would happen in his life, but he died two years before… with my brother…
…before Mom and I walked in search of refuge from the bombing.
Strengthened by her faith, Mom never feels alone. But me? I don’t know what to believe or where to turn. Someone once said keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but I disagree. Friends scare me the most. They know me and my mom. Nothing about them is safe.
The ones in charge… Control everything…
Crud, I’ve started crying because I’m scared I won’t survive World War III. But a bigger part of me is scared I will.
My mom is bleeding in my arms and she’s making me promise to follow her three rules.
Pray. Don’t trust anyone. Stay alive.
How long do I need to break all three?

Exchange Rate, Book #2

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I’m pregnant and I couldn’t be more excited. But the community Bodey, his dad, and I live in has rules. Rules that make Mom’s rules seem like safety nets.
Only 200 people are allowed at a time. My baby will make it 201.
The leader is making me choose someone from our house to die so there will be room for my child. Either I make the decision or they take… my…
Even in the craziness that the world has become, I refuse to believe only 200 can live in it at once.
The “community” is safe-ish, comfortable. We have food, warmth, and there isn’t immediate danger of being robbed while we sleep.
Doesn’t it make sense we’d have to exchange something for all that?
I’ve survived this long. Maybe that’s enough. Maybe I should die so my family can live. Or maybe I can get through the lines and find a people worth sacrificing for.

Worth of Souls, Book #3

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Running for my life and six months pregnant, I’m terrified but confident in my decisions.With my love and family behind me, captured by the same man who chases me, I have only a small window to find help. The baby needs to come out eventually.Nobody said the end of the world would define people so much. Everywhere I turn I have to prove my worth. Mom was gone before I learned my value lay in my eyes. Not others. But how would that save Bodey? How could my worth change how the world me spins?If I can’t figure it out, everyone I love will die, trapped in a place where even following the rules won’t protect us. Amazon iBooks Nook Kobo   



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Bonnie R. Paulson mixes her science and medical background with reality and possibilities to make even myths seem likely and give every romance the genetic strength to survive. Bonnie has discovered a dark and twisty turn in her writing that she hopes you enjoy as much as she has enjoyed uncovering it. Dirt biking with her family in the Northwest keeps her sane. Follow on: Facebook / Blog / Twitter / Goodreads / Newsletter / Literary Addicts / Amazon

Monday, April 20, 2015

Jill Cooper YA Series Celebration

jill ya celeb giveaway Author Jill Cooper just released her second novel in the Rewind Agency Series, Plugged and is currently writing the third novel, Detached. To celebrate her awesome YA series she decided to giveaway a fantastic Lit-Cube that is YA themed! If you haven't heard of Lit-Cube its a very fun company that feeds a hopeless book geek who needs a monthly fix! As the owner says: because book geeks deserve awesome subscription boxes too!
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Lara Crane is stuck in her mind, in an indefinite stream of timelines where her life is perfect, just the way she wants it to be. But it's not real. It's all made up to give those who want to use time travel for their own personal ambitions. To give time to finish their experiments and turn Lara into a deadly time travel assassin.
If Lara wants to survive and to stop them, she needs to risk her own mind and soul to get out of a prison so perfect it completes the one dream Lara has always had.
Family.
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jillcooperAbout the Author:

I could write this in the third person. I could tell you what I like, where I was born, and what my favorite things are.

But instead, I'll say I don't want to write like everyone else. I don't want to craft stories you've read a thousand times before. I want my novels to be a cinematic experience, blending themes, genres, and situations unlike any you've ever read.

I want to break the rules. I want you to break out in a cold sweat as you read my books out of fear, love, and excitement. I want my books to be an experience. When you finish, I want you to feel something. Good or bad.

If you do, then I'll have succeeded. If not, I'll keep trying. Website | Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter | Literary Addicts | Goodreads | Tsu   Giveaway ends 4/28/15 at 11:59 EST. Continental US only please, 18+ to enter. a Rafflecopter giveaway

Review: Diet Enlightenment by Rachel Pires



About the Author

Rachel L. Pires was born in Connecticut, and grew up in Princeton Junction, New Jersey. Rachel graduated from Boston University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications and Public Relations. After college, Rachel moved to Los Angeles where she worked at 
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and Ionic Media. She is currently a writer for Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Princeton, New Jersey, and lives with her husband and son. She is a new mom!

Rachel is the author of Diet Enlightenment, which released in April of 2014. She is also a weight loss advisor and a contributing writer for Livestrong.com Weightloss Blogs.

In her free time, Rachel is a dancer (Salsa, Flamenco, Hip Hop, and Jazz), an advanced PADI certified scuba diver, and a 2nd degree black in Taekwondo.

After years of personally struggling with weightloss and binge-eating, and then overcoming it and becoming an enlightened dieter, it is now her mission to help men and women discover how easy weight loss and maintenance can be with the right approach.

My Review:

We all have been there Diets, most people fight to lose a few points or a lot. I have been there too, tried so many ways, but not a lot of luck. the Author was there too and found  way with common sense to lose weight. the  book will explain and help you find the way. It is well written and of course diets or plans will not work for every single person on earth because we are ll different This book will however have a result for many. I recommend it, I lost 10 pounds already.  Good luck on your lose weight journey

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Review The Andromedans by Elizabeth Lang


Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find out who you really are.
After being kidnapped by a bounty hunter and getting mixed up with a band of rebels, Adrian and Kali are finally together. They find a quiet corner of the galaxy to live in peace and…who are we kidding…
Just when they think it’s safe, the unthinkable happens. Adrian, a man who prides himself on the perfect mind, loses everything, forcing Kali to revisit what she is willing to do in order to save him, and this time the stakes are even higher. Not only does Adrian’s life hang in the balance but the survival of two galaxies.
Just who are these Andromedans and why are they willing to go to such lengths to destroy us? What do they want with Adrian? And who is crazy enough to go to the Andromedan galaxy to rescue him?

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My Review:

After reading the first two books, i couldn't wait for this one, it did not disappoint. It picks right up where second book ended, it answers questions you might have about the second book, which ended open.
Kali gets a lot of help to set Adrian free,  Kali can't stop wondering what the  Andromedans and Adrian have with each other, Love the characters in this story, one with a lot of twists it is well written and you can feel the characters are good friends.  All in all great sci Fi series

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Spring into Books Dianne Venetta - Not without you +review

notwithoutyou-197x300 Grad student, Lisa Richardson, scours the high country in search of her beloved boreal toad. The amphibian is in danger of extinction, a fate she is determined to change. Single-minded in her focus, Lisa doesn’t realize that she’s being followed by a mysterious stranger. Enter McIntyre Walsh. Ex-marine with a heart of gold, this man lives and breathes duty. Protection. Content with his self-exile on a mountaintop in Colorado, he inadvertently witnesses a female hiker in danger, a situation he cannot ignore yet is unable to rectify. When their paths cross, Lisa and Walsh refuse to stray from their avowed goals and carry on–despite the other. It isn’t until a killer ramps up his game that both are forced to relent. Battling the rugged terrain of the Rocky Mountains and an undeniable attraction between them, Lisa and Walsh must work together against the odds if they intend to get off the mountain alive.
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My review:

Lisa is a student researching a Toad that is in danger of extinction, she is send to the Rockie Mountains to look into them. she doesn't realize that there is a killer on the lose in the mountains who is targeting female climbers. And then there is McIntyre Walsh a Marine fresh out of Afghanistan who is seeking quiet time and peace in the mountains. McIntyre sees Lisa climbing and then realizes that someone is following her, He is doing everything he can to get to her and protect her.
He soon finds out that Lisa is stubborn and determine to finish her assignment. they have to work together to stay safe and alive. the end will surprise you!

Great mystery with adventure feeling and a little romance, loved the way it is written, can't wait to read more from the hand of Dianne.


About Dianne - Dianne lives in Central Florida with her husband, two children and part-time Yellow Lab--Cody-body! When not whacking away at her keyboard crafting her next novel you'll find her in their organic garden chasing grasshoppers and plucking hornworms all while drawing wild analogies between kids and plants and men. Definitely men. A girl's gotta have fun, right? When she's not knee-deep in dirt or romance, Dianne contributes garden advice for various websites and volunteers in school gardens (a crazy existence to be sure). But at the end of the day, if she can inspire someone to stop and smell the roses--or rosemary!—kiss their child and spouse good-night, be kind to a neighbor and Mother Earth, then she's done all right. 

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Review: Plugged: A Rewind Agency Novel (The Rewind Agency Book 2) by Jill Cooper



Lara Crane is stuck in her mind, in an indefinite stream of timelines where her life is perfect, just the way she wants it to be. But it’s not real. It’s all made up to give those who want to use time travel for their own personal ambitions. To give time to finish their experiments and turn Lara into a deadly time travel assassin.
If Lara wants to survive and to stop them, she needs to risk her own mind and soul to get out of a prison so perfect it completes the one dream Lara has always had.


My review:

Lara is in a horrible place, held in a box and experiments run with her without a end in sight, Lara can time travel and ever since they found out, they use her against her will. Only way to get away from it, is giving in into their demands, something Lara doesn't want to, but she has no  choice. if she wants to get away from all of that and get justice.....

Awesome book, read it in one sit, loved how it was written, loved Lara and was routing for her!! great story line! 


Review: Resisting Redemption by Bonnie Paulson


This is the third book in a series where the plot points carry over. All plot points will be resolved by book FIVE – the end of the series.sasa
This is a sweet style romance.
With her heart at war with her mind, Lisa’s need to chase dangerous fun over boring responsibilities tugs at her emotions. Love is the last thing she expects to find, especially with her past revolting against her future.
The only love Ryan’s heart has room for is for his motherless son. But, when he finds himself yearning for Lisa, Ryan has to convince himself and her that he’s all the thrill she’ll ever need.
Will Lisa’s past destroy their future before either of them can accept the true meaning of love?

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My Review:

This is the third book in the series of five books I very much enjoy them, in this book it is all about Lisa, who wasn't the most likable girl. In this book she will make you love her, Lisa is starting as therapist for Ryan's son, she is doing an awesome job. Lisa would like to win Ryan's heart, Ryan however hardened by life and disappointments. Only feels love for his son will he ever let Lisa into his heart  and their lives??? read that for yourself, I promise it is worth it,


Sunday, April 5, 2015

Win a Paperback copy od Death Dealer by Rane Sjodin

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Copyright © 2013 by Rane Sjodin eBook ISBN: 978-0-9899610-0-4 Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9899610-1-1 Full Length Novel. Release Date 10/29/2013.
  • Blurb:
My name is Cimmerian. I’m a dragon shifter living in New Orleans. Someone is screwing up my pre-Mardi Gras plans by leaving mutilated human bodies all over town. I have to find out whether or not a demon is behind this. If so, are they building a human to animate with demon magic? If not, we have a human serial killer just in time for the town to flood with tourists. Things were so much quieter on vacation. Damn, I’m glad to be back at work. Read an Excerpt Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000026_00028] Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000026_00028] CandyManDelivery_BoxSet Graylin Rane Fox / Rane Sjodin is a fantasy, and suspense author and poet. She began writing poetry in 1993 with her first poem published in 1995. In 2008, her characters demanded a larger format and she began to expand her stories into the short fiction market. Rane Sjodin: Dark Urban Fantasy is a passion of Rane’s. 
Her Arcane Court Series began with Death Dealer in 2013 and Red Lady in 2014. 
Shadowed Vengeance, the third in the main series will be out in October 2015. 
A standalone novella, Puberty is a Demon, will be published in July of 2015. 
Graylin Fox: Decadent Publishing published, Coming Home, an urban fantasy 1/1/11. 
Smolder is a contemporary romantic suspense and Your Biggest Fan is contemporary suspense about a young woman obsessed with a boy band. 
Her short story series, Summer Fae, became a full length novel; Contessa: Princess of the Summer Fae in 2014. 
There is a gargoyle series in the works, the first as-of-yet-unnamed novel will be released in 2016. Graylin Rane: Candy Man Delivery Service Stories, some in conjunction with the Red Hot authors begun in January 2014. 
All six stories are available for 99 cents at eBook retailers. She lives close to the beach where she practices psychology during the week. Her life is full of friends, family, and four-legged furry creatures.     

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Friday, April 3, 2015

Review: An Event to Remember by Melissa Baldwin


Sienna Harris is a girl with a plan. Her days of slaving away at Carrie’s Classic Events and More are numbered as she is on the brink of launching her own event planning company. Her relationship with Luke Price is headed in the right direction and they are approaching their one-year mark. The future is looking bright and she knows that life could not get any better . . . That is until her perfectly planned world is thrown upside down by the unexpected arrival of someone from Luke’s past.
She receives the shock of her life on the night of the biggest event of her career. Sienna will now have to pull it all together without a list or a plan. The question is, can she do it?

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Sienna is a event planner who loves her job if it wasn't that her boss did absolutely nothing and she everything. Sienna is planning on starting her own business but not till she did this last event for her boss.  And then there is her boyfriend, loving, sweet but not perfect. Sienna is ready to move on and get away from her job and boyfriend. Sienna doesn't see how people use her, yet she is very smart too, just not in that area. She has great best friends, Love them. It is all in all a great fun book, which I very much enjoyed!


Thursday, April 2, 2015

The Andomedans Book Tour and Blast

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Sometimes you have to lose yourself to find out who you really are. After being kidnapped by a bounty hunter and getting mixed up with a band of rebels, Adrian and Kali are finally together. They find a quiet corner of the galaxy to live in peace and...who are we kidding... Just when they think it's safe, the unthinkable happens. Adrian, a man who prides himself on the perfect mind, loses everything, forcing Kali to revisit what she is willing to do in order to save him, and this time the stakes are even higher. Not only does Adrian's life hang in the balance but the survival of two galaxies. Just who are these Andromedans and why are they willing to go to such lengths to destroy us? What do they want with Adrian? And who is crazy enough to go to the Andromedan galaxy to rescue him?

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About the author: Elizabeth Lang is first and foremost, a geek with the obligatory love of science fiction and fantasy. She spent most of her life in the computer industry designing computer systems for world domination the mundane industry of life insurance, which is surprisingly, not as exciting as it sounds. Now she creates enchanted worlds of magic, explores the human condition in the light of future technology and civilizations, and dreams about world domination. Or at least, some of her characters do. Her first book, The Empire was fortunate enough to be a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and she has never looked back.   Author Social Media Webpage: www.elizabeth-lang.com Facebook: Elizabeth Lang Twitter: @Elizabeth_Lang Pinterest: Elizabeth Lang   

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