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REEFER SANITY News!

Tuesday, August 6th, 2019

NEW OP-ED FROM KEVIN SABET ABOUT THE DANGERS OF MOVING TOO FAST ON MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

“The House of Representative threw a pot party in Washington under the guise of a hearing on the racial impact of marijuana laws. Shamefully, Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler refused to allow groups opposed to the mass commercialization of marijuana to participate.

Equally disturbing was the behavior of ranking Republican Doug Collins, who refused to invite witnesses who could offer a counterpoint to Big Marijuana and its Big Tobacco investors.

Had these lawmakers not bought the industry’s propaganda and allowed the committee to hear opposing viewpoints, they would have heard the truth about how an addiction-for-profit industry has been targeting and victimizing minority communities across the country, not providing social justice.

The reality is that marijuana legalization is going too far, too fast. We need to press pause.”

Kevin A. Sabet is the author of Reefer Sanity. A former Senior Advisor in President Obama’s drug policy office, Sabet now directs the Institute on Drug Policy at UF and is a consultant working with governments, NGOs, the media, and other organizations on a wide range of drug policy issues.

To read the full article, click here.

For more information about Reefer Sanity, click here.

Always Wandering, Never Lost

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

Hello Readers!

This summer has been a whirlwind of exciting things, both at work and outside of it. One of my favorite things about New York City is that there’s always something new to explore. I spent every weekend hopping from park to thrift shop to ice cream place and I definitely haven’t been everywhere! Maybe it’s only because I’m here for the summer, but I feel like I could stay for years and still discover new and interesting places every week. Even simple things like walking up 6^th avenue instead of 5^th on the way to work change the experience of a day so much. Not to say that a one-block difference is as far afield as I went this summer—quite the opposite. I went all the way up to the Cloisters and down to Coney Island, exploring pretty much every bookstore I passed along the way. As much as I loved the things I planned (the Coney Island Cyclone holds up to the hype!), some of my favorite things happened purely by chance, like stumbling across a street fair or seeing the same adorable dog on the subway and later on Governor’s Island. From conceptual ice cream bars to hole-in-the-wall record stores, I never knew what to expect when I set out wandering.

In much the same way, I never knew quite what to expect when I came into the Beaufort & Spencer Hill office—and I’m just as happy about that! From visiting printers to proofreading manuscripts to hunting down addresses for reviewers, it’s been a busy summer, and I’ve enjoyed it all. I came in thinking I wanted to go into publishing, but now I know I do. I like the everyday chaos of working at a small publisher, from first submissions, corrections, and cover design, to ARC buzz, the excitement of pub date, and royalty statements. This might be a bit obvious, but it really does give me an appreciation for how many little projects go into the making of every book on my shelf. And I’ve not only gotten to see how things work, I’ve gotten to do many of them. I came up with keywords to help our titles be found in search. I’ve helped out with submissions. I finally learned how to use Instagram and Twitter! I’ve learned a lot this summer and I’m genuinely excited to explore the industry further.

When I go back to school in a couple of weeks, I know I’ll miss a lot about New York (like the many excellent restaurants on my block), but hopefully I’ll be back one day. And until then, I can always read about it in one of many fantastic books.

Sea you sometime,

Beauseidon

This is a shared blog post for Beaufort Books and Spencer Hill Press.

THE WOMAN IN THE PARK News!

Thursday, July 18th, 2019

KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW

“In Sorkin and Holmqvist’s debut thriller, a married woman meets an alluring stranger and later becomes a criminal suspect.

“Manhattanite Sarah Rock is certain that her husband, Eric,has been having an affair with his co-worker, Juliette. Sarah, who has suffered from depression in the past, is experiencing “blackout periods” and having nightmares about her spouse and his suspected mistress. As a result, she’s been seeing a therapist, Helena Robin, for months. With her two children away at boarding school, Sarah feels like she’s lost her sense of purpose. Then one day in Central Park, she meets a handsome, charming man named Lawrence.Despite the brevity of their initial, platonic encounter, Sarah can’t get the stranger off her mind, and subsequent park bench rendezvous quickly lead to an affair. Weeks later, the police visit Sarah to ask her questions about a missing person case. They’re looking for a woman whom Sarah has seen at the park; it turns out that Lawrence may have a connection to her, so Sarah is reluctant to tell the cops anything. More bombshells follow, and after the cops accuse Sarah of a very serious crime, she starts to realize that her sense of reality may be distorted. The authors’ sharply written and persistently tense tale is divided into two parts: the first follows Sarah’s growing relationship with Lawrence, and the latter offers a series of shocking revelations. Throughout, Sarah is an enigmatic, continually evolving protagonist. Readers are privy to Dr. Robin’s periodic notes, for example, which make it clear that Sarah has something buried in her past. Still, Sarah remains sympathetic, as her candid perspective makes her eventual paranoia seem reasonable. Her emotional responses are raw and convincing, as when she cries alone in a parking lot or examines her body for presumed flaws. Some readers will likely foresee a major plot turn before Sarah does, but her valiant attempts to make sense of what’s happening spark unexpected twists.

“A delightfully complex mystery with a compelling protagonist.”

The review is posted here, and more info on THE WOMAN IN THE PARK can be found here.

THE BOTTOM-UP REVOLUTION News!

Tuesday, July 16th, 2019

REVIEW: THE BOTTOM-UP REVOLUTION: ROB KALL’S NEW BOOK FOR ACTIVIST TEACHERS – AND THE REST OF US

“…Kall’s Bottom-Up Revolution: Mastering the Emerging World of Connectivity is a perfect text for secondary and post-secondary courses in history, sociology, political science, critical thinking, writing, and even economics.”

“For Rob Kall, benefitting from the perspective of the world’s conscientized majority, and reading their philosophers, theologians, activists, and social analysts can turn perspectives upside-down. It can change understandings of history, economics, politics – and even of theology and God-talk.”

“Such upside-down vision forms the heart of The Bottom-Up Revolution. Its down-to-earth explanations and practical, encyclopedic guidelines make it an indispensable source for teachers of critical thinking and their students as well as for activists and community organizers.”

“… it’s a source I wish I had at my disposal when I was teaching peace and social justice studies. Secondary and post-secondary teachers should adopt it for the fall semester, 2019.”

To read the full article, click here.

For more on The Bottom-Up Revolution, click here.

THE WOMAN IN THE PARK News!

Tuesday, July 16th, 2019

SHELF AWARENESS BOOK TRAILER OF THE DAY

The book trailer for THE WOMAN IN THE PARK was selected as the Shelf Awareness Book Trailer of the Day!

Shelf Awareness develops and distributes e-newsletters about books and the publishing industry. To learn more about Shelf Awareness, click here.

To view the book trailer, click here.

For more on The Woman in the Park, click here.

UNLIKELY PILGRIM News!

Tuesday, July 16th, 2019

REVIEW: UNLIKELY PILGRIM IS ONE CONVERT’S INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

“Ninety years ago, Evelyn Waugh wrote a travel book called Remote People. You couldn’t do that today. Those remote people are now your Facebook friends. But Al Regnery has found a way to write a travel book about remote places that will never be mentioned in the New York Times travel section. That’s because he visited ancient Christian sites in Europe and the Middle East and wrote about them in a wonderful new book, Unlikely Pilgrim (Beaufort Books, 2019).”

“What drew the author to the obscure churches and monasteries he visited was a growing Christian faith, and during his travels, he converted to Catholicism. The book describes a spiritual odyssey, as well as an account of visits to remote places, that takes it out of the realm of ordinary travel books, and makes it a classic that deserves to be long remembered.”

To read the full review, click here.

For more about the book, click here.

THE WOMAN IN THE PARK News!

Tuesday, July 9th, 2019

Interview: “Romantic Desperation and Erotomania in The Woman in the Park“

Rebecca Coffey of Psychology Today interviews Teresa Sorkin and Tullan Holmqvist!

Q: The Woman in the Park is full of the kind of murder mystery surprises that were everywhere in Gone Girl. And, like Gone Girl, your book is about women and madness. As you wrote, did you keep in mind great mad heroines from literary history like Medea, Anna Karenina, and Ophelia? (“Frailty, thy name is woman,” Hamlet said.) And of course the madness of The Woman in the Park hearkens to the murderous insanity of Thérèse in Thérèse Raquin, which is the nineteenth century novel that your book’s protagonist is reading. Each chapter of your novel begins with an excerpt from the nineteenth century one. Tell me whether great literature about madness and women inspired you. And if so, how did it?

A: One of the books that we two authors had in common as favorites was Thérèse Raquin. The character was so misunderstood and mad. She evoked a feeling of loneliness that we wanted to portray. Many great works of literature were about madness and women.

Teresa Sorkin: One of my favorite characters of all time, Jay Gatsby, exhibited moments of delusion. He had delusion of grandeur and some erotomania towards Daisy. She was a bit mad, as well. As Lawrence says in the novel. “Isn’t all passion mixed with madness at times?” Tullan and I feel that is true in life as well as in literature.

Tullan Holmqvist: I’ve been inspired by many “mad” characters in literature, theater and film. In particular, Shakespeare, the Greek dramatists, and Ingmar Bergman have made strong impressions on me. I grew up discussing and reading a lot about the human psyche and the nature of human beings with my mother, who was a psychotherapist. She surrounded us with interesting thinkers, artists, and writers. I’ve always been interested in why humans behave the way they do. I ask a lot of questions and am interested in both the light and dark side of life.

To read the full interview, click here.

To learn more about The Woman in the Park, click here.

REFLECTIONS ON A LIFE IN EXILE News!

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019

AUTHOR J. F. RIORDAN READS ESSAY “THE PERILS OF PUBLIC MUSIC” ON WUWM 89.7

“Lake Effect essayist J.F. Riordan travels a lot for work. And as she explains in her essay, The Perils of Public Music, she’d just like a little peace and quiet on the road.”

J.F. Riordan is the author of the North of the Tension Line series, as well as her latest book, a series of essays called Reflections on a Life in Exile.

To hear Riordan read the essay, click here.

For more information on Reflections, click here.

RED HOTEL News!

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019

Interview: “The Future of Travel, With Former Marriott President and Author, Ed Fuller”

Author Ed Fuller was interviewed by Candice Georgiadis for Thrive Global!

Click here to read the article and click here for more information about RED Hotel!

11 PRINCIPLES OF A REAGAN CONSERVATIVE News!

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019

Allman in the Morning Radio Show: Interview with Paul Kengor

Author Paul Kengor, Ph.D. will be interviewed on Allman in the Morning about his book 11 Principles of a Reagan Conservative. Tune in at 8:30 AM on July 10th!

Allman in the Morning has featured interviews from many voices in the world of politics. The show airs from 6-10 AM on 1380 AM and 103.5 FM The Answer in the St. Louis, MO area.

For more information about the show, click here.

For more information about the book, click here.

UNLIKELY PILGRIM News!

Monday, July 1st, 2019

It’s A New Day Radio Show: An Interview with Alfred Regnery

Author Al Regnery will be discussing his book, Unlikely Pilgrim on It’s A New Day Radio Show on July 8th. Make sure to tune in!

It’s A New Day covers local, regional, national and international news and topics of interest on a wide variety of subjects. The show features commentary and informative interviews with noteworthy guests from this area and around the world which you won’t hear anywhere else. Callers are welcome to share their views.

For more information, click here.

For more information on the author, click here.

THE EAST END News!

Wednesday, June 26th, 2019

WKPT Radio: “New Books for July 2019“

Radio station (WKPT) will be broadcasting an upcoming show entitled “New books for July 2019”. They are planning a review of the latest release from Webb Hubbell entitled The East End.

Tune in on Tuesday, July 16th @ 10:04 AM. 4 copies will be given away as part of the mid-morning radio contest!

WKPT Radio Network (and ESPN) broadcasts in East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, and Western North Carolina via AM 1400, AM 1490, AM 1590, FM 94.3, FM 97.7, and FM 98.1.

For more information about the station, click here.

For more information about the book, click here.

RED HOTEL News!

Wednesday, June 26th, 2019

Midwest Book Review: Wisconsin Bookwatch, A Review

Synopsis: When a bomb rips the facade off the Kensington Hotel in Tokyo, dozens are killed and injured while one man walks calmly away from the wreckage, a coy smile playing on his lips.

Former Army intelligence officer Dan Reilly, now an international hotel executive with high level access to the CIA, makes it his mission to track him down. He begins a jet-setting search for answers as the clock ticks down to a climactic event that threatens NATO and the very security of member nations.

Reilly begins mining old contacts and resources in an effort to delve deeper into the motive behind these attacks, and fast. Through his connections he learns that the Tokyo bomber is not acting alone. But the organization behind the perpetrator is not who they expect.

Facilitated by the official government from a fearsome global superpower, the implications and reasons for these attacks are well beyond anything Reilly or his sources in the CIA and State Department could have imagined, and point not to random acts of terror, but calculated acts of war. RED Hotel is an incredibly timely globe-trotting thriller that’s fiction on the edge of reality.

Critique: In an inherently riveting plot that could well be ripped from tomorrow’s newspaper headlines, “RED Hotel” showcases the effective collaboration between co-authors Gary Grossman and Ed Fuller.

While especially and unreservedly recommended for community library Contemporary General Fiction collections, it should be noted for personal reading lists that “RED Hotel” is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $11.49) and as a complete and unabridged audio book (Brilliance Audio, 9781978691605, $14.99, CD)

For more on the Wisconsin Bookwatch, click here.

For more information about the book, click here.

UNLIKELY PILGRIM News!

Monday, June 24th, 2019

The Armstrong Williams Show: An Interview with Alfred Regnery

Author Al Regnery will be discussing his book, Unlikely Pilgrim on The Armstrong Williams Show on June 27.

Armstrong Williams is a pugnacious, provocative and principled voice for conservative and Christian values in America’s public debate.

The Armstrong Williams Show airs live every Monday through Friday from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST on Sirius XM Urban View Channel 126 .

To listen, click here.

For more information about the book, click here.

THE WOMAN IN THE PARK News!

Monday, June 24th, 2019

Tar-Heeled Reader: A Review

“Oh my, what a whirlwind of a read and so tense! Sarah Rock meets a stranger in the park. She needs to get away from her life and all the overwhelming baggage she is juggling right now, and this handsome fellow may be her ticket out.

“Then, a woman goes missing in the park, and Sarah is a suspect. Everyone turns on her including her husband and therapist, and now her lover is also missing.

“I was on the edge of my seat wondering what was true versus lies. The Woman in the Park is a quick read, one that is perfectly paced, original, and shocking. I can’t say too much more because I don’t want to give anything away.

“Sorkin and Holmqvist write seamlessly, and their debut novel, The Woman in the Park, is an utterly captivating read.” -Jennifer

For more information about the book, click here.