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Monday, July 10th, 2023

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Series on Sale

North of the Tension Line series by J.F. Riordan

North of the Tension Line

Audacity of Goats

Robert’s Rules

A Small Earnest Question

The Red Hotel series by Ed Fuller and Gary Grossman

Red Hotel

Red Deception

Red Chaos

Jack Patterson series by Webb Hubbell

When Men Betray

Ginger Snaps

A Game of Inches

The Eighteenth Green

The East End

The Adventures of Bubba Jones by Jeff Alt

Great Smoky Mountains (#1)

Shenandoah National Park (#2)

Acadia National Park (#3)

Grand Canyon (#4)

Yellowstone (#5)


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THE ADVENTURES OF BUBBA JONES News!

Wednesday, April 21st, 2021

The Adventures of Bubba Jones #4 was included in the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators’ recommended reading list of “Books that Celebrate the Earth

The fourth book in Jeff Alt’s award-winning series follows the beloved time-traveling siblings as they uncover amazing facts about the Grand Canyon while on a mission to solve a park mystery. They encounter all sorts of wild creatures and plants, meet the people involved in the establishment of the national park, learn about the Native Americans that call this land home, and unravel some of the park’s secrets.

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GET YOUR KIDS HIKING News!

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

U.S. News: 20 Fun Things to Do in Your Free Time That Cost Nothing

Jeff Alt, author of Get Your Kids Hiking, A Walk for Sunshine, Four Boots One Journey, and the Adventures of Bubba Jones series, was quoted in the following excerpt from U.S. News.

Go on a Nature Hike

Get out of your home and into the great outdoors. Although some nature parks have admission fees, it’s often free. AllTrails.com is a good website to check out to find trails near you. And if you’re a camper, this may be an excellent time to plot a route and pitch a tent.

“Putting one foot in front of the other on a hike is one of the least expensive and healthiest forms of recreation there is. You can find a recreation area just about anywhere, and after you acquire the essentials, the gear will last a long time,” says Jeff Alt, a Cincinnati-based author of numerous hiking books, including “A Walk for Sunshine” and “Get Your Kids Hiking.”

“Much research has emerged about the mental health benefits of walking and immersion in nature. A walk in the woods keeps my body fit, enhances my positive thoughts, inspires my creativity and helps to de-stress me from the daily grind,” Alt says.

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The Adventures of Bubba Jones #4 Book Signing with Jeff Alt

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Jeff Alt, local author, will sign his new 4th book in his National Park children’s book series, The Adventures of Bubba Jones: Time Traveling Through Grand Canyon National Park; using COVID safe protocols (outside in open air, plexiglass table shield and other safety guidelines).

Live Radio Interview with Jeff Alt

Friday, September 18th, 2020

Jeff Alt joins Outdoor Life Radio in Cincinnati (89.3 FM) to discuss his new book, The Adventures of Bubba Jones #4, and the entire Bubba Jones series.

THE ADVENTURES OF BUBBA JONES #4 News!

Thursday, September 17th, 2020

Midwest Book Review: Environmental Shelf

Tommy “Bubba Jones” and his sister, Jenny “Hug-a-Bug,” uncover amazing facts about the Grand Canyon while on a mission to solve a park mystery. This is no ordinary brother and sister duo; they are part of a legendary time travel family with a mission to preserve and protect our national parks and have developed a reputation for solving mysteries. As they time travel back hundreds, thousands, and millions of years, they not only learn about the past, but also experience it. They encounter all sorts wild creatures and plants, meet the people involved in the establishment of the national park, learn about the Native Americans that call this land home, and unravel some of the park’s secrets.

The fourth book of this award-winning national park series by author/storyteller Jeff Alt, “The Adventures of Bubba Jones: Grand Canyon National Park” is an inherently fun and impressively informative read and one that is especially and unreservedly recommended for family, elementary school, middle school, and community library collections for young readers ages 8-12. It should be noted for personal reading lists that “The Adventures of Bubba Jones: Grand Canyon National Park” is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $4.99).

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THE ADVENTURES OF BUBBA JONES #4 News!

Wednesday, September 9th, 2020

The Arizona Daily Sun Review: Through the ages and for all ages: Time traveling Bubba Jones series arrives at Grand Canyon

Did you know that there are 92 mammals, 447 types of birds, 22 species of bats and 58 reptiles in Grand Canyon? Or that Kaibab is a Paiute word meaning “mountain turned upside down” and what the tribe calls the Grand Canyon? Or that Phantom Ranch used to have a swimming pool?

These facts are just a handful in The Adventures of Bubba Jones 4: Time Travelling Through Grand Canyon National Park, the newest in award-winning author Jeff Alt’s national park series. From thousands of feet of rock layers to the Civilian Conservation Corps-installed phone line at the bottom of the canyon, Bubba Jones makes learning engaging and immersive. And, though it’s marketed for ages 8-12, like the best children’s literature, this storyhas something for all ages.

The Adventures of Bubba Jones starts on the roaring Colorado River. Here Bubba’s grandpa “Papa” Lewis, dad Clark and sister Hug-a-Bug encounter geologist and explorer John Wesley Powell as an experienced Papa Lewis ferries their wooden boat through dangerous rapids.

What makes this impossible sighting possible is that young Bubba can time travel.  In fact, what sets the entire Bubba Jones series apart is that he and his family can hop through history at a whim. What better educational tool than a little magic that makes young readers feel as if they are actually present for historical moments, important figures more than just a name on a textbook page.  

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THE ADVENTURES OF BUBBA JONES #4 News!

Friday, September 4th, 2020

Motherhood Moment Book Review: The Adventures of Bubba Jones – Time Traveling Through Grand Canyon National Park

I recently had a chance to review The Adventures of Bubba Jones – Time Traveling Through Grand Canyon National Park. It is an award-winning book series that crisscrosses the country, taking kids on an educational, time-traveling adventure through America’s beloved National Parks, and the fourth book in the series.

Each book in the series, written for middle grades, combines education with entertainment in a thrill-packed journey through time loaded with fun facts about history, ecology, and science about the park and its inhabitants. The time travel adds an imaginative aspect to the story, helping kids engage more than they would in just a history book. It includes history, science, and mystery, and kids who love travel, suspense, or nature will enjoy the book.

The Adventures of Bubba Jones is jam-packed with fun family activities that can serve as your “insiders guide” for your own Grand Canyon adventure. As Jeff Alt wrote this book, he explored Grand Canyon National Park and collaborated with park officials and experts in order to include accurate park facts and the most highly recommended family-friendly Grand Canyon activities; and yes, you can go back in time by taking a stroll on the Trail of Time Walk on the south rim. Everything the Jones family does on their Grand Canyon adventure is highlighted on the map in the back of this book to help you plan your trip. The Curriculum Guide & Discussion Questions are a bonus for educators.

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GET YOUR KIDS HIKING News!

Monday, August 24th, 2020

Families encouraged to get out and explore the outdoors, with COVID-19 precautions

With the stress and pressures of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, one teacher and author is encouraging families to get out and enjoy the outdoors.

Jeff Alt is the author of ‘Get Your Kids Hiking’ and the young adult national park time travel series, ‘The Adventures of Bubba Jones.’

Alt says, “Due to the pandemic, students, parents, and teachers are having to study and work remotely indoors this fall and maybe into the winter. But excessive screen time is being associated with increased childhood obesity, mental health issues, and even social skill problems.”

Researchers agree that the risk of COVID-19 transmission is lower with outdoor recreation activities.

This all points to the importance and the advantages of walking, hiking, and camping, “as a great way to stay healthy physically and mentally.”

To stay safe from COVID-19 exposure while camping and hiking, Alt reminds families to stay local, be prepared, keep your distance, and be extra cautious in public washrooms.

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THE ADVENTURES OF BUBBA JONES #3 News!

Tuesday, July 28th, 2020

The Adventures of Bubba Jones #3 Named One of “Best Children’s Books for a Trip to Acadia National Park”

I read once that America’s culture is in its nature. And the National Parks are the highlight reel. I love National Parks. The parks themselves, the junior ranger program, the shops, the people that work there – it’s all the best of the best. If anyone asks me how they should spend a family vacation or what they should see while visiting the U.S., I’ll almost always say the National Parks. And while I have a post dedicated to children’s books about all of the parks, why not have a post for each one? Here it is: The best children’s books for a trip to Acadia National Park.

ABOUT ACADIA NATIONAL PARK

Acadia National Park is located on Mount Desert Island on the coast of Maine. The closest major airport is Bangor (BGR), though you can also find good prices to either Portland (PWM), or Manchester (MHT), NH.

You can travel there throughout the year, but you’ll want to travel between spring and fall for the most access. More roads are guaranteed to be open, the shuttle will be running, and ranger-led programs are held.

CHAPTER BOOKS SET IN ACADIA NATIONAL PARK FOR KIDS

The Adventures of Bubba Jones: Time Traveling Through Acadia National Park

by Jeff Alt (Author), Hannah Tuohy (Illustrator)

For kids ages 8 and up

This is book three in the Adventures of Bubba Jones series of National Park-themed chapter books for kids. This time, they’re at Acadia National Park. The characters are fiction, but the place and history are real. A fun read for kids who like to learn about the past of an important place.

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THE ADVENTURES OF BUBBA JONES #4 News!

Thursday, July 23rd, 2020

The Adventures of Bubba Jones #4 Featured in Midwest Book Review

The fourth book in this great award-winning National Park series brings yet more of the excitement, adventure, and history we’ve come to enjoy. Time travel, secret codes, passwords, and discoveries are unraveled first hand by Bubba Jones and his sister Hug-a-Bug. Traveling through time, they experience the wonders, dangers, and people that forged the world as we know it today. Truly a great story that will teach with enthusiasm. Sure to hold interest with its easy conversational tone. It draws and engages the reader. (Ages 9-12)

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A Q&A with Author Jeff Alt

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020

In honor of the upcoming release of The Adventures of Bubba Jones #4, we spoke with Jeff Alt about his inspiration behind the book, what sparked his love of hiking, and why he thinks now is the perfect time to read The Adventures of Bubba Jones series.

BB: Among many other things, you’re hailed as a hiking and camping expert. What first sparked your love of hiking?

JA: My parents helped plant the seed for my love of the outdoors. As a child, they took us kids camping, hiking, and fishing routinely. On one family adventure to the Great Smoky Mountains, my brothers and I packed provisions and hiked up the highest mountain along the Appalachian Trail for the night leaving behind our parents and a cooler full of food. That hike was the toughest hike I had ever done and I still felt it in my muscles a week later. I was so happy to be back with my parents and a cooler full of food the next day, but a feeling of accomplishment remained.  My love for hiking grew from there, which led to my Appalachian Trail expedition and many other long-distance hikes.

BB: The first book in The Adventures of Bubba Jones series was released in 2015, and tells the story of two siblings who travel back in time to our nation’s national parks to solve a family mystery. Can you tell us more about what first inspired this idea?

JA: For me, national parks have been part of my life experience, but many children have never stepped foot in a national park. I also realized that there weren’t a lot of middle-grade books about our national parks. I created this book series to entice kids with cool park facts and exciting adventures so that they would want to go visit each park they read about.  This book series is a fun way to fill the children with facts that they can share with their parents, grandparents, siblings, and friends. The books are loaded with facts to also fill adults with information as they read the series to children as young as five-years-old.

BB: How have events and characters from your own life influenced The Adventures of Bubba Jones series?

JA: My own childhood national park adventures have influenced many of the stories in the series as well as the parks I’ve chosen. The characters in my book series are a loose mix of all the positive family members and friends that have been involved in my own personal outdoor adventures. A very fun aspect of creating fiction is that you can make your characters bigger than life and mold the character to fit your story. 

BB: In each book in The Adventures of Bubba Jones series, you go into detail about the wide variety of plants and animals found in the national parks, as well as recount stories of each park’s first inhabitants. How much research goes into each story?

JA: The Adventures of Bubba Jones books involve several layers of research. Even though we have fictional characters and time travel, all the park facts are accurate. To make the story authentic, I explore each park I write about so I can get a genuine feel for what a family would enjoy (my favorite research step). This particular book was especially enjoyable because my publisher and his son joined me for a Grand Canyon adventure. While in each park, I interview NPS staff, local experts, and historians. I comb through the park museums and attend presentations. I photograph important aspects of the park for later recall. I fact check using websites, books, and articles. Then, my manuscript is edited by park staff and other experts (geologists, historians, etc.) for accuracy. This assures that the reader is getting the most current and up-to-date facts about each park that I visit.

BB: As the setting for Book Four, the Grand Canyon plays an essential role in the story. What made you decide to set book four in the Grand Canyon National Park?

JA: There are 62 National Parks in the U.S. and each one has its own unique attraction. I chose Grand Canyon National Park as book four in my Adventure of Bubba Jones series for several reasons.  

  1. I have fond memories of hiking down to Bright Angel Campground from the South Rim when I was a young teenager while on a camping trip with my family. The night sky looking up from the bottom of the canyon was so amazing that it’s permanently burned in my memory. 
  2. Grand Canyon is considered one of the 7 wonders of the world with stunning views which is also why it’s the second most visited national park in the U.S. and, 
  3. I wanted the challenge of writing a Grand Canyon adventure that would resonate with kids and families. 

BB: If you could be asked any question about the book, what would it be and what is your answer?

JA: Can these books help us plan our Grand Canyon family adventure? Yes!!! All the adventures in the book are family-friendly and considered the best activities to do by park experts. As a matter of fact, the book includes a map and list of all the activities to help you plan your own adventure. The book is a great read-aloud to build excitement for your Grand Canyon adventure.

BB: Why is now the perfect time for children and their parents to start reading The Adventures of Bubba Jones series?

JA: With all the uncertainties due to COVID-19, The Adventures of Bubba Jones series allows you to explore our National Parks through literature and, if you ever travel to any of the parks in the series, it can help you plan your trip because you’ll be loaded with facts and what to do for fun.

Thank you to Jeff Alt for joining us for this Q&A in anticipation of his upcoming book! The Adventures of Bubba Jones: Time Traveling Through Grand Canyon National Park hits bookstore shelves on August 3rd. Pre-order your family’s copy today from Barnes & Noble or IndieBound to start exploring the Grand Canyon with Bubba Jones and his sister Hug-a-Bug!

Hiking Tips for Families

Wednesday, July 15th, 2020

We’re joined by Jeff Alt, author of The Adventures of Bubba Jones series, in anticipation of his latest book, The Adventures of Bubba Jones: Time Traveling Through Grand Canyon National Park. With more and more families looking to experience the outdoors, Alt has provided a few hiking tips, as previously mentioned in his book Get Your Kids Hiking, that families can keep in mind as they set off on their next summer hiking trip.

Scientific evidence has proven that time spent in nature increases your creativity, helps prevent depression, improves your overall health, and is a great way to spend time together. But, a large segment of children have replaced time in nature with tablets, smartphones, and video games.  Excessive screen time is being associated with increased childhood obesity, mental health issues, and even social skill problems. If spending time in nature is key to our children’s health and success, how do we get them into the woods?

Here’s how!

Start’em Young: Ergonomically designed baby carriers make it easy and fun to carry your infant and toddler with you wherever you hike. Walk to your favorite park or beach. Bring a friend. Stop often and let your little one explore. Make your hike a routine your kids will look forward to.

Let the Kids Lead!: Follow the leader! Hike at your child’s pace and distance. Whatever your child takes interest in, stop and explore that bug, leaf, or rock with them. Tell them about the animals, rocks, trees, and flowers. Getting to the destination is less important than making sure your kids have so much fun, they will want to go again and again.

Count Down to the Adventure: Psych the kids up with pictures, videos, and highlights of the places they will go and the things they will see. Use books, magazines, maps, and the Internet, especially park websites and videos showing the spectacular wildlife and locations they will see. 

Bring Water and Food Kids Love: Hand out needed extra energy and water as needed on the trail. Pack their favorite snacks and bring plenty of water. Stop often for a drink and a snack. 

Pack Fun Items: Let young children fill their adventure pack with a bug catcher, magnifying glass, binoculars, a camera, a map and compass, whistle, or flashlight. Let your little adventurer take ownership and pack a few items of his own; even if it’s not hiking-related. 

Play Games and Bring a Friend: Play I Spy using your surroundings as you walk along. Create your own scavenger hunt in search of animals, plants, and views along the way. Make up rhymes and sing songs as you walk. Pack a plant and animal identification guide for your older child. Let your social butterfly bring a friend, with parental permission. Intrigue your computer-savvy child with the high-tech hiking gadgets like a GPS, headlamp, flashlights, and pedometers. Use your GPS and take your kids on a geocaching adventure. 

Take Advantage of Park Activities and Guided Nature Experiences: Utilize and enjoy the amazing services and resources offered by our parks, trail and recreational system and associations. This will help ensure that the experience is enjoyable, memorable, and even life-changing. 

Suit Up in Comfort, Style, and the Latest Technology: Take this checklist with you shopping so you get the bases covered:

  • Footwear: Until your kids are walking consistently on their own (birth-3), fit them with a comfortable pair of water-resistant shoes. Make sure the three and older kids are wearing lightweight trail shoes or boots with a sturdy sole. A Vibram sole with a waterproof breathable liner is preferred. Wear non-cotton, moisture-wicking, synthetic or wool socks.
  • Clothing: Dress for the weather! Wear non-cotton synthetic, wool & fleece clothes and dress in layers. Wear multipurpose clothes like pants that zip off into shorts or shirts with roll-up sleeves. Pack a waterproof breathable rain parka. Dress for the season with a fleece hat & gloves or a hat with a wide brim for sun protection.
  • Packs: Get age- and size-appropriate backpacks that fit each hiker comfortably with hydration hose capability.
  • Trekking Poles: Get a pair of adjustable, collapsible poles with an ergonomically designed handle for each person.
  • Fresh, Clean Water: You can get a hydration hose system for your pack or just use bottles. Disinfect wild water using hi-tech portable treatment water systems such as a UV wand or micro-straining filter.
  • Communication: Bring a smartphone so you can take lots of pictures and if there’s connectivity, email to family or upload to your online blog or Facebook page. Carry a GPS unit to keep you located on the trail and for geocaching.
  • Other Must Haves: Pediatrician recommended suntan lotion and bug repellent containing Deet or Picaridin; First aid kit that accommodates the whole group & first aid knowledge to go along with the kit. Bring a compass & map and brush up on how to use them. Learn how to make a shelter to keep you warm and dry. Keep matches and a lighter in a dry place and know how to make a fire to keep warm. Carry a whistle and a signal mirror in case you get lost. Pack a survival knife with a locking blade. Bring a headlamp flashlight, extra batteries, 50 feet of rope or twine, and always have several feet of duct tape for that unexpected repair.

The Adventures of Bubba Jones: Time Traveling Through Grand Canyon National Park arrives in bookstores on August 3rd, 2020. Visit Barnes & Noble or Indiebound to pre-order your copy today.

The Adventures of Bubba Jones #4

In the fourth book of this award-winning national park series, Tommy “Bubba Jones” and his sister, Jenny “Hug-a-Bug,” uncover amazing facts about the Grand Canyon while on a mission to solve a park mystery. This is no ordinary brother and sister duo; they are part of a legendary time travel family with a mission to preserve and protect our national parks and have developed a reputation for solving mysteries. As they time travel back hundreds, thousands, and millions of years, they not only learn about the past, but also experience it. They encounter all sorts of wild creatures and plants, meet the people involved in the establishment of the national park, learn about the Native Americans that call this land home, and unravel some of the park’s secrets. 

About: Jeff Alt, Hannah Tuohy

Paperback: $9.99 (ISBN: 9780825309274)

E-book $4.99 (ISBN: 9780825308116)

Juvenile Fiction/Science Fiction

200 pages

Age range: 8-12

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Holiday Gift Guide 2019!

Thursday, November 28th, 2019

Holiday Gift Guide 2019!

The most wonderful time of the year is here once more! It’s around this time that we all begin rushing around town, shelling out too much money for gifts that will inevitably end up re-gifted. With all the decorating, shopping, and parties, the magic of the holidays gets lost behind sky-high price tags and busy schedules. This year, Beaufort wants to make your holidays a little more magical by recommending gifts for everyone on your list! Here you’ll find books that will satisfy even the most obscure tastes and interests. Not to mention, they’ll look stellar wrapped up under the tree or displayed on the shelf. Now order these finds online and get to sippin’ that eggnog by the fire!

For the Dedicated Churchgoer:

The Lord is My Strength by Eric Kampmann

In his introduction to The Lord Is My Strength, Eric Kampmann places the Psalms at the epicenter of the biblical narrative. Implicitly, the psalms weave all the way back to the creation story, forward to the advent of Jesus, and beyond to the end of times. And within this epic scope, the psalms tell the story of each one of us, our hopes, our dreams, our fears and conflicts in a way that ignites our imagination, providing a full and deep picture of who we are as we live day to day in our own time and place. The Lord Is My Strength was originally envisioned as a book of morning prayers posted on social media sites. But it quickly became more than that when Kampmann began posting a photograph and a short commentary along with the passage from the psalms. The result is a new book that will speak through words and pictures of the beauty, harmony and mystery that has been gifted to everyone who has the desire to see where they stand in God’s story.


For the Curious Middle-schooler:

The Adventures of Bubba Jones Series by Jeff Alt

The Adventures of Bubba Jones: Time Traveling Through the Great Smoky Mountains is the first book in the series.

Tommy “Bubba Jones” and his sister Jenny “Hug-a-Bug” learn more about the Great Smoky Mountain National Park than they ever thought they would when Papa Lewis lets them in on a family secret: The family has legendary time traveling skills! With these abilities, Bubba Jones and Hug-a-Bug travel back in time and meet the park’s founders, its earliest settlers, native Cherokee Indians, wild animals, extinct creatures, and what the park was like millions of years ago.

With this time traveling ability also comes a family mystery, but the only person who can help solve the mystery is a long lost relative who lives somewhere in the park.  Explore the Smokies with Bubba Jones and family in a whole new way.


For the Drama Lover:

The Woman in the Park by Teresa Sorkin and Tullan Holmqvist

When Manhattanite Sarah Rock meets a mysterious and handsome stranger in the park, she is drawn to him. Sarah wants to get away from her daily routine, her cheating husband and his crazy mistress, her frequent sessions with her heartless therapist, and her moody children.

But nothing is as it seems. Her life begins to unravel when a woman from the park goes missing and Sarah becomes the prime suspect in the woman’s disappearance. Her lover is nowhere to be found, her husband is suspicious of her, and her therapist is talking to the police.

With no one to trust, Sarah must face her inner demons and uncover the truth to prove her innocence.

A thriller that questions what is real-with its shocking twists, secrets, and lies—The Woman in the Park will leave readers breathless.


For the Person Who Love Jane Austen:

The North of the Tension Line Series by J.F. Riordan

North of the Tension Line is the first book in the series

Fiona Campbell is a newcomer to tiny Ephraim, Wisconsin. Populated with artists and summer tourists, Ephraim has just enough going on to satisfy her city tastes. But she is fascinated and repelled by the furthest tip of Door County peninsula, Washington Island, utterly removed from the hubbub of modern life. Fiona’s visits there leave her refreshed in spirit, but convinced that only lunatics and hermits could survive a winter in its frigid isolation.

In a moment of weakness, Fiona is goaded into accepting a dare that she cannot survive the winter on the island in a decrepit, old house. Armed with some very fine single malt scotch and a copy of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Fiona sets out to win the dare, and discovers that small town life is not nearly as dull as she had foreseen. Abandoning the things she has always thought important, she encounters the vicious politics of small town life, a ruthless neighbor, persistent animals, a haunted ferry captain, and the peculiar spiritual renewal of life “north of the tension line.”


For the Thrill Seeker:

The Jack Patterson Series by Webb Hubbell

When Men Betray is the first book in the series.

Why would Woody Cole, a peaceful, caring man, shoot a US Senator in cold blood on live television? That’s the mystery facing attorney Jack Patterson as he returns to Little Rock, Arkansas, a town he swore he would never step foot in again.

When Men Betray is the first book of fiction from author, lecturer, and political insider Webb Hubbell. A departure from his previous book, Friends in High Places, an account of his rise and fall in Little Rock, Hubbell crafts a deft narrative of mystery and political intrigue. Set in a fictionalized version of his home town of Little Rock, Arkansas, readers will be immersed into the steamy world behind the southern BBQ and antebellum facade—a seedy underbelly of secrets and betrayals. Clever readers may recognize the colorful personalities and locales of the Arkansas political scene.

Jack is supported by a motley but able crew; loyal assistant Maggie, college-aged daughter Beth, feisty lawyer Micki, and his bodyguard Clovis. Together, Jack and his rag-tag team are in a race against time to discover Woody’s hidden motive. All he has is a series of strange clues, hired thugs gunning for him, and the one man who knows everything isn’t talking. Alliances are tested, buried tensions surface, and painful memories are relived as he tries to clear the name of his old college friend. Jack Patterson will find that even the oldest friendships can be quickly destroyed when men betray.


For the Person Who Loves True Stories:

School Choice: A Legacy to Keep by Virginia Walden Ford

On a cold winter night in February of 1967, a large rock shattered a bedroom window in Virginia Walden Ford’s home in Little Rock, Arkansas, landing in her baby sister’s crib. Outside, members of the Ku Klux Klan burned a cross on her family’s lawn. Faceless bigots were terrorizing Virginia, her parents, and her sisters–all because her father, Harry Fowler, dared to take a job as the assistant superintendent of personnel for the Little Rock School District. He was more than qualified, but he was black.

In her searing new memoir, legendary school choice advocate Virginia Walden Ford recounts the lessons she learned as a child in the segregated south. She drew on those experiences—and the legacies handed to her by her parents and ancestors—thirty years later, when she built an army of parents to fight for school choice in our nation’s capital. School Choice: A Legacy to Keep, tells the dramatic true story of how poor D.C. parents, with the support of unlikely allies, faced off against some of America’s most prominent politicians—and won a better future for children.


For the Professional or Entrepreneur:

Success Freak by Bruno Gralpois

Are you ready to get INSANELY MORE out of life? Success is acquired, not inherited. Take control of your destiny and join the “Success Freak 7-Day Challenge”: master 7 essential skills and transform your life in only one week. Combining helpful exercises and set-by-steps activities,Success Freak is a self-help book by French-American Entrepreneur Bruno Gralpois, that will show you how to unleash the amazing potential that, yes, already lies within you. You are about to become an unstoppable force of resolve and determination. Nothing short of the Success (Freak) you were always meant to be.


For the Skeptics and History Buffs:  

Occam’s Razor by T.R. Ryden

When ancient artifacts discovered in the Great Pyramid of Giza shed new light on a DNA pattern identified by a world-renowned molecular biologist, venture capitalist, James Anderson, is thrust into an action-packed road of scientific exploration and discovery. An unlikely participant in the events that begin to unfold, Anderson and his team, pursued by those who don’t want this new information out, realize they have stumbled upon the greatest and most terrifying cover-up in the history of the human race.

Occam’s Razor is a chilling speculative fiction thriller which ties together several well-known, and some not so famous controversial theories concerning alien visitation, human evolution, ancient legends, and the cosmos. The novel explains how it could be very plausible to imagine that the powers that be may already know about an impending disaster and caught between all this are the novel’s unfortunate characters as they struggle to figure out what to do in the face of unstoppable catastrophe.

Happy Holidays! May all your shopping be done early!

-Captain Beaumerica