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The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb - In the Desert
Written by: Art Collins
Available In: eBook|Paperback
Author Website: www.TheAJAdventures.com
Having narrowly escaped an evil shaman and supernatural black jaguar deep within the Amazon jungle in Book 3, the fourth book in The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb series finds the two brothers on school field trip to California. After the boys are accidently stranded in the middle of the night in a remote part of the Sonoran Desert, they meet a mysterious old man named George Washington Natonto. Accepting the old man's offer to spend the rest of the night at his underground home at Lizard Flats launches one of the boys' strangest and most harrowing adventures to date. As a gray-haired Gypsy woman's tarot card reading, an ancient legend of how a young Indian girl battled a renegade warrior, and several creatures from Jockabeb's recurring nightmares all begin to converge, the trapped brothers decide it's high time to escape Lizard flats and start their perilous journey back to civilization. What they next encounter in a subterranean grotto, and later out in the scorching desert, provide a true test of their survival skills and the power of the last bit of Haktu's blue feather. In addition to learning interesting facts about tarot cards, the history of Southern California, and what lives in the Sonoran Desert, the reader will once again witness the classic battle between good and evil play out as Archibald and Jockabeb continue to mature as young teenagers.
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The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb - In the Orient
Written by: Art Collins
Available In: eBook
Author Website: www.TheAJAdventures.com
The eighth book in The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb series finds the two brothers on the other side of the globe in the “Pearl of the Orient”—Hong Kong. At the conclusion of Archibald’s summer Students’ Living Abroad Program, Jockabab and a surprise visitor, Willow, arrive in Hong Kong for a week of what they assumed would be pleasant sightseeing. All that changes when May Chen, a member of Archibald’s host family, takes her three young American visitors to a nearby island for a hike to the summit of Landau Peak. When the four teenagers leave the beaten path to explore a remote part of the peak that is shrouded in a dense, low-hanging cloud, they have no idea that Willow will soon find a secret entrance into the side of the mountain. The moment they step out of the mist and into the dark passageway that leads deep inside the giant peak, their fate is sealed!
Dr. Chen’s personal bodyguard, May’s martial arts instructor, and a mysterious old alchemist from the Chinese mainland are only a few of the memorable characters swept into the intrigue when an ancient Chinese legend comes to life. The frantic twenty-four race to outsmart a wily, supernatural foe—and to free its helpless captive—ultimately tests each of the teenagers’ ingenuity and bravery as never before.
The reader is treated to an intimate glimpse of Hong Kong—past and present—that only adds to the exotic sense of adventure with each new twist and turn as the fast-paced story unfolds. Consistent with other books in the series, the underlying power of goodness is pitted against the forces of evil as the two brothers continue to mature in every way.
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The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb - In the Outback
Written by: Art Collins
Available In: eBook|Hardcover|Paperback
Author Website: http://theajadventures.com/
“So yah know about the sacred Bullroarer legend?” Coorain said, nodding his head. “Only thing, missy, it ain’t no legend, it’s true as the three of us standing before yah.”
The thrilling ninth and final book in The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb series finds the two brothers returning to the other side of the globe, but this time “down under” in the Australian Outback. While attending the Students’ Living Abroad Program in Sydney, sixteen-year-old Jockabeb stays with the Macalester family. He quickly strikes up a friendship with Prim Macalester, who is exactly his age. Prim is fascinated by the Australian Aboriginal culture and lore, and she tells Jockabeb about an old Aboriginal legend that turns out to be strikingly similar to some of his recent dreams. As bizarre events in the desolate Outback begin to spiral out of control, the hazy line between reality and fantasy is once again tested – but this time in an adventure unlike anything the two brothers have ever encountered. Fasten your seat belt one more time and prepare yourself for unexpected twists and turns as Archibald and Jockabeb race toward their final date with destiny.
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The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb - In the Amazon (Volume 3)
Written by: Art Collins
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Author Website: www.TheAJAdventures.com
Whereas the settings for the first two books in The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb series were inside the United States, the third book shifts to Brazil. When the two brothers fly south to visit their Uncle Charlie, a retired Merchant Marine who’d travelled all over the world before putting down roots in the Amazonian Rainforest, they have no idea what lies ahead. As the boys and their uncle travel further up river toward a remote village inhabited by the Minauri tribe and its wise old shaman, Hutano, the mood shifts and takes on a more foreboding nature. Jockabeb’s clairvoyant dreams once again foreshadow the danger lurking in the jungle outside the Minauri village. As a confrontation with the rival Wikola tribe and its evil shaman, Vengolus, draws closer, the boys learn a terrible secret that only their uncle and his good friend, Hutano, know. When Uncle Charlie and a Minauri war party head into the jungle in the dead of night, the boys are left alone with only women and children. Far from home, and with no one to protect them, Archibald and Jockabeb both hope that the blue feather dust will once again work its magic. In addition to learning interesting facts about the Amazon, the reader witnesses the classic battle between good and evil play out as the two brothers continue to mature and learn what true friendship really means.
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The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb - In the Arctic
Written by: Art Collins
Available In: eBook
Author Website: www.TheAJAdventures.com
In the seventh book in The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb series, the brothers are reunited with Willow and Meatloaf, two members of the secretive Moonlight Clan who the boys met during their harrowing weekend in New York City. The setting for their next great adventure now shifts from the bustling streets of The Big Apple to a barren, windswept stretch of tundra north of the Arctic Circle.
Only days before Christmas, Special Agent Quade of the Paranormal Surveillance Agency resurfaces. Arriving in the dead of night with another dangerous looking government agent named Lynch, Quade explains to the boys’ parents why Archibald and Jockabeb are needed as members of a secret task force that has been formed to investigate a possible alien landing near the North Pole. Willow and Meatloaf have already been recruited due to their experience in dealing with the Ratweil, a supernatural creature that Agent Quade mistakenly thought was an alien being. When the skeptical parents reluctantly agree to let their sons join the task force, they have no idea the untold danger that is lurking in frozen wasteland shrouded in twenty-four hour darkness.
Readers once again will be treated to a fast-paced adventure story and a whole new group of memorable characters—some human, and some not. Interesting facts about the area above the Arctic Circle help set the stage for another classic battle between the forces of good and evil. And through it all, the two teenage brothers’ personalities continue to evolve—this time, however, with the added dimension of a deepening romantic relationship between Archibald and Willow!
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The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb - In the Mountains (Volume 2)
Written by: Art Collins
Available In: eBook|Paperback
Author Website: www.TheAJAdventures.com
The setting for second book in The Adventures of Archibald and Jockabeb series shifts from an eerie forest close the two brothers’ Midwestern home, to a remote mountain range in the western United States. When Archibald and Jockabeb leave home to board a plane, they are completely unaware that they’ll be the only two campers at Camp Bear Claw that summer. When they arrive at the camp, the boys find out that there are only two other people there—Gran, the elderly woman who owns the Camp Bear Claw, and Ben, the ranch hand who helps her. Worse yet, they soon hear stories from Ben about the strange and suspicious circumstances under which Gran’s husband, Walt, died a terrible death, together with how a deadly creature might well be roaming in the mountains nearby. When the boys leave camp early one morning with Ben and Gran’s old dog, Champ, to hike high in the mountains to find Tommy Two Feathers, an old Indian who may shed some light on whether the rumors are fact or fiction, they have no idea that what they ultimately learn will connect back to Haktu and his tribe. After being joined by a white wolf named Ghost Rider, the boys, Ben, Champ, and Tommy Two Feathers set out solve a mystery that has gone on for over a century. As danger looms at almost every turn, Archibald and Jockabeb hope that the magic blue feather they received from Haktu really does have the power to protect them. The reader once again has the opportunity to watch the two brothers’ personalities evolve, especially Jockabeb. And, as in the first book, the classic battle between the forces of good and evil play out—only this time in rarified mountain air.
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The Angry Woman Suite
Written by: Lee Fullbright
Available In: eBook|Paperback
Author Website: http://leefullbright.com/
THE ANGRY WOMAN SUITE, a mainstream literary story with strong elements of mystery and history, centers on a celebrity double murder in the early 1900s, and the fallout on three generations of two Pennsylvania families.
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The Atlantis Codes: The First Book of the Atlantis Legacy Series
Written by: Larry Hamilton
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Author Website: http://www.hamiltonhousebooks.com/
Trouble is coming … coming by land … coming by sea. Coming for you … and coming for me.
What would you do if you had just prepared a perfect margarita and turned to leave your kitchen only to find a menacing assassin blocking the doorway and his stated intent was to kill you right now? This is the situation Matt Flannery is confronted with on an otherwise typical Saturday afternoon at his bungalow on Anna Maria Island, Florida. Who is this mountain of a man? Why is he here? What does he want? And … why me?
This day and this incident begin an unexpected, epic journey for Matt that will not only change his life, but the lives of his friends, family, and possibly … all that live on Planet Earth.
This journey of discovery will take Matt to many destinations in search of answers to his questions.
Questions raised many years earlier by his explorer grandfather, James “Irish” Flannery, who Matt idolized. Sailing aboard his beloved charter fishing vessel, the Nice Catch, Matt sets out with his girlfriend Kelli, fellow seeker Lucien, and close friend Jake in search of solutions to the perplexing problems and fresh dangers that continually present themselves. The action moves in a frantic and tightening spiral that always threatens to be the undoing of our intrepid crew.
What will it take to get to the bottom of this mystery that has wrapped itself around Matt? Will he succeed in solving this puzzle before the forces arrayed against him take his life? The story’s roots run deeper and deeper, eventually encompassing the Coast Guard, US Navy, CIA, and even NASA. Yet … it will ultimately fall on Matt to come to terms with what is happening to him and how to best deal with it. His character and courage will be tested at every turn and his decisions will affect mankind for all time. You will recognize real life events that are taking place today reflected in the story as it unfolds, creating frightening parallels to the course our world is currently set upon.
Come meet the ever-evolving cast of characters who play a part in this thrilling story and discover, along with Matt, what the real story behind the story is.
Are you ready to board the Nice Catch and take part in this stirring saga? Just keep telling yourself that “it is only a story … isn’t it?”
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The Audacity of Patience Levi
Written by: Billie Bierer
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Author Website: http://www.billiebierer.com/
In 1869 inside a dirty shack on the outskirts of Last Chance Georgia, Patience Levi screams at her mother and begs for defense against the man that stands, zipping up his trousers and laughing at her. Yet, somewhere deep inside of this child blooms the mettle to survive the life she’s been born to.
After hearing of her granddaughter’s abuse, Patience’s Grandmammy rescues her — to a virtual “servitude” to the prominent white people of the community. Then, the rough encounter with a black boy — bent on revenge against Patience — threatens her fragile new life. Patience becomes skilled with a knife in her effort to survive. She knows she must get away from Last Chance. Fortunately, or not, her Grandmammy decides Patience can only find real freedom in a new land, thus, Grandmammy gains Patience a place with a wagon train heading west.
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The Beholder
Written by: David Bishop
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Author Website: http://www.davidbishopbooks.com/
A serial sicko is killing beautiful women. Maddie Richards is an excellent detective who wishes she could handle her messy personal life as well as she handles her work life. She eventually discovers that the victims all wore the same bra size and that each is somehow connected to the police. Maddie is betrayed by those closest to her, and begins to believe she may be on the killer’s list.
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The Best Substitute Ever: As Told By a Fifth Grader
Written by: Daniel Galt
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Author Website: www.facebook.com/DanielGaltBooksLLC/
Follow student Gregory Gaines, as he tells what happened when he was a fifth grader at Workaholic Elementary School. Like it or not, substitutes are a part of school, and I bet you’ve had one that you really liked. This story is about a special substitute, and his name is Mr. Prosper. By the time you finish reading this book, I know you’ll want him at your school, too!
Workaholic Elementary School (WES) is a model school. All other principals and teachers nearby wished their school was just like it. From August to October, WES started off the school year on a roll; no student, Kindergarten through fifth grade, had been sent to Principal Paige’s office for misbehaving. This was true until one fifth grade student left, and another from Highland Elementary School took his place via the school lottery. The new student is Steve “The Bee” Sting.
Gregory not only tells you what happens during Mr. Prosper’s ten day assignment, but also what happens the rest of the school year. What makes Mr. Prosper so special? He is the type of teacher who really cares about his students. You may think that’s not possible, because all the substitutes you’ve had didn’t seem to care. Well, this is not true about Mr. Prosper! If you want to know just how much he does care, and why Gregory and his classmates declare him the best substitute ever, read and find out.
Throughout the book, Gregory and his classmates learn why it’s important not to judge a book by its cover; quiet people have something to say; the importance of good sportsmanship; that we all have bad days; engaging in a little friendly competition is good; change is a good thing; and the importance of learning from your mistakes.
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The Bigfoot Incident
Written by: Archer O’Brien with P.N. Ofinowicz
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Deputy O’Brien peels back the placid veneer from his remote mountain town in a novel-like memoir of lust, love, violence and the mystery of Bigfoot. What killed the honeymooning hikers? What left the huge humanlike footprints? O’Brien searches for answers and discovers unsuspected truths.
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