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Your 2020 Holiday Gift Guide

Tuesday, November 24th, 2020

Happy holidays, readers! If you’re searching for the perfect gift for your friend, family member, or colleague, we’ve got you covered. Even better: every single one of these books is 40% off when purchased on ipgbook.com! Check out our recommended gifts, and then head over to IPG’s website and use the code IPGHOLIDAY40 to get 40% off from now through December 31st, 2020!


Gifts for Kids

The Adventures of Bubba Jones Series: Explore America’s national parks with Bubba Jones and his time traveling family. This graphic novel series is perfect for inspiring kids to get outside and learn about the outdoors. 

Hide!!!: Hide!!! is an interactive children’s book that not only tells the story of a game of hide-and-seek, but readers can also ‘seek’ for other objects hidden in the illustrations.

My Feet Aren’t Ugly: Debra Beck provides a wonderful book full of advice for growing up as a teenage girl. This is the perfect gift for pre-teen and teens to learn how to tackle pressing issues like bullying and social media.

Gifts for Dads

A Game of Inches: The third installment in the Jack Patterson series has everything dad’s love: politics, sports, and mystery. It’s a gripping story of murder accusations and the politics of professional sports. 

Hidden Falls: This book is perfect for those who might not know what genres they like (or for those who don’t know what genres their dads like to read). Kevin Myers intertwines mystery and family drama to concoct a story that is both thrilling and comedic. 

Anchored: Everyone’s dad knows Ron Burgundy, or at least they know of Will Ferrell’s character in Anchorman. The real journalist Mort Crim tells the story of his life and his persistent search for truth.

Gifts for Moms

North of Tension Line series: Fans of Jan Karon and Jane Austen will delight in J.F. Riordan’s North of the Tension Line series. Riordan combines engaging characters, wry humor, and observations of everyday life that make her books feel like talking to an old friend.

Woman in the Park: If your mom loves psychological thrillers, she’ll love The Woman in the Park. Filled with shocking twists, secrets, and lies, this story is reminiscent of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train.

Red Carpets and White Lies: Written by The Real Housewives of Miami alum Lea Black, avid reality TV watchers will love Red Carpets and White Lies for its drama, secrets, and scandals.

Gifts for Coworkers

Big Ten of Grammar: Do you have a coworker that struggles with the difference between “who” and “whom”? They’ll love this digestible grammar guide that highlights how to correct the ten most common errors in English grammar.

Success Freak: Perfect for the coworker who needs a little motivation, Success Freak combines helpful exercises and step-by-step activities to help you master 7 essential skills that will transform your life in only one week.

Reboot Your Life: After a year like 2020, it’s easy to feel burnt out and uninspired. Reboot Your Life will encourage you and your coworkers to re-examine your priorities, re-evaluate your career, and come back after the holidays feeling refreshed and excited.

Gifts for Grandparents

Always Have Popsicles: A long-time favorite among grandparents, Always Have Popsicles is filled with thoughtful ideas that will inspire new and seasoned grandparents alike to develop a meaningful relationship with their grandchildren.

Garth Williams, American Illustrator: As the illustrator for iconic American classics like Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, and The Rescuers, it’s likely your grandparents grew up with Garth Williams’ drawings. This biography of his inimitable career will bring their childhoods back to life in a beautiful and nostalgic way.

Do Not Go Quietly: Winner of 9 national book awards, Do Not Go Quietly is an inspiring call to action and guide to a life of greater meaning, consciousness, and passion for those “who weren’t born yesterday.” If your grandparents ever complain about aging, this is the book for them.


Of course, our Holiday Gift Guide wouldn’t be complete without a few goodies from some of our favorite local bookstores! These goodies make perfect gifts for book lovers who already own every book on their TBR list.

Books Are Magic Mug

Sip, sip, hooray! We’re loving this clay and ceramic mug from Brooklyn-based independent bookstore, Books Are Magic.

Click here to see the mug.

The Mysterious Bookshop Tote

This spooky tote from The Mysterious Bookshop, a beloved indie in Tribeca, is the perfect stocking stuffer for thriller and mystery lovers alike!

Click here to see the tote.

“If You Love Me, Read Me a Book” Sweatshirt

McNally Jackson (multiple NYC locations) knows the key to our hearts. Also available as a tee, this adorable, cozy sweatshirt is the perfect addition to any book lover’s wardrobe.

Click here to see the sweatshirt.

Bookshelf Puzzle

Are you and your family in need of a new quarantine puzzle? This bookshelf puzzle from Books of Wonder in Chelsea and the Upper West Side will bring hours of bookish entertainment.

Click here to see the puzzle.

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