Joan Brooks Baker’s In the Swampyland is a collection of personal stories tracing her moments of discovery across childhood and adulthood. In The Burrito, eleven-year-old Joan defies her father’s warning and ventures to buy food from a nearby bodega, where a frightening encounter with local...

Improvising in Italian by Jennifer Artley is a memoir that documents Artley's move from New Jersey to Modena, Italy, motivated by her husband Michael’s business opportunities. Artley's daughter struggles to adjust and eventually leaves Italy after a few months. Michael, whose family history includes multiple...

Intimate Conversations: Face to Face with Matchless Musicians by Larry Ruttman is a compilation of interviews exploring the lives and careers of diverse musicians through personal narratives. Joan Tower reflects on how political and personal experiences shaped her musical journey, emphasizing intuition in composition and...

Invent Your Recipe Italian Cookbook by Thomas Papia is based on Sicilian and Italian culinary traditions and Thomas’ passion for a cooking style reminiscent of his grandmother's. His approach is to invent, create, taste, and innovate. He gives you a basis to work from in...

In his memoir Inner Trek, Mohan Ranga Rao is coerced by land mafia leader Jalli Jagdish into selling his valuable Bangalore property through threats. His lawyer, Advocate Hegde, is found to be involved in the illegal activity, prompting Rao to engage a new lawyer, Mehta....

It’s Not My Problem…Or Is It? is an informative book by Bruce L. Blumer that offers personal experiences, cultural insights, and a call to action when we see the problems in the world today. Each chapter is structured with Haitian proverbs as openings to set...

In the Time of Coronavirus is a helpful book on living through a pandemic and its impact on our daily lives while offering simple self-care tips. Janet Zinn has a background as a mental health first responder following 9/11, a psychotherapist who specializes in trauma,...

Indian Mythology and Philosophy is the fourth book in the Ancient Wisdom Series by Neel Burton. The author, a noted psychiatrist and philosopher, explains Indian writings, discusses discoveries like the Indus seals, and brings well-known stories, references, and more uncommon works together to benefit all...

I Married a Coconut by Priti Tanna is a memoir of the author's journey as a first-generation American of Indian descent, and all the cultural conflicts and familial pressures that come with it. Growing up with immigrant parents, Priti must balance American societal norms and...

I have always loved reading memoirs, particularly ones whose authors offer a unique perspective and a quick wit – such is the case in Dina Honour’s It’s A Lot to Unpack. In it, the author examines a life that many might envy, though she fears...