The Battle for Sicily's Soul: The Rise of the Mafia and the Fight to Free Sicily from its Evil Tyranny by Claudine Cassar is a must-read historical nonfiction book. It focuses on the Sicilian Mafia and gives a deeper understanding of the origin of the...

The Gambia: The Smiling Coast by Terry Lister introduces the reader to the West African nation. Terry retired as an MP in Bermuda but continued his international travel. As he journeys, he writes about the various countries he visits. The writing and descriptions are superb....

Despite popular belief, racism is often not fully defined in the mind of society. This is because there is usually no clarity since people rely on assumptions and interpretations. For this reason, it is necessary to discuss the topic clearly, and without prejudice. Kamau Kenyatta...

The New Being: Preparing for the Emergence of a New Humanity, Volume I by Joel Bryant is a thought-provoking book that offers new perspectives for a New Humanity. The book begins with a statement that instantly catches the attention of readers: “Evolution is inevitable because...

The Fiction Kitchen Trio Cookbook: Novel Recipes from Your Favorite Novels by Sarah M. Eden, Traci Hunter Abramson, and Sian Ann Bessey treats you to a fanciful kitchen adventure as they invite you to create popular recipes from works of fiction. As they welcome you...

Born of Lebanese parents and having spent most of her formative years in Jordan from the 1960s through to the early twenty-first century, Amal Ghandour was part of a generation that saw and experienced the unsparing tide of Arab politics and its unhappy consequences. Amal’s...

The Backpack Years: Two Memoirs, One Story by husband and wife authors Stefanie and James Wilson is the story of two young people from different sides of the Atlantic who meet and fall in love in Australia while they were both on their overseas experience....

The Journey of the Most Liberated Woman in America by Barbara Williamson is the autobiography of a woman who founded Sandstone Retreat. The organization, which existed for five years in California starting in the late 1960s, was a place for men and women to live...

The Lioness Never Cries by Kamal Malaker is an autobiography that chronicles the life of a doctor who qualified in Calcutta, India, and made his way to Sierra Leone to work as a physician during the 1960s. The era and setting portray the way of...

The concept of the existence of life on earth often triggers a myriad of not only tenets, impressions, and perceptions, but also heightened sentiment among human beings. The arguably insufficient knowledge from our universe about life does not do much to help answer the prevailing...