The Travelling Ape: What Travelling (Nearly) Everywhere Taught Me about Humanity, Geopolitics, and Happiness by Michael Mackay Richards explores a diverse array of landscapes and cultures worldwide. Beginning with the eruption of Mount Yasur in Vanuatu, the author contrasts modern travel privileges with historical explorers'...

I Hate You, Mary Sullivan is a unique and thoughtful memoir about inherited trauma, complex family history, and religious guilt. In it, Barbara Jean Williams talks about her immigrant Irish grandmother, her family, and how her Irish Catholic heritage impacted her life. Barbara's grandmother, Mary...

“Food is more than sustenance, it’s a shared language of love, history, and community.” I love these opening lines in the Introduction to Lana Taylor Stuart’s My Southern Table. Food is much more than what we eat to survive: it defines who we are and...

Travel to Tokyo: Where to Eat, Sleep, and Play by Suzanne Lowe is a resourceful, must-read travel guide for anyone planning a trip to Japan. Travelers will find information on how to find Tokyo’s hidden gems and tips on how to make their trip hassle-free....

In New Direction by Joshua Flapan, the author argues that the United States is entrenched in a prolonged civil war marked by cultural conflicts. Proposing a Constitutional Convention as a solution, Flapan addresses issues such as electoral college problems, war powers, and divisive wedge topics,...

Chef Dulcia Alexander introduces readers to Jazz Jazz's Venture Into the Vegan World with Jamaican-inspired vegan meals and drinks, and vegetarian sauces and condiments. Backed by a Food and Beverage Management degree and twenty years of experience, Chef Alexander offers recipes with full-color photos and...

Unearthing Legacies: A Guide to Tracing American Indian Ancestry by Penelope Green is the book for you if you have or think you may have Native American heritage. I have been interested in genealogy for over five decades, and for the past four, I have...

Deputy While Immigrant: The Story of a German Who Became a Deputy Sheriff in Arizona is a work of non-fiction in the memoir, cultural writing, and slice-of-life subgenres. It is best suited to mature adult readers owing to explicit language and adult themes throughout. Penned...

A Schizoid at Smith: How Overparenting Leads to Underachieving by Blair Sorrel is a memoir in which the author divulges to readers her childhood memories, family dynamics, and life with schizoid personality disorder. From the family's move to Belmont and the adjustment to an affluent...

Just Fireworks by Nader Barrak is an account of the Lebanese Civil War as seen through the eyes of a child who was almost three years old when the war began. He describes what it was like to be in the middle of the...