More Manchester Than Mongolia by Jacqueline Lambert is an adventure memoir that follows the author, her husband Mark, and their four furry companions on a journey through the British countryside. After postponing their Mongolian road trip, they decided to take a test ride in their...

In Monks, Monkeys, and Misty Rice Fields: Journeys and Discoveries in Thailand and Southeast Asia, Robert Wilson takes readers on an intimate, insightful journey through Thailand and its neighboring countries. What begins as a teacher’s relocation from San Diego to the northern Thai town of...

Why do people leave their homes to work in a foreign country, and what do they find? Eileen Cahill explores this theme in Piñatas for the Year of the Dragon. She shares 12 stories based on her own experiences and interviews with others who crossed...

Baki Topal’s memoir, Cutting Into the Silence, explores his humble beginning in a small mountain village in Turkey. We get a glimpse at his family dynamics, culture, life experiences, and the events that set him on the path to becoming a surgeon in Belgium. Topal...

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...

Paradise Cove: They Escaped the Cuckoo’s Nest by George T. Nagel and Pini Dunner is the rediscovered memoir of George T. Nagel, a man whose life was as extraordinary as the stories he captured. But Nagel wasn’t who he seemed to be. His real name...

Meanwhile, Here in Austin by Cetywa Powell is a magical book that shows you Austin through the eyes and camera of a journalist and photographer who moved to the city in the spring with her husband and son and explored and documented her impressions throughout...

Stumps and Sovereignty: South Asian Cricket from Empire to the Digital Age by Sufghan Sarwar Khan traces cricket’s evolution from its rural English origins to its establishment in South Asia, where colonial trade started early play in India. Indian participation expanded through local clubs, while...

Matthew Check’s memoir, What Would Philip Roth Do?, is an exploration of music, identity, love, and self-discovery. Framed by a fictional conversation with novelist Philip Roth, the book combines humor, cultural insight, and personal stories into an engaging tale. The Roth figure acts as a...

In Historic Zion Cemetery in Memphis, editors Dr. Peatchola Jones-Cole and Dr. Tyrone Davis collate the history of the titular cemetery, established in 1876 by the United Sons of Zion, that occupies fifteen acres at South Parkway East and Pillow Street. The cemetery contains more...