Theodosia Greene kissed a “frawg” in the Caribbean. The author of Kissing Frogs and Other Short Stories drew inspiration for her book from this memory and other international experiences. Her collection of memories from England, France, Fiji, and other countries is interspersed with highly original...

Mornings are Magenta by Murray Pura is a collection of poems that vividly expresses the experiences and emotions of the people of Ukraine amidst the Russian invasion of the country. The poems detail the brutality, devastation, and trauma of those who survive the war, where...

When the travel bug hits you, it hits hard. It didn’t hit Jeffrey Groberman early in life; some events turned him off travel. That is until he suddenly got the urge to discover something new and exciting. After all, he now had a daughter working...

Promenade of Desire: A Barcelona Memoir by Isidra Mencos is a true-to-life story of a Catholic girl growing up in Spain in the 1960s when opposition to Franco's regime had become more assertive. Raised by a strong matriarch, she is expected to follow tradition, but...

Stuart Nagero’s Truth is Indestructible is a non-fiction memoir chronicling horrifying experiences in his wife’s life and his reactions to them. The author‘s wife, Vidhi, belongs to an orthodox Indian household. Her world turns upside down when her cousin, much older than her, begins to...

Cowboy from Prague: An Immigrant’s Pursuit of the American Dream by Charles Ota Heller is a powerful memoir that tells of a frightened young boy coming to America following the Second World War and his family’s determination to assimilate into their new country and literally...

In her well-researched book Zen Rohatsu, author Nora D’Ecclesis uses the historical approach and develops a hermeneutic work on Zen Buddhism that's simple enough for a beginner but is also deep enough for the seasoned practitioner. It's based on important and significant figures, events, teachings,...

In The Girl Who Loved Elton John and the Little Boy on the Moon, Tina Jenkins has written a most wonderful book through the eyes of the person whose life it is. Writing a book like this takes the art of understanding and insight to...

The Alpha Female Files by Jessica Burner Lee is a non-fictional memoir that feels like it should be a headline in a newspaper. It’s a sidewinding, blindsiding journey of a young woman who finds out that her husband and the father of her children, a...

A Sky of Infinite Blue: A Japanese Immigrant’s Search for Home and Self is a work of non-fiction in the autobiography subgenre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Kyomi O’Connor. The book follows the author's journey relocating from...