In a perfect world, every dream vacation would be, well, perfect. Tammy Bruyere’s comedic travel memoir, Misadventures With the Traveling Suitcase, shows exactly the opposite to be true. As Bruyere and her spouse prepare to embark on an unforgettable anniversary trip to Europe, they have...

In London and Its Genius Loci, Philipp Röttgers takes the reader on a tour of London like no other. The approach is two-fold. As Röttgers explores contemporary London and muses upon her historical quirks, he also attempts to detect less corporeal influences. He speculates about...

Special family connections. The simplicity of treasured family moments: “Curled on Grandpa’s lap,/ while he spins the tale/ on the Three Bears…” Childhood memories like a visit to the zoo or flying homemade kites: “we feel its every torque/ and tug through the taut tether,/...

Kong Boys: Seven Friends from Hong Kong Take on Eleven European Cities for Their Thirtieth Birthdays by Gerald Yeung is an interesting non-fiction book for travel fans. The author introduces readers to his four childhood friends and explores their friendship over the years, a journey...

Bertrand J. Adams Sr., also known as Kadashan, is Tlingit Indian through and through. He was born in Sitka, Alaska, into this vibrant community. This Is Yakutat provides a brief background into Kadashan before going into multiple short stories that show the daily life of...

Travis Scott Luther’s book, The Fun Side of the Wall, reflects a conscientious and compelling study of why the Baby Boomer generation is so enamored with making their retirement dollars stretch by retiring south of the border. Not only do ex-pats find housing and healthcare...

Muslim, Christian, Jew - "I Do": A Memoir by Hazel Wise is the autobiography of a woman who married, in exactly the same order, a Muslim, a Christian, and a Jew. Daughter of an Anglican missionary, Hazel grows up with her four siblings on a...

Tropical Ecstasy: A Nostalgia Trip to Brazil by Norman Weeks is a non-fiction travel book that details the return of the author after an absence of twenty-five years to his old haunts in Brazil. An ex-Peace Corps volunteer from the US, Norman Weeks retraces his...

Classic Cars of Cuba (Photography by Wayne Gerard Trotman) is not just a picture book about cars. It is an appreciation for a people and a culture on the largest island in the Caribbean. This is demonstrated through the images of old internal combustion-powered automobiles...

The Letters: How a Mixed Race Child Learned About His French Mother and Heritage by Daniel Freeman, EdD is the story of the author as he finds out why he always felt like the odd man out in his family. His father was an African-American...