Rizwan Haider’s It Began in Africa begins in 1979, when the twenty-two-year-old Pakistani banker leaves Pakistan for a posting in Gabon. Arriving in Libreville and uncertain what awaits him, Haider enters a career that will repeatedly return him to Africa for decades. His banking assignments...

Pale Pink Roads by Joe Tarantino is the personal history of a cyclist looking back at a lifetime spent exploring North American highways. The author uses his old-school hub odometers and travel receipts to reconstruct seventeen epic rides that shaped his adult years. Starting as...

Party Girl’s Guide to Paris by Vicki Lesage is a lively and personal tour of the city, built from eleven years of living there rather than a quick visit. Instead of listing sights by neighborhood, Vicki arranges Paris into moods, from the postcard classics to...

Sara Verrall’s Mexico Amiga! is a captivating memoir that describes four consecutive winter escapes to Mexico with her Swedish partner, Jan, whom she affectionately calls “My Viking.” The memoir takes readers on a journey that ignores the typical tourist trail and traverses the Pacific coast:...

In Elaina Kelly Smith’s Choice, the author shares her life journey from being raised in a very restrictive religious home to traveling all seven continents. It’s an honest look at how a person rebuilt self-trust after years of simply doing things for everyone else. Smith...

Too many Americans see Washington, DC, as simply a political hot mess, yet there is so much more to our nation’s capital. Author Ken Wilcox makes this abundantly clear in Ultimate DC: Travel, Walk, Explore. In it, he shares his love and knowledge of the...

In The Map Back to You, Diedre McLeod gifts readers with an honest account of how solo travel can serve as a reset button for your life. She takes us right into the heart of her own burnout, moving from the pristine floors of a...

Dale Zurawski’s The Travel Bitch: Bouncing Across the Globe on a Bipolar High really begins after an Amazon trip sends her back to childhood, in a home changed by her father’s death. Later, a bipolar diagnosis gives a name to the behavior that had already...

In Food for Soul: A Couple’s Inner and Outer Journey toward Living Fully, Jessica Iachia crafts a memoir that is filled with insights and lessons on personal growth and the art of growing in love and living fully and purposefully. She tells her story, starting...

Bridges: What Ties Allies by Lande Jewels is a collection of poetic narratives focused on the many bridges that crisscross the City of London. Some, like the iconic Tower Bridge, are famous for their ingenuity, distinctive form, and stately grace. Other bridges have weathered the...