Born of Lebanese parents and having spent most of her formative years in Jordan from the 1960s through to the early twenty-first century, Amal Ghandour was part of a generation that saw and experienced the unsparing tide of Arab politics and its unhappy consequences. Amal’s...

Mentchu-hotep, the son of the supreme ruler of Upper ​Kemet, is on a mission to learn what it takes to become a ruler and succeed his father. He must learn about their allies and foes, become connected to nature and the people, and learn to...

Providential Endowment: Working with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service by Cecilio N. Navarro Jr. is a moving and heartfelt memoir of a young Filipino’s attempt to build a better life for himself and his family by moving to the U.S.A. where prospects seemed...

The Backpack Years: Two Memoirs, One Story by husband and wife authors Stefanie and James Wilson is the story of two young people from different sides of the Atlantic who meet and fall in love in Australia while they were both on their overseas experience....

Carolyn Dismuke grabs readers' attention with the title of her book Drink Your Words: Discovering California’s Other Wine Regions. This guidebook is a resource describing unique California spots specializing in wineries, on trips worth taking. Reflecting on her background of European travel smarts and vivid...

The Journey of the Most Liberated Woman in America by Barbara Williamson is the autobiography of a woman who founded Sandstone Retreat. The organization, which existed for five years in California starting in the late 1960s, was a place for men and women to live...

“So…why build a lighthouse where nobody lived?” That was the general assumption in the mid-1800s about the geographic location of Jupiter Inlet in southeast Florida. Once a major trading hub for Native Americans and now home to over 8 million people, Jupiter Inlet seemed an...

Athena in the Icebox by Demi K is the continuation of a series of memoirs that champions the young, rebellious teenager from New England, Athena Angelopolous. Of Greek extraction, Athena, or Tina as she prefers to be known, is running from her abusive and controlling...

Seafood by Johanna Harlen is a full-color cookbook that zeroes in on the delights of the sea, complete with crisp and glossy photography by both the author and her son, Chef Craig. The cookbook begins with an overview of Harlen's inspiration and how the composition...

As a tribute to Sifu Wong Shun Leung, Gong Sau Wong: A Tribute by Eric Lilleør reveals various interviews with people who were directly influenced by his unparalleled mastery of martial arts and his simple philosophy of life. Readers get to see how Sifu Wong...