It is not often that we experience a memoir that is both profound and articulate in narrating episodes in the author’s life. Yasmin Azad’s Stay, Daughter: A Memoir of Muslim Girlhood is a striking account of a Muslim girl’s struggles in her coming of age...

Lost in Mother Russia: A Memoir by Jill McDowell is an intimate look at Russia set in the middle 1990s. The author, an ESL teacher who teaches at Moscow State University and at the school in the Japanese Embassy, decides to search for her roots...

How to Live the Dream: Things Every Van Lifer Needs To Know by Kristine Hudson takes readers on a fascinating trip that will enable them to get rid of their boring lifestyles and wake up wherever they want. The author explores what it takes to...

Rum & Red Peppers: 80 Caribbean, Armenian, Middle Eastern & Mediterranean Recipes is written by Wayne and Sherrie Trotman. This selection offers traditional foods of the mentioned regions. Baked Omelet (Mediterranean) and Coconut Bake (Trinidadian) are breakfast staples. Meatballs in Rum Sauce, Salsa Salmon, Boreg,...

Gambling and weddings: two dominant reasons to visit Las Vegas. While we’ve heard plenty about the gambling casinos and the stories that surround them, not much has been written about the wedding chapels that dot the area, inviting couples of all shapes, sizes, ages, and...

The Clean Body by Peter Ward charts the history of personal cleanliness in the western world from the seventeenth century on, and it takes us through the homes and bathhouses of France, Germany, Italy, England, Austria, and North America. We know that today’s often excessive...

Passing Through by Darryl Greer details his captivating experiences growing up in Australia, moving to London and going back to live in Australia, with many other exciting adventures in between. Born in 1948, Greer was raised by his adoptive mother in the Gold Coast, Queensland....

The Height of Fearlessness: A True Story of the Power of Perspective by Mia Iwama Hastings and Mimi Iwama recounts the tale of a nine-year-old girl, Mimi Iwama, at the end of the Second World War, as she and her beloved mother come to terms...

New Yorkers: A Feisty People Who Will Unsettle, Madden, Amuse and Astonish You is a work of non-fiction written in the style of a memoir, and was penned by author Clifford Browder. Part travel guidebook and part nostalgic memoir, this excellent read is for anyone...

The iPINIONS Journal: Commentaries on the Global Events of 2019 is exactly what the title suggests; a collection of opinion blogs written and published (in real time) on author Anthony Livingston Hall’s weblog. This collection, one of many over the years, highlights the tumultuous events...