Embracing Your Past to Empower Your Future is a work of non-fiction in the biography, Black history, and sociocultural issues genres. Penned by author team Lori Ann LaRocco and Abby Wallace, this detailed and empowering work showcases the stories of four families descended from slaves,...

Emigrant Tales of the Platte River Raids: An 1864 Trail Diary Companion is a work of non-fiction in the historical writing, military, and sociocultural subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience. Penned by author Janelle Molony, this atmospheric and creative non-fiction...

The revised and updated edition of Electra: A Gender Sensitive Study of Plays Based on the Myth: Final Edition plays into an integral part of Western civilization; Electra'sinfluence on popular culture is highly regarded. Electra is one of the recurring myths in Western society in...

Russia put the first man into space. Interestingly, Russia also has the best safety record of any country that participates in space exploration. There are a lot of traditions incorporated in the Russian launch sequence. Reading Everything About Astronauts Vol. 2: Fascinating Fun Facts and...

Chinatown in San Francisco is an important site that exhibits the history and culture of Chinese immigrants in the United States. Nowadays it is a recognized tourist destination because of its restaurants and other attractions. It is also a way to learn a little more...

Echoes from Wuhan depicts the immersive story of a young American woman who traveled to Wuhan for a teaching job. At the time she left for China, Gretchen Dykstra was one of the 100 Americans the Chinese hired to teach English in colleges around the...

Elmer and Virginia: A World War II Romance in Letters is a touching collection of the correspondence of John Odell’s parents. They wrote the letters between 1939 and 1944, during which time they were separated by education and then the war. Elmer and Virginia’s letters...

Everything About Astronauts—Vol. 1: Fascinating Fun Facts and Trivia about Astronauts for Teens and Adults is a combination of history, biography, and science. Author Marianne Jennings says she’s writing for both “space geeks” or simply anyone who wants to learn new information. Some chapter titles...

Explaining Gravity by Bob Ticer describes gravity as part of our universe in a way that makes it easy for the reader to understand. Existing literature is also referenced with examples of work from Einstein, Hawkins, and The Big Bang Theory. Bob methodically explains his...

Moo Jung Cho’s second installment, Easier to See Jeong (Love) Leaving than Arriving, collects one hundred Korean proverbs and essays and offers practical advice on social, cultural, and political matters. The proverbs encourage creativity and hard work, for example in the phrase "a mediocre carpenter...