Cultural & Regional

The New York Times bestseller “[An] achingly intelligent memoir . . . we finally have an Appalachian memoir worthy of its origins.” —New York Times Book Review In her luminous debut, Emilee Hackney offers both a love letter to and a reckoning of the place that made her—a story of losing...

Stephen Huyler's journey into India began on his twentieth birthday, pedalling a bicycle rickshaw from the border. Over fifty-two years, for an average of four months a year, he has explored India's diverse village and other subcultures through his writing and photography, becoming a leading documentarian of India. Transformed by India invites listeners to join Huyler as he navigates this remarkable nation, highlighting individuals from the wide spectrum of life all around the country.

Bloomsbury presents Future Indefinite, with the unfinished Past Conditional, by Noël Coward, read by Arty Froushan. The definitive account, in his own words, of one of the most popular figures in British theatre. The second and concluding volume of Noël Coward's legendary autobiography...

Welcome to the wild, wacky and wonderful world of outback Aussie festivals! Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled far and wide to capture the true stories behind Australia's most unconventional festivals. You'll meet the larrikin locals, dedicated organisers and competitive spirits who turn cockroaches into champions, guinea pigs into thoroughbreds and dunnies into racing machines.

Dusty Springfield Beyond the Grave and Me is a deeply personal account of one woman’s extraordinary spiritual journey, shaped by fascination, discovery, and a continuing emotional connection with the legendary Dusty Springfield. In this heartfelt book, the author shares experiences that opened a new understanding of love, loss, memory, and life beyond death. What began as a private journey grew into a story larger than herself, written for Dusty’s fans, for believers in the unseen, and for anyone who has ever wondered whether death is truly the end.

"Waiting for Roxana" by Ligia Giovannoni is a powerful memoir set during Argentina's "Dirty War," capturing the story of two sisters bound by love and torn by political violence. Ligia admires her older sister, Roxana, a brilliant student who becomes a fervent activist. As Roxana joins the underground Montoneros, risking her life against the oppressive regime, Ligia watches with admiration and concern. A military raid on their family home marks the beginning of relentless danger, with Roxana forced into hiding.

A lockdown society dedication and tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle the Great. To reflect the life of Nipsey Hussle, works, music, and art form. From him being prolific, visionary, influencer, community activist, humanitarian, revolutionary, philanthropist, radical entrepreneur, youth funding developer, and a reintegrating advocate, along with so much more of his innovation businesses and movements. The Marathon history and continuance. Nipsey's legacy, principles, and elements, along with his epic All Money In slogan and concept behind the brand.

Brandon Smith built the kind of life most people aspire to—seven-figure income, career success, family, status, and access. He was the guy who could handle pressure, read the room, close the deal, and keep everything moving. From the outside, nothing looked broken. In Nothing Was Broken, Smith shares the story of a high-performing man who never hit rock bottom, never lost everything, and never fit the traditional narrative of addiction or recovery.

After her husband’s death in 2007, Julie Fergus’ life suddenly feels unrecognizable. Raising two boys on her own, she moves through the disorientation of grief while trying to hold together what remains of their family. Running becomes a way forward. Not to escape the pain, but to move with it. Through miles and memory, she begins to find moments of steadiness—small returns to herself in the midst of what feels broken.

This extraordinary true story is about an ordinary man who defied death through unshakeable faith, the power of prayer, and first-class medical care. Bill is a retiree who survives a major heart attack just a few months after his retirement. After twelve days in the hospital, four stents, and several serious complications, he is released and, for six years, works hard to regain most of his former heart function. However, after a long bout with the RSV virus, he begins to suffer congestive heart failure.

Orphaned in her early teens and shuttled between abusive foster homes, Tatiana Forero Puerta found herself in her early twenties in New York City, haunted by the memories of her tumultuous youth and suicidal. Following emergency hospitalization, she was advised by her doctor to take up yoga. Over days, weeks, months, and then years, she embraced yoga’s honesty and discipline- delving more deeply into its wisdom, literature, and, vitally, its practice.

Roosevelt to The Hamptons: The War on Both Sides is a powerful and thought-provoking audiobook written by Keith Daniel Saunders Sr., expertly narrated by Khareme Lambie, and produced by Audiobook Producer and Audiobook Publishing Services. In this compelling memoir, Keith Daniel Saunders Sr. shares his extraordinary journey from the segregated streets of Roosevelt, Long Island, to becoming a respected educator, community advocate, and leader.

The Things We Carry Home is a quiet and deeply personal memoir about loneliness, family, leaving, and the slow journey of learning how to feel at home within your own life. Raised in a small Kansas town, Dan Trott spent years believing peace existed somewhere else — in bigger cities, new beginnings, and versions of himself he had not yet become. But after decades of distance, restless movement, strained relationships, and emotional exhaustion, he finds himself returning to the very roads he once could not wait to escape.

Debbie Chinn begins this colorful memoir by tracing her roots back to China. In the 19th Century a Southern Baptist missionary by happenstance started her family. Horrors of war, the Japanese occupation of China, the brutalities of starvation and poverty, and the Communist takeover of China in 1949 forced her family to flee their homeland, becoming immigrants in the United States.

For years, Darius Marquis Kendrick served behind the keys, believing his gift would open doors, strengthen churches, and glorify God. But being chosen did not protect him from struggle. In many ways, it made him a target. Behind the music, he encountered power struggles, church politics, betrayal, spiritual warfare, broken relationships, unanswered prayers, and seasons that tested his identity, discernment, and faith more deeply than any sermon ever could.

Born in rural Jamaica in 1967 and retired as a Vice President overseeing a $4 billion infrastructure portfolio in America. This is the story of everything that happened in between as told in the author's own voice—a listening experience as personal as the story itself. Eric Jones left Jamaica for the United States in 1987, carrying the heartbeat of his island home into a country that offered opportunities, yet was strewn with challenges.

Periyannan–A History That Was Never Written” by Karthik Chidambaram captures the remarkable journey of A.R. Periyannan, a visionary whose life was deeply intertwined with Tamil Nadu’s social, cultural, and political transformation in the 20th century. Blending family history, Dravidian movement influences, and personal milestones, this book preserves untold stories for future generations.

This book is about a black child growing into a woman under the circumstances of the unknown, learning as she grows. Day-by-day challenges as a human being. Her mindset is the answer to all her problems. Brenda sometimes just had to accept the waves as they came.

A Chip Off the Old Block is the true story of a little boy who grew up in poverty, without a father's love and with few advantages, yet discovered that God was quietly shaping every chapter of his life. Through hardship, mistakes, family, faith, and unexpected opportunities, he learned that our past does not determine our future. With honesty, humor, and humility, Chip Clay shares how ordinary people—and an extraordinary God—transformed a frightened child into a husband, father, mine rescue instructor, preacher, and servant of Christ.

A dry, documentary, unsentimental book on alcohol and drugs, strip clubs, the people who work in them, and the people who go to them. People talk about strip clubs like they know them, but they don't really, not until their visit is for an 8-hourshift. From the DJ booth I can see the whole room, whether I want to or not. The dancers who are trying to make rent, and the customers who are trying to feel them up. We have good nights. Nights that drag. Nights that bad things happen, and on those nights, the adrenaline blows off the top of my head, welcome to “Friday Night at the Fights.