Cultural & Regional

AUDIOBOOK READ BY THE AUTHOR “In writing a book about Minneapolis, Justin Ellis has really written a book about America's favorite lie—that good intentions lead to justice. Ellis is a rigorous historian and a visceral storyteller, and he has produced something essential: a reckoning with a...

Only the scathing wit and searching intelligence of Jessica Mitford could turn an exposé of the American funeral industry into a book that is at once deadly serious and side-splittingly funny. When first published in 1963, this landmark of investigative journalism became a runaway bestseller...

生涯をかけて各地を旅し，人々の声に耳を傾けつづけた宮本常一．『忘れられた日本人』をはじめとする仕事は，従来の日本像を見直す民俗学の成果であるとともに，民俗学を超えて，多大な影響を与えてきた．

For every journey, there’s always at least another hidden one waiting to be discovered—a journey inside another journey, inside a bigger one; like a reverse Matryoshka. Only visible to those ready to close their eyes and open their hearts.

From The New York Times bestselling author of Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing comes an update of John Steinbeck’s trip in Travels with Charley, a cross-country journey exploring modern America with Lauren Hough’s signature observational wit, searing social commentary, and perspective as...

Coming Back to My Trees / Dod yn ôl at fy Nghoed is a lyrical memoir of loss, belonging and spiritual return. Rooted in hiraeth- a deep longing for home, it blends memory, myth and the sacred landscapes of Wales. Dedicated to those raised without a full understanding of Welsh culture or language, it is both a reclamation and a healing.

On May 8, 2006, Congolese finance graduate Guy Goma turns up for a job interview at the BBC when his world suddenly explodes. Mistaken for a technology expert whose name was also Guy (and who was waiting in a different reception area), he’s ushered into a TV studio and interviewed live on air.

From the psychedelic living rooms of the 60's to the debt-heavy reality of today, Ken Straus tracks his Boomer journey through a woodchipper of grievance and irony. It's part stand-up, part eulogy, and a full-throttle reckoning with the generation that set out to save the world and ended up owning it.

„DasSalzzwischenuns“ Heimkehr an die Kaimauer. Was offenliegt, bleibt. Salz legt sich überall ab – in den Furchen einer alten Hand, im rauen Griff eines Taus, in allem, was das Meer berührt. Schicht um Schicht legt es sich über das, was war, und doch bleibt es bestehen. DasSalzzwischenuns erzählt von zwei Menschen, deren Wege sich kreuzen und wieder verlieren, von Erinnerungen, die unter der Oberfläche ruhen, und von Wahrheiten, die das Meer nicht fortspülen kann. Eine leise, eindringliche Geschichte über Nähe, Verlust und das, was bleibt, wenn Worte versiegen.

"Every Man's Dream," invites readers to explore a compelling narrative that transcends racial boundaries and delves into the complexities of success in a racially divided society. The story unfolds through the unique perspective of a young white reporter tasked with uncovering the remarkable...

From her first ski trip, Jean Waight is entranced by the beauty and welcoming feel of Oregon's old lodge—an inspired 1937 creation. Winter by winter, her friends share weather, mishaps, and ale. She braves a comical encounter with a pine marten and is less brave when alone in a freakish snow accident that takes her to life's very edge. But Timberline Lodge's whisperings only become clear after she has to give up skiing. When skiers and snowboarders head for the slopes and all is quiet inside, the past comes out to play. Even the linocut murals hold up a mirror to her own life.

We Only Came to Dream is a memoir, not a novel, of the Counterculture Era (“hippie”). It is often one of high humor, silent introspection, and even danger. It was a time of social upheaval, a redefinition of the role of sex and race, and what it meant to be part of the mainstream…or not. Rediscovery was in the air, a marijuana-filled air, and often included quite a bit of travel.

In the fall of 2025, Clay-Chalkville High School in Alabama chased a championship in the space between memory and change. Friday nights arrived with familiar rituals and quiet pressure. Helmets were buckled. Lights came on. A stadium that held decades of voices stood on borrowed time, even as a new season demanded full attention. Wins accumulated, but so did moments that never appeared on a scoreboard – conversations in parking lots, superstitions repeated without explanation, lessons passed down rather than announced.

COMO NALGA DE MONJA es una reflexión ingeniosa, sincera y profundamente humana sobre la vida, la muerte, la fe y la extraña aventura de estar vivo. Con humor, ironía e historias personales, Nicolò Luca explora las preguntas que muchos se hacen en silencio: ¿Qué sucede después de la muerte? ¿Qué es lo que realmente importa en la vida? ¿Y por qué los seres humanos somos tan maravillosamente contradictorios?

Together, two friends with vastly different backgrounds share their vision for a reconciled country—one in which small, daily actions can make a monumental difference Derek Aronhie:nens Montour is an Indigenous man who grew up on the Kahnawà:ke Kanien’kehá:ka Territory. Elin Sandberg...

Retratos de Mim não é apenas uma autobiografia. É a história de um homem comum confrontado com circunstâncias pouco comuns — e da forma como decidiu construir-se por dentro enquanto construía o mundo à sua volta. Entre Portugal e Londres, entre a obra e o estudo, entre quedas e recomeços, este livro acompanha um percurso de transformação: da sobrevivência à consciência.

How do you move forward when life doesn’t go as planned? Such is Life?: Framing a Positive "Next" Mindset in the Wake of Life's Setbacks by Bobby Steffens, thoughtfully narrated by Phillip Nathaniel Freeman and Lauren Henry, and produced and published by Audiobook Publishing Services, is a powerful and deeply personal memoir about resilience, healing, and finding purpose after life’s most difficult moments.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What happens when the road home becomes a trap — and the only weapons you have left are your wits, your faith, and the names of the people you love? Students of the Book is the true account of Musa, a young Afghan student whose journey to visit family...

Deep in the American South, poverty was rarely temporary. For many families, it was inherited. In the cotton mill towns of the American South, generations of families lived in a world defined by lint dust, mill whistles, and long days of exhausting labor. Poverty was not simply a hardship. It was a system that shaped communities, reputations, and the expectations placed on entire bloodlines. Families like these were often labeled with a single dismissive word: lintheads.

Always Something To Do is a novel built from primary sources — the handwritten memoir of Naomi Roberts Ledbetter, an interview recorded in her own words at the age of eighty, and historic documents spanning her lifetime. Travel along with her and her story. A girl from a rural farm in Alabama...