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  Mama Tenga - My African Life...

  Katrin Rhode

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  Courage, Humanity, and the Call of a New Life – told by the woman who became "Mama Tenga".
  
  After a life-changing trip to West Africa, Katrin Rohde makes a radical decision: she sells all her possessions in Germany and emigrates to Burkina Faso. In the capital, Ouagadougou, she begins working with street children—boys fighting to survive amid poverty, drugs, and violence. What begins as a single act of compassion becomes a lifelong mission.
  
  With courage, discipline, humor, and a deep belief in the power of education and community, Katrin Rohde builds a network of support over the years: orphanages, women's shelters, workshops, schools, counseling centers, and training programs—all rooted in the principle of helping people to help themselves. Her initiatives represent real empowerment, social justice, and hope for change.
  
  Today, she is known across Burkina Faso as "Mama Tenga – Mother Fatherland." In this deeply personal and compelling memoir, Katrin Rohde tells her true story—an inspiring journey of female leadership, cross-cultural connection, and human resilience, rich with African wisdom and the courage to make a difference.

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  Red Dead Redemption - History...

  Esther Wright, John Wills

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  While the Western was dying a slow death across the cultural landscape, it was blazing back to life as a video game in the early twenty-first century. Rockstar Games' Red Dead franchise, beginning with Red Dead Revolver in 2004, has grown into one of the most critically acclaimed video game franchises of the twenty-first century. Red Dead Redemption: History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West offers a critical, interdisciplinary look at this cultural phenomenon at the intersection of game studies and American history. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on game studies, western history, American studies, and cultural studies, the authors train a wide-ranging, deeply informed analytic perspective on the Red Dead franchise—from its earliest incarnation to the latest, Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018). Their intersecting chapters put the series in the context of American history, culture, and contemporary media, with inquiries into issues of authenticity, realism, the meaning of play and commercial promotion, and the relationship between the game and the wider cultural iterations of the classic Western. The contributors also delve into the role the series' development has played in recent debates around working conditions in the gaming industry and gaming culture.

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  Writing Wrongly - The ongoing...

  Thomas Corfield

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  "When the whole world's against you, at least it's something to lean on." 
  When the worst writer in history self-publishes his books, the world of literature is decimated overnight. Illiteracy becomes something to aspire to and book burnings become rife. The publishing industry is left hemorrhaging credibility and teeters on the brink of collapse. Its recovery is not a matter of removing said books, or even destroying them: the same must be done to the mind responsible. 
  Thomas may be the worst writer to have ever lived, but if he’s not careful, he won’t be doing much of that, either. 
  This Sortabiography is the story of one writer against the entire publishing industry. There’s lots of swearing and temper tantrums, as well as a brand new psychiatric illness. There’s also an excellent café scene, which, although short, is worth mentioning. 
   “Dreadful. The title says it all. Except about it being dreadful. ” - Carmen Schneider. Acquisitions Editor, PBA. 
  “The publishing industry is in upheaval, it’s true. But this just rubs balsamic vinegar into its wounds and garnishes it with slices of turd.” – Robert Tasher. MD, Banquet Press. 
  “It’s ebooks like this that should have the internet banned.” - Malcolm Shrot-Faith, Literary Agent.

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  Small-Scale Woodworking Projects...

  Roshaan Ganief

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  Small-Scale Woodworking Projects for the Home is full of useful, stylish patterns woodworkers can cut on the scroll saw in very little time. It has a larger format to highlight the photos of works in progress and larger patterns. From lamps to earrings and wall art to coasters and cupboards, Roshaan Ganief's guide has everything woodworking artists need to build their woodworking skills and create stunning art for their home or to give away as gifts. The book features a beginner's "Getting Started" section along with 44 projects and patterns that have clean minimalism designs that artists can finish in their own style. It also includes step-by-step instructions and beautiful full-color photography to help scrollers along the way. Personalize your home with your own creations with a minimal amount of money and time.

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  How to Look After Your Human

  Milly Lorimer, Zara Lorimer

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  Humans have a strange idea that they look after their dogs, when the truth is quite different: we actually look after them! And as life becomes more and more stressful for humans, they need more and more looking after. In this book we give other dogs – and their humans - a few tips about how best to do this. 
  At last a book that will help me deal with the humans in my life! For many years I have believed that I have so much wisdom that could be shared with my’'owners’ but I just never knew how to teach them. Now I have just the guidance I need! Thank you for this book, which I think will bring new harmony and happiness into our household. Milo the dog. 
  A fun and heart-warming read from a convincingly dog's-eye view, which also imparts some valuable information on how both sides can keep each other happy while showing who’s boss (ha ha!). I recommend this book as a present for all dog lovers. Liz Jones.

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  William Stanek's Crater Lake - A...

  The Editors of Our American...

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  Crater Lake begins with absence.
  
  A great volcanic mountain changed catastrophically, and the hollow it left became one of America's most visually concentrated landscapes. Blue water, caldera walls, snow, pumice, forest, sky, and long seasonal closure all begin with that missing mountain.
  
  William Stanek's Crater Lake turns the famous first sight into a deeper reading. Rim roads, overlooks, walks, volcanic forms, water, weather, snow, light, and the effort required to move below or beyond the easiest viewpoints become parts of one coherent story.
  
  Because the park can seem visually simple, it is especially easy to rush. This guide helps readers resist that mistake. It explains why different viewpoints matter, how elevation and snow govern the season, why a short walk may be enough, and what changes when the traveler stops treating the lake as a single photograph.
  
  For road travelers, walkers, families, couples, solo visitors, and photographers, Crater Lake becomes a place to inhabit rather than merely confirm.

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