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  Ask a Native New Yorker -...

  Jake Dobkin

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  Ask a Native New Yorker is Jake Dobkin's essential guide to the Big Apple's culture, people, and lifestyles. 
   
   
   
  As a third-generation New Yorker who was born, bred, and educated there, Jake Dobkin was such a fan of his hometown that he started Gothamist, a popular and acclaimed website with a focus on news, events, and culture in the city, and Ask a Native New Yorker became one of its most popular columns. This book version features all original writing and aims to help newbies evolve into real New Yorkers with humor and a command of the facts. 
   
   
   
  In forty-eight short essays and eleven sidebars, the book offers practical information about transportation, apartment hunting, and even cultivating relationships for anyone fresh to the Big Apple. Subjects include "Why is New York the greatest city in the world?," "Where should I live?," "Where do you find peace and quiet when you feel overwhelmed?," and "Who do I have to give up my subway seat to?" 
   
   
   
  Part philosophy, part anecdote collection, and part no-nonsense guide, Ask a Native New Yorker will become the default gift for transplants to New York, whether they're here for internships, college, or starting a new job.

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  Ring the Hill

  Tom Cox

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  A hill is not a mountain. You climb it for you, then you put it quietly inside you, in a cupboard marked 'Quite A Lot Of Hills' where it makes its infinitesimal mark on who you are. Ring the Hill is a book written around, and about, hills: it includes a northern hill, a hill that never ends and the smallest hill in England. Each chapter takes a type of hill - whether it's a knoll, cap, cliff, tor or even a mere bump - as a starting point for one of Tom's characteristically unpredictable and wide-ranging explorations. Tom's lyrical, candid prose roams from an intimate relationship with a particular cove on the south coast, to meditations on his great-grandmother and a lesson on what goes into the mapping of hills themselves. Because a good walk in the hills is never just about the hills: you never know where it might lead.

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  Atalanta in the South

  Maud Howe

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  Blending travel, cultural observation, and literary elegance, Atalanta in the South invites readers on a captivating journey through landscapes rich in history, tradition, and local character. With a keen eye for detail and a gift for vivid description, Maud Howe creates a work that is both engaging and reflective.
  
  As the narrative unfolds, readers encounter diverse settings, memorable personalities, and moments of discovery that reveal the customs, values, and rhythms of life in unfamiliar surroundings. The book captures the excitement of exploration while offering thoughtful insights into the people and places that shape the experience of travel.
  
  Through graceful prose and perceptive observations, Howe examines themes of identity, culture, curiosity, and human connection. Her writing balances appreciation for beauty and tradition with an awareness of social change and cultural complexity, creating a narrative that resonates beyond its immediate setting.
  
  Rich in atmosphere and historical texture, the work serves as both a literary journey and a record of a particular time and place. Its combination of storytelling, reflection, and cultural insight makes it rewarding for readers interested in history, society, and the art of travel writing.
  
  Perfect for readers who enjoy classic travel literature, historical narratives, and finely crafted prose, Atalanta in the South remains an engaging and insightful work that captures the spirit of exploration and the enduring fascination of discovering new worlds.

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  I am Here

  Janine aka Neflah

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  I Am Here is a courageous memoir that traces one woman’s journey through displacement, betrayal, silence, and survival. Spanning continents and generations, the book moves from childhood migrations to Liberia and Israel into the deeply personal terrain of family fracture, abuse, and unspoken pain. Written with honesty and restraint, this story does not seek to accuse or sensationalize; it seeks to tell the truth. At its core, I Am Here is about generational trauma: how it is inherited, how it harms, and how it can finally be confronted. Through lived experience, the author explores faith, identity, resilience, and the cost of silence, offering a narrative that is as difficult as it is necessary. This book stands as a declaration: survival is not the end of the story; healing is possible.

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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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  Do-a-Leap-a-Faith and Go for It

  Craig Bulow

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  From late-night revelry in Sydney to the untamed waters of the Tully River, Do a Leap-A-Faith and Go for It is a whirlwind journey through Australia's backpacking scene, brimming with misadventures, camaraderie, and unforgettable encounters.
  
  With a sharp eye for detail and a knack for turning the ordinary into the extraordinary, Craig Bulow takes readers along for a ride filled with sun-soaked landscapes, spontaneous friendships, and the unfiltered chaos of budget travel. Whether it's surviving hostel dormitories that smell like "a teenager's bedroom x12" or navigating white-water rapids with an unexpected celebrity, his stories are as unpredictable as the road itself.
  
  But beneath the humour and high-spirited escapades lies a deeper exploration of what it means to truly embrace adventure. From the ancient rainforests of the Daintree to the electrifying energy of Cairns' nightlife, Bulow's travels capture the highs and lows of throwing caution to the wind and seeing where the world takes you.

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