- Location(s): North Dakota, Fort Berthold
- Genre(s): Nonfiction
- Era(s): 2009
When Lissa Yellow Bird was released from prison in 2009, she found her home, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, transformed by the Bakken oil boom. In her absence, the landscape had been altered beyond recognition, her...
- Location(s): Yemen
- Genre(s): Nonfiction, Travelogue
- Era(s): late 20th century
Arguably the most fascinating and least understood country in the Arab world, Yemen has a way of attracting comment that ranges from the superficial to the wildly fantastic. A country long regarded by classical geographers as a fabulous land...
Yemen: Travels In Dictionary Land
- Location(s): Yemen
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1990s
In this work, the author describes his journey through Yemen, portraying hyrax hunters and dhow skippers, a noseless regicide, a sword-wielding tyrant with a passion for Heinz Russian salad, as well as examining the extraordinary history of the ordinary...
Yeonnam-dong’s Smiley Laundromat
- Location(s): Seoul
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
The Yeonnam-dong Smiley Laundromat is a place where the extraordinary stories of ordinary residents unfold. Situated at the heart of rapidly gentrifying district of Seoul, it’s a haven of peace and reflection for many locals. And when a notebook...
Yes, (Saudi) Minister! a Life in Administration
- Location(s): Saudi Arabia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 1970s /1980s
Born into a leading merchant family in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, Dr Algosaibi not only experienced but, as a government minister, played a leading part in the Kingdom’s rapid modernisation during the 1970s and 1980s. In this administrative autobiography,...