New books by Peace Corps writers — August 2015

To purchase any of these books from Amazon.com, click on the book cover, the bold book title, or the publishing format you would like — and Peace Corps Worldwide, an Amazon Associate, will receive a small remittance that will help support the site and the annual Peace Corps Writers awards.

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Autobiography of a Black Sheep
Eddie James Girdner (India 1968–70)
CreateSpace
August, 2015
482 pages
$16.95 (paperback)

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Historical Ecology of Malaria in Ethiopia: Deposing the Spirits
James C. McCann (Ethiopia 1973–75)
Ohio University Press
June 2015
216 pages
$75.00 (hard cover), $26.40 (paperback), $14.39 (Kindle)

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Travel Tales of a Feisty Fifty-something: All Roads Lead Home
Joanne  Nussbaum (Mongolia 2010–12)
BookBaby
January 2015
116 pages
$3.99 (Kindle)

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How to Write a Novel (a novel)
Melanie Sumner (Senegal 1988–90)
Vintage
August, 2015
304 pages
$14.95 (paperback), $7.99 (Kindle), $29.95 (MP3 CD)

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The Peace Corps, Sierra Leone, and Me
Norman  Tyler
CreateSpace
August, 2015
191 pages
$12.50 (paperback), $3.99 (Kindle)

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Landfall
Ellen Urbani (Guatemala 1991-92)
Forest Avenue Press
August, 2015
304 Pages
$15.95 (paperback), $9.99 (Kindle)

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Purgatory Gardens: A Novel
Peter  Lefcourt (Togo 1962-64)
Skyhorse Publishing
August, 2015
240 pages
$24.99 (hardcover)

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No. 4 Imperial Lane
Jonathan Weisman (Guinea Bissau 1988; Philippines 1988–90)
Twelve
August, 2015
352 pages
$26.00 (hardcover), $12.99 (Kindle), $20.65 (Audible)