LibraryAware October 2025

New Releases

Somebody is walking on your grave : my cemetery journeys
by Mariana Enriquez

Combining travel, history, and personal reflection, this unconventional memoir follows a writer through cemeteries across four continents as she explores their history and architecture as well as their emotional resonance, revealing how these spaces mirror the living world and shape her own literary perspective.

The Nashville book of dates : adventures, escapes, and secret spots
by Eden Dawn

The ultimate encyclopedia of cool places for Nashvillains (and visitors), this book covers everything from the cozy, the dazzling, and the downright kitsch for your special sweetie, whether it's one-hour dates at the hippest restaurants downtown to weekend trips to take in Tennessee's natural splendor.

Twelve churches : an unlikely history of the buildings that made Christianity
by Fergus Butler-Gallie

Explores twelve churches across the globe through travel writing, history and spiritual reflection, tracing Christianity's complex legacy while revealing how sacred spaces reflect the struggles, faith, and resilience of the people who shaped and were shaped by them.

Ghosthunting Florida : your travel guide to 30 haunted places
by Dave Lapham

Guides you to 30 fascinating and historic places, including cemeteries, hotels, restaurants, theaters, and more. Every location is open to the public, and here's the catch: Every place is reportedly haunted!

Protesting with Rosa Parks : from stagecoaches to driving while Black
by John K. Bollard

Details the long and winding history of the intersections between Black activism and travel. Bollard recounts the experiences of more than ninety-five people who stood up against the oppressive legality of Jim Crow on stagecoaches, trains, streetcars, steamboats, buses, planes, and even elevators.

On-the-road histories : South Carolina
by Kenneth Townsend

Beginning with the area’s earliest settlers, Townsend traces the state’s integral role in the American Revolution and its rise as an agricultural powerhouse; the Civil War and the legacy of slavery; and its recent economic reemergence after the Civil Rights era. The book highlights major historical figures, key events, and cultural icons from Andrew Jackson to James Brown.

The road that made America : a modern pilgrim's journey on the Great Wagon Road
by James Dodson

Traces the history of the Great Wagon Road, a major 18th-century migration route from Philadelphia to Georgia, exploring its role in frontier settlement, war, industry, and democracy through field research, historical analysis, and the author's personal connection to its enduring legacy.

Secret Washington DC : an unusual guide
by Sharon Pendana

Far from the crowds and the usual clichés, Washington, DC is a reserve of well-concealed treasures only revealed to those who know how to wander off the beaten track, whether residents or visitors.

Ghostly Travels

Ghostlore : unveiling 50 phantoms that have haunted history
by Icy Sedgwick

Reveals the sinister stories behind the phantoms that have terrified history. From mischievous German poltergeists to Nigerian Madam Koi Koi, who haunts schools looking for unruly children, discover 50 misunderstood and mysterious ghosts from around the globe.

The in-betweens : the spiritualists, mediums, and legends of Camp Etna
by Mira Ptacin

Ptacin's visit to America’s longest-running mysticism camp, profiling the otherworld community that has hosted generations of spiritualists and mediums who would maintain a connection to the afterlife.

Lost America : the Viking city of New England, Roanoke, Love Canal, Route 66, Neverland : vanished civilizations, abandoned towns, and roadside attractions by Don Rauf

Lost America : vanished civilizations, abandoned towns, and roadside attractions
by Don Rauf

An illustrated look at the history behind fascinating places in the United States that have existed only in myth and have never been found, those that were abandoned and why and those that were lost to social upheaval or natural disaster.

A demon-haunted land : witches, wonder doctors, and the ghosts of the past in post-WWII Germany
by Monica Black

This history of post-World War II Germany examines the guilt and shame of a nation haunted by the recent past and how this manifested itself in a succession of supernatural events fueled by a preoccupation with evil.