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Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month by reading these 32 incredibly talented writers.

This year's additions to the list of Unesco World Heritage sites, from Edinburgh's Forth Bridge to a pie factory in Uruguay.

Ephesus, Turkey

What Unesco says: "Located within what was once the estuary of the River Kaystros, Ephesus comprises successive Hellenistic and Roman settlements founded on new locations, which followed the coastline as it retreated westward. Excavations have revealed grand monuments of the Roman Imperial period including the Library of Celsus and the Great Theatre. Little remains of the famous Temple of Artemis, one of the “Seven Wonders of the World,” which drew pilgrims from all around the Mediterranean. Since the 5th century, the House of the Virgin Mary, a domed cruciform chapel seven kilometres from Ephesus, became a major place of Christian pilgrimage. The Ancient City of Ephesus is an outstanding example of a Roman port city, with sea channel and harbour basin."

• * British Library - check (though it's been a while & could use a refresher).
• * Bloomsbury - check.
• * Shakespeare's Globe - check. (Duh.)
• * St. Pancras and
• * George Inn - on the list for next time.
• * English Heritage plaques - check (you'd have to be blind to miss them).
• * Foyle's / Charing Cross / indie bookstores - check. (Duh.)
• * 221B Baker St. - check.
• * Tube / Oyster Card / do your own literary London thing - check ... it's one of the main reasons why I keep going to London in the first place!:)

Shakespeare's Globe: outside; and cast (including Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry) and director (Dominic Dromgoole) taking standing ovations at the 2012 season's last performance of "Twelfth Night." (Photos mine.)

Who knew that something as seemingly small as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship could change so many people’s lives so dramatically? Woodrow “Wooj” Byun was the recipient of that award and it set him on a path that would change not only his life drastically, but the lives of so many people around him

My Rotary Journey is the powerful story of Byun’s life and how it was changed and shaped by the Rotary Association. Adopting the Rotary’s motto of “service above self,” Byun has touched so many other people’s lives by donating so much of his time and talents to help make the world a better place. He’s tutored elderly immigrants so they could pass the US citizenship test, wrote books to help Koreans understand the US legal system and serves as president of the Rotary Club in Edina, Minnesota. Byun shares his inspiring stories in this book in a witty and heartfelt way and aims to inspire a new generations of Rotarians.