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Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
RRP: £9.99£6.64'A beautiful, intimate and hunger-inducing portrait of grief, race, heritage and coming to know yourself through what you eat.' - Stylist 'Books of the Year''As good as everyone says it is and, yes, it will have you in tears. An essential read for... -
The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness by Paul Gilroy 9781839766121
RRP: £12.99£8.48In this ground-breaking work, Paul Gilroy proposes that the modern black experience can not be defined solely as African, American, Carribean or British alone, but can only be understand as a Black Atlantic culture that transcends ethnicity or... -
Slave Play (NHB Modern Plays) by Jeremy O. Harris
RRP: £10.99£7.71The Old South lives on at the MacGregor Plantation - in the breeze, in the cotton fields... and in the crack of the whip. Nothing is as it seems, and yet everything is as it seems. Jeremy O. Harris's Slave Play rips apart history to shed new light on... -
Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin DiAngelo 9780141997421
RRP: £10.99£7.77Racism is not a simple matter of good people versus bad. In White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo explained how racism is a system into which all white people are socialized. She also made a provocative claim: that white progressives cause the most daily harm... -
How We Walk: Frantz Fanon and the Politics of the Body by Matthew Beaumont 9781804290071
RRP: £16.99£11.47You can tell a lot about people by how they walk. Matthew Beaumont argues that our standing, walking body holds the social traumas of history and its racialized inequalities. Our posture and gait reflect our social and political experiences as we... -
Permanent Racism: Race, Class and the Myth of Postracial Britain by Paul Warmington 9781447360179
RRP: £24.99£19.39Racism has no place in our society, we are told. In fact, its role is crucial but today public debate on race in Britain is constrained by a facile postracialism. Its features are colourblind narratives, an ‘anti-antiracist’ discourse and erasure of... -
I'm Black So You Don't Have to Be: A Memoir in Eight Lives by Colin Grant 9781529918366
RRP: £10.99£7.77A memoir told through a series of intimate portraits, which build into a poignant, insightful and unforgettable testimony of West Indian British experience.***A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***'Grant is a natural storyteller... Compelling and... -
Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Patillo Beals 9780671866396
RRP: £18.99£12.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (Runner Up, Memoir) 1995.Book InformationISBN 9780671866396Author Melba Patillo BealsFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Pocket... -
Communion: The Female Search for Love by Bell Hooks 9780060938291
RRP: £10.99£7.25Renowned visionary and theorist bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American culture with the critically acclaimed All About Love: New Visions. She continued her national dialogue with the bestselling Salvation: Black People and... -
This is Not America: Why Black Lives in Britain Matter by Tomiwa Owolade
RRP: £18.99£12.83*A TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR*'[Owolade's] argument has needed saying for years' Janan Ganesh, Financial Times'Compelling and admirable' Sunday Times'Passionate and timely' Observer'Excellent' Telegraph'Illuminating' The Times'Timely [and]... -
Settlers: Journeys Through the Food, Faith and Culture of Black African London by Jimi Famurewa
RRP: £10.99£7.77Settlers is a testament to Jimi Famurewa's love not just for his lineage, but for the culture. An incisive, intimate and profound work. - Candice Carty-Williams, author of Queenie and People Person As thrilling as it is touching and revealing - this... -
The Discourse of Race in Modern China by Frank Dikotter
RRP: £19.99£17.44First published in 1992, The Discourse of Race in Modern China rapidly became a classic, showing for the first time on the basis of detailed evidence how and why racial categorisation be- came so widespread in China. After the country's devastating... -
Black Identities and White Therapies: Race, respect and diversity by Divine Charura 9781910919897
RRP: £23.99£22.37This vibrant new book springs from the continued failure of the counselling and psychotherapy profession to adequately prepare trainees to meet the needs of today's multi-ethnic, multiracial and multicultural society. The editors, both highly experienced... -
States of Confinement: Policing, Detention, and Prisons by Joy James 9780312294502
RRP: £44.99£33.88The United States has the highest incarceration and execution rate in the industrialized world. Due to bias in policing and sentencing, seventy percent of the nearly two million people incarcerated in U.S. prisons and immigration detention centers are... -
There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack by Paul Gilroy 9780415289818
RRP: £16.99£15.22This classic book is a powerful indictment of contemporary attitudes to race. By accusing British intellectuals and politicians on both sides of the political divide of refusing to take race seriously, Paul Gilroy caused immediate uproar when this book... -
Veiled Threat: On being visibly Muslim in Britain by Nadeine Asbali 9781785908194
RRP: £18.99£13.61Nadeine Asbali would be the first to say that a scarf on a woman's head doesn't define her, but in her case, that's a lie. Nadeine's life changed overnight. As a mixed-race teenager, she had unknowingly been passing as white her entire life: until she... -
Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology by Thomas Hylland Eriksen
RRP: £19.99£16.07This introduction to social and cultural anthropology has become a modern classic, revealing the rich global variation in social life and culture across the world. Presenting a clear overview of anthropology, it focuses on central topics such as... -
Traces of History: Elementary Structures of Race by Patrick Wolfe
RRP: £19.99£16.90Traces of History presents a new approach to race and to comparative colonial studies. Bringing a historical perspective to bear on the regimes of race that colonizers have sought to impose on Aboriginal people in Australia, on Blacks and Native... -
Therapists Challenging Racism and Oppression: The unheard voices by Neelam Zahid 9781915220295
RRP: £22.99£22.38This is a book about racism and its intersections with other forms of oppression within the talking therapies, told from the therapist's perspective. Inside are powerful, first-person accounts of the often traumatising silencing of counsellors of colour... -
Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-Opening Interviews to Jumpstart Conversations about Identity, Privilege, and Bias by Bari a Williams 9781641529044
RRP: £18.99£11.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641529044Author Williams B aFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge Press -
Subjects and Sojourners: A History of Indochinese in France by Charles Keith 9780520396852
RRP: £30.00£22.82During the era of French colonial rule in Indochina, as many as two hundred thousand Indochinese sojourned in France. Subjects and Sojourners is a vivid and comprehensive social, cultural, and political history of this diverse group, which ranged from... -
Seeing Silicon Valley: Life Inside a Fraying America by Mary Beth Meehan
RRP: £24.00£18.29It's hard to imagine a place more central to American mythology today than Silicon Valley. To outsiders, the region glitters with the promise of extraordinary wealth and innovation. But behind this image lies another Silicon Valley, one segregated by... -
Whitewashing Britain: Race and Citizenship in the Postwar Era by Kathleen Paul
RRP: £27.99£23.66Kathleen Paul challenges the usual explanation for the racism of post-war British policy. According to standard historiography, British public opinion forced the Conservative government to introduce legislation stemming the flow of dark-skinned... -
The Land of Hope and Fear: Israel’s battle for its inner soul by Isabel Kershner 9781915590220
RRP: £25.00£16.13One of the New York Times' 100 Notable Books for 2023 A correspondent who has spent thirty years in Israel presents a rich, wide-ranging portrait of the Israeli people at a critical juncture in their country's history. Despite Israel's determined... -
Europe and the Roma: A History of Fascination and Fear by Klaus-Michael Bogdal 9780241519028
RRP: £40.00£28.39'A magisterial contribution to the understanding of the cultural position of Romani people in Europe. ... nothing short of astounding' Literary ReviewThis remarkable book describes a dark side of European history: the rejection of the Roma from their... -
Sugar and Slate by Charlotte Williams 9780241999530
RRP: £9.99£7.11'In its exploration of geographical, racial and cultural dislocation, Sugar and Slate is in the finest tradition of work to have emerged from the black diaspora in recent times' Gary Younge, GuardianA powerful, radiant memoir from writer Charlotte... -
How to Be a Patriot: Why love of country can end our very British culture war by Sunder Katwala
RRP: £16.99£11.47How do we define patriotism in a diverse society? What divides us and what brings us together? Why do we feel uncomfortable celebrating our country's history? How to be a Patriot offers a new way of understanding our... -
Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody: The Making of a Black Theologian by James H Cone 9781626983779
RRP: £20.99£15.92Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626983779Author James H. ConeFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA) -
Coming Community by Giorgio Agamben 9780816622351
RRP: £18.99£16.36Unquestionably an influential thinker in Italy today, Giorgio Agamben has contributed to some of the most vital philosophical debates of our time. "The Coming Community" is an indispensable addition to the body of his work. How can we conceive a human... -
Race And Culture: A World View by Thomas Sowell
RRP: £14.99£9.80Encompassing more than a decade of research around the globe, this book shows that cultural capital has far more impact than politics, prejudice, or genetics on the social and economic fates of minorities, nations, and civilization.About the AuthorThomas... -
Is Climate Change Racist?: Race, Privilege and the Struggle for Climate Justice by Jeremy Williams
RRP: £9.99£7.11** LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE LONGLIST 2022 ** 'Really packs a punch' Aja Barber, author of Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism'Will open the minds of even the most ardent denier... -
Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home by Nikesh Shukla
RRP: £9.99£7.11'Brown Baby is a beautifully intimate and soul-searching memoir. It speaks to the heart and the mind and bears witness to our turbulent times.' - Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, OtherHow do you find hope and even joy in a world that is... -
Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home by Nikesh Shukla 9781529032918
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Brown Baby is a beautifully intimate and soul-searching memoir. It speaks to the heart and the mind and bears witness to our turbulent times.' - Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, OtherHow do you find hope and even joy in a world that is... -
Unearthed: On race and roots, and how the soil taught me I belong by Claire Ratinon 9781529114867
RRP: £10.99£7.12A powerful work of memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world.Like many diasporic people of colour, Claire Ratinon grew up feeling cut off from the natural world. She lived in cities, reluctant to be outdoors and... -
I Refuse to Condemn: Resisting Racism in Times of National Security by Asim Qureshi
RRP: £19.99£17.84In times of heightened national security, scholars and activists from the communities under suspicion often attempt to alert the public to the more complex stories behind the headlines. But when they raise questions about the government, military and... -
The Weight of the World: Social Suffering in Contemporary Society by Pierre Bourdieu 9780745615936
RRP: £19.99£18.69This book can be read like a series of short stories - the story of a steel worker who was laid off after twenty years in the same factory and who now struggles to support his family on unemployment benefits and a part-time job; the story of a trade... -
Racism in Canada by Vic Satzewich 9780195430660
RRP: £10.99£9.33There are widely divergent views about racism in Canada. Some believe that racism is a fundamental feature of Canadian society and national identity. This dystopian view of Canada as a fundamentally and irrevocably racist society carries considerable... -
Hearing the Voices of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities: Inclusive Community Development by Andrew Ryder 9781447313571
RRP: £28.99£22.29Over the past decade, interest in Gypsies, Roma and Travellers (GRT) has risen up the political and media agendas, but they remain relatively unknown. This topical book is the first to chart the history and contemporary developments in GRT community... -
The Violence of Britishness: Racism, Borders and the Conditions of Citizenship by Nadya Ali
RRP: £16.99£11.54In post-Brexit Britain wracked by multiple crises, the entitlements of citizenship grow increasingly precarious. 'Britishness' is a way of understanding the nation shaped by white nationalism that acts as a powerful tool of racial bordering, separating... -
Brown Girl in the Ring: Memoirs of a brown girl living in Scotland by Olukemi Ogunyemi 9781800310667
RRP: £14.99£14.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800310667Author Olukemi OgunyemiFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)...