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The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee 9780525509561
RRP: £30.00£19.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9780525509561Author Heather McGheeFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint One World BooksPublisher... -
Gypsies and Travellers: Empowerment and Inclusion in British Society by Joanna Richardson 9781847428943
RRP: £29.99£23.02The eviction at Dale Farm in the UK in 2011 brought the conflicting issues relating to Gypsy and Traveller accommodation to the attention of the world's media. However, as the furore surrounding the eviction has died down, the very pressing issues of... -
Undoing Border Imperialism by Harsha Walia 9781849351348
RRP: £12.00£8.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849351348Author Harsha WaliaFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint AK PressPublisher AK PressWeight(grams) 279g -
I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales): Notes from a Soviet girl on becoming an American woman by Margarita Gokun Silver
RRP: £8.99£6.20Buy a pair of Levi's, lose the Russian accent, become an American... how hard could it be?Moscow, 1988. After years of antisemitic harassment, countless hours waiting in line for toilet paper, and having zero access to cool jeans, Margarita decides it's... -
Gender and Power: Society, the Person and Sexual Politics by Raewyn W. Connell 9780745604688
RRP: £24.99£21.81This book is an important introductory textbook on sexual politics and an original contribution to the reformulation of social and political theory. In a discussion of, among other issues, psychoanalysis, Marxism and feminist theories, the structure of... -
The Facilitator's Guide for White Affinity Groups: Strategies for Leading White People in an Anti-Racist Practice by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
RRP: £19.99£14.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807003565Author Robin DiangeloFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press -
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life by Allyson Hobbs 9780674659926
RRP: £17.95£14.28Between the eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, countless African Americans passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and community. It was, as Allyson Hobbs writes, a chosen exile, a separation from one racial identity and the leap... -
Back in the Frame: How to get back on your bike, whatever life throws at you by Jools Walker 9780751570786
RRP: £6.99£4.71Has your bicycle become your biggest escape of late? Are you rediscovering the joy of two wheels? If so, then Back in the Frame from award-winning blogger, Lady Velo, is the book for you Jools Walker re-discovered cycling aged twenty-eight after a... -
Decolonize Museums by Shimrit Lee
RRP: £14.99£11.66Behold the sleazy logic of museums: plunder dressed up as charity, conservation, and care.The idealized Western museum, as typified by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, and the Museum of Natural History, has remained much the same... -
Many Struggles: New Histories of African and Caribbean People in Britain by Hakim Adi 9780745347653
RRP: £22.99£15.17'A wonderful showcase of the most exciting work happening in Black British History and a rousing call to action' Christienna Fryar, historian of Britain and the Caribbean The history of African and Caribbean people in Britain is centuries long... -
The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe by Heather Mac Donald
RRP: £12.99£8.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594039683Author Heather Mac DonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Encounter Books,USAPublisher Encounter Books,USA -
Reconsidering Roosevelt on Race: How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown by Kevin J. McMahon
RRP: £26.00£24.85Many have questioned FDR's record on race, suggesting that he had the opportunity but not the will to advance the civil rights of African Americans. Kevin J. McMahon challenges this view, arguing instead that Roosevelt's administration played a crucial... -
Race, Work, & Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience by Laura Morgan Roberts 9781633698017
RRP: £33.00£23.61Rethinking How to Build Inclusive OrganizationsRace, Work, and Leadership is a rare and important compilation of essays that examines how race matters in people's experience of work and leadership. What does it mean to be black in corporate America... -
Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others by David Livingstone Smith 9781250003836
£12.55"Brute." "Cockroach." "Lice." "Vermin." People often regard members of their own kind as less than human, and use terms like these for those whom they wish to harm, enslave, or exterminate. Dehumanization has made atrocities like the Holocaust, the... -
Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure by Sophie Yarker 9781839827396
RRP: £47.99£42.92Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society considers the existing social science literature on shared neighbourhood spaces through the perspective of an ageing population. It asks the question; how can we use social infrastructure to build local... -
American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear by Khaled A. Beydoun
RRP: £25.00£19.18On Forbes list of "10 Books To Help You Foster A More Diverse And Inclusive Workplace"How law, policy, and official state rhetoric have fueled the resurgence of Islamophobia-with a call to action on how to combat it."I remember the four words that... -
Professionalism: The Third Logic by Eliot Freidson 9780745603315
RRP: £18.99£16.87Eliot Freidson has written the first systematic account of professionalism as a method of organizing work. In ideal-typical professionalism, specialized workers control their own work, while in the free market consumers are in command, and in bureaucracy... -
Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color by Nina G. Jablonski 9780520283862
RRP: £25.00£19.18Living Color is the first book to investigate the social history of skin color from prehistory to the present, showing how our body's most visible feature influences our social interactions in profound and complex ways. Nina Jablonski begins this... -
Way Too Cool: Selling Out Race and Ethics by Shannon Winnubst
RRP: £25.00£19.18Life, liberty, and the pursuit of cool have informed the American ethos since at least the 1970s. Whether we strive for it in politics or fashion, cool is big business for those who can sell it across a range of markets and media. Yet the concept wasn't... -
The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
RRP: £22.00£14.56As we become more aware of various social injustices in the world, many of us want to be part of the movement toward positive change. But sometimes our best intentions cause unintended harm, and we fumble. We might feel afraid to say the wrong thing and... -
Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
RRP: £14.99£11.96"Racism is a heart disease," writes Ruth King, "and it's curable." Exploring a crucial topic seldom addressed in meditation instruction, this revered teacher takes to her pen to shine a compassionate, provocative, and practical light into a deeply... -
Looking for an Enemy: 8 Essays on Antisemitism by Jo Glanville
RRP: £9.99£6.80"Like all the best meetings of Jewish minds, this book will make you think, argue and see the world anew." Hadley Freeman, author of House of GlassConspiracy theories about Jews are back in the mainstream. The Pittsburgh gunman who murdered 11 people in... -
Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question by Benedicte Boisseron 9780231186650
RRP: £28.00£21.36The animal-rights organization PETA asked "Are Animals the New Slaves?" in a controversial 2005 fundraising campaign; that same year, after the Humane Society rescued pets in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while black residents were neglected, some... -
Why Do Only White People Get Abducted by Aliens?: Teaching Lessons from the Bronx by Ilana Garon 9781634502245
£11.06"This irresistible, passionate, hilariously funny look at a young teacher and her surprisingly lovable students lights up the landscape of recent writing about American education." Susan CheeverAccording to Ilana Garon, popular books and movies are... -
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez 9781419735219
RRP: £17.00£12.16Winner of the 2019 Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award Winner of the 2019 Royal Society Science Book Prize Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and public policy,... -
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 9780099595823
£4.53 - £7.11A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and impassioned argument is as relevant today as it was two hundred years ago. ... -
Reclaiming UGLY!: A Radically Joyful Guide to Unlearn Oppression and Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself by Vanessa Rochelle Lewis 9781623175863
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623175863Author Vanessa Rochelle LewisFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
To Repair the World: Paul Farmer Speaks to the Next Generation by Paul Farmer
RRP: £23.00£17.14Here, for the first time, is a collection of short speeches by the charismatic doctor and social activist Paul Farmer. One of the most passionate and influential voices for global health equity and social justice, Farmer encourages young people to tackle... -
Black Men Walking by Testament
£12.08A compelling, surprising new show that turns a spotlight onto Britain's missing histories. Dedicated to the Black Men's Walking Group. Thomas, Matthew and Richard walk. They walk the first Saturday of every month. Walking and talking. But this... -
Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain by Doctor Imogen Tyler 9781350360761
£20.54Revolting Subjects is a groundbreaking account of social abjection in contemporary Britain, exploring how particular groups of people are figured as revolting and how they in turn revolt against their abject subjectification. The book utilizes a number... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty by David Brady 9780190947361
£42.18Despite remarkable economic advances in many societies during the latter half of the twentieth century, poverty remains a global issue of enduring concern. Poverty is present in some form in every society in the world, and has serious implications for... -
Out of the Melting Pot, into the Fire: Multiculturalism in the World's Past and America's Future by Jens Kurt Heycke
RRP: £21.99£15.23The melting pot has been the prevailing ideal for integrating new citizens through most of America's history, yet contemporary elites often reject it as antiquated and racist. Instead, they advocate multiculturalism, which promotes ethnic boundaries and... -
Raciolinguistics: How Language Shapes Our Ideas About Race by H. Samy Alim 9780197521106
RRP: £24.49£19.04Raciolinguistics reveals the central role that language plays in shaping our ideas about race and vice versa. The book brings together a team of leading scholars-working both within and beyond the United States-to share powerful, much-needed research... -
Education and Race from Empire to Brexit by Sally Tomlinson
RRP: £24.99£19.39Covering the period from the height of Empire to Brexit and beyond, this book shows how the vote to leave the European Union increased hostilities towards racial and ethnic minorities and migrants. Concentrating on the education system, it asks whether... -
God is a Black Woman by Christena Cleveland 9780062988782
RRP: £26.99£18.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062988782Author Christena ClevelandFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncDimensions(mm)... -
The Woman Racket: The new science explaining how the sexes relate at work, at play and in society by Steve Moxon 9781845401504
RRP: £9.95£9.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845401504Author Steve MoxonFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Imprint AcademicPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm... -
Medieval Women's Writing by Diane Watt
RRP: £16.99£15.22Medieval Women's Writing is a major new contribution to our understanding of women's writing in England, 1100-1500. The most comprehensive account to date, it includes writings in Latin and French as well as English, and works for as well as by women... -
Concepts of the Self by Anthony Elliott 9781509538805
RRP: £16.99£15.22This new, updated edition provides a lively, lucid and compelling introduction to contemporary controversies over the self and self-identity in the social sciences and humanities. In an accessible and concise format, the book ranges from classical... -
We Will Tell Our Own Story!: The Lions of Africa Speak! by Adebayo C Akomolafe 9780982532768
RRP: £45.19£32.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982532768Author Adebayo C AkomolafeFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Universal Write Publications LLCPublisher Universal Write Publications... -
Reproductive Injustice: Racism, Pregnancy, and Premature Birth by Dana-Ain Davis
RRP: £27.99£23.66Winner, 2020 Senior Book Prize, given by the Association of Feminist Anthropology Winner, 2020 Eileen Basker Memorial Prize, given by the Society for Medical Anthropology Honorable Mention, 2020 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing, given by...