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The Anti-Black City: Police Terror and Black Urban Life in Brazil by Jaime Amparo Alves 9781517901561
RRP: $48.28$42.02An important new ethnographic study of Sao Paulo's favelas revealing the widespread use of race-based police repression in Brazil While Black Lives Matter still resonates in the United States, the movement has also become a potent rallying call... -
The Light of Truth by Ida B. Wells
RRP: $20.98$14.93In this collection, Wells's anti-lynching crusade comes alive. Through brilliant social analysis, she exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic... -
Lessons in Love and Other Crimes by Elizabeth` Chakrabarty 9781911648222
RRP: $25.18$16.95Tesya has reasons to feel hopeful after leaving her last job, where she was subjected to a series of anonymous hate crimes. Now she is back home in London to start a new lecturing position, and has begun an exciting, if tumultuous, love affair with the... -
Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery by Mark Charles 9780830845255
RRP: $35.68$28.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830845255Author Mark CharlesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm)... -
A Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World by Kate Johnson
RRP: $35.68$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611808117Author Kate JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Cure For Hate: A Former White Supremacist's Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion by Tony McAleer 9781551527697
RRP: $37.78$25.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551527697Author Tony McAleerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp Press -
White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations by Robert Vitalis
RRP: $48.28$42.02Racism and imperialism are the twin forces that propelled the course of the United States in the world in the early twentieth century and in turn affected the way that diplomatic history and international relations were taught and understood in the... -
Body Trade: Captivity, Cannibalism and Colonialism in the Pacific by Barbara Creed
RRP: $77.68$68.31Body Trade exposes myths surrounding the trade in heads, cannibalism, captive white women, the display of indigenous people in fairs and circuses, the stolen generations, the 'comfort' women and the making of the exotic/erotic body. This is a lively and... -
The White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty by Aileen Moreton-Robinson
RRP: $48.28$42.02The White Possessive explores the links between race, sovereignty, and possession through themes of property: owning property, being property, and becoming propertyless. Focusing on the Australian Aboriginal context, Aileen Moreton-Robinson questions... -
Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World by Michelle Cassandra Johnson
RRP: $37.78$25.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645470489Author Michelle Cassandra JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
To the Promised Land: Martin Luther King and the Fight for Economic Justice by Michael K. Honey 9780393356731
RRP: $29.38$25.73Drawing on a new generation of scholarship about the civil rights era in America, To the Promised Land goes beyond the iconic view of Martin Luther King as an advocate of racial harmony to explore his profound commitment to the poor and working class,... -
The Epistemology of Resistance: Gender and Racial Oppression, Epistemic Injustice, and the Social Imagination by Jose Medina 9780199929047
RRP: $109.20$68.82This book explores the epistemic side of oppression, focusing on racial and sexual oppression and their interconnections. It elucidates how social insensitivities and imposed silences prevent members of different groups from interacting epistemically in... -
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee 9780525509561
RRP: $63.00$40.78Apologies 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: $62.98$48.34The 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: $25.20$16.95Apologies 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: $18.88$13.02Buy 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: $52.48$45.80This 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... -
Back in the Frame: How to get back on your bike, whatever life throws at you by Jools Walker 9780751570786
RRP: $14.68$9.89Has 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: $31.48$24.49Behold 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... -
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life by Allyson Hobbs 9780674659926
RRP: $37.70$30.66Between 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... -
Many Struggles: New Histories of African and Caribbean People in Britain by Hakim Adi 9780745347653
RRP: $48.28$31.86'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: $27.28$18.12Apologies 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: $54.60$52.19Many 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: $69.30$49.58Rethinking 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... -
Creating Spaces for an Ageing Society: The Role of Critical Social Infrastructure by Sophie Yarker 9781839827396
RRP: $100.78$90.13Creating 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... -
Professionalism: The Third Logic by Eliot Freidson 9780745603315
RRP: $39.88$35.43Eliot 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... -
The Wake Up: Closing the Gap Between Good Intentions and Real Change by Michelle Mijung Kim
RRP: $46.20$30.58As 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... -
American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear by Khaled A. Beydoun
RRP: $52.50$41.14On 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... -
Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
RRP: $31.48$24.72"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... -
Living Color: The Biological and Social Meaning of Skin Color by Nina G. Jablonski 9780520283862
RRP: $52.50$41.14Living 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... -
Looking for an Enemy: 8 Essays on Antisemitism by Jo Glanville
RRP: $20.98$14.28"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... -
Way Too Cool: Selling Out Race and Ethics by Shannon Winnubst
RRP: $52.50$41.14Life, 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... -
Reclaiming UGLY!: A Radically Joyful Guide to Unlearn Oppression and Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself by Vanessa Rochelle Lewis 9781623175863
RRP: $37.78$25.49Apologies 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: $48.30$35.87Here, 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... -
Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question by Benedicte Boisseron 9780231186650
RRP: $58.80$45.78The 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... -
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft 9780099595823
RRP: $20.98$14.93A key work of proto-feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft's readable and impassioned argument is as relevant today as it was two hundred years ago. ... -
Black Men Walking by Testament
$25.37A 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... -
The Oxford Handbook of the Social Science of Poverty by David Brady 9780190947361
RRP: $93.43$88.58Despite 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: $46.18$31.98The 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: $54.58$39.98Raciolinguistics 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...