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'A work of exhilarating scope and relevance ... What a rare and powerful experience to feel a book in your very body' Naomi Klein'Health is not something we can attain as individuals, for ourselves, hermetically sealed off from the world around us. An...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635900033Author Houria BouteldjaFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher AutonomediaDimensions(mm) 178mm * 114mm * 11mm

'A groundbreaking and important book that will surely reframe our understanding of the Great War' David Lammy 'A genuinely groundbreaking piece of research' BBC History 'Meticulously researched and beautifully written' Military History Monthly In...

Is racial conflict determined by biology or society?So many conflicts appear to be caused by racial and ethnic differences; for example, the cities of Britain and America are regularly affected by race riots. It is argued by socio-biologists and some...

An Amazon Best Non-Fiction Book of 2022'Essential reading' - The Guardian'Sharp and witty with moments of startling candour' - The i'Makes a powerful case' - Rt Hon Lady Hale'Revealing and beautifully written' - David Harewood________Before Jeffrey...

From the Palestinian struggle against Israeli Apartheid, to First Nations' mass campaigns against pipeline construction in North America, Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of some of the crucial struggles of our age. Rich with their distinct...

When you've been decorated as a doctor by a learned society in the United States for your research on novel gene therapy for Cancer, it seems ludicrous and yet unthinkable that nine years later when you return there you are detained as a 'suspicious'...

What does diversity do? What are we doing when we use the language of diversity? Sara Ahmed offers an account of the diversity world based on interviews with diversity practitioners in higher education, as well as her own experience of doing diversity...

'He changed the course of history' Barack Obama'Lightning makes no sound until it strikes'This is the momentous story of the Civil Rights movement, told by one of its most powerful and eloquent voices. Here Martin Luther King, Jr. recounts the pivotal...

Diversity programmes are everywhere. But despite all the intention and focus, progress is painfully slow. Homophobia, transphobia, racism and misogyny remain stubbornly pervasive, and unfortunately, many inclusion programmes do more to create negativity...

____________"I am stirred by the poems in this book - it is a sharp, unflinching collection of poems about girlhood, wonder, casual everyday violence."Yrsa Daley-Ward, author of 'bone' and 'The Terrible'In this multi-faceted collection of odes,...

In Martin Heidegger Saved My Life, Grant Farred combines autobiography with philosophical rumination to offer this unusual meditation on American racism. In the fall of 2013 while raking leaves outside his home, Farred experienced a racist encounter: a...

A New Statesman 'most anticipated title of the year' 'Compelling.' David Lammy MP 'Refreshing,' Pragya Agarwal A powerful intervention roundly debunking...

The only book written for undergraduates about the social construction of reality that is also historical and comparative. In addition, it includes chapters on the social construction of time and space, as well as the more traditional chapters on race,...

'Monumental ' IBRAM X. KENDI'Eloquent, comprehensive and compassionate' LINDA VILLAROSA'Superbly insightful' HARRIET A. WASHINGTONFusing science and social justice, Weathering offers an urgent and necessary exploration of how systemic injustice erodes...

The classic investigation - inspiration for a major HBO series - revealing the true horror of Europe's racist colonial past in Africa. Over a quarter of a century ago historian Sven Lindqvist set out across Central Africa. Obsessed with a single line...

For Rian Malan, the blessing of living in South Africa is that every day presents him with material whose richness astounds those who live in saner places. Twenty years after the publication of his bestseller My Traitor's Heart, he is still strongly...

The iconic New York Times bestseller that 'struck the spark that would eventually light the fire of Black Lives Matter' (Ibram X. Kendi)Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly' Slate' Chronicle of...

In this "penetrating new analysis" (New York Times Book Review) Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of twentieth-century American history and demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the...

'Jennifer Eberhardt makes it clear that racism operates at all levels, and it fills me with hope to know that she is fighting it at all levels. More power to you, sister. The world needs you.' BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH'Poignant... striking... important and...

In austerity Britain, disabled people have been recast as worthless scroungers. From social care to the benefits system, politicians and the media alike have made the case that Britain's 12 million disabled people are nothing but a drain on the public...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781615777723Author Nick KollerstromFormat PaperbackPage Count 356Imprint Progressive PressPublisher Progressive PressWeight(grams) 584g

'A thinker on fire' - Robin D. G. Kelley Identity politics is everywhere, polarising discourse from the campaign trail to the classroom and amplifying antagonisms in the media. But the compulsively referenced phrase bears little resemblance to the...

Who Killed My Father is the story of a tough guy - the story of the little boy I never was. The story of my father.'What a beautiful book' MAX PORTERIn Who Killed My Father, Edouard Louis explores key moments in his father's life, and the tenderness and...

'Evocative, authentic and brilliantly told - a wonderful read.' David LammyForeword by West Indies Cricketer Sir Clive LloydVoices of the Windrush Generation is a powerful collection of stories from the men, women and children of the Windrush generation...

'I tore through the pages. A book I'll read over and over again' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS, author of Queenie ____________________________________________We've all had our share of dodgy landlords, mould and awkward house shares. But journalist Kieran...

How do we rein in the power of Big Tech?How do we tackle the climate crisis? How can all of us play a part in making change happen? For the past four years, Ed Miliband has been discovering and interviewing brilliant people all around the world who are...

'Gripping and profoundly moving' DAMON GALGUT 'Deft and operatic' OBSERVER A TIMES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2023 From one of South...

"Graham's book is accessible and clear, offering readers an opportunity to learn and do better." Susanna Barkataki, author of Embrace Yoga's Roots This book's mission is to empower yoga practitioners and professionals to align their practice on...

'Stories that will curl your toes, make you laugh out loud and break your heart all at the same time.'PROFESSOR DAME SUE BLACK, author of All That Remains Why would anyone want to work with thieves, murderers and rapists?Told from the inside out, this is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523004348Author Tiffany JanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262543569Author Matthew WizinskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

A powerful new history of the idea of race, forcing us to rethink today's culture wars. Is white privilege real? How racist is the working class? Why has left-wing antisemitism grown? Who benefits most when anti-racists speak in racial terms? The...

A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms Run a Google search for "black girls"-what will you find? "Big Booty" and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top...

A moving, eye-opening polemic about the US-Mexico border and what happens to the tens of thousands of unaccompanied Mexican and Central American children arriving in the US without papers 'We are driving across Oklahoma in early June when we...

The Rise of the Radical Right in the Global South is the first academic study-adopting an interdisciplinary and international perspective-to offer a comprehensive and groundbreaking framework for understanding the emergence and consolidation of different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551528915Author Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-SamarasinhaFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp Press

How can we challenge the judgements we don't even know we're making? Unconscious bias affects us all. From the smallest assumption to the most sweeping generalization, the way we think about others can unknowingly influence our behaviour and shape our...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523003730Author Roxy ManningFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers

'Nesrine Malik writes with urgent eloquence about the world we live in, applying her brilliant mind to some of the most important debates of our age. She's right: we do need new stories. Most of all though, we need this book' ELIZABETH DAY, author of HOW...