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Black and Blue: How Racism, Drugs and Cancer Almost Destroyed Me Paul Canoville 9780755316458
RRP: €13.08€8.81Paul Canovilles story is one of extreme racist bigotry, shattering career-ending injury, a decline into drug abuse, battles against cancer, family tragedy and a determination to beat the odds. Canoville was Chelsea's first black first-team player, making... -
Identity Capitalists: The Powerful Insiders Who Exploit Diversity to Maintain Inequality by Nancy Leong 9781503610132
RRP: €26.17€21.48Nancy Leong reveals how powerful people and institutions use diversity to their own advantage and how the rest of us can respond-and do better. Why do people accused of racism defend themselves by pointing to their black friends? Why do men accused of... -
Loud Black Girls: 20 Black Women Writers Ask: What's Next? by Yomi Adegoke
RRP: €11.89€7.90An important and timely anthology of black British writing, edited and curated by the authors of the highly acclaimed, ground-breaking Slay In Your Lane. Slay in Your Lane Presents: Loud Black Girls features essays from the diverse voices... -
Inclusive Intelligence: How to be a Role Model for Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace by Furkan Karayel
RRP: €15.46€11.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784529604Author Furkan KarayelFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Panoma PressPublisher Rethink PressWeight(grams) 369gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm *... -
An Image of Africa/ The Trouble with Nigeria by Chinua Achebe
RRP: €9.51€6.89Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. Also... -
Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin 9781324020974
RRP: €20.22€15.62A world without prisons? Ridiculous. Schools that foster the genius of every child? Impossible. A society where everyone has food, shelter, love? In your dreams. Exactly. Princeton professor Ruha Benjamin believes in the liberating power of the... -
Cut from the Same Cloth?: Muslim Women on Life in Britain by Sabeena Akhtar
RRP: €13.08€8.89From modern pop culture to anti-Blackness, faith and family, politics, education, creativity and working life; this anthology gives visibly Muslim women a space to speak. SPOILER ALERT: We won't be answering the usual questions! Perceived as the visual... -
I Belong Here: A Journey Along the Backbone of Britain by Anita Sethi
RRP: €13.08€9.97WINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE "I knew in every bone of my body, in every fibre of my being, that I had to report what had happened, not only for myself but to help stop... -
Walls Come Tumbling Down: The Music and Politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge by Daniel Rachel
RRP: €17.84€13.24Walls Come Tumbling Down charts the pivotal period between 1976 and 1992 that saw politics and pop music come together for the first time in Britain's musical history; musicians and their fans suddenly became instigators of social change, and 'the... -
The Power of Privilege: How white people can challenge racism by June Sarpong
RRP: €5.95€3.77The death of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests have made clear to everyone the vicious reality of racism that persists today. Many of those privileged enough to be distanced from racism are now having to come... -
Unruly Therapeutic: Black Feminist Writings and Practices in Living Room by Foluke Taylor
RRP: €24.98€22.63"Black feminisms have provided a foundation from which it becomes more possible to speak and write of interconnection-of a spirited life, soul, a natural mystic blowing through the air-and engagement with all of this in therapeutic practice." Part... -
Black is the Journey, Africana the Name Maboula Soumahoro 9781509548330
RRP: €15.46€14.21In this highly original book, Maboula Soumahoro explores the cultural and political vastness of the Black Atlantic, where Africa, Europe, and the Americas were tied together by the brutal realities of the slave trade and colonialism. Each of these spaces... -
Barred: Why the Innocent Can't Get Out of Prison by Daniel S Medwed
RRP: €29.75€19.49Thousands of innocent people are behind bars in the United States. But proving their innocence and winning their release is nearly impossible. In Barred, legal scholar Daniel S. Medwed argues that our justice system's stringent procedural rules are... -
I'm Black So You Don't Have to Be: A Memoir in Eight Lives by Colin Grant
RRP: €22.60€16.20A 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... -
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
RRP: €13.08€9.97_______________ 'A brutal, moving memoir ... Anyone who emerges from America's black working-class youth with words as fine as Ward's deserves a hearing' - Guardian 'Raw, beautiful and dangerous' - New York Times Book Review 'Lavishly endowed... -
Moynihan Report: The Negro Family: The Case for National Action by U S Department of Labor 9781945934520
RRP: €35.69€29.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945934520Author U S Department of LaborFormat HardbackPage Count 90Imprint Cosimo ReportsPublisher Cosimo ReportsWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Social Mobility: And Its Enemies by Lee Elliot Major
RRP: €13.08€9.25What are the effects of decreasing social mobility?How does education help - and hinder - us in improving our life chances?Why are so many of us stuck on the same social rung as our parents? Apart from the USA, Britain has the lowest social mobility in... -
The Racial Contract by Charles W. Mills 9780801484636
RRP: €27.36€23.81A very important book.... The Racial Contract has the potential to radically challenge many of us to reevaluate how we think about social contract theory. As well, to take the arguments that Mills makes is to be prepared to rethink about the concept of... -
Fast Forward: The Autobiography: The Hard Road to Football Success Andrew Cole 9781529304954
RRP: €23.80€16.36SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2021'A moving chronicle of a journey' - Mail on Sunday'A powerful and moving book - it's quite a battle he has faced' - Nick Robinson, BBC Radio 4 Today Programme'It really is an... -
Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America by Kathleen Belew 9780674237698
RRP: €21.36€14.72A Guardian Best Book of the Year"A gripping study of white power...Explosive."-New York Times"Helps explain how we got to today's alt-right."-Terry Gross, Fresh AirThe white power movement in America wants a revolution.Returning to a country ripped apart... -
Striking Out: The Debut Novel from Superstar Striker Ian Wright Ian Wright 9780702306860
RRP: €15.46€14.02From the writing team of Ian Wright and Musa Okwonga. Inspired by the story of the superstar striker, Ian Wright. CO-WINNER OF THE CHILDREN'S SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 "A thrilling book ... an uplifting... -
Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! by Michael Moore
RRP: €13.08€9.25Now with more than three million copies sold, Oscar-winning filmmaker and political activist Michael Moore's bestseller Stupid White Men tells you everything you need to know about how the great and the good screw us over. It reveals - among other... -
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings
RRP: €28.55€24.80Winner, 2020 Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, given by the American Sociological Association Honorable Mention, 2020 Sociology of Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award, given by the American Sociological Association How the female body has... -
I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
RRP: €13.08€8.09The New York Times bestseller based on the Oscar nominated documentary filmIn June 1979, the writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin embarked on a project to tell the story of America through the lives of three of his murdered friends: Medgar... -
Blessing The Boats by Lucille Clifton
RRP: €11.89€8.46An award-winning collection from one of America's most beloved twentieth-century poets'The love readers feel for Lucille Clifton - both the woman and her poetry - is constant and deeply felt' Toni MorrisonLucille Clifton was one of the most distinguished... -
Sidesplitter: How To Be From Two Worlds At Once by Phil Wang 9781529350319
RRP: €13.08€10.03*A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A hilarious breath of fresh air' AMY SCHUMER'A razor-sharp dissection of cultural differences. And yes, it's side-splittingly funny' ADAM KAY'I've laughed out loud at least once on every page' VICTORIA COREN MITCHELLPhil Wang... -
Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli
RRP: €11.89€7.90A 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... -
No Win Race: A Memoir of Belonging, Britishness and Sport by Derek A. Bardowell 9780008305130 [USED COPY]
RRP: €20.22€3.15A SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR A FINANCIAL TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR ... -
No Win Race: A Memoir of Belonging, Britishness and Sport by Derek A. Bardowell 9780008305130
RRP: €20.22€17.98A SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR A FINANCIAL TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR ... -
How to Be a Patriot: Why love of country can end our very British culture war by Sunder Katwala
RRP: €20.22€13.65How 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... -
Babygirl, You've Got This!: Experiences of Black Girls and Women in the English Education System Dr April-Louise Pennant (University of Birmingham, UK) 9781350278998
RRP: €26.17€23.10How do Black women experience education in Britain? Within British educational research about Black students, gender distinctions have been largely absent, male-dominated or American-centric. Due to the lack of attention paid to Black female students,... -
Reimagining Black Art and Criminology: A New Criminological Imagination Martin Glynn (Birmingham City University) 9781529213935
RRP: €33.31€25.67It is time to disrupt current criminological discourses which still exclude the perspectives of black scholars. Through the lens of black art, Martin Glynn explores the relevance black artistic contributions have for understanding crime and justice... -
Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters
RRP: €21.41€14.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523091300Author Mary-Frances WintersFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers -
All The Houses I've Ever Lived In: Finding Home in a System that Fails Us by Kieran Yates
RRP: €17.84€11.14'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... -
The Trayvon Generation: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow by Elizabeth Alexander
RRP: €20.22€13.73*Named a Most Anticipated Title of 2022 by TIME magazine, New York Times, Bustle, and more*In the midst of civil unrest in the summer of 2020 and following the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, Elizabeth Alexander-one of the... -
Know Your Place by Faiza Shaheen 9781398505377
RRP: €20.22€13.19‘A stunning and devastating indictment of a society scarred and defined by inequality, by one of the most charismatic and compelling voices in politics today’ Owen Jones ‘Faiza’s work is living proof that you don’t have to choose between focusing on... -
Life of the Party: If A Girl Screams, and Other Poems by Olivia Gatwood
RRP: €15.46€10.82____________"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,... -
The Blood of Emmett Till by Timothy B. Tyson
RRP: €10.70€6.93This extraordinary New York Times bestseller reexamines a pivotal event of the civil rights movement-the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till-"and demands that we do the one vital thing we aren't often enough asked to do with history: learn from it" (The... -
On Women: A new collection of feminist essays from the influential writer, activist and critic, Susan Sontag by Susan Sontag
RRP: €20.22€14.61'A brilliant, glittering intelligence' Sunday TimesOn Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the attention it deserves.For the most part written in... -
The Colour of Madness: Mental Health and Race in Technicolour by Samara Linton
RRP: €20.22€15.09'An invaluable collection' BBC'A seminal body of work that centres our voices authentically and unapologetically'Melissa Cummings-Quarry, co-author of Grown and co-founder of Black Girls Book ClubThe Colour of Madness is a groundbreaking anthology...