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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550172454Author Anne CameronFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour PublishingWeight(grams) 231g

An in-depth exploration of the battle of Tippecanoe, precursor to the War of 1812, where US forces under William Henry Harrison defeated the Native American forces near Prophetstown. 'The prophet's battle' was a conflict born out of festering tensions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583226957Author Angela Y DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S.Weight(grams) 126g

Called the work of "a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose" (Publishers Weekly) and the book that, "anyone interested in natural history, botany, protecting nature, or Native American culture will love," by Library Journal,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143034476Author Nelson GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 184g

Taking up where Early Jazz (OPB, #6.95) leaves off, this second volume of Gunther Schuller's history of jazz considers the swing era - the age of dance bands and radio shows. Tracing the origins of swing and its effects on American musical and social...

After the introduction of the "long-term resident" visa, the mass-migration of Nikkeis (Japanese Brazilians) has led to roughly 190,000 Brazilian nationals living in Japan. While the ancestry-based visa confers Nikkeis' right to settlement virtually as a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Los Angeles Times Book Prizes and Sidney Hillman Prize 1991.Book InformationISBN 9780679733478Author Nicholas LemannFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Vintage...

As seen on ABC's The View * One of W magazine's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2023"We reserve this space for our humanity in all of its fond, ironic, elated, grief-stricken, confused glory . . . When you find yourself alone and downtrodden, when the...

"Immensely illuminating and enjoyable account of a road trip along Highway 83 ...Books like [Reynold's] prove that good travel writing remains not only very much alive, but essential."--The Bookseller In Slow Road to Brownsville, David Reynolds embarks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626194861Author Lynda A. SanchezFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

The relationship between self-esteem and student achievement is analyzed in this book.About the AuthorJawanza Kunjufu is the author of over 65 books, including Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys, Good Brothers Looking for Good Sisters, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451631579Author Claude BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

The Power of Black Music offers a new way of listening to the music of black America, and appreciating its profound contribution to all American music. Striving to break down the barriers that remain between high art and low art, it illuminates the...

A People Magazine "Best New Book of the Month"Finalist for the 2024 Pacific Northwest Book Award"I'm in awe of Chris La Tray's storytelling. Becoming Little Shell creates a multilayered narrative from threads of personal, family, community, tribal, and...

WInner of the Best First Book from the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Winner of the Labriola Center American Indian National Book Award Winner of the Ann Saddlemyer Award from the Canadian Association for Theatre ResearchReimagining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925884050Author Munya AndrewsFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Ultimate 48 Hour AuthorPublisher Ultimate 48 Hour AuthorDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

The Reverend John Marrant (1755-91) was North America's first Black ordained minister and one of America's earliest Black authors and preachers. In The Gospel of John Marrant, Alphonso F. Saville IV examines how Protestantism and West African indigenous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788027308378Author Madison GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint e-artnowPublisher e-artnowWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780449219980Author Dennis KimbroFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 187gDimensions(mm) 175mm * 105mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944134211Author Jennifer SterlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint One Idea PressPublisher One Idea PressWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Oklahoma Book Award (Nonfiction) 2011. Commended for National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) 2010.Book InformationISBN 9781416591054Author S C...

Inner-city black America is often stereotyped as a place of random violence, but in fact, violence in the inner city is regulated through an informal but well-known code of the street. This unwritten set of rules-based largely on an individual's ability...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize 2023 and The National Book Critics Circle Award - Autobiography 2022. Long-listed for Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 2023.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544947108Author Andres ResendezFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 361gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

Asians have migrated to North America for centuries, in search of opportunities and conveyed by increasingly dense, international circuits of trade, labor markets, and family networks. Drawn by the riches promised by the relatively undeveloped, but not...

Explains the concept of the medicine wheel, and shows how to use it in practical exercises and ceremonies to gain energy from the spirits.Book InformationISBN 9780671767327Author Sun BearFormat PaperbackPage Count 234Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570759796Author James H. ConeFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA)

A remarkable poetry collection with "inextinguishable generosity and abundant wisdom" (Monica Youn) from Clint Smith, the #1 New York Times bestselling and National Book Critics Circle award-winning author of How the Word Is Passed.Clint Smith's vibrant...

In the last decade Black Americans have gone from exhilaration and hope with the election of Barack Obama to the malaise and fear of the Trump presidency. Both Administrations serve as tacit examples of the gains and regressions of minorities. From...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849353168Author William C. AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press

Since its publication in 1932, Black Elk Speaks has moved countless readers to appreciate the American Indian world that it described. John Neihardt's popular narrative addressed the youth and early adulthood of Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux religious elder...

African American culture is often considered expressive, dramatic, and even defiant. In The Sovereignty of Quiet, Kevin Quashie explores quiet as a different kind of expressiveness, one which characterises a person's desires, ambitions, hungers,...

This stunning book charts the rich history of the blues, through the dazzling array of posters, album covers, and advertisements that have shaped its identity over the past hundred years. The blues have been one of the most ubiquitous but diverse...

"A beautiful catalogue of 80 plants, revered by indigenous people for their nourishing, healing, and symbolic properties." -Gardens Illustrated The belief that all life-forms are interconnected and share the same breath-known in the Raramuri tribe as...

Chicago Tribune, 10 Best Books of 2024A Hyperallergic Best Book of the YearThe award-winning art historian and founder of Vision & Justice uncovers a pivotal era in the story of race in the United States when Americans came to ignore the truth about the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420952421Author Frederick DouglassFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

What is life in North Korea really like?This fascinating book by celebrated journalists Daniel Tudor and James Pearson explores that very question. The authors interview experts and tap a broad variety of sources to provide a startling insider's view of...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307279279Author Patrick Radden KeefeFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)...