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The Four Agreements Companion Book by Don Miguel Ruiz
RRP: £12.99£8.63Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781878424488Author Don Miguel RuizFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Amber-Allen Publishing,U.S.Publisher Amber-Allen Publishing,U.S.Weight(grams)... -
The Wisdom of the Native Americans by Kent Nerburn 9781577310792
RRP: £14.99£12.53Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781577310792Author Kent NerburnFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
Gang Leader for a Day by Sudhir Venkatesh
RRP: £10.99£7.77Sudhir Venkatesh the young sociologist who became famous in Freakonomics (Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?) describes his time living with the gangs on the Southside of Chicago and answers another question: what's it like to live in... -
Wind is My Mother by Bear Heart
£12.22With eloquent simplicity, Native American medicine man Bear Heart demonstrates how traditional tribal wisdom can help us maintain spiritual and physical health in today's world."As a child I was taught, 'Chebon, the way to attain the beauty in life is... -
Outside the Paint: When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground by Kathleen S. Yep
RRP: £22.99£19.60Breaking out of Chinatown by shooting and dribblingBreaking out of Chinatown by shooting and dribblingAbout the AuthorKathleen S. Yep is Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Sociology at Pitzer College of the Claremont Colleges.Reviews"This... -
In the Days of Victorio: Recollections of a Warm Springs Apache by James Kaywaykla
RRP: £21.95£13.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816504015Author James KaywayklaFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 294g -
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American Legend by Bob Drury
RRP: £19.99£12.94Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451654684Author Bob DruryFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster -
Sittin' In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s by Jeff Gold
RRP: £30.00£20.53A rare collection of more than 200 full-color and black-and-white souvenir photographs and memorabilia that bring to life the renowned jazz nightclubs of the 1940s and 1950s, compiled by Grammy Award-winning record executive and music historian Jeff Gold... -
The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain by Ron Ramdin
RRP: £30.00£19.93This is the first comprehensive historical perspective on the relationship between Black workers and the changing patterns of Britain's labour needs. It places in an historical context the development of a small black presence in sixteenth-century... -
Red Summer: The Summer of 1919 and the Awakening of Black America by Cameron McWhirter 9781250009067
RRP: £17.99£13.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250009067Author Cameron McWhirterFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm)... -
Controversial Essays by Thomas Sowell
RRP: £14.95£12.53Thomas Sowell takes some of his most popular newspaper columns and examines the broader questions beyond the events which inspired them. One of conservatism's most articulate voices dissects today's most important economic, racial, political, education,... -
We Are the Face of Oaxaca: Testimony and Social Movements by Lynn M. Stephen
RRP: £25.99£22.04A massive uprising against the Mexican state of Oaxaca began with the emergence of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) in June 2006. A coalition of more than 300 organizations, APPO disrupted the functions of Oaxaca's government for six... -
Lynching and Spectacle: Witnessing Racial Violence in America, 1890-1940 by Amy Louise Wood 9780807871973
£38.64This title presents public reinforcement of white supremacy. Lynch mobs in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century America often exacted horrifying public torture and mutilation on their victims. In ""Lynching and Spectacle"", Amy Wood explains what... -
Thick And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
RRP: £12.99£8.63In eight highly praised treatises on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - is unapologetically 'thick': deemed 'thick where I should have been thin, more where I should have... -
Popol Vuh: The Definitive Edition Of The Mayan Book Of The Dawn Of Life And The Glories Of by Dennis Tedlock
RRP: £18.99£11.79Popol Vuh, the Quiche Mayan book of creation, is not only the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, it is also an extraordinary document of the human imagination. It begins with the deeds of Mayan gods in the darkness of a primeval... -
Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball by Luke Epplin
RRP: £18.99£14.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250266316Author Epplin LukeFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Flatiron BooksPublisher Flatiron BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm *... -
Saltwater Slavery: A Middle Passage from Africa to American Diaspora by Stephanie E. Smallwood
RRP: £23.95£18.74This bold, innovative book promises to radically alter our understanding of the Atlantic slave trade, and the depths of its horrors. Stephanie E. Smallwood offers a penetrating look at the process of enslavement from its African origins through the... -
Civil Unrest and Governance in Hong Kong: Law and Order from Historical and Cultural Perspectives by Michael H.K. Ng
RRP: £43.99£38.44This book examines important social movements in Hong Kong from the perspectives of historical and cultural studies. Conventionally regarded as one of the most politically stable cities in Asia, Hong Kong has yet witnessed many demonstrations and... -
Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts by Margaret Kovach
RRP: £21.99£19.87Indigenous Methodologies is a groundbreaking text. Since its original publication in 2009, it has become the most trusted guide used in the study of Indigenous methodologies and has been adopted in university courses around the world. It provides a... -
A History of South Africa by Frank Welsh
RRP: £18.99£12.71'A remarkable feat of scholarship, fairness and readability, full of lively detail with a freshness of style which brings new life to the narrative' Anthony Sampson Throughout its turbulent history, South Africa has frequently been the focus... -
The Gloria Anzaldua Reader by Gloria Anzaldua
RRP: £25.99£22.04Born in the Rio Grande Valley of south Texas, independent scholar and creative writer Gloria Anzaldua was an internationally acclaimed cultural theorist. As the author of Borderlands / La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Anzaldua played a major role in shaping... -
Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism by Jonathan Tran
RRP: £26.49£22.39Any serious consideration of Asian American life forces us to reframe the way we talk about racism and antiracism. There are two contemporary approaches to antiracist theory and practice. The first emphasizes racial identity to the exclusion of political... -
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by Sylviane A. Diouf
RRP: £25.99£22.44Illuminates how African Muslims drew on Islam while enslaved, and how their faith ultimately played a role in the African Disapora Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslims, following them from West Africa to the Americas. Although many... -
Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA by Theresa Runstedtler
RRP: £25.00£16.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645036951Author Theresa RunstedtlerFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 560gDimensions(mm) 240mm *... -
Against the Carceral Archive: The Art of Black Liberatory Practice by Damien Sojoyner
RRP: £16.99£15.16Against the Carceral Archive is a meditation upon what author Damien M. Sojoyner calls the "carceral archival project," offering a distillation of critical, theoretical, and activist work of prison abolitionists over the past three decades. Working from... -
Ar'n't I a Woman?: Female Slaves in the Plantation South by Deborah Gray White
RRP: £13.99£12.17Living with the dual burdens of racism and sexism, slave women in the plantation South assumed roles within the family and community that contrasted sharply with traditional female roles in the larger American society. This revised edition of Ar'n't I a... -
Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease by Jonathan Metzl 9780807001271
RRP: £22.00£17.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807001271Author Jonathan MetzlFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm *... -
Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by Professor of History David Levering Lewis 9780684856575
RRP: £26.00£21.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684856575Author W E B Du BoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 768Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 208mm *... -
An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya by Mary Miller
RRP: £14.99£10.20Nearly 300 entries, from accession to yoke, describe the main gods and symbols of the Aztecs, Olmecs, Zapotecs, Maya, Teotihuacanos, Mixtects and Toltecs.Introductory essays provide succinct accounts of Mesoamerican history and religion.This... -
Josephine Baker in Art and Life: THE ICON AND THE IMAGE by Bennetta Jules-Rosette
RRP: £23.99£20.81Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was a dancer, singer, actress, author, politician, militant, and philanthropist, whose images and cultural legacy have survived beyond the hundredth anniversary of her birth. Neither an exercise in postmodern deconstruction... -
To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Tommie Shelby 9780674237834
RRP: £18.95£14.26"Fascinating and instructive...King's philosophy, speaking to us through the written word, may turn out to constitute his most enduring legacy."-Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Review of BooksMartin Luther King, Jr., is one of America's most revered... -
Manchild in the Promised Land by Claude Brown 9781451631579
RRP: £20.00£13.16Apologies 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 *... -
We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood by Dani McClain
RRP: £22.00£14.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781568588544Author Dani McClainFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Bold Type BooksPublisher Bold Type BooksWeight(grams) 385gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 144mm *... -
A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib 9780141995793
RRP: £10.99£7.77**As featured on Barack Obama's Summer 2022 Reading List**Winner of the Gordon Burn PrizeWinner of the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist for the Pen/Diamonstein-Spievogel... -
Lord Salisbury and Nationality in the East: Viewing Imperialism in its Proper Perspective by Shih-tsung Wang
RRP: £39.99£35.06This study explains how Salisbury viewed cultural conflicts between the East and the West, how he treated Oriental nationality and nationalist aspirations in British dominions in the East, and how he directed British policy in the Eastern world in a time... -
The Pursuit Of Happyness by Chris Gardner 9780060744878
RRP: £9.99£7.11Soon to be a major film starring Will Smith, this is the inspiring rags-to-riches story of the charismatic Chris Gardner, a once homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and then went on to become a crown... -
Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture by Ytasha L. Womack
RRP: £14.95£12.042014 Locus Awards Finalist, Nonfiction Category In this hip, accessible primer to the music, literature, and art of Afrofuturism, author Ytasha Womack introduces readers to the burgeoning community of artists creating Afrofuturist works, the innovators... -
I Didn't Do It For You: How the World Used and Abused a Small African Nation by Michela Wrong
RRP: £16.99£11.47One small East African country embodies the battered history of the continent: patronised by colonialists, riven by civil war, confused by Cold War manoeuvring, proud, colorful, with Africa's best espresso and worst rail service. Michela Wrong... -
Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City by Elijah Anderson
RRP: £14.99£13.03Inner-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... -
Bobby Dean Saves Christmas by Aled Jones 9781529376128
RRP: £8.99£6.20Meet Bobby: an ordinary kid with an extraordinary voice!Sent off to school for the first time in his life, nine-year-old Bobby Dean is busy making new friends, learning lines for the Nativity Play, and trying to not laugh at the head teacher's terrible...