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The Making of the Black Working Class in Britain by Ron Ramdin
RRP: £30.00£24.57This 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£13.36Apologies 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,... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
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£25.09Apologies 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 *... -
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£13.24Apologies 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... -
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£11.792014 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... -
Above Ground by Clint Smith
RRP: £22.00£14.56A 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... -
Read This to Get Smarter: About Race, Class, Gender, Disability, and More by Blair Imani
RRP: £13.99£9.75Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984860545Author Blair ImaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale -
Black Women Writers at Work by Claudia Tate
RRP: £19.99£13.56"Black women writers and critics are acting on the old adage that one must speak for oneself if one wishes to be heard." -Claudia Tate, from the introductionLong out of print, Black Women Writers at Work is a vital contribution to Black literature in the... -
I Should Be Dead By Now: The Wild Life and Crazy Times of the NBA's Greatest Rebounder of Modern Times by Dennis Rodman
RRP: £10.99£7.77Whether it was helping Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls win three consecutive NBA titles in the 1990s, or showing up to a book signing in a dress and full makeup, Dennis Rodman has always distinguished himself as one of the great and most polarizing... -
Nature Knows No Color-Line by J. A. Rogers 9780819575104
RRP: £18.95£13.04In Nature Knows No Color-Line, originally published in 1952, historian Joel Augustus Rogers examined the origins of racial hierarchy and the color problem. Rogers was a humanist who believed that there were no scientifically evident racial divisions-all... -
The Souls of Black Folk: The Unabridged Classic by W. E. B. Dubois
£3.98One of the Most Important Books on Civil Rights, Race, and Freedom Ever Written. "A groundbreaking challenge to white supremacy." -The New York Times A classic work of American literature, African-American history, and sociology by W. E. B. Du Bois, The... -
Black, Brilliant and Dyslexic: Neurodivergent Heroes Tell their Stories by Marcia Brissett-Bailey 9781839971334
RRP: £13.99£12.63'My book showcases positive role models for black people and those within our wider dyslexic community and society, to inspire current and future generations.'This is a raw, honest and enlightening collection of experiences, across the black and dyslexic... -
Stitching Love and Loss: A Gee's Bend Quilt by Lisa Gail Collins
RRP: £25.99£19.22In 1942 Missouri Pettway, newly suffering the loss of her husband, pieced together a quilt out of his old, worn work clothes. Nearly six decades later her daughter Arlonzia Pettway, approaching eighty at the time and a seasoned quiltmaker herself,... -
James Baldwin: Collected Essays (LOA #98) by James Baldwin
RRP: £35.99£23.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781883011529Author James BaldwinFormat HardbackPage Count 869Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America -
Belonging: A Culture of Place by Bell Hooks 9780415968164
RRP: £27.99£24.28What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can we say that we truly belong? These are some of the questions of place and belonging that renowned cultural critic bell hooks examines in her new book,... -
Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters
RRP: £17.99£12.14Apologies 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 -
Teklife, Ghettoville, Eski: The Sonic Ecologies of Black Music in the Early 21st Century by Dhanveer Singhi. Brar
RRP: £27.00£16.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912685790Author Dhanveer Singhi. BrarFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Goldsmiths, Unversity of LondonPublisher Goldsmiths, Unversity of London -
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
RRP: £15.99£10.93From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos -- and a call for a more just practice of science.In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from the Standard Model... -
Fences by August Wilson 9780452264014
RRP: £15.00£8.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize for Drama.Book InformationISBN 9780452264014Author August WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books... -
Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 9780767909136
RRP: £20.00£14.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767909136Author Kareem Abdul-JabbarFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)... -
Josephine Baker: The Hungry Heart by Jean-Claude Baker
£19.18Based on twenty years of research and thousands of interviews, this authoritative biography of performer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) provides a candid look at her tempestuous life. Born into poverty in St. Louis, the uninhibited chorus girl became the... -
The Rage of a Privileged Class by Ellis Cose 9780060925949
RRP: £13.99£11.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060925949Author Ellis CoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc