African American & Black

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls dare to follow their desires and pursue a momentary reprieve from being good. The nine stories in this collection feature four generations of characters...

Explosive fantasy set in a West African world of magic and legend, where one girl must sacrifice her life, year by year, to gain the power necessary to live up to the expectations of the mother she has never been good enough for. ...

The humorous and heart-wrenching story of a woman's re-entry into life on the outside after twenty years in incarceration, told over one whirlwind Fourth of July weekend. "There's no one quite like Carlotta Mercedes, the transgender Black Colombian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946336002Author Kim Cash TateFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint Faith/Love PressPublisher Faith/Love Press

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 'This novel is a packet of surprises as we have no idea what's going to happen next' GUARDIAN 'One of the greatest writers of our time' TONI MORRISON 'Devilishly funny and academically solid:...

It is the mid-1800s. At Sweet Home in Kentucky, an era is ending as slavery comes under attack from the abolitionists. The worlds of Halle and Paul D. are to be destroyed in a cataclysm of torment and agony. The world of Sethe, however, is to turn from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622865031Author AshleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Urban BooksPublisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593440292Author Marie BenedictFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Upon his return from India, Alexander the Great travelled to the Persian royal city of Pasargadae to pay homage at the tomb of King Cyrus, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, whom he admired greatly. Disgusted to find Cyrus' tomb desecrated and...

From the bestselling author of Memorial, a novel that will 'break your heart twice over, with sadness, sure, but more unexpectedly, with joy.' Rumaan AlamGrowing up , TJ was Cam's boy next door. When Cam needed a home, TJ's parents - Mae and Jin - took...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954767232Author Robbi ReneeFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Love Notes by Robbi ReneePublisher Love Notes by Robbi ReneeWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781803140803Author Suzette D HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint BookouturePublisher BookoutureWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528719995Author Alice Dunbar NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

A satirical and daring collection of short stories exploring black life from one of America's rising stars. ...

The supernatural tales of A M Burrage were recognised by contemporaries such as M R James and the critic E F Bleiler as some of the most imaginative and cleverly told ghost stories in the English language, and yet today his name haunts the fringes of the...

SOON TO BE FEATURED ON THE GRAHAM NORTON BOOK CLUB PODCAST ON AUDIBLEDiscover Albert French's haunting first novel; a story of racial injustice, as unsentimental as it is heartbreaking.The tale of Billy Lee Turner, a ten-year-old boy convicted of the...

'A bawdy, brazen rollercoaster of a novel . . . the wildest' The New York TimesA preacher called Deke O'Malley's been selling false hope: the promise of a glorious new life in Africa for just $1,000 a family. But when thieves with machine guns steal the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063218079Author Rita CameronFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

This Will Do... is a gripping story of three young people whose attempts to make a life for themselves are at times misdirected, sometimes self-defeating, and now and again sufficiently successful to make something that "will do." Ogden's writing is...

The New York Times bestselling book behind the HBO Series from J.J. Abrams, Misha Green and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out).A blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Matt...

Collector's Edition featuring digital signatures from Jordan Peele and contributors, exclusive sprayed edges, printed boards and end papers.'Not only likely to be the best anthology of the year, but one for the ages' The GuardianThe New York Times...

What is motherhood in the midst of uncertainty, buried trauma and an unravelling America? What it's always been - a love song. Our narrator is a gifted photographer, an uncertain wife, an infertile mother, a biracial woman in an America that's coming...

Find out how far these divas will go to stay on top in the sexy thriller that inspired the BET show Games People Play. When entertainment writer Nia Bullock loses her job and her live-in boyfriend, she flees LA for Manhattan and a gig as...

'A gripping call to action—and a daring triumph of a novel' ADORAH NWORAH 'Masterfully portrays the splintering of the mind in its most striking, unfiltered form' AIWANOSE ODAFEN 'A playful, powerful debut' ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS A RAZOR-SHARP NOVEL...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451611922Author Terrance DeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 283g

All technologies depend on the availability of suitable materials. The progress of civilisation is often measured by the materials people have used, from the stone age to the silicon age. Engineers exploit the relationships between the structure,...

A classic, brilliant and layered novel that has been at the heart of racial identity discourse in America for almost a century.Clare Kendry leads a dangerous life. Fair, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a white man unaware of her African...

A Stylist Best Book of 2020 You're free to decide your future. But how do you escape the ghosts of the past? A stunning debut novel with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616201425Author Tayari JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Algonquin BooksPublisher Algonquin BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250802866Author Sadeqa JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 137g

For fans of The Holiday comes a heartwarming Christmas house-swap rom-com debut in which finding yourself and finding love come hand in hand.Bee Tyler needs a break. In the bustling San Francisco tech community, no one ever seems to stand...

It's the end of summer in Atlanta, and fifth-grade classmates Tasha Baxter, Rodney Green, and Octavia Harrison will discover that back-to-school means facing everyday challenges in a new world of safety lessons, terrified parents, and constant fear...

Seymour Brathwaite, a young physicist, was found standing over the body of a murdered man. Charcoal Joe, one of the deadliest men in America, wants Brathwaite cleared. Easy Rawlins, a renowned Los Angeles PI, cannot refuse Charcoal Joe. But what links...

'The funniest man I ever saw, and the saddest man I ever knew.' This is how W.C. Fields described Bert Williams, the highest-paid entertainer in America in his heyday and someone who counted the King of England and Buster Keaton among his fans.Born in...

The Wolsey's of Suffolk date to Anglo-Saxon times. The earliest notice of a Wolsey as inhabitant of Ipswich is Thomas Wolsey's father, Robert. He was a successful small businessman and married a Joan Daundy. Thomas was probably born in 1471 in an Inn and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789361179Imprint Rockschool LtdPublisher Rockschool Ltd

"A gripping novel about power, money, and secrets." -Mindy KalingA daughter's investigation into her family history threatens to destroy their legacy in a gripping novel about power, money, and secrets by the author of Token Black Girl.On their Martha's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946336019Author Kim Cash TateFormat PaperbackPage Count 388Imprint Faith/Love PressPublisher Faith/Love PressWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

This little book on Doing Your Best is the next instalment of an exciting new series exploring big topics with young children in a way that feels good. Using carefully chosen words and phrases, such as 'aim high' and 'teamwork', it creates a special...

How does Google support organizations in their transformation to digital marketing? How does the International Food Waste Coalition influence more sustainable behaviour? How did a producer of Thai herbal toothpaste amend their marketing mix to...