Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Essence Magazine 2023 Must ReadEboni K. Williams knew that an important part of her mission as a media personality would be to unabashedly place Blackness on a pedestal. Williams has long known that Blackness is a rich, expansive place that centres...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593445884Author Geena RoceroFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

An intimate story of a Polish family torn apart by war: of heartbreak, loss, and survival against the odds. Julian Czerkawski was born in 1926 on his aristocratic family's large estate, near Lwow, now Ukrainian Lviv. He was the son of a charismatic...

In this exhilarating memoir, three-time World Champion and Olympic gold-medalist Nathan Chen tells the story of his remarkable journey to success, reflecting on his life as a Chinese American figure skater and the joys and challenges he has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583943601Author Martin PrechtelFormat HardbackPage Count 476Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2021.Book InformationISBN 9781952177941Author Grace M. ChoFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Feminist Press at The City...

Drawing on her own experiences as a woman of Iranian and British Isle descent, writer Hollay Ghadery dives into conflicts and uncertainty surrounding the bi-racial female body and identity, especially as it butts up against the disparate expectations of...

'Sometimes, 1+1 = changing the world. Cathy Newman's witty, warm history on the power of determined couples will make you look at your relationship and wonder, "Could we be doing more this weekend than just going to IKEA?"' CAITLIN MORAN ...

A hilarious and timely essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from comedy superstar and 2 Dope Queens podcaster Phoebe Robinson Being a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities every day. Comedian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770416529Author Farhan DevjiFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061133947Author Isabel VincentFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936787975Author Nicole ChungFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint CatapultPublisher Catapult

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592409426Author Val WangFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 337g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525657743Author Michelle ZaunerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 425gDimensions(mm) 218mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593241080Author Esau McCaulleyFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint ConvergentPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm) 217mm * 148mm...

A major new look at the work of one of America's foremost self-taught artistsBill Traylor (ca. 1853-1949) came to art-making on his own and found his creative voice without guidance; today he is remembered as a renowned American artist. Traylor was born...

Each year, thousands of pilgrims visit the celebrated New Orleans tomb where Marie Laveau is said to lie. They seek her favors or fear her lingering influence. Voodoo Queen: The Spirited Lives of Marie Laveau is the first study of the Laveaus, mother and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849354349Author William C. AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press

Foreword by Janet Yellen Weijian Shan's Out of the Gobi is a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books on China of our time, one with the potential to re-shape how Americans view China, and how the Chinese view life in...

Do you wish you could do more to change the world but don't know how? Do you ever look around at the many charities asking for donations and feel overwhelmed? This inspiring and uplifting book explores the effectiveness of charity and calls for more...

Illuminating her inner journey growing up mixed-race in Britain, Esua Jane Goldsmith's unique memoir exposes the isolation and ambiguities that often come with being 'an only'.Raised in 1950s South London and Norfolk with a white, working-class family,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250150660Author Riad SattoufFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Metropolitan BooksPublisher Metropolitan BooksWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063079656Author Jenifer LewisFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 440gDimensions(mm) 231mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228858065Author Glenn ReddickFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm...

A groundbreaking history of elite black New Yorkers in the nineteenth century, seen through the lens of the author's ancestors Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982195304Author Camille T DungyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

'A scrupulous biography' Publishers Weekly 'Fresh, incisive, and uplifting' Kirkus 'If you want to know the real Baldwin, this is the book to read' Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk James Baldwin is an icon of liberation who created...

A BIG ISSUE BOOK OF THE YEAR Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards This illuminating and defining biography from bestselling author Traci N. Todd, with illustrations from award-winner Christian Robinson, tells the story of Eunice Waymon, who grew up to...

Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cartoonist Studio Prize for Print ComicsOne of The Washington Post's 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2022 * One of NYPL's Best Books of 2022 *A Publishers Weekly "Best Book of 2022" A formative coming-of-age...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312147617Author Russell MeansFormat PaperbackPage Count 573Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 907g

They are not afraid of challenges and breaking barriers; they found their courage. They are BIAS BREAKERS! Barriers are there to be smashed down. Bias breakers are individuals who have experienced or champion injustice in relation to culture, race,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620409787Author Sam RobertsFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 686g

Despite gold medals, WNBA championships, and a list of accolades, A'ja Wilson knows how it feels to be swept under the rug - to not be heard, to not feel seen, to not be taken seriously. As a fourth grader going to a primarily white school in South...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993438103Author Lena StrangFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Lena StrangPublisher Lena Strang

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780440222668Author Dennis RodmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA...

The last generation of Americans with a living memory of Jim Crow will soon disappear. They leave behind a collective memory of segregation shaped increasingly by its horrors and heroic defeat but not a nuanced understanding of everyday life in Jim Crow...

In the second memoir from the first Native American to serve as US poet laureate, Joy Harjo invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses and humble realisations of her "poet-warrior" road. A musical, kaleidoscopic meditation, Poet Warrior reveals...

To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense versus nonviolence, Black Power versus civil rights, the sword versus the shield. The struggle for Black freedom is wrought with the same contrasts. While...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250205797Author Anthony Ray HintonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...