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The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland by Walter Thompson-Hernandez
RRP: $27.28$17.81"Thompson-Hernandez's portrayal of Compton's black cowboys broadens our perception of Compton's young black residents, and connects the Compton Cowboys to the historical legacy of African Americans in the west. An eye-opening, moving book."-... -
I Am Stany: The Life and Loves of a Chimpanzee Whisperer by Stany Nyandwi
RRP: $42.00$27.01From survivor of genocide to conservation hero: A moving, heartwarming memoir about a real-life chimpanzee whisperer-now the subject of the award-winning documentary film Pant Hoot.Stany Nyandwi's gift for communicating with chimpanzees is so special... -
The Hungry Season: A Journey of War, Love, and Survival by Lisa M Hamilton 9780316415897
RRP: $63.00$42.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316415897Author Lisa M HamiltonFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Little Brown and CompanyPublisher Little Brown and CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Earth Is All That Lasts: Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and the Last Stand of the Great Sioux Nation by Mark Lee Gardner 9780062669896
$44.08"Fast-paced and highly absorbing." -Wall Street JournalA magisterial new history of the fierce final chapter of the "Indian Wars," told through the lives of the two most legendary and consequential American Indian leaders, who led Sioux resistance and... -
Ready For Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokey Carmichael (Kwame Ture) by Stokely Carmichael, (Kwame Ture)
RRP: $48.28$32.93From the prison farms and lynch mobs of Mississippi to the political intrigue of the African liberation wars, Stokely Carmichael's remarkable life story covers the full range of the black liberation struggle in our time. Carmichael recounts his... -
Makes Me Wanna Holler by Nathan McCall 9780679740704
RRP: $25.18$24.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679740704Author Nathan McCallFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 311g -
Narrative of the Life of Frede by Douglass Frederick 9780451529947
RRP: $8.38$6.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451529947Author Frederick DouglassFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Signet ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary by Joe Jackson
$37.36Black Elk, the Native American holy man, is known to millions of readers around the world from his 1932 testimonial, Black Elk Speaks. Cryptic and deeply personal, it has been read as a spiritual guide, a philosophical manifesto, and a text to be... -
Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot by Jeffrey J. Matthews 9780268105099
RRP: $73.50$56.85This fascinating biography of the late Colin Powell brings to light his towering achievements and errors in judgment during a lifetime devoted to public service. Until he passed away in 2021, Colin Powell was revered as one of America's most trusted and... -
Saint Patrick Retold: The Legend and History of Ireland's Patron Saint by Dr. Roy Flechner 9780691184647
$61.70A gripping biography that brings together the most recent research to shed provocative new light on the life of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick was, by his own admission, a controversial figure. Convicted in a trial by his elders in Britain and hounded by... -
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt 9781937512934
RRP: $33.58$21.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937512934Author Billy-Ray BelcourtFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Two Dollar RadioPublisher Two Dollar RadioWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 188mm... -
Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian Liberation by Sarah Irving
RRP: $35.68$24.23Dubbed 'the poster girl of Palestinian militancy', Leila Khaled's image flashed across the world after she hijacked a passenger jet in 1969. The picture of a young, determined looking woman with a checkered scarf, clutching an AK-47, was as era-defining... -
Never Answer To A Whistle by Michael Howard 9781916205307
RRP: $21.00$7.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916205307Author Michael HowardFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Griffin Publishing UKPublisher Griffin Publishing UKWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm)... -
The Boy Between Worlds: A Biography by Annejet Zijl 9781542040099
RRP: $18.88$12.87From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of An American Princess comes the true story of an unconventional family divided by war and prejudice during WWII. When they fell in love in 1928, Rika and Waldemar could not have been more different. She was... -
Up Home: One Girl's Journey by Ruth J. Simmons 9780593446003
RRP: $48.30$31.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593446003Author Ruth J. SimmonsFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Collected Autobio/Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou
$57.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679643258Author Maya AngelouFormat HardbackPage Count 1184Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1168gDimensions(mm) 211mm *... -
I, Rigoberta Menchu by Rigoberta Menchu
RRP: $44.08$31.23Now a global bestseller, the remarkable life of Rigoberta Menchu, a Guatemalan peasant woman, reflects on the experiences common to many Indian communities in Latin America. Menchu suffered gross injustice and hardship in her early life: her brother,... -
Gift of Power: The Life and Teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man by Richard Erdoes 9781879181120
RRP: $39.88$35.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879181120Author Richard ErdoesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Bear & CompanyPublisher Inner Traditions Bear and CompanyWeight(grams)... -
Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly, Second Edition by Peter Cole
RRP: $39.88$26.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629638324Author Peter ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint PM PressPublisher PM Press -
I, Eric Ngalle: One Man's Journey Crossing Continents from Africa to Europe by Eric Ngalle 9781912109104
RRP: $20.98$14.93Eric Ngalle thought he was leaving Cameroon for a better life... Instead of arriving in Belgium to study for a degree in economics he ended up in one of the last countries he would have chosen to visit - Russia. Having seen his passport stolen, Eric... -
My Parents: An Introduction / This Does Not Belong to You by Aleksandar Hemon
RRP: $31.48$23.00Two magnificent memoirs by Aleksandar Hemon, presented together in a glorious single edition: together they make a major work from one of our major writers.In My Parents, Aleksandar Hemon tells the story of his parents' immigration to Canada - of the... -
Our Legends by Mufti Abdul Wahab Waheed
RRP: $23.08$15.50Every now and then some great people have come along to protect and revive Islam. This short and well-presented book highlights a small selection of specific personalities from our rich tradition who served as foundational hallmarks for the progress of... -
Oh Sis, You're Pregnant!: The Ultimate Guide to Black Pregnancy & Motherhood by Shanicia Boswell 9781642504989
RRP: $48.20$33.05What to Expect When Black, Pregnant, and Expecting"This book stands as the modern-day guide to birthing while Black." Angelina Ruffin-Alexander, certified nurse midwife2021 International Book Awards finalist in Health: Women's Health#1 New Release in... -
Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture by Zeba Blay
RRP: $31.48$20.01'Searing and timely' Tarana Burke, founder of the MeToo movement, and author of You Are Your Best Thing'Carefree Black Girls is the testimony I've been waiting to witness.'Robert Jones, Jr., author of The Prophets; creator of Son of Baldwin'Standout..... -
The Man Who Stole Himself: The Slave Odyssey of Hans Jonathan by Gisli Palsson
RRP: $46.20$39.82The island nation of Iceland is known for many things majestic landscapes, volcanic eruptions, distinctive seafood but racial diversity is not one of them. So the little-known story of Hans Jonathan, a free black man who lived and raised a family in... -
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom by Simon Winchester 9780060884611
RRP: $37.78$25.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060884611Author Simon WinchesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Levels of the Game by John McPhee
RRP: $35.70$23.46Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374515263Author John McPheeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)... -
A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses by Larry Haun
RRP: $41.98$29.99Part memoir, part cultural history, this is a book about the history of homebuilding in America over the past 100 years, told through twelve unique but modest houses that the author knows intimately. We follow the author from the sod house in Nebraska... -
Everything Lost Is Found Again: Four Seasons in Lesotho by Will McGrath 9781945814624
RRP: $27.28$18.12Funny and heartfelt, this amalgamation of memoir and essay collection tells the story of twenty months the author spent in Lesotho, the small, landlocked kingdom surrounded by South Africa. There he finds a spirit of joyful absurdity and resolve,... -
A Narrative of the Life and Adventure of Venture by Venture Smith 9781513284767
RRP: $8.38$7.52A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture (1798) is an autobiography by Venture Smith. Written while Smith was living in freedom on his own farm in Connecticut, A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture is recognized by scholars as a... -
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S Jones 9781541600256
RRP: $39.88$23.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781541600256Author Martha S JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Basic BooksPublisher Basic BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm * 28mm -
Man, Myth and Museum: Iorwerth C. Peate and the Making of the Welsh Folk Museum by Eurwyn Wiliam 9781837720392
RRP: $52.50$39.50The Welsh Folk Museum at St Fagans was the first large open-air folk museum in Britain. It was (according to himself) created by one man: Iorwerth C. Peate, poet, author, and scholar. This is the first book-length critical study of Peate as scholar and... -
My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglass
$23.56Written ten years after his legal emancipation, MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM catapulted Frederick Douglass into the international spotlight as a leading spokesperson for American blacks, both freed and in slavery. This, Douglass's second autobiography, was... -
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family by Kerri K. Greenidge 9781324094548
RRP: $35.68$30.62Sarah and Angelina Grimke-the Grimke sisters-are revered figures in American history, famous for rejecting their privileged lives on a plantation in South Carolina to become firebrand activists in the North. Their antislavery pamphlets, among the most... -
The Selfless Ego: Configurations of Identity in Tibetan Life Writing by Lucia Galli 9780367694036
RRP: $83.98$73.63The essays collected in The Selfless Ego propose an innovative approach to one of the most fascinating aspects of Tibetan literature: life writing. Departing from past schemes of interpretation, this book addresses issues of literary theory and identity... -
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
RRP: $23.08$16.32A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of "extraordinary grit" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his... -
End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood by Patty Lin 9781958506066
RRP: $27.28$18.12What happens when you land your dream job and everything you've been working toward becomes a complete nightmare? This is Patty Lin's story. She climbed the ladder as an award-winning television writer (often the only Asian person in the room) only to be... -
My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family by Nabil Ayers
RRP: $44.08$29.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593295960Author Nabil AyersFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Viking Press IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc -
Sang Kancil: A Tale about How Ordinary Malaysians Defied the Odds by James Chai 9789815127133
RRP: $41.90$30.68Stories of courageous underdogs who battled against disadvantages and challenges, and emerged victorious in pushing humanity forward. Ordinary is not as ordinary as you think. History is written by the loudest and most charismatic victors, but are silent... -
Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions by John (Fire) Lame Deer
$11.55Storyteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux, he was many things in the white man's world - rodeo clown, painter, prisoner. But, above all, he was a holy man of...