Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781954805262Author Amal GhandourFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Bold Story PressPublisher Bold Story PressWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780147516275Author Zelda la GrangeFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 138mm *...

An unflinching memoir of addiction, intergenerational trauma, and the wounds of sexual assault from a resilient, emerging Indigenous voice. Helen Knott, a highly accomplished Indigenous woman, seems to have it all. But in her memoir, she offers a...

Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie was born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring female circumcision at five years old; running away through the desert; being discovered by Terence...

Today Bill Richmond is largely unknown to the wider public, but he was one of the most significant sportsmen in history and one of the most prominent celebrities of Georgian times. Born into slavery in Staten Island, Richmond won his freedom as a young...

A revealing, honest and often comic coming-of-age story about growing up in 1970s Britain on the boundaries of race 'Full of charm' GUARDIAN 'An account of what being British means' i 'Captures a country in transition ... You can't fail to be moved'...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Pulitzer Prize (Biography) 1987.Book InformationISBN 9780060566920Author David GarrowFormat PaperbackPage Count 800Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins...

A biography of America's greatest all-around athlete that "goes beyond the myth and into the guts of Thorpe's life, using extensive research, historical nuance, and bittersweet honesty" (Los Angeles Times), by the bestselling author of the classic...

A lively and engaging account of the legendary Irish folk music ensemble Ceoltóirí Chualann, and the first time that readers can see the groundbreaking concepts used by Seán Ó Riada and his band Ceoltóirí Chualann as they changed the course of Irish...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385337816Author Anne MoodyFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

A spellbinding and magical narrative, this is the story of modern China through the women who lived through it. At the start of the twentieth century in China, the Hans were married in an elaborate ceremony before they were even born. They went on to...

What does it mean to be a Pakistani? Can it mean more than one thing? And what do others think it means? Ziauddin Sardar explores what makes a Pakistani, and whether it's something one wants or ought to be. Reflecting on his culture and heritage...

From the time of his famous Atlanta address in 1895 until his death in 1915, Booker T. Washington was the preeminent African-American educator and race leader. But to historians and biographers of the last hundred years, Washington has often been...

Since launching his career at the Village Voice in the early 1980s Greg Tate has been one of the premiere critical voices on contemporary Black music, art, literature, film, and politics. Flyboy 2 provides a panoramic view of the past thirty years of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997877007Author Miantae Metcalf McConnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 532Imprint Huzzah PubishingPublisher Huzzah PubishingWeight(grams) 771g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806359168Author Joseph F O CallaghanFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint ClearfieldPublisher ClearfieldWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

A top ten New York Times bestseller. With the haunting emotional power of American Dirt and the atmospheric suspense of Where the Crawdads Sing: a compulsive debut novel that explores the aftershock of a brutal crime on the women of a small...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739417109Author Lena LeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Little Koo PressPublisher Little Koo PressWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504083140Author Joseph A. PageFormat PaperbackPage Count 562Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063037328Author Viola DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 237mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789987417513Author RasiasFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Mkuki na Nyota PublishersPublisher Mkuki na Nyota PublishersWeight(grams) 123gDimensions(mm)...

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...

In Lives Between the Lines, Michael Vatikiotis traces the journey of his Greek and Italian forebears from Tuscany, Crete, Hydra and Rhodes, as they made their way to Egypt and the coast of Palestine in search of opportunity. In the process, he reveals a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781553653127Author Richard WagameseFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Greystone Books,CanadaPublisher Greystone Books,Canada

In the Clearances of the 19th century, crofts - once the mainstay of Highland life in Scotland - were swept away as the land was put over to sheep grazing. Many of the people of the Highlands and islands of Scotland were forced from their homes by...

A memoir by the Oscar-winning, platinum-selling rapper and producer for fans of Rick Ross's Hurricanes and The Autobiography of Gucci ManeThe hustle still continues for hip-hop OG Juicy J as he shares his invaluable story as an unwavering force in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645538243Author Andreea KindrydFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Andreea KindrydPublisher Andreea KindrydWeight(grams) 975gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

"In yet another skillful excavation of a dazzling Latino champion, Christian Giudice...follows Hector 'Macho' Camacho from his embattled childhood in Spanish Harlem, to the heights of his electrifying yet too-brief stardom and onto his abject end by hail...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781516887477Author James Dean DivineFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647224363Author Joshua GreeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Insight EditionsPublisher Insight Editions

*Now a comedy series on Netflix!* From the stand-up comedian, actress, and host beloved for her cheeky swagger, unique voice, and unapologetic frankness comes a book of "zesty and hilarious" (Publishers Weekly) essays for fans of Is Everyone Hanging Out...

On September 11th 2001, Carmen Bin Ladin heard the news on the radio that the Twin Towers had been struck. She instinctively knew that her brother-in-law's name would be linked to these horrifying acts of terrorism, and her heart went out to the victims...

During more than thirty years in a variety of houses, Bob Sharpe managed to rise from garden boy to valet and butler.As a boy he had to kill pheasant chicks, boil rabbits for the estate dogs, carry the wood up and down stairs every day for thirty fires...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611883015Author Michaela Foster MarshPage Count 256Imprint The Story PlantPublisher The Story Plant

Set in the 1920s, this marvellously sensitive autobiography recreates the varied community of Nairn, with its fishermen and townsfolk, its crofters and its prosperous upper-middle-classes. Nairn has witnessed many of the triumphs and tragedies of...

"In yet another skillful excavation of a dazzling Latino champion, Christian Giudice...follows Hector 'Macho' Camacho from his embattled childhood in Spanish Harlem, to the heights of his electrifying yet too-brief stardom and onto his abject end by hail...

'I was twenty years old and dreamed of marrying for love.' Leila was born and brought up in France by Moroccan-born parents. But her romantic dreams were shattered when she was forced by her father to marry a man she'd never met, fifteen years older...

'Zarifa will break your heart' Christina Lamb, author of Our Bodies, Their Battlefields and I Am MalalaZarifa Ghafari was two years old when the Taliban banned girls from schools, and she began her education in secret. She was seven when American...

W. E. B. Du Bois was a public intellectual, sociologist, and activist on behalf of the African American community. He profoundly shaped black political culture in the United States through his founding role in the NAACP, as well as internationally...

'A remarkable set of essays unlike anything else' - Kadish Morris, Guardian As in her fiction, the essays in Out of the Sun demonstrate Esi Edugyan's commitment to seeking out the stories of Black lives that history has failed to record. Written with...