Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalised her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumoured affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward VII kept gossip...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812992335Author John JeromeFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 482gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Two 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...

What 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789887554745Author David T K WongFormat PaperbackPage Count 522Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 772g

Black 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780914019725Author Shirley RosenFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Discover Your NorthwestPublisher Discover Your NorthwestWeight(grams)...

"Toft adeptly shows this to be the legacy Ron Lyle left behind, one that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with a boxing legacy that is nothing short of remarkable."-Rafael Garcia, The Fight City "[Ron Lyle's] life was a remarkable one and the story of it...

New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the 2015 WOMEN'S WAY Book Prize * Goodreads Best of 2014 Semi-Finalist * Books for a Better Life Award Finalist * Lambda Literary Award Finalist * Time Magazine "30 Most Influential People on the Internet" * American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250022028Author Mikey WalshFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812981155Author Jay-ZFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 919gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 188mm *...

A riveting cautionary tale about the ecstasy and dangers of loving Marvin Gaye, a performer passionately pursued by all-and a searing memoir of drugs, sex, and old school R&B from the wife of legendary soul icon Marvin Gaye. After her seventeenth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767914970Author Greg TateFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 270gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452279490Author Peter GuralnickFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 79gDimensions(mm) 193mm * 132mm * 7mm

Pop culture is the Pandora's Box of our lives. Racism, wealth, poverty, beauty, inclusion, exclusion, and hope -- all of these intractable and unavoidable features course through the media we consume. Examining pop culture's impact on her life, Nichole...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063280724Author Sarah LabrieFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

In this biography, Ula Taylor explores the life and ideas of one of the most important, if largely unsung, Pan-African freedom fighters of the twentieth century: Amy Jacques Garvey (1895-1973). Born in Jamaica, Amy Jacques moved in 1917 to Harlem, where...

A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A remarkable literary debut . . . Part memoir, part travelogue, Motherlands is ultimately an investigation of how we come to understand the past at all' Guardian Our creation stories begin with the notion of expulsion...

Porsha Williams is a remarkable voice in the television and podcast communities. In The Pursuit of Porsha, she takes readers on a deeply personal journey as she searches for happiness and self-acceptance, giving fans a first-hand look into the defining...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933121232Author George JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Black Classic Press,U.S.Publisher Black Classic Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award (Nonfiction) 2011. Short-listed for Nevada Young Readers' Award (Young Adult) 2013 and Eliot...

Life Among the Qallunaat is the story of Mini Aodla Freeman's experiences growing up in the Inuit communities of James Bay and her journey in the 1950s from her home to the strange land and stranger customs of the Qallunaat, those living south of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992843069Author Philip HeseltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint Doreen Valiente FoundationPublisher Doreen Valiente FoundationWeight(grams)...

150 Station Road, Wheeldon Mill - a short stride across the Chesterfield Canal in the heart of Derbyshire - was home to the Nash family and their corner shop, serving a small mining community with everything from Brasso to Dolly Blue, from cheap dress...

The story of the Dalai Lama's life, as well as a history of the subjugation of the Tibetan people by the Chinese government. Born into a modest farming family, he was only two years old when monks pronounced him the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807006511Author Angela TuckerFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612198668Author Alicia ElliottFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing

The book behind the Netflix series, starring Octavia Spencer'One of the most fabulous African-American figures of the twentieth century' Ishmael ReedMadam Walker was the first free-born child in her family, growing up in abject poverty in post-Civil War...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992843076Author Philip HeseltonFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint Doreen Valiente FoundationPublisher Doreen Valiente FoundationWeight(grams)...

At birth it was only Amal's father who looked at her and said "I see hope in her face. I want to call her 'Amal'- meaning 'Hope'- in the hope that Allah will give us boys after her." The fifth daughter in a patriarchal society and an indigenous...

Humanitarian, philanthropist, and campaigner for Jewish emancipation on a grand scale, Sir Moses Montefiore (1784-1885) was the preeminent Jewish figure of the nineteenth century-and one of the first truly global celebrities. His story, told here in full...

In the early 1960s, travel-writer Simon Gandolfi drove a VW from England to Goa where he rented a bungalow on the beach at Calangute. And it was on Calangute beach that Gandolfi met and loved Vanessa and explored with her much of the subcontinent. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925988017Author Eric ReeseFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Eric ReesePublisher Eric ReeseWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642595680Author Angela Y DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Haymarket BooksPublisher Haymarket Books

'Powerful' Financial Times'More twists and turns than a Hollywood spy thriller' Spectator'A story we all need to hear' New Statesman'Gripping... Araujo's accretion of detail has a powerful effect' New York Times'Excellent' Kirkus ReviewsDeep in the heart...

This book focuses on the stories of Syrians who have found refuge in Wales, based on their own oral testimonies. They were recorded as part of a research project undertaken by Cardiff University and Amgueddfa Cymru- National Museum Wales. Moving away...

William Carlos Williams's medical practice and his literary career formed an undivided life. For forty years he was a busy doctor in the town of Rutherford, New Jersey, and yet he was able to write more than thirty books. One of the finest chapters in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062698346Author Bassey IkpiFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

A most appealing book . . . Its genuineness and its simplicity will build up a large audience of enthusiastic readers.-San Francisco ChronicleRalph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733140003Author Yaasmyn FulaFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Bearded Dragon BooksPublisher Bearded Dragon BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)...