Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578662336Author Ketty LesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Elite Publishing HousePublisher Elite Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm)...

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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780964695290Author Mark Andrew RitchieFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Island Lake PressPublisher Island Lake PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385493772Author Cornelia Walker BaileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm)...

Originally published in 1966, Miguel Barnet's Biography of a Runaway Slave provides the written history of the life of Esteban Montejo, who lived as a slave, as a fugitive in the wilderness, and as a soldier fighting against Spain in the Cuban War of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781792194313Author Alain PiotonFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Independently PublishedPublisher Independently PublishedWeight(grams) 122gDimensions(mm)...

This book is the first life history of a Northwest Coast Indian woman. Florence Davidson, daughter of noted Haida carver and chief Charles Edenshaw, was born in 1896. As one of the few living Haida elders knowledgeable bout the culture of a bygone era,...

In the mid-sixteenth century, Spanish explorers in the Chesapeake region kidnapped an Indian teenager and took him back to Spain, a common occurrence at the time. What was uncommon in this case was that the young man eventually came back. During his...

In this powerful memoir, the creator of the viral videos "Before You Call the Cops" and "Walking While Black", Tyler Merritt, shares his experiences as a Black man in America with truth, humour, and poignancy.Tyler Merritt's video "Before You Call the...

Sojourner Truth: ex-slave and fiery abolitionist, figure of imposing physique, riveting preacher and spellbinding singer who dazzled listeners with her wit and originality. Straight-talking and unsentimental, Truth became a national symbol for strong...

This definitive biography tells the story of the former slave Olaudah Equiano (1745?-1797), who in his day was the English-speaking world's most renowned person of African descent. Equiano's greatest legacy is his classic 1789 autobiography, The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809077380Author Professor of History Camilla TownsendFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Hill & WangPublisher Hill & WangWeight(grams)...

This biography illuminates the racial attitudes of an elite group of American scientists and foundation officers. It is the story of a complex and unhappy man. It blends social, institutional, black, and political history with the history of science...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788493659790Author Manuel Chaves NogalesFormat PaperbackPage Count 376Imprint Libros del Asteroide S.L.U.Publisher Libros del Asteroide S.L.U.Weight(grams)...

Microsoft's associate general counsel shares this story that is "as nuanced as it is hopeful" (Hakeem Jeffries, House Minority Leader) about his rise from childhood poverty in pre-gentrified New York City to a stellar career at the top of the technology...

*Well-Read Black Girl - Book Club Pick*As an incredible glass-ceiling breaker and the woman who brought timeless television shows like The Game and Being Mary Jane to cable, Debra Lee has been the visionary responsible for elevating Black images and...

From the former President and CEO of the United States Tennis Association-the first black woman and youngest person ever to hold the position-comes a behind-the-scenes look at the leadership skills involved in hosting the U.S. Open, the largest and most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812985436Author Eddie HuangFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint One World BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307386359Author Garrett HongoFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

Home is not a place you can reach by train or plane. It's something you carry with you. Uprooted from her childhood in Germany and set adrift in the American Midwest, Maureen was raised by a kind but neglectful mother who loved Jesus more than her own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845409869Author K.J. FindlayFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Amphora PressPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 750g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679764151Author Lorraine HansberryFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976835462Author Rudolf Ogoo OkonkwoFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Irokopost BooksPublisher Irokopost BooksWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

"A touching, contemplative chronicle of loss and self-discovery."- Publishers WeeklyFrom the acclaimed biographer of Norway's most treasured cultural icons, Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Munch, comes a story of a migrant family in search of roots and for each...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781542613613Author Tom MooradianFormat PaperbackPage Count 446Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982186470Author Myriam GurbaFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982141516Author John Paul BrammerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Sonja Boon's heritage is complicated. Although she has lived in Canada for more than 30 years, she was born in the UK to a Surinamese mother and a Dutch father. An invitation to join a family tree project inspired a journey to the heart of the histories...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105398Author Black HawkFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 119gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

A biographical tour de force on one of the 20th century's bravest civil rights champions. Critically heralded American historian D'Emilio brings Bayard Rustin out of the shadows of the past to tell the story of a man who was a victim of homophobic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506478333Author Therese Taylor-StinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 172Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949996104Author Victor H GreenFormat HardbackPage Count 314Imprint About ComicsPublisher About ComicsWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 244mm * 170mm * 19mm

WINNER OF THE 2020 RBC TAYLOR PRIZE * "Readers might well wonder if Jonathan Swift at his edgiest has been at work."-RBC Taylor Prize Jury Citation * "A remarkable biography of an even more remarkable 17th-century individual ... Beautifully written and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627301039Author Solomon NorthupFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Stonewell PressPublisher Stonewell PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888769797Author Rebecca ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Earnshaw Books LtdPublisher Earnshaw Books LtdWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

This is a new edition of a classic slave narrative, now fully annotated.It is the most celebrated escape in the history of American slavery. Henry Brown had himself sealed in a three-foot-by-two-foot box and shipped from Richmond, Virginia, to...

Dead Woman Pickney chronicles Yvonne Shorter Brown's life growing up in Jamaica between 1943 and 1965 and teaching in Canada from 1969. Told with stridency and humour, the stories include both personal experience and history.Taking up the haunting...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959030126Author Athena DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...

Offering a glimpse into the culture of extreme poverty, this memoir is an insider's view into a neighborhood then described as the toughest in Canada. Point St. Charles is an industrial slum in Montreal which is now in the process of gentrification, but...

Much has been written about the Tiananmen Square protests, but very little exists in the words of those who were actually there. For over seven years, Liao Yiwu-a master of contemporary Chinese literature, imprisoned and persecuted as a...