Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

Janet Abu-Lughod for the first time weaves together detailed narratives of major riots with the changing contexts in which they have occurred to show how urban space, political regimes, and economic conditions--not simply an abstract "race conflict"--all...

In Twisted: My Dreadlock Chronicles, professor and author Bert Ashe delivers a witty, fascinating, and unprecedented account of black male identity as seen through our culture's perceptions of hair. It is a deeply personal story that weaves together the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Book Sense Book of the Year Award (Adult) 1994.Book InformationISBN 9780385312523Author Sarah L. DelanyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Delta (imprint of...

In this singular and intimate memoir of identity and discovery, Vanessa A. Bee explores the way we define "home" and "belonging" - from her birth in Yaounde, Cameroon, to her adoption by her aunt and her aunt's white French husband, to experiencing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993443206Author Stephen J MusgraveFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Orchard Maritime PublishingPublisher Orchard Maritime Publishing

2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner-Best Memoir in the Personal Struggles/Health Issues CategoryTwo-time 2023 NYC Big Book Award Winner-Memoir and Non-Fiction2023 International Latino Book Award Winner-Most Inspiring Non-Fiction, Honorable...

An honest and courageous examination of what it means to navigate the in-between Cole has heard it all before-token, bougie, oreo, Blackish-the things we call the kids like him. Black kids who grow up in white spaces, living at an intersection of race...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434359919Author W. Ambrose BebbFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint AuthorHousePublisher AuthorHouseWeight(grams) 347gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 13mm

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781479764310Author Marcia D DialFormat HardbackPage Count 50Imprint Xlibris CorporationPublisher Xlibris CorporationWeight(grams) 231g

A world-famous singer and actor, a trained lawyer, an early star of American professional football and a polyglot who spoke over a dozen languages. These could be the crowning achievements of a life well-lived, yet for Paul Robeson the higher calling of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789881376428Author Maisie J. MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 930g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781517207724Author Nadia Al SultaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781986134088Author Charles RiverFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781499102536Author Solomon NorthupFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781519568595Author Christina PuryearFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497345461Author Solomon NorthupFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999829608Author Saikou CamaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint Jollof PublishingPublisher Jollof PublishingWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975484852Author Nanako WaterFormat PaperbackPage Count 444Imprint Tonnbo BooksPublisher Tonnbo BooksWeight(grams) 508gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 23mm

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...

Anahareo (1906-1985) was a Mohawk writer, environmentalist, and activist. She was also the wife of Grey Owl, aka Archie Belaney, the internationally celebrated writer and speaker who claimed to be of Scottish and Apache descent, but whose true ancestry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974064444Author Mark BrownFormat PaperbackImprint Live Oak Book CompanyPublisher Live Oak Book CompanyWeight(grams) 268g

The star of Marvel's first Asian superhero film, Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, tells his own origin story of being a Chinese immigrant, his battles with cultural stereotypes and his own identity, becoming a TV star, and landing...

'In clear and utterly compelling English, this moving memoir tells the story of the agony, and the ecstasy, of one refugee - and of every refugee. A must read for anyone interested in the triumph of Afghanistan's spirit over its seemingly endless...

"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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781685890933Author Margaret Juhae LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing

Written over five years, this engrossing and enlightening book stretches to over a quarter of a million words and is a fast paced read as it races through the exploits and achievements of an astonishing gallery of the Scots who make up this Scottish...

Author Sonja Boon's heritage is complicated. Although she has lived in Canada for more than thirty years, she was born in the UK to a Surinamese mother and a Dutch father. Boon's family history spans five continents: Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia, South...

In this wonderfully detailed narrative, Daryl Yeap brings us the fascinating story of Hui-lan, Ida and Lucy, daughters and wife of Asia's richest man at the turn of the 20th century - Oei Tiong-ham. Flying planes, managing Asia's richest estate and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888397430Author Ted MeyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 722Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668004494Author Malcolm JenkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

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...

Johanne Durocher fights to free her daughter and four grandchildren from a nightmarish life of abuse and poverty in Saudi Arabia. In 2001, Nathalie Morin was just seventeen when she met Saeed, a Saudi man who claimed to be studying in Montreal. She fell...

2022 PROSE Awards Category Winner - Biography & Autobiography Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - 2021 BRONZE Winner for Biography The fascinating biography of Eunice Hunton Carter, a social justice and civil rights trailblazer and the only woman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496743251Author Joseph H. HollandFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781588347459Author Neal V. LovingFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian BooksWeight(grams) 1g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623719173Author Samir ToubassyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Olive Branch PressPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, IncWeight(grams)...