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My Life in Food: A Memoir by Albert Roux
RRP: $46.20$30.58In 2021, the world of cooking lost a legendary figure. Albert Roux, together with his brother Michel, transformed the way we eat, cook and appreciate food in this country. It is no exaggeration to say that most of what makes our current culinary... -
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
RRP: $20.98$13.94The 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... -
Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton
RRP: $29.38$19.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105329Author Huey P. NewtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 419g -
When I Passed the Statue of Liberty I Became Black by Harry Edward 9780300270976
RRP: $39.88$33.98"Harry Edward was a hugely talented athlete and an extraordinary man who fought all his life for justice and fairness in the face of repeated prejudice. His story is as powerful today as it was when he lived it and I urge everyone to read this book... -
Seal Morning by Rowena Farre
RRP: $16.78$11.47At the age of 10, Rowena Farre left the security of her parents' home in India and was sent to live with her aunt on a lonely croft in the wild and remote Highlands of Scotland. During her stay in Sutherland, she drew strength from the isolation of... -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave (Hero Classics) by Frederick Douglass
RRP: $18.88$13.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915054807Author Frederick DouglassFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint HeroPublisher Legend Press Ltd -
The English Ghost: Spectres Through Time by Peter Ackroyd
RRP: $27.28$19.09The English see more ghosts than any other nation. From medieval times to the present day, stories have been told about ghosts who avenge injustice, souls who long for peace and spooks who just want to have fun. The English Ghost is a treasure trove of... -
Njinga of Angola: Africa's Warrior Queen by Linda M. Heywood
RRP: $39.80$31.56"The fascinating story of arguably the greatest queen in sub-Saharan African history, who surely deserves a place in the pantheon of revolutionary world leaders."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Though largely unknown in the West, the seventeenth-century African... -
Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers & Everyday Heroes by Leon Diop 9781915071231
RRP: $25.18$15.94Covering historic and current figures from the worlds of the arts, sport, business, politics and social activism, Black and Irish will also find space to celebrate everyday heroes-lesser known figures making a difference in Irish communities today.About... -
India: A Wounded Civilization by V. S. Naipaul
RRP: $20.98$14.83The second book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy. In 1964 V. S. Naipaul published An Area of Darkness, his semi-autobiographical account of a year in India. Two visits later, prompted by the Emergency of 1975, he came to write India: A Wounded... -
Lifting as They Climb: Black Women Buddhists and Collective Liberation by Toni Pressley-Sanon 9781645470762
RRP: $48.30$31.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645470762Author Toni Pressley-SanonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You by Dina Nayeri
RRP: $23.08$15.37'A vital book for our times' ROBERT MACFARLANE'Unflinching, complex, provocative' NIKESH SHUKLA'A work of astonishing, insistent importance' ObserverAged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother, and lived in the crumbling shell of... -
Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao's Revolution by Helen Zia
RRP: $31.48$25.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345522337Author Helen ZiaFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
The Swordfish and the Star: Life on Cornwall's most treacherous stretch of coast by Gavin Knight
RRP: $23.08$13.69The Penwith Peninsula in Cornwall is where the land ends. In The Swordfish and the Star Gavin Knight takes us into this huddle of grey roofs at the edge of the sea at the beginning of the twenty-first century. He catches the stories of a whole community,... -
Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Patillo Beals 9780671866396
RRP: $39.88$25.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (Runner Up, Memoir) 1995.Book InformationISBN 9780671866396Author Melba Patillo BealsFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Pocket... -
The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus: 2015 by Lesley Blanch 9780993092725
$42.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993092725Author Lesley BlanchFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Book Blast ePublishingPublisher Book Blast ePublishingWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm)... -
King of the Blues: The Life and Times of B. B. King by Daniel de Vise
RRP: $42.00$29.11'Without a doubt the most important artist the blues has ever produced' Eric Clapton'No one did more to spread the gospel of the blues' President Barack Obama'One part of me says, "Yes, of course I can play." But the other part of me says, "Well, I wish... -
Absolutely on Music: Conversations with Seiji Ozawa by Haruki Murakami
RRP: $27.28$17.70An intimate conversation about music and creativity, between the internationally bestselling writer Haruki Murakami and world-class conductor, Seiji Ozawa. Haruki Murakami's passion for music runs deep. Before turning his hand to writing, he ran a jazz... -
Black Victorians: Hidden in History by Keshia N. Abraham 9780715654880
RRP: $27.28$18.12Beyond the patrician vision of Victorian Britain traditionally advanced in our textbooks, there always existed another, more diverse Britain, populated by people of colour marking achievements both ordinary and extraordinary. In this deeply researched... -
Finding Freedom: How Death Row Broke and Opened My Heart by Jarvis Jay Masters
RRP: $33.58$22.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611809114Author Jarvis Jay MastersFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
Red: A Natural History of the Redhead by Jacky Colliss Harvey
RRP: $35.68$24.32A New York Times bestseller, Red is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world.With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, Jacky Colliss Harvey explores red hair in the ancient... -
The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman by Davi Kopenawa
RRP: $44.00$35.62The 10th anniversary editionA Guardian Best Book about DeforestationA New Scientist Best Book of the YearA Taipei Times Best Book of the Year"A perfectly grounded account of what it is like to live an indigenous life in communion with one's personal... -
Vuelta Skelter: Riding the remarkable 1941 Tour of Spain, in a facemask by Tim Moore
RRP: $42.00$30.01*A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*Tim Moore, the author of the Sunday Times bestselling French Revolutions, completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours. Julian Berrendero's victory in the 1941 Vuelta a Espana was an... -
Preachin' the Blues: The Life and Times of Son House by Daniel Beaumont 9780195395570
RRP: $46.18$45.97In June of 1964, three young, white blues fans set out from New York City in a Volkswagen, heading for the Mississippi Delta in search of a musical legend. So begins Preachin' the Blues, the biography of American blues signer and guitarist Eddie James... -
Generations: A Memoir by Lucille Clifton
RRP: $29.38$20.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681375878Author Lucille CliftonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc -
India: A Million Mutinies Now by V. S. Naipaul
RRP: $35.68$25.58The third book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy, with a preface by the author. India: A Million Mutinies Now is a truly perceptive work whose insights continue to inform travellers of all generations to India. Much has changed since V. S... -
In the Days of Victorio: Recollections of a Warm Springs Apache by James Kaywaykla
RRP: $46.10$28.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780816504015Author James KaywayklaFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint University of Arizona PressPublisher University of Arizona PressWeight(grams) 294g -
I am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck by James Baldwin
RRP: $27.28$20.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525434696Author James BaldwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 164gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
The Heart of Everything That Is: The Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American Legend by Bob Drury
RRP: $41.98$27.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451654684Author Bob DruryFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & Schuster -
Mixed/Other: Explorations of Multiraciality in Modern Britain by Natalie Morris
RRP: $20.98$14.28How does it feel when your heritage isn't listed as an option on an identification form?What is it like to grow up as the only person in your family who looks like you?Where do you belong if you are simultaneously seen as being 'too much' of one race and... -
Survival of the Thickest: Essays by Michelle Buteau
RRP: $23.08$14.70*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... -
Invisible Child: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction 2022 by Andrea Elliott
RRP: $23.08$16.32Based on nearly a decade of reporting, Invisible Child follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani Coates, a child with an imagination as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn homeless shelter. Born at the turn of a new century, Dasani is... -
Under Their Very Eyes: The astonishing life of Tom Hamblin, Bible courier to Arab nations by Deborah Meroff
RRP: $20.98$14.93From a brutal and impoverished background in Reading, England, Tom Hamblin became a believer as a teenager before serving as a missionary in the Far East. He and his wife Edna spent more than a decade leading expeditions into the heart of Borneo... -
Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero by Mordechai Bar-On
RRP: $41.98$35.64From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a vivid portrait of one of the most powerful leaders in Israel's first decades of statehood Instantly recognizable with his iconic eye patch, Moshe Dayan (1915-1981) was one of Israel's most charismatic-and... -
Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart
RRP: $20.98$14.07In the late 1630s, Andrea Stuart's earliest known maternal ancestor set sail from England, lured by the promise of the New World, to settle in Barbados where he fell by chance into the lucrative life of a sugar plantation owner. With George Ashby's first... -
Ramana Maharshi And The Path Of Self Knowledge by Arthur Osborne 9781846044083
RRP: $27.28$19.09Introduced to the West by Paul Brunton, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) is widely hailed as the greatest Indian saint and sage in modern times, whose teachings continue to influence thousands around the world today. This intimate biography by... -
"The Amazing Iroquois" and the Invention of the Empire State by John Winters 9780197578223
RRP: $48.28$41.08In America's collective unconscious, the Haudenosaunee, known to many as the Iroquois, are viewed as an indelible part of New York's modern and democratic culture. From the Iroquois confederacy serving as a model for the US Constitution, to the... -
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. by Peniel Joseph 9781541617865
RRP: $52.50$35.24Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are the two most iconic figures of the Civil Rights movement. To most Americans, Malcolm and Martin represent contrasting political ideals -- self-defense vs. non-violence, anger vs. pacifism, separatism vs... -
God Is a Black Woman by Christena Cleveland
RRP: $37.78$22.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062988799Author Christena ClevelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Amistad PressPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life by MR Kingsley M Bray 9780806139869
RRP: $48.20$40.15Crazy Horse was as much feared by tribal foes as he was honored by allies. His war record was unmatched by any of his peers, and his rout of Custer at the Little Bighorn reverberates through history. Yet so much about him is unknown or steeped in legend...