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Al-Mutanabbi by Margaret Larkin 9781851684069
$54.01This exhaustive and yet enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. A revolutionary at heart and often imprisoned or forced into exile throughout his tumultuous... -
A Passage To Africa by George Alagiah
RRP: $23.08$15.54'One of Britain's most respected television journalists, with a reputation built up over many years of covering world events' Guardian'Tributes will rightly be paid to a fantastic journalist and brilliant broadcaster - but George was the most decent,... -
My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams: A South African Explores the Madness in His Country, His Tribe and Himself by Rian Malan
RRP: $27.28$19.09WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORIn '70s' South Africa, Rian Malan - descendant of the architects of apartheid, middle-class white boy, friend to blacks - went to work as a crime reporter for a local Johannesburg rag. There he encountered first-hand... -
How It Feels to Be Colored Me by Zora Hurston 9781429096171
RRP: $20.90$13.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781429096171Author Zora HurstonFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint American RootsPublisher American RootsWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 170mm * 107mm * 10mm -
Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds by Rich Paul 9780593448472
RRP: $58.80$35.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593448472Author Rich PaulFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Penguin Young ReadersPublisher Penguin Young ReadersWeight(grams) 374gDimensions(mm) 217mm... -
Crazy Horse: The Lakota Warrior's Life and Legacy by William Matson
RRP: $33.58$20.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423657972Author William MatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc -
Betrayal Of Palestine: The Story Of George Antonius by Susan Boyle
RRP: $115.48$100.21This definitive biography of George Antonius tells the life story of a man who lived during a dramatic period of history, amid challenge that remains unresolved: the Palestine-Zionist conflict. Betrayal of Palestine is an important and innovative work... -
Black Klansman: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE by Ron Stallworth
RRP: $23.08$16.32* ADAPTED AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE BY SPIKE LEE* NOMINATED FOR SIX 2019 ACADEMY AWARDS & WINNER OF 'BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY' BAFTA* WINNER OF THE GRAND PRIX AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2018* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWhat happens when a black detective goes... -
The Words of Gandhi by Mahatma Gandhi
RRP: $18.88$16.51Gandhi's ideas are as meaningful today as they were during his long and inspiring life. His enlightening thoughts and beliefs, especially on violence and the atomic bomb, reveal his eloquent foresight about our contemporary world. The words of one of the... -
The Black Book by Middleton A. Harris
RRP: $63.00$42.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400068487Author Middleton A. HarrisFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House InternationalPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Lakota Woman by Mary Crow Dog
RRP: $27.28$24.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802145420Author Mary Crow DogFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press -
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora Krug
RRP: $63.00$40.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476796628Author Nora KrugFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 231mm... -
Climbing the Vines in Burgundy: How an American Came to Own a Legendary Vineyard in France by Alex Gambal 9780761873969
RRP: $39.88$35.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780761873969Author Alex GambalFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint University Press of AmericaPublisher University Press of America -
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton 9780316155946
RRP: $31.48$20.58One of the most important and enduring figures in the history of 19th century America, the legendary conductor on the Underground Railroad whose courageous exploits have been described in countless books for young readers, is here revealed for the first... -
Richmond Unchained: The Biography of the World's First Black Sporting Superstar by Luke G. Williams
RRP: $33.58$22.79Today 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... -
Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody: The Making of a Black Theologian by James H Cone 9781626983779
RRP: $44.08$33.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626983779Author James H. ConeFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Orbis Books (USA)Publisher Orbis Books (USA) -
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker
RRP: $35.68$25.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984857705Author David F. WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Crown Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Nina: a story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd
RRP: $27.28$17.98A BIG ISSUE BOOK OF THE YEAR This illuminating and defining biography from bestselling author Traci N. Todd, with illustrations from award-winner Christian Robinson, tells the story of Eunice Waymon, who grew up to become Nina Simone - and shares her... -
The Rebellious Life Of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis 9780807076927
RRP: $39.88$26.78Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807076927Author Jeanne TheoharisFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *... -
Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Help Save Australia by Victor Steffensen
RRP: $37.78$25.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781741177268Author Victor SteffensenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Hardie Grant ExplorePublisher Hardie Grant ExploreWeight(grams) 340g -
Here I Stand by Paul Robeson 9780807064450
RRP: $35.68$23.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807064450Author Paul RobesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 176gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 137mm * 10mm -
Making a Noise: Getting It Right, Getting It Wrong in Life, Arts and Broadcasting by John Tusa
RRP: $23.08$7.37John Tusa is a distinguished journalist, broadcaster and leader of arts organisations, best remembered for his times at the BBC, including creating Newsnight.Tusa's memoir is etched with candour. His account of two years of internecine warfare at the top... -
Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance by Jessamyn Stanley
RRP: $27.28$18.06Finding self-acceptance both on and off the mat. In Sanskrit, yoga means to "yoke." To yoke mind and body, movement and breath, light and dark, the good and the bad. This larger idea of "yoke" is what Jessamyn Stanley calls the yoga of the everyday-a... -
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan by Amy Stanley
RRP: $20.98$14.93Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change'Compelling... Deeply absorbing'... -
Let the People See by Elliott J. Gorn
RRP: $31.48$29.19While visiting family in Mississippi in August 1955, Emmett Till allegedly whistled at a white woman working behind the counter of a crossroads country store. Her husband and brother-in-law kidnapped the fourteen-year-old Chicago kid in the middle of the... -
Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History by S C Gwynne 9781416591054
RRP: $65.08$40.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Oklahoma Book Award (Nonfiction) 2011. Commended for National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction) 2010.Book InformationISBN 9781416591054Author S C... -
Holy Ghost: The Life And Death Of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler by Richard Koloda
RRP: $35.60$21.76Holy Ghost is the first extended study of free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, who is seen today as one of the most important innovators in the history of jazz. Ayler synthesized children s songs, La Marseillaise, American march music, and gospel hymns,... -
A Fort of Nine Towers by Qais Akbar Omar
RRP: $31.48$26.36'To read this book is to understand Afghanistan as it exists today. This haunting memoir traces the unimaginable odyssey of one family whose world has collapsed . . . Poetic, powerful, and unforgettable.' - Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner and... -
How to American: An Immigrant's Guide to Disappointing Your Parents by Jimmy O Yang 9780306903496
RRP: $73.50$50.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306903496Author Jimmy O YangFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Da Capo PressPublisher Da Capo PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm * 25mm -
Giving (Back): How to Do Good, Better by Derek A. Bardowell
RRP: $42.00$25.31Do you wish you could do more to change the world but don't know how? Do you ever look around at the many charities asking for donations and feel overwhelmed? This inspiring and uplifting book explores the effectiveness of charity and calls for more... -
By Any Means Necessary by Malcolm X 9780873487542
RRP: $29.40$29.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873487542Author Malcolm XFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Pathfinder Books LtdPublisher Pathfinder Books LtdWeight(grams) 270g -
Ozzie's Odyssey by Oswald Tyson 9781460980255
RRP: $33.50$27.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781460980255Author Oswald TysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing... -
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave: Written by Himself by Frederick Douglass 9780486284996
RRP: $8.38$6.03Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486284996Author Frederick DouglassFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Chief Witness: escape from China's modern-day concentration camps by Sayragul Sauytbay
RRP: $35.68$24.32A shocking depiction of one of the world's most ruthless regimes - and the story of one woman's fight to survive. I will never forget the camp. I cannot forget the eyes of the prisoners, expecting me to do something for them. They are innocent. I have... -
An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny by Laura Schroff
RRP: $39.88$24.61This 10th anniversary edition of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller includes a new introduction and afterword by the author. Chronicling the lifelong friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy that began with one small... -
Leonor: The Story of a Lost Childhood by Paula Delgado-Kling 9781682194478
RRP: $37.78$25.83Set in the author's homeland, Colombia, this is the heartbreaking story of Leonor, former child soldier of the FARC, a rural guerrilla group. Paula Delgado-Kling followed Leonor for nineteen years, from shortly after she was an active member of the FARC... -
Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen by Jon Gray
RRP: $73.50$50.46Knowledge Is Power Part cookbook. Part manifesto. Created with big Bronx energy, Black Power Kitchen combines 75 mostly plant-based, layered-with-flavor recipes with immersive storytelling, diverse voices, and striking images and photographs that... -
James Baldwin: Living in Fire by Bill V. Mullen 9780745338538
RRP: $35.68$24.23'A scrupulous biography' Publishers Weekly 'Fresh, incisive, and uplifting' Kirkus 'If you want to know the real Baldwin, this is the book to read' Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk James Baldwin is an icon of liberation who created... -
Don't Look Back In Anger: The rise and fall of Cool Britannia, told by those who were there by Daniel Rachel 9781409180722
RRP: $23.08$16.63The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming of national... -
Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History by CLR James 9781788737906
RRP: $31.48$21.67The end of slavery started in what was then San Domingo. In 1791, the enslaved people of the most prized French sugar plantation colony revolted against their masters. For over twelve years, against a backdrop of the French Revolution, they fought an...