Cultural, Ethnic & Regional

From celebrated storyteller "Sean of the South" comes an unforgettable memoir of love, loss, the friction of family memories, and the unlikely hope that you're gonna be alright.Sean Dietrich was twelve years old when he scattered his father's ashes from...

A thought-provoking exploration of the Black musicians who inspired Elvis Presley's music, primarily through the lens of four overlooked artists: Little Junior Parker, Big Mama Thornton, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, and Calvin NewbornAbout the AuthorPreston...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423657989Author Earnie LaPointeFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Gibbs M. Smith IncPublisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc

Kobe Bryant is a legend - The Rise is a fascinating look at his early life and how he became regarded as one of basketball's greatest-ever players.Kobe Bryant's death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. It took the...

Shortlisted 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'...

In a remote corner of the world, forgotten for nearly three thousand years, lived an enclave of Kurdish Jews so isolated that they still spoke Aramaic, the language of Jesus. Mostly illiterate, they were self-made mystics and gifted storytellers and...

One of the most recognisable, respected and inspirational men on earth, Muhammad Ali is the world's most famous boxing hero. Ali brought unprecedented speed and grace to the sport, and his charm and wit changed forever what the world expects of a...

Winner at the 2022 Parlimentary Book AwardsBaroness Floella Benjamin is an inspiration, an actress and much-loved children's television presenter who is a member of the House of Lords. But how did the girl from Trinidad end up lunching with the Queen?In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993493249Author David M. AddisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Extremis Publishing LimitedPublisher Extremis Publishing LimitedDimensions(mm)...

NOW A MAJOR BBC DRAMA, AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON BBC THREE NOW'An essential read for anyone with the slightest interest in the birth of Grime' The Wire'Sharp and nostalgic' The ObserverA group of kids in the 90s had a dream to make their voice heard - and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062675484Author Ray AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

A New Yorker Best Book of 2024 * An Esquire Best Book of Fall 2024 * Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction 'Breathtaking... a triumph' NOREEN MASUD ...

"Suzanne Simons is a masterful storyteller. But make no mistake-Master of War is not a work of fiction...A powerful and true account." -Wolf Blitzer, anchor, CNN's The Situation Room Master of War is the riveting true story of Eric Prince, the ex-Navy...

Nominated for the Chortle Comedy Book Award 2023 'Blisteringly well written, deeply humane and very funny' Daily Telegraph'Enough to make you die laughing' Daily Mail'Funny and moving' Daily ExpressWhether he's initiating a coup d'etat against new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807013366Author Samira MehtaFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

I have learned many words for 'island': isle, atoll, eyot, islet, or skerry. They exist in archipelagos or alone, and always, by definition, I have understood them by their relation to water. But the Chinese word for island knows nothing of water. For a...

'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...

'Karen Armstrong has been one of the most persistent and powerful voices in the eminently respectable task of popularising religious scholarship in the anglophone world' GUARDIAN'Her work has a broad sweep and that is extremely important' TLSBuddhism is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623170981Author Rev. angel Kyodo WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623171667Author Bayo AkomolafeFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446694889Author Carmen Bin LadinFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Warner Books IncPublisher Time Warner Trade Publishing

Wise, often funny, sometimes heart-breaking, Persepolis tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of six to fourteen, growing up during the Iranian Revolution.The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525561613Author Elaine WelterothFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

A Times History Book of the Year 2022 A TLS Book of the Year 2022 'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of National Book Awards (Nonfiction) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9780062977373Author Imani PerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771006111Author Salah BachirFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint SignalPublisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Apologies 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

In the international bestseller, Princess: The True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, Princess Al-Sa'ud and the acclaimed author Jean Sasson began a remarkable series of books. Now, more than twenty-five years later, this compelling journey...

The 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...

After the recent success of Princess, More Tears to Cry the Princess Al-Saud and Jean Sasson are collaborating on this new book to bring readers up to date not only with the Princess and her family but the stories and experiences of characters who formed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781501175244Author Tima KurdiFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm...

'By eating my food, you come into my family. You are sitting with me, with my grandparents, parents and cousins, talking, sharing and enjoying the feeling of being together.'Hamed Allahyari cooks to connect - for that joyful moment you can say salamati...

A memoir told through a series of intimate portraits, which build into a poignant, insightful and unforgettable testimony of West Indian British experience***A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023***'Grant is a natural storyteller... Compelling and...

WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 'A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain's colonial legacy become increasingly polarised, we are in ever more need of nuanced...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063316201Author Simon WuFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 145mm...

***AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4******WINNER OF THE NEW ANGLE PRIZE FOR LITERATURE******LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA AWARDS***A beautifully written exploration of the world of Edwardian folk music, and its influence on the composer Ralph Vaughan WilliamsIn January...

'Beautiful... A moving reminder for us all to connect with what's gone before' STYLIST'Atmospheric, scholarly - and gripping . . . Shocking and important' Laline Paull, author of PodRoaming the ragged coasts and remote villages of Scotland, Ashes &...

WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND 'This is one of the most imaginative - and therefore moving - memoirs I have ever read' - Vivian Gornick, author of...

A 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...

In a sweeping narrative that traverses 600 years, one that eloquently weaves precise historical detail with poignant personal reportage, Pulitzer Prize finalist Howard W. French retells the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the...