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  • The Adventures of a Black Edwardian Intellectual: The Story of James Arthur Harley by Pamela Roberts 9781838463069

    The Adventures of a Black Edwardian Intellectual: The Story of James Arthur Harley by Pamela Roberts 9781838463069

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    Scholar, reverend, politician, and perhaps aristocrat... James Arthur Stanley Harley was certainly a polymath. Born in a poor village in the Caribbean island of Antigua, he went on to attend Howard, Harvard, Yale and Oxford universities, was ordained a...
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  • Desert Children by Waris Dirie

    Desert Children by Waris Dirie

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    Fashion model, UN ambassador and courageous spirit, Waris Dirie was born into a family of tribal desert nomads in Somalia. She told her story - enduring female circumcision at five years old; running away through the desert; being discovered by Terence...
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  • 165 Days: Prisoner of the Taliban by Asad Qureshi

    165 Days: Prisoner of the Taliban by Asad Qureshi

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    British documentary filmmaker Asad Qureshi works in the world's most dangerous places. When he set off to film secret interviews with Taliban commanders, the award-winning filmmaker found himself on the wrong end of the camera lens, with a gun at his...
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  • Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom by Ramachandra Guha 9780008498764

    Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom by Ramachandra Guha 9780008498764

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    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...
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  • Castaway: The remarkable true story of the French cabin boy abandoned in nineteenth-century Australia by Robert Macklin

    Castaway: The remarkable true story of the French cabin boy abandoned in nineteenth-century Australia by Robert Macklin

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    'Macklin recounts, with beautiful detail, the following years of Narcisse's life and his transformation . . . a great read for anyone interested in Australia and its overlooked history'Ronan Breathnach, Irish Examiner 'A truly remarkable account drawing...
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  • The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing: An Almost True Account by Matt Taibbi 9781682194065

    The Business Secrets of Drug Dealing: An Almost True Account by Matt Taibbi 9781682194065

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    In real life, there is a person like "Anonymous", who, for the sake of this story, I'll call Huey Carmichael. I was friends with this person for a while before I learned about his other life. The real Huey knows more than a thing or two about the weed...
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  • Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America by Nefertiti Austin

    Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America by Nefertiti Austin

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492679011Author Nefertiti AustinFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, Inc
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  • Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec

    Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506478258Author Patty KrawecFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g
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  • In the Forests of Freedom: The Fighting Maroons of Dominica by Lennox Honychurch

    In the Forests of Freedom: The Fighting Maroons of Dominica by Lennox Honychurch

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    The Maroons (escaped slaves) of Jamaica are famous. Not so the Maroons of another Caribbean island - Dominica, also a former British colony. Dominica's Maroons once controlled much of this wild and mountainous island but few details of their story of...
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  • Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

    Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock

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    New York Times Bestseller * Winner of the 2015 WOMEN'S WAY Book Prize * Goodreads Best of 2014 Semi-Finalist * Books for a Better Life Award Finalist * Lambda Literary Award Finalist * Time Magazine "30 Most Influential People on the Internet" * American...
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  • Hope is a Woman's Name by Amal Elsana Alh'jooj

    Hope is a Woman's Name by Amal Elsana Alh'jooj

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    At birth it was only Amal's father who looked at her and said "I see hope in her face. I want to call her 'Amal'- meaning 'Hope'- in the hope that Allah will give us boys after her." The fifth daughter in a patriarchal society and an indigenous...
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  • The Rebellious Life Of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis 9780807076927

    The Rebellious Life Of Mrs. Rosa Parks by Jeanne Theoharis 9780807076927

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    Apologies 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 *...
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  • The Maid's Tale: A revealing memoir of life below stairs by Tom Quinn

    The Maid's Tale: A revealing memoir of life below stairs by Tom Quinn

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    Born in 1910, Rose Plummer grew up in an East End slum; she knew at first hand a soot-blackened world, lit by candles and oil lamps, where you slept in your clothes - if you hadn't already been sewn into them for the winter - and fought an unending...
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  • Character Breakdown by Zawe Ashton

    Character Breakdown by Zawe Ashton

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    'Entertaining...revealing, shocking' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'Sublime' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMSActor and director Zawe Ashton brings us a unique look at life, work and the absurdities of today's worldZawe Ashton has been acting since she was six. She has...
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  • What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry by Stephanie Saldaña 9781506484211

    What We Remember Will Be Saved: A Story of Refugees and the Things They Carry by Stephanie Saldaña 9781506484211

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506484211Author Stephanie SaldanaFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Broadleaf BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g
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  • How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones

    How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones

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    WINNER OF THE 2020 STONEWALL BOOK AWARD-ISRAEL FISHMAN NONFICTION AWARD"Jones's voice and sensibility are so distinct that he turns one of the oldest of literary genres inside out and upside down." NPR'S Fresh Air Jones tells the story of a young, black,...
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  • Dreams of a Refugee: From the Middle East to Mount Everest by Mostafa Salameh

    Dreams of a Refugee: From the Middle East to Mount Everest by Mostafa Salameh

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    Dreams of a Refugee is the extraordinary story of Mostafa Salameh, born in Kuwait to Palestinian refugees. After a childhood in the camps and a series of low-paid jobs, Mostafa was given a rare opportunity to travel to London, working in hospitality...
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  • How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo 9781838954956

    How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo 9781838954956

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    'I cannot say enough about How to Read Now... Check it out' Roxane Gay'A red-hot grenade... One of my favourite books of the year' Jia Tolentino'Energetically brilliant, warmly humane, incisively funny' Andrew Sean Greer'I gasped, shouted, and...
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  • Lives Between The Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant by Michael Vatikiotis

    Lives Between The Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant by Michael Vatikiotis

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    In Lives Between the Lines, Michael Vatikiotis traces the journey of his Greek and Italian forebears from Tuscany, Crete, Hydra and Rhodes, as they made their way to Egypt and the coast of Palestine in search of opportunity. In the process, he reveals a...
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  • Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah by Kathy Iandoli 9781982156848

    Baby Girl: Better Known as Aaliyah by Kathy Iandoli 9781982156848

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    The definitive biography of Aaliyah-the talented R&B singer and artist whose tragic death at only twenty-two years old shocked the entertainment world and solidified her as an unforgettable music legend, featuring new in-depth research and exclusive...
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  • Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore 9780008331924

    Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore 9780008331924

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    A top ten New York Times bestseller. With the haunting emotional power of American Dirt and the atmospheric suspense of Where the Crawdads Sing: a compulsive debut novel that explores the aftershock of a brutal crime on the women of a small...
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  • Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom by Ramachandra Guha

    Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom by Ramachandra Guha

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    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...
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  • The Pursuit of Porsha: How I Grew Into My Power and Purpose by Porsha Williams 9781546015901

    The Pursuit of Porsha: How I Grew Into My Power and Purpose by Porsha Williams 9781546015901

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    Porsha Williams is a remarkable voice in the television and podcast communities. In The Pursuit of Porsha, she takes readers on a deeply personal journey as she searches for happiness and self-acceptance, giving fans a first-hand look into the defining...
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  • Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, Second Edition by Ida B Wells 9780226691428

    Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells, Second Edition by Ida B Wells 9780226691428

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    "She fought a lonely and almost single-handed fight, with the single-mindedness of a crusader, long before men or women of any race entered the arena; and the measure of success she achieved goes far beyond the credit she has been given in the history of...
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  • A Mind Spread Out On The Ground by Alicia Elliott

    A Mind Spread Out On The Ground by Alicia Elliott

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612198668Author Alicia ElliottFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing
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  • Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir by Toni Braxton 9780062293299

    Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir by Toni Braxton 9780062293299

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062293299Author Toni BraxtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...
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  • Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Travelling Through the Land of My Ancestors by Louise Erdrich

    Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country: Travelling Through the Land of My Ancestors by Louise Erdrich

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914198502Author Louise ErdrichFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Daunt BooksPublisher Daunt Books
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  • Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar by Barbara D. Savage 9780300270273

    Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar by Barbara D. Savage 9780300270273

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    A powerful and inspiring biography of Merze Tate, a trailblazing Black woman scholar and intrepid world traveler Born in rural Michigan during the Jim Crow era, the bold and irrepressible Merze Tate (1905-1996) refused to limit her intellectual...
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  • Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression by Nana-Ama Danquah 9781324050612

    Willow Weep for Me: A Black Woman's Journey Through Depression by Nana-Ama Danquah 9781324050612

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    When Nana-Ama Danquah, a twenty-two-year-old single mother, began to suffer from a variety of depressive symptoms after giving birth to her daughter, she thought she was going crazy. Determined to portray strength in a world that often undervalues Black...
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  • The Black Book by Middleton A. Harris

    The Black Book by Middleton A. Harris

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    Apologies 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
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  • Patriarchy Blues: Reflections on Manhood by Frederick Joseph

    Patriarchy Blues: Reflections on Manhood by Frederick Joseph

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063138322Author JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
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  • Letters to Gil by Malik Al Nasir 9780008464479

    Letters to Gil by Malik Al Nasir 9780008464479

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    'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful ode to an iconic figure' IRENOSEN OKOJIE Letters to Gil is...
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  • On the Sultan's Service: Halid Ziya Usakligil's Memoir of the Ottoman Palace, 1909-1912 by Douglas S. Brookes

    On the Sultan's Service: Halid Ziya Usakligil's Memoir of the Ottoman Palace, 1909-1912 by Douglas S. Brookes

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    "When at last we were approaching the Harem, the Sultan, surely quite alarmed, said to me in a low voice (was that so the eunuch walking in front of us wouldn't hear, or because in this lonely and dark passageway he was frightened of his own voice?), Ne...
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  • My Crazy Century by Ivan Klima

    My Crazy Century by Ivan Klima

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    More than a memoir, My Crazy Century explores the ways in which the epoch and its dominating totalitarian ideologies impacted the lives, character, and morality of Klima's generation. Klima's story begins in the 1930s, in the Terezin concentration camp...
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  • Out of The Sun: Essays at the Crossroads of Race by Esi Edugyan

    Out of The Sun: Essays at the Crossroads of Race by Esi Edugyan

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    'A remarkable set of essays unlike anything else' - Kadish Morris, Guardian As in her fiction, the essays in Out of the Sun demonstrate Esi Edugyan's commitment to seeking out the stories of Black lives that history has failed to record. Written with...
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  • Sushi Chef: Sukiyabashi Jiro by Shinzo Satomi

    Sushi Chef: Sukiyabashi Jiro by Shinzo Satomi

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942993278Author Shinzo SatomiFormat HardbackPage Count 266Imprint Vertical, Inc.Publisher Vertical, Inc.Weight(grams) 541g
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  • The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret by Catherine Hewitt

    The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret by Catherine Hewitt

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    Valtesse de la Bigne was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan. She was painted by Manet and inspired Emile Zola, who immortalised her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumoured affairs with Napoleon III and the future Edward VII kept gossip...
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  • Third-Generation Holocaust Narratives: Memory in Memoir and Fiction by Victoria Aarons 9781498517164

    Third-Generation Holocaust Narratives: Memory in Memoir and Fiction by Victoria Aarons 9781498517164

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    This collection of new essays examines third-generation Holocaust narratives and the inter-generational transmission of trauma and memory. This collection demonstrates the ways in which memory of the Holocaust has been passed along inter-generationally...
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  • Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James 9781538753484

    Admissions: A Memoir of Surviving Boarding School by Kendra James 9781538753484

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    "[C]harming and surprising. . . The work of Admissions is laying down, with wit and care, the burden James assumed at 15, that she - or any Black student, or all Black students - would manage the failures of a racially illiterate community. . . The best...
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  • I'm Not Broken: A Memoir by Jesse Leon

    I'm Not Broken: A Memoir by Jesse Leon

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593466513Author Jesse LeonFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc
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