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My Crazy Century by Ivan Klima
RRP: $33.13$23.36More 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... -
Out of The Sun: Essays at the Crossroads of Race by Esi Edugyan
RRP: $33.13$23.95'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... -
Destined to Witness by Massaqudi
RRP: $25.33$19.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060959616Author MassaqudiFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Sushi Chef: Sukiyabashi Jiro by Shinzo Satomi
RRP: $46.78$30.99Apologies 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 -
The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret by Catherine Hewitt
RRP: $17.53$11.86Valtesse 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... -
Third-Generation Holocaust Narratives: Memory in Memoir and Fiction by Victoria Aarons 9781498517164
RRP: $175.50$162.08This 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... -
I'm Not Broken: A Memoir by Jesse Leon
RRP: $27.28$19.01Apologies 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 -
Love and Justice: A Journey of Empowerment, Activism, and Embracing Black Beauty by Laetitia Ky
RRP: $38.98$26.54Artist, activist, and influencer Laetitia Ky, known for sculpting her own hair to create powerful and joyful artwork that embraces the beauty of Black hair and style, the fight for social justice, and the journey toward self-love, tells her personal... -
Soul on Ice by Eldridge Cleaver
$24.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385333795Author Eldridge CleaverFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Delta (imprint of Dell Publishing)Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)... -
Standing My Ground: A Capitol Police Officer's Fight for Accountability and Good Trouble After January 6th by Harry Dunn 9780306831133
RRP: $54.60$33.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306831133Author Harry DunnFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 145mm * 28mm -
Three Narratives of Slavery: Narrative of Sojourner Truth/Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl/The History of Mary Prince: A West Indian Slave Narrative by Sojourner Truth 9780486468341
RRP: $21.43$14.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486468341Author Mary PrinceFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 282gDimensions(mm)... -
An American Martyr in Persia: The Epic Life and Tragic Death of Howard Baskerville by Reza Aslan
RRP: $46.78$39.99Little known in America but venerated as a martyr in Iran, Howard Baskerville was a twenty-two-year-old Christian missionary from South Dakota who traveled to Persia (modern-day Iran) in 1907 for a two-year stint teaching English and preaching the gospel... -
Nairn In Darkness And Light by David Thomson
RRP: $31.18$22.64Set in the 1920s, this marvellously sensitive autobiography recreates the varied community of Nairn, with its fishermen and townsfolk, its crofters and its prosperous upper-middle-classes. Nairn has witnessed many of the triumphs and tragedies of... -
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life, Freedom, and Justice by Anthony Ray Hinton 9781250309471
RRP: $37.03$21.96Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250309471Author Anthony Ray HintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams)... -
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin Kelley
$30.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award (Nonfiction) 2010.Book InformationISBN 9781439190463Author Robin D G KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint The Free... -
Something Dark by Lemn Sissay
RRP: $19.48$18.23Something Dark tells the true story of Lemn Sissay who as a baby was given up by his Ethiopian mother in the 1960s. He was renamed Norman Greenwood and nicknamed Chalky White throughout his turbulent childhood in care, only to find out his real name at... -
Aphro-Ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters by Aph Ko 9781590565551
RRP: $37.03$26.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590565551Author Aph KoFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US -
Body Parts: Essays on Life-Writing by Hermione Lee
RRP: $31.18$22.64As readers, we seem to be increasingly fascinated by studies of individual lives. In this timely, unusual and exhilarating collection Hermione Lee is concerned in different ways with approaches to 'life-writing': the relation of biography to fiction and... -
Tecumseh: A Life by John Peter Sugden 9780805061215
RRP: $56.55$39.55Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805061215Author John Peter SugdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams)... -
Black Man on the Titanic: The Story of Joseph Laroche by Serge Bile
RRP: $29.15$19.23#1 New Release in Caribbean & West Indies History - Discover the True Story Behind One of the Black Passengers on the TitanicAn Incredible Tragedy: Joseph Laroche was an anomaly among the passengers of the Titanic. He was exceptionally well-educated in a... -
Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain't That Funkin' Kinda Hard on You?: A Memoir by George Clinton
RRP: $37.03$25.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476751085Author George ClintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm) 224mm * 155mm * 36mm -
My Father Left Me Ireland by Michael Brendan Brendan Dougherty
RRP: $42.88$28.63Many Americans today, of all backgrounds, lack a clear sense of cultural heritage or even a vocabulary for expressing this lack. And as the national conversation about identity becomes increasingly polarized, people tend to avoid talking about their... -
The Grave on the Wall by Brandon Shimoda
RRP: $25.33$16.83Winner of the 2020 PEN Open Book AwardBest of 2019: Nonfiction - Entropy MagazineA memoir and book of mourning, a grandson's attempt to reconcile his own uncontested citizenship with his grandfather's lifelong struggle.Award-winning poet Brandon Shimoda... -
Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy by Gayle Jessup White
RRP: $39.00$26.01A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' family explores America's racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors-both the enslaver and the enslaved.Gayle Jessup White had long heard the stories passed down from her father's family,... -
King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B. B. King by Daniel de Vise
RRP: $25.33$16.22'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... -
Merze Tate: The Global Odyssey of a Black Woman Scholar by Barbara D. Savage 9780300270273
RRP: $53.63$52.51A 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... -
It Stops Here: Standing Up for Our Lands, Our Waters, and Our People by Rueben George 9780735242807
RRP: $44.83$29.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735242807Author Rueben GeorgeFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press -
All in One Basket: Nest Eggs by by Deborah Devonshire
RRP: $25.33$16.77Entertaining, instructive, thought-provoking and hilarious, the unmistakeable voice of Deborah Devonshire rings out of this volume which combines her two collections of 'occasional' writings - Home to Roost and Counting my Chickens.The pieces are broad... -
How to Be Black by Baratunde Thurston
RRP: $19.48$12.95Raised by a pro-black, Pan-Afrikan single mother during the crack years of 1980s Washington, DC, and educated at Sidwell Friends School and Harvard University, Baratunde Thurston has over thirty years' experience being black. Now, through stories of his... -
Sexographies by Gabriela Wiener
RRP: $25.33$16.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632061591Author Gabriela WienerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Restless BooksPublisher Restless Books -
Project 562: Changing the Way We See Native America by Matika Wilbur
RRP: $81.90$58.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781984859525Author Matika WilburFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale -
Sports Illustrated Tiger Woods: 25 Years on the PGA Tour by The Editors of Sports Illustrated
RRP: $52.55$39.80A new, fully illustrated gift book commemorating the unparalleled rise, fall, and comeback of golf's greatest champion Tiger Woods turned pro at age 20 in 1996, rapidly ascending to become the No. 1 ranked player in the world at age 21 and the youngest... -
Frederick Douglass: Speeches & Writings (loa #358) by Frederick Douglass
RRP: $74.08$48.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598537222Author Frederick DouglassFormat HardbackPage Count 969Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of America -
Journey of Crazy Horse, the by Joseph M Marshall
RRP: $35.10$21.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143036210Author Joseph M. MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm) 197mm *... -
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry 9780062977373
RRP: $38.98$22.83Apologies 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... -
In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story by Ghada Karmi 9781844673681
RRP: $52.63$43.84Ghada Karmi's acclaimed memoir relates her childhood in Palestine, flight to Britain after the catastrophe, and coming of age in Golders Green, the north London Jewish suburb. A powerful biographical story, In Search of Fatima reflects the author's... -
Every Time a Friend Succeeds Something Inside Me Dies: The Life of Gore Vidal by Jay Parini
RRP: $21.43$9.18An intimate yet frank biography of Gore Vidal, one of the most accomplished, visible and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century. The product of thirty years of friendship and conversation, Jay Parini's biography probes... -
Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes by Phoebe Robinson
RRP: $33.13$23.95New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actress, and producer Phoebe Robinson is back with a new essay collection that is equal parts thoughtful, hilarious, and sharp about human connection, race, hair, travel, dating, Black excellence, and more... -
King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village by Peggielene Bartels 9780307742810
RRP: $33.05$31.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307742810Author Peggielene BartelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 201mm... -
Decoded by Jay-Z
RRP: $58.50$40.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812981155Author Jay-ZFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 919gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 188mm *...