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I'm Black So You Don't Have to Be: A Memoir in Eight Lives by Colin Grant
RRP: $37.03$26.54A 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... -
The Louder I Will Sing: A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award by Lee Lawrence
RRP: $33.13$22.50WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020 'This is the story of arguably one of the most important, yet least known, events in modern British history. Lee's journey and fight for justice are both inspiring and enraging' AKALA What would you do if the... -
Striking Out by Ian Wright 9780702306860
RRP: $25.33$22.97From the writing team of Ian Wright and Musa Okwonga. Inspired by the story of the superstar striker, Ian Wright. CO-WINNER OF THE CHILDREN'S SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 "A thrilling book ... an uplifting... -
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave by Zora Neale Hurston
RRP: $19.48$11.35Abducted from Africa, sold in America. "A deeply affecting record of an extraordinary life"- Daily Telegraph A major literary event: a newly published... -
Cry Like a Man: Fighting for Freedom from Emotional Incarceration by Jason Wilson 9780830775941
RRP: $25.33$21.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830775941Author Jason WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Gospel LightPublisher David C Cook Publishing CompanyWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm)... -
Born in Blackness: Africa and the Making of the Modern World by Howard W. French
RRP: $31.18$26.27In 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... -
The Hounding of David Oluwale by Kester Aspden 9780099506171
RRP: $21.43$15.15'David Oluwale's story has a raw power...and Kester Aspden makes it relevant for the reader of today' Mishal HusainAn award-winning microhistory that examines the death of David Oluwale and institutionalised police racism in Britain.When, in May 1969,... -
Now I Am Known: How a Street Kid Turned Foster Dad Found Acceptance and True Worth by Peter Mutabazi
RRP: $25.33$18.27In this powerful, redemptive true story, a young man living on the edge of survival is transformed into a healing presence in the lives of all he touches. At age ten, Peter Mutabazi ran away from home. For five years he survived on the streets of... -
The Plot to Save South Africa: The Week Mandela Averted Civil War and Forged a New Nation by Justice Malala
RRP: $48.75$31.67'Superbly reported, compelling . . . wonderfully captures the spirit of that time' Financial Times'Gripping and important' Observer __________________________________________________________________________ Nine days that set the course of a nation..... -
100 Great Black Britons by Patrick Vernon
RRP: $25.33$16.77'An empowering read . . . it is refreshing to see somebody celebrate the role that black Britons have played in this island's long and complicated history'DAVID LAMMY, author of Tribes, in 'The best books of 2020', the Guardian'Timely and so important . ... -
A Passage To Africa by George Alagiah
RRP: $21.43$14.43'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,... -
Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story (Collins Classics) by Solomon Northup
RRP: $5.83$4.56The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. 'Why had I not died in my young years - before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and... -
Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family by Mitchell S. Jackson
RRP: $19.48$13.26'A mesmerising book, full of story, truth, pain, lyricism, humour and astonishment: the stuff of a difficult life, fully lived, and masterfully transformed into art' SALMAN RUSHDIE'Intimate and wise, poignant and compassionate, redemptive and raw. You... -
Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds by Rich Paul 9780593448472
RRP: $54.60$32.51Apologies 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... -
The Black Book by Middleton A. Harris
RRP: $58.50$39.78Apologies 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 -
Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games by Lopez Lomong 9780718081447
RRP: $23.38$16.44Running for My Life is not a story about Africa or track-and-field athletics. It is about outrunning the devil and achieving the impossible; it is about faith, diligence, and the desire to give back. It is the American dream come true and a stark... -
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton 9780316155946
RRP: $29.23$19.11One 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... -
Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody: The Making of a Black Theologian by James H Cone 9781626983779
RRP: $40.93$30.89Apologies 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) -
Scenes from My Life: A Memoir by Michael K. Williams 9781035009558
RRP: $21.43$13.88The New York Times BestsellerONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, NPR, The RootA moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back.When Michael K. Williams died on 6 September... -
The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History by David F. Walker
RRP: $33.13$23.28Apologies 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 -
Letters to Gil by Malik Al Nasir
RRP: $39.00$12.97'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... -
Becoming Richard Pryor by Scott Saul
RRP: $19.48$14.16A major biography-intimate, gripping, revelatory-of an artist who revolutionized American comedy. Richard Pryor may have been the most unlikely star in Hollywood history. Raised in his family's brothels, he grew up an outsider to privilege. He took to... -
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
RRP: $21.43$15.15_______________ 'A brutal, moving memoir ... Anyone who emerges from America's black working-class youth with words as fine as Ward's deserves a hearing' - Guardian 'Raw, beautiful and dangerous' - New York Times Book Review 'Lavishly endowed... -
Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance by Jessamyn Stanley
RRP: $25.33$16.77Finding 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... -
Let the People See by Elliott J. Gorn
RRP: $29.23$27.11While 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... -
Wolf Hustle: A Black Woman on Wall Street by Cin Fabré 9780349703954
RRP: $39.00$26.03From the South Bronx projects to the boardroom at only nineteen years old, Cin Fabre ran with the wolves of Wall Street.Growing up, Cin Fabre didn't know anything about the stock market. But she learned how to hustle from her immigrant parents, saving... -
Holy Ghost: The Life And Death Of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler by Richard Koloda
RRP: $33.05$20.20Holy 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,... -
Giving (Back): How to Do Good, Better by Derek A. Bardowell
RRP: $39.00$23.50Do 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... -
Evelyn Dove: Britain's black cabaret queen by Stephen Bourne
RRP: $25.33$19.11Evelyn Dove embraced the worlds of jazz, musical theatre and, most importantly, cabaret, in a career spanning five decades from the 1920s through to the 1960s. A black British diva with movie star looks, she captivated audiences and admirers around the... -
Ghetto Gastro Presents Black Power Kitchen by Jon Gray
RRP: $68.25$46.86Knowledge 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: $33.13$22.50'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... -
Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History by CLR James 9781788737906
RRP: $29.23$20.12The 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... -
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano 9781529371864
RRP: $19.48$13.26Equiano's narrative is the most significant autobiographical account of slavery to emerge from Britain's centuries as a slave trading and slave owning power. It remains as powerful today as it was when first published in 1789.It tells the story of... -
Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou 9781400066124
RRP: $50.70$30.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NAACP Literary Non-Fiction Award 2009.Book InformationISBN 9781400066124Author Maya AngelouFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random... -
I Am Norwell Roberts: The story of the Met’s first Black police officer *COMING SOON TO YOUR SCREENS WITH REVELATION FILMS* by Norwell Roberts
RRP: $21.43$14.43To appreciate the present and how far we have come we sometimes need to revisit the uncomfortable past, no matter how painful. Norwell Roberts, who became the Met's first Black police officer in 1967, found out he had a new job the same way the readers... -
Mixed/Other: Explorations of Multiraciality in Modern Britain by Natalie Morris 9781409197140
RRP: $33.13$23.95How 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... -
Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation by Anna Malaika Tubbs
RRP: $19.48$12.95THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history ... Eye-opening, engrossing'Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half In her groundbreaking debut,... -
Let This Radicalize You: The Revolution of Rescue and Reciprocal Care by Mariame Kaba
RRP: $29.23$19.27What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe... -
Brown Girl in the Ring: Memoirs of a brown girl living in Scotland by Olukemi Ogunyemi 9781800310667
RRP: $29.23$28.28Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800310667Author Olukemi OgunyemiFormat PaperbackPage Count 378Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Finding Me: A Memoir by Viola Davis
RRP: $56.53$31.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063037328Author Viola DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 463gDimensions(mm) 237mm *...