African American & Black

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385528207Author Wes MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 215gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! Pro wrestler and political commentator Tyrus goes deep into his wild but triumphant life story, from his painfully dysfunctional upbringing to bodyguarding for Snoop Dogg, to becoming a wrestling icon...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593496282Author R. Eric ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Ballantine Books Inc.Publisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm)...

The book behind the Netflix series, starring Octavia Spencer'One of the most fabulous African-American figures of the twentieth century' Ishmael ReedMadam Walker was the first free-born child in her family, growing up in abject poverty in post-Civil War...

A personal remembrance from the preeminent chronicler of Black life in Appalachia.The Harlan Renaissance is an intimate remembrance of kinship and community in eastern Kentucky's coal towns written by one of the luminaries of Appalachian studies, William...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925988017Author Eric ReeseFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Eric ReesePublisher Eric ReeseWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 127mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award (Nonfiction) 2002.Book InformationISBN 9780743431729Author BUNDLESPage Count 416Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642595680Author Angela Y DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Haymarket BooksPublisher Haymarket Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733140003Author Yaasmyn FulaFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Bearded Dragon BooksPublisher Bearded Dragon BooksWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345350688Author MALCOLM XFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

'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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781640095939Author Antong LuckyFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

The definitive biography of the most legendary basketball player of all time. When most people think of Michael Jordan, they think of the beautiful shots, his body totally in sync with the ball, hitting nothing but net. He is responsible for incredible...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306925955Author Tamera Mowry-HousleyFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Legacy LitPublisher Legacy LitWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739677107Author Michael MooreFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint Michael MoorePublisher Michael MooreWeight(grams) 680g

History is a construction. What happens when we bring stories consigned to the margins up to the light? How does that complicate our certainties about who we are, as individuals, as nations, as human beings? As in her fiction, the essays in Out of the...

One of the most influential singers and songwriters of all time, Sam Cooke was among the first to blend gospel music and secular themes--the early foundation of soul music. He was the opposite of Elvis: a black performer who appealed to white audiences,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593235003Author Eric ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Rodale BooksPublisher Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681375878Author Lucille CliftonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, Inc

A Finalist for the NAACP Image AwardA Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for NonfictionA Finalist for the Thurber Prize for American HumorLonglisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayAn NPR Best Book of the YearA...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work.Book InformationISBN 9781524763138Author Michelle ObamaFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Crown Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work.Book InformationISBN 9781524763145Author Michelle ObamaFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Crown Publishing...

'An engrossing, urgent, and entertaining read. I couldn't put it down' Roddy Doyle______Marguerite Penrose's is an extraordinary story of making a great life from complicated beginnings. Marguerite was born in a Dublin mother-and-baby home in 1974, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451631579Author Claude BrownFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 327gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

Rufus Thomas may not be a household name, but he is widely regarded as the patriarch of Memphis R&B, and his music influenced three generations. His first singles in the early 1950s were recorded as blues transitioned into R&B, and he was arguably one of...

"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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593295960Author Nabil AyersFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Viking Press IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

'The degradations, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe.' Harriet Jacobs was born a slave in the American South and went on to write one of the most extraordinary slave narratives. First published...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306832536Author Aaron NevilleFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 161mm *...

Finalist, Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History, African American Intellectual History SocietyShortlisted, 2023 Historical Nonfiction Legacy Award, Hurston / Wright FoundationOne of the foremost Black writers and intellectuals of his era,...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737168409Author Viola Ford FletcherFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Mocha MediaPublisher Mocha Media

A hilarious and timely essay collection about race, gender, and pop culture from comedy superstar and 2 Dope Queens podcaster Phoebe Robinson Being a black woman in America means contending with old prejudices and fresh absurdities every day. Comedian...

Tyler Merritt's video "Before You Call the Cops" has been viewed millions of times. He's appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and Sports Illustrated and has been profiled in the New York Times. The viral video's main point-the more you know someone, the more...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781959030126Author Athena DixonFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Tin House BooksPublisher Tin House BooksWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 213mm * 140mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306829772Author Laura FlamFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Hachette BooksPublisher Hachette BooksWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 155mm * 35mm

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Golden Globe-winner Taraji P. Henson and Academy Award-winners Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner Set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow South and the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of...

From the former President and CEO of the United States Tennis Association-the first black woman and youngest person ever to hold the position-comes a behind-the-scenes look at the leadership skills involved in hosting the U.S. Open, the largest and most...

A 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781496739568Author Stacy SpikesFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Kensington PublishingPublisher Kensington Publishing