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Could a picturesque white house with a picket fence save the world? What if it was filled with children drawn together from around the globe? And what if, within the yard, the lines of kin and skin, of family and race, were deliberately knotted and...

As a young college student in Atlanta, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. had a summer job driving a white banker around town. During the man's post-luncheon siestas, Jordan passed the time reading books, a fact that astounded his boss."Vernon can read!" the man...

What does it mean to be a Pakistani? Can it mean more than one thing? And what do others think it means? Ziauddin Sardar explores what makes a Pakistani, and whether it's something one wants or ought to be. Reflecting on his culture and heritage...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476748412Author David MaranissFormat PaperbackPage Count 672Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Simon & Schuster

A timely paperback reissue of the stunning, prize-winning portrait of the Jim Crow South through unique first-person accounts Praised as "viscerally powerful" (Publishers Weekly), this remarkable work of oral history captures the searing experience of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780743276917Author Luis J RodriguezFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Atria BooksPublisher Atria BooksWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 137mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Christopher Award 2016.Book InformationISBN 9780399573224Author Wendell PierceFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin Putnam IncPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

As seen on The Today Show and in the Washington Post's most inspiring stories of the year! "Important in helping us understand America's complex racial history."-Kenyatta D. Berry, Host of PBS's Genealogy RoadshowIncludes a new afterword by bestselling...

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From the leader of Canada's New Democratic Party-Jagmeet Singh-comes a personal and heartfelt story about family and overcoming adversity.In October 2017, Jagmeet Singh was elected as the first visible minority to lead a major federal political party in...

Packaged in handsome, affordable trade editions, Clydesdale Classics is a new series of essential literary works. It features literary phenomena with influence and themes so great that, after their publication, they changed literature forever. From the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781328460141Author Alex TizonFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 132mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992843076Author Philip HeseltonFormat HardbackPage Count 378Imprint Centre for Pagan Studies LtdPublisher Centre for Pagan Studies LtdWeight(grams) 572g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789881376428Author Maisie J. MeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Blacksmith BooksPublisher Blacksmith BooksWeight(grams) 930g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250150660Author Riad SattoufFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Metropolitan BooksPublisher Metropolitan BooksWeight(grams) 680gDimensions(mm) 234mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913606053Author Charles MoseleyFormat HardbackPage Count 450Imprint Eyewear PublishingPublisher Eyewear PublishingWeight(grams) 707gDimensions(mm) 215mm...

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 9780471242659Author Paul RobesonFormat HardbackPage Count 400Imprint John Wiley & Sons...

Town planning. Interest-led, open-minded education. Preservation of buildings with historical worth. All are so central to modern society that our age tends to claim these notions as its own. In fact they were first visualised by Sir Patrick Geddes, a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807018101Author Cornel WestFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 152mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781845409906Author K.J. FindlayFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Amphora PressPublisher Imprint AcademicWeight(grams) 350gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

The child of Italian immigrants and an award-winning scholar of Italian literature, Joseph Luzzi straddles these two perspectives in My Two Italies to link his family's dramatic story to Italy's north-south divide, its quest for a unifying language, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780933121232Author George JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Black Classic Press,U.S.Publisher Black Classic Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143134114Author Raynor WinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 201mm * 135mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631680083Author Solomon NorthupFormat HardbackPage Count 247Imprint Graymalkin MediaPublisher Graymalkin MediaWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 211mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781516887477Author James Dean DivineFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpace

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award (Nonfiction) 2011. Short-listed for Nevada Young Readers' Award (Young Adult) 2013 and Eliot...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993438103Author Lena StrangFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Lena StrangPublisher Lena Strang

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493056480Author Omar NdizeyeFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Amsterdam PublishersPublisher Amsterdam PublishersWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

In his extensive writings--editorials, speeches, autobiographies--Frederick Douglass revealed little about the private side of his life. His famous autobiographies were very much in the service of presenting and advocating for himself. But Douglass had a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307275929Author James BaldwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 187gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525434696Author James BaldwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 164gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345456281Author Kate Clifford LarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint One World BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 329gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385198707Author John TytellFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 559gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

This 1876 version of Josiah Henson's autobiography, the first of many editions issued by British editor John Lobb, followed the original 1849 edition and a much-expanded 1858 version. The autobiography traces Henson's life from his birth into slavery in...

A seminal volume of four classic slave narratives, including Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, The History of Mary Price: A West Indian Slave, Incident in the Life of a Slave Girl, and The Life of Olaudah Equiano.Before the end of the Civil...