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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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787050211Author Luke KuhnsFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint MX PublishingPublisher MX PublishingWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 216mm * 8mm

Meet Leela: nineteen, charismatic and fearlessly outspoken. With her sharp wit and stubborn optimism, she is the best paid bar dancer on Bombay's notorious Mira Road. Leela has a 'husband' (who is already married), a few lovers whose names she can't...

'What we ought to do, as writers, is seize freedom now, immediately, by recognizing that we already have it.'Cynthia Ozick, one of 'the greatest living American writers', has, over a lifetime of observation, produced some of the sharpest and most...

A biographical tour de force on one of the 20th century's bravest civil rights champions. Critically heralded American historian D'Emilio brings Bayard Rustin out of the shadows of the past to tell the story of a man who was a victim of homophobic...

The story of the song that foretold a movement and the Lady who dared sing it.Billie Holiday's signature tune, 'Strange Fruit', with its graphic and heart-wrenching portrayal of a lynching in the South, brought home the evils of racism as well as being...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Kirkus Prize (Nonfiction) 2018.Book InformationISBN 9781501125652Author Kiese LaymonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628725124Author Mary J MacLeodFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

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 9781642145618Author Jacqueline McDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Page Publishing Inc.Publisher Page Publishing Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781779620408Author Howard WicksFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925856491Author Sabrina DavisFormat HardbackPage Count 78Imprint Stories for ImpactPublisher Stories for ImpactWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Drawing on her own experiences as a woman of Iranian and British Isle descent, writer Hollay Ghadery dives into conflicts and uncertainty surrounding the bi-racial female body and identity, especially as it butts up against the disparate expectations of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679746508Author Lucy SanteFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 289gDimensions(mm) 200mm * 132mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781624910272Author Consuelo SamarripaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Parkhurst Brothers Publishers IncPublisher Parkhurst Brothers Publishers...

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Black Power movement provided the dominant ideological framework through which many young, poor, and middle-class blacks made sense of their lives and articulated a political vision for their futures. The legacy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385546096Author Mary MorrisFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Nan A. TalesePublisher Nan A. TaleseWeight(grams) 391gDimensions(mm) 212mm * 136mm * 26mm

The culture war is over. If you want it to be. It wasn't even a culture war; it was a war on culture. A sustained attack, Dan Hicks argues, in the form of the weaponisation of civic museums, public art, and even universities - and one that has a deeper...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592213764Author Mohammad ChaichianFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Africa Research & PublicationsPublisher Africa World PressWeight(grams) 362g

From Boss Crump to King Willie offers an in-depth look at the vital role that race played in the political evolution of Memphis, from the rise of longtime political boss Edward Hull Crump to the election of Dr. Willie Herenton as the city's first black...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621647492Author Dr Patrick KennyFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 395gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733075039Author Mario Dell'olioFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint Mario Dell'olioPublisher Mario Dell'olioWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781662470318Author Mohammed Azher SiddiquiFormat PaperbackPage Count 324Imprint Page Publishing Inc.Publisher Page Publishing Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596891142Author Benjamin ChoeFormat HardbackPage Count 196Imprint The Hermit Kingdom PressPublisher The Hermit Kingdom PressWeight(grams)...

A companion to the classic African-American autobiographical narrative, Twelve Years A Slave, this work presents fascinating new information about the 1841 kidnapping, 1853 rescue, and pre- and post-slavery life of Solomon Northup.Solomon Northup: The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (Adult Nonfiction) 2023.Book InformationISBN 9780593460016Author Qian Julie WangFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143105176Author James Weldon JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 352gDimensions(mm)...

Part of the Living and Sustaining a Creative Life series, Artists as Writers joins the tradition of writing books designed or intended to inspire would-be writers to write, but distinguishes itself by offering succinct first-person narratives by writers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780646487823Author Sharyn KillensFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Miracle PublishingPublisher Miracle Publishing

Setting out to correct the inadequacies of many written accounts of slavery, teacher and social activist Octavia Albert added her own incisive commentary to the personal narratives of former slaves, and called for every Christian's personal acceptance of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980780741Author Rosemary Esmonde PeterswaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint Ballynastragh BooksPublisher Ballynastragh Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the Authorssity /f Michael /i J.Book InformationISBN 9780313245534Author Michael J. CassityFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781998408085Author Julie SalversonFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Wolsak & Wynn PublishersPublisher Wolsak & Wynn PublishersWeight(grams) 325g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679748182Author Charlayne Hunter-GaultFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 301gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525594601Author Victoria M JurgensFormat PaperbackPage Count 402Imprint FriesenPressPublisher FriesenPressWeight(grams) 721gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

This is a memoir of the early years of a well-known Chicano scholar whose work and activism were motivated by his Mormon faith. The narrative follows him as an immigrant boy in San Antonio, Texas, who finds religion, goes to segregated schools,...

Recent events such as the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, have led many Americans to lament that the nation they grew up with is unrecognizable now. They see threats to national and individual identity and are fiercely engaged in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739456757Author GilbrookFormat PaperbackPage Count 524Imprint Andrew GilbrookPublisher Andrew GilbrookWeight(grams) 694g

Eileen is too smart for the third grade, but when she gets a chance to be skipped ahead, she fails the test. The clownish school psychologist tries to gain her trust with an offer of Oreos, but she refuses. After all, he is a stranger and might try to...