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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 73 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Unearthed: On Race and Roots, and How the Soil Taught Me I Belong by Claire Ratinon
    Unearthed: On Race and Roots, and How the Soil Taught Me I Belong - by Claire Ratinon

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529114867 | ISBN 10: 1529114861

    'A beautiful book about nature... I recommend it' Afua Hirsch   A beautiful work of nature-writing, memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world. Unearthed is the story of how, after years of a troubled rel ... more

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  • Cover image of book Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim
    Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves - by Glory Edim

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781409189282 | ISBN 10: 1409189287

    Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the rest of their lives – but not everyone regularly sees themselves reflected on the pages of a book. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Blackgirl on Mars by Lesley-Ann Brown
    Blackgirl on Mars - by Lesley-Ann Brown

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781914420283 | ISBN 10: 1914420284

    Blackgirl on Mars is a radical memoir that chronicles author, educator and activist Lesley-Ann Brown’s two years’ worth of travel searching for “home”.  “Lesley-Ann Brown has a brave voice and a keen eye, offering an unflinching vie ... more

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  • Cover image of book In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Cultural Icon by Helen Rappaport
    In Search of Mary Seacole: The Making of a Cultural Icon - by Helen Rappaport

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398504455 | ISBN 10: 1398504459

    'An astonishingly rich story... wonderfully informative' The Times 'Rappaport does a terrific job of bringing respectful rigour to her account of Seacole's extraordinary life' Daily Mail  In Search of Mary Seacole is a superb and revealing bio ... more

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  • Cover image of book An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis
    An Autobiography - by Angela Y. Davis

    £10.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780241994573 | ISBN 10: 0241994578

    A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela Davis.  Edited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Liberation era which resonates just as powerfully toda ... more

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  • Cover image of book Black Women Writers at Work by Claudia Tate (Editor)
    Black Women Writers at Work - by Claudia Tate (Editor)

    £19.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781642598407 | ISBN 10: 1642598402

    “Black women writers and critics are acting on the old adage that one must speak for oneself if one wishes to be heard.” — Claudia Tate, from the introduction  Long out of print, Black Women Writers at Work is a vital contribution to Bl ... more

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  • Cover image of book It
    It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting the Story of Black Women's Bodies - by Jessica Wilson

    £14.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781837820375 | ISBN 10: 1837820376

    Reclaim ownership of your health, rewrite the narrative surrounding body image and restore your right to healing, safety and self-love.  For too long Black women have been left out of discussions about body image, food, health and wellness. B ... more

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  • Cover image of book Take Care: The Black Women
    Take Care: The Black Women's Guide to Wellness - by Chloe Pierre

    £22.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781472286000 | ISBN 10: 1472286006

    Join the wellness revolution by Black women, for Black women.   Take Care prioritises Black women and their experiences and encourages them to take care of themselves in order to bring their best self into the world. A space for Black women ... more

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  • Cover image of book Black and Female by Tsitsi Dangarembga
    Black and Female - by Tsitsi Dangarembga

    £9.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780571373192 | ISBN 10: 0571373194

    A short, staggering collection of essays from ‘one of the most remarkable people the Booker Prize has ever celebrated’ (New Statesman).   ‘A woman’s defiant fight to write.‘ Observer  Being categorised as black and female ... more

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  • Cover image of book Everything
    Everything's Trash, But It's Okay - by Phoebe Robinson

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781914344015 | ISBN 10: 1914344014

    Everything's Trash, But It's Okay is a timely essay collection on gender, race, dating, and the dumpster fire that is our world and provides a candid perspective for a generation that has had the rug pulled out from under it too many times to count.& ... more

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  • Cover image of book New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent by Margaret Busby (Editor)
    New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent - by Margaret Busby (Editor)

    £20.00   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780241997000 | ISBN 10: 0241997003

    Showcasing the work of more than 200 women writers of African descent, this major international collection celebrates their contributions to literature and international culture.  Twenty-five years ago, Margaret Busby’s groundbreaking anthology ... more

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  • Cover image of book Maya Angelou
    Maya Angelou's Guide to Hope: 50 Simple Ways to Spread Hope - by Maya Angelou

    £7.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781784884963 | ISBN 10: 1784884960

    Maya Angelou's Guide to Hope is an illustrated guide to how we can all spread a little more hope.  Including 50 simple acts, from giving words of encouragement to extending a helping hand or spending time with someone, and accompanying illust ... more

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  • Cover image of book The White Allies Handbook: 4 Weeks to Join the Racial Justice Fight for Black Women by Lecia Michelle
    The White Allies Handbook: 4 Weeks to Join the Racial Justice Fight for Black Women - by Lecia Michelle

    £22.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781496738370 | ISBN 10: 1496738373

    You’ve read White Fragility and How to Be an Antiracist, but what comes next? The answer lies in this clear, actionable guide providing a vital 4-week program for becoming an ally who makes a real difference in the racial justice fight. Get the too ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Quick Ting On The Black Girl Afro by Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy
    A Quick Ting On The Black Girl Afro - by Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy

    £9.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781913090593 | ISBN 10: 1913090590

    A powerful celebration of the versatility and diversity of Black women's natural hair, A Quick Ting On The Black Girl Afro explores the rich cultural history of Black Women's Afros, their influence on popular culture, and the many ways in which Black ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sista Sister by Candice Brathwaite
    Sista Sister - by Candice Brathwaite

    £9.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781529415315 | ISBN 10: 1529415314

    Candice Brathwaite’s much-anticipated second book about all the things she wishes she’d been told when she was young and needed guidance.   I Am Not Your Baby Mother was a landmark publication in 2020. A thought-provoking, urgent and inspi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Growing Out: Black Hair and Black Pride in the Swinging 60s by Barbara Blake Hannah
    Growing Out: Black Hair and Black Pride in the Swinging 60s - by Barbara Blake Hannah

    £10.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780241993767 | ISBN 10: 0241993768

    "A gorgeously exuberant account... writing that is natural and vivacious... a fascinating and hugely enjoyable read."(Bernardine Evaristo, from the Introduction) Travelling over from Jamaica as a teenager, Barbara's journey is remarkable. She find ... more

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  • Cover image of book This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection by Jen Hewett
    This Long Thread: Women of Color on Craft, Community, and Connection - by Jen Hewett

    £19.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781611808247 | ISBN 10: 1611808243

    Weaving together interviews, first-person essays, and artist profiles, This Long Thread explores the work and contributions of women of color across the fiber arts and crafts community. These conversations explore materials, belonging, identity, cult ... more

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  • Cover image of book Misfits: A Personal Manifesto by Michaela Coel
    Misfits: A Personal Manifesto - by Michaela Coel

    £9.99   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781529148251 | ISBN 10: 1529148251

    From the brilliant mind of the creator and star of I May Destroy You and Chewing Gum comes a passionate declaration against fitting in.   Michaela Coel's MacTaggart Lecture touched a lot of people with her striking revelations about race, class a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall, illustrated by Hugo Martinez
    Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts - by Rebecca Hall, illustrated by Hugo Martinez

    £20.00   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780241523551 | ISBN 10: 0241523559

    "Not only a riveting tale of Black women's leadership of slave revolts but an equally dramatic story of the engaged scholarship that enabled its discovery"(Angela Y. Davis) Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the pas ... more

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  • Cover image of book I
    I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - by Austin Channing Brown

    £9.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780349014852 | ISBN 10: 034901485x

    This book is my story about growing up in a Black girl's body. It's about surviving in a world not made for me.   Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age seven, when she discovered her parents named her A ... more

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  • Cover image of book Cack-Handed: A Memoir by Gina Yashere
    Cack-Handed: A Memoir - by Gina Yashere

    £16.99   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780008486976 | ISBN 10: 0008486972

    The British comedian of Nigerian heritage and co-executive producer and writer of the CBS hit series Bob Hearts Abishola chronicles her odyssey to get to America and break into Hollywood in this lively and humorous memoir.  According to fami ... more

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  • Cover image of book Loud Black Girls : 20 Black Women Writers Ask: What
    Loud Black Girls : 20 Black Women Writers Ask: What's Next? - by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinene (Editors)

    £9.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780008342654 | ISBN 10: 0008342652

    An important and timely anthology of black British writing, edited and curated by the authors of the highly acclaimed, ground-breaking Slay In Your Lane.   Slay in Your Lane Presents: Loud Black Girls features essays from the diverse voices of tw ... more

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  • Cover image of book Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    Notes on Grief - by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    £10.00   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780008470302 | ISBN 10: 0008470308

    A devastating essay on loss and the people we love from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun.   'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You ... more

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  • Cover image of book Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought by Briona Simone Jones (Editor)
    Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought - by Briona Simone Jones (Editor)

    £16.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781620975763 | ISBN 10: 1620975769

    A groundbreaking collection tracing the history of intellectual thought by Black Lesbian writers, in the tradition of The New Press’s perennial seller Words of Fire. "Briona Simone Jones’s anthology Mouths of Rain is an audacious, unapologetic ... more

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  • Cover image of book Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power by Tamara Winfrey Harris
    Dear Black Girl: Letters From Your Sisters on Stepping Into Your Power - by Tamara Winfrey Harris

    £13.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781523092291 | ISBN 10: 1523092297

    "Dear Black Girl is the empowering, affirming love letter our girls need in order to thrive in a world that does not always protect, nurture, or celebrate us. This collection of Black women's voices… is a must-read, not only for Black girls, but fo ... more

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  • Cover image of book Shame On Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging by Tessa McWatt
    Shame On Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging - by Tessa McWatt

    £9.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781913348229 | ISBN 10: 1913348229

    "This remarkable meditation on beautiful, human bodies formed by the violence of slavery and by colonial shame resists categorisation, even as it shows up the ways in which categories of race and identity are no more than empty methods of social cont ... more

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  • Cover image of book I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite
    I Am Not Your Baby Mother - by Candice Brathwaite

    £8.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781529406283 | ISBN 10: 1529406285

    It's about time we made motherhood more diverse...   When Candice fell pregnant and stepped into the motherhood playing field, she found her experience bore little resemblance to the glossy magazine photos of women in horizontal stripe tops and ... more

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  • Cover image of book Black is the Body: Stories From My Grandmother
    Black is the Body: Stories From My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine - by Emily Bernard

    £14.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780857527851 | ISBN 10: 0857527851

    "Blackness is an art, not a science. It is a paradox: intangible and visceral; a situation and a story. It is the thread that connects these essays, but its significance as an experience emerges randomly, unpredictably. Race is the story of my life, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Girl: Essays on Black Womanhood by Kenya Hunt (Editor)
    Girl: Essays on Black Womanhood - by Kenya Hunt (Editor)

    £16.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780008371975 | ISBN 10: 0008371970

    Featuring contributions from Candice Carty-Williams, Jessica Horn, Ebele Okobi, Funmi Fetto and Freddie Harrel.  In the vein of Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, but wholly its own, Girl is a provocative, heartbreaking and frequently hilarious collection o ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment by Amelia Gentleman
    The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment - by Amelia Gentleman

    £10.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781783351855 | ISBN 10: 1783351853

    ***LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2019***  How do you pack for a one-way journey back to a country you left when you were eleven and have not visited for fifty years?  Amelia Gentleman's expose of the Windrush scandal shocked th ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde
    The Cancer Journals - by Audre Lorde

    £7.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780241453506 | ISBN 10: 024145350x

    "A brave, beautiful book that could double as a handbook to accompany anyone on their journey through cancer"(Jackie Kay, New Statesman) The Cancer Journals is an intimate, poetic and invigorating account of the experience of breast cancer, from ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Lamplighter by Jackie Kay
    The Lamplighter - by Jackie Kay

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781529039856 | ISBN 10: 1529039851

    In The Lamplighter award-winning poet and Scottish Makar Jackie Kay takes us on a journey into the dark heart of Britain's legacy in the slave trade.   First produced as a play, on the page it reads as a profound and tragic multi-layered poem ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fattily Ever After: A Black Fat Girl
    Fattily Ever After: A Black Fat Girl's Guide to Living Life Unapologetically - by Stephanie Yeboah

    £12.99   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781784883447 | ISBN 10: 1784883441

    Stephanie Yeboah has experienced racism and fat-phobia throughout her life. From being bullied at school to being objectified and humiliated in her dating life, Stephanie's response to discrimination has always been to change the narrative around bod ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Black Women
    A Black Women's History of the United States - by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross

    £22.50   hardback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780807033555 | ISBN 10: 0807033553

    A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are — and have always been — instrumental in shaping our country.  In centering Black women’s stories, two award-wi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Taking Up Space: The Black Girl
    Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change - by Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi

    £8.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781529118544 | ISBN 10: 1529118549

    As a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. Recent Cambridge grads Chelsea and Ore experienced this first-hand, and wrote Taking Up Space as a guide and a manifesto for change.  FOR BLACK GIRLS ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers
    Hot Comb - by Ebony Flowers

    £16.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781770463486 | ISBN 10: 1770463488

    AN AUSPICIOUS DEBUT EXAMINING THE CULTURE OF HAIR FROM THE RONA JAFFE FOUNDATION AWARD-WINNING CARTOONIST.  Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into Black women’s lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair ... more

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  • Cover image of book Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman
    Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments - by Saidiya Hartman

    £17.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781788163231 | ISBN 10: 1788163230

    At the dawn of the twentieth century, black women in the US were carving out new ways of living. The first generations born after emancipation, their struggle was to live as if they really were free. Their defeats were bitter, but their triumphs beca ... more

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  • Cover image of book Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené
    Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible - by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené

    £9.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780008306304 | ISBN 10: 0008306303

    "Arguably the book for 2018"(Observer) The long-awaited, inspirational guide to life for a generation of black British women inspired to make lemonade out of lemons, and find success in every area of their lives.  Elle’s 12 addictive books you ... more

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  • Cover image of book A FLY Girl
    A FLY Girl's Guide To University: Being a Woman of Colour at Cambridge and Other Institutions... - by Lola Olufemi, Odelia Younge, Waithera Sebatindira and Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan

    £14.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781912565146 | ISBN 10: 1912565145

    A FLY Girl’s Guide to University is a collection of memoirs, essays, poetry and prose from four women of colour who studied at the University of Cambridge. It is a multifaceted calling out of the wrongness underpinning their shared experience at Ca ... more

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  • Cover image of book Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets by Feminista Jones
    Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World from the Tweets to the Streets - by Feminista Jones

    £11.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780807055373 | ISBN 10: 0807055379

    A treatise of Black women’s transformative influence in media and society, placing them front and center in a new chapter of mainstream resistance and political engagement.  In Reclaiming Our Space, social worker, activist, and cultural com ... more

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  • Cover image of book She Called Me Woman: Nigeria
    She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak - by Azeenarh Mohammed, Chitra Nagarajan and Rafeeat Aliyu (Editors)

    £12.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781911115595 | ISBN 10: 1911115596

    “We decided to put together this collection of thirty narratives to correct the invisibility, the confusion, the caricaturising and the writing out of history.”   This stirring and intimate collection brings together 30 unique narratives t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim
    Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves - by Glory Edim

    £16.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780525619772 | ISBN 10: 0525619771

    Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the rest of their lives--but not everyone regularly sees themselves in the pages of a book. In this time ... more

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  • Cover image of book Grace Jones A to Z: The life of an icon – from Androgyny to Zula by Babeth Lafon and Steve Wide
    Grace Jones A to Z: The life of an icon – from Androgyny to Zula - by Babeth Lafon and Steve Wide

    £12.99   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781925418804 | ISBN 10: 1925418804

    Singer, songwriter, supermodel, record producer, actress and iconoclast, Grace Jones is truly one of a kind, equal parts intriguing, intimidating and indefatigable.   From her early days as a model working with Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo, her ... more

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  • Cover image of book This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe
    This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare - by Gabourey Sidibe

    £7.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781784708443 | ISBN 10: 1784708445

    The Oscar-nominated Precious star and Empire actress delivers a much-awaited memoir which is wise, complex, smart and funny.   This Is Just My Face is the whirlwind tour of Gabourey Sidibe’s life so far. In it, we meet her polygamous father, ... more

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  • Cover image of book Black Girls Rock! Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth. by Beverly Bond (Editor)
    Black Girls Rock! Owning Our Magic. Rocking Our Truth. - by Beverly Bond (Editor)

    £20.00   hardback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781501157929 | ISBN 10: 1501157922

    From the award-winning entrepreneur, culture leader, and creator of the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! movement comes an inspiring and beautifully designed book that pays tribute to the achievements and contributions of black women around the world.  Fueled b ... more

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  • Cover image of book This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, & Feminist in (White) America by Morgan Jerkins
    This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, & Feminist in (White) America - by Morgan Jerkins

    £10.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9780062666154 | ISBN 10: 0062666150

    Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2018 by Esquire, Elle, Vogue, Nylon, The Millions, Refinery29, the Huffington Post, Book Riot, Bitch Media, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, Vol 1. Brooklyn, and Paperback Paris.  From one of the fie ... more

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  • Cover image of book Aphro-Ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters by Aph Ko and Syl Ko
    Aphro-Ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters - by Aph Ko and Syl Ko

    £17.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781590565551 | ISBN 10: 159056555x

    In this lively, accessible, and provocative collection, Aph and Syl Ko provide new theoretical frameworks on race, advocacy for nonhuman animals, and feminism.   Using popular culture as a point of reference for their critiques, the Ko sister ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Beautiful Work In Progress by Mirna Valerio
    A Beautiful Work In Progress - by Mirna Valerio

    £8.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781503943391 | ISBN 10: 1503943399

    Runners’ vocabulary is full of acronyms like DNS for “Did Not Start” and DNF for “Did Not Finish,” but when Mirna Valerio stepped up to the starting line, she needed a new one: DNQ for “Did Not Quit.”   Valerio has tied on her ru ... more

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  • Cover image of book Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
    Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color - by Andrea J. Ritchie

    £17.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780807088982 | ISBN 10: 0807088986

    A timely examination of the ways Black women, Indigenous women, and other women of color are uniquely affected by racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement.   Invisible No More is a timely examination of how Black women, ... more

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  • Cover image of book What Happened, Miss Simone? by Alan Light
    What Happened, Miss Simone? - by Alan Light

    £9.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781782118749 | ISBN 10: 1782118748

    Inspired by the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, this is the story of the real Miss Simone.   What Happened, Miss Simone? tells the story of incandescent soul singer and Black Power icon Nina Simone, one of the most influential, provocativ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
    Hidden Figures: The Untold Story of the African American Women Who Helped Win the Space Race - by Margot Lee Shetterly

    £10.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780008201326 | ISBN 10: 0008201323

    The Top 10 Sunday Times Bestseller  Now a major motion picture. Oscar Nominated For Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.  Set amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathemati ... more

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  • Cover image of book Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
    Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology - by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence

    £20.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780822362951 | ISBN 10: 0822362953

    The editors and contributors to Color of Violence ask: What would it take to end violence against women of color?  Presenting the fierce and vital writing of organizers, lawyers, scholars, poets, and policy makers, Color of Violence radically reposi ... more

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  • Cover image of book I
    I'll Never Write My Memoirs - by Grace Jones

    £20.00   hardback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781471135217 | ISBN 10: 1471135217

    Born in 1948 into a family of ministers in Kingston, Jamaica, the statuesque and strikingly beautiful Grace Jones lived with her family in Syracuse, NY, before launching a career as a model in New York City. Gaining fame as the cover girl for such pu ... more

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  • Cover image of book Letters to a Young Generation 2: 17 Inspirational Letters to the Next Generation of Women by Amanda Wilson
    Letters to a Young Generation 2: 17 Inspirational Letters to the Next Generation of Women - by Amanda Wilson

    £6.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9780957136762 | ISBN 10: 0957136765

    In this new book of letters, 17 women share their experiences of growing up in the UK as a black female. Heartfelt and honest, they offer words of wisdom and encouragement to the next generation. Contributions from: Sinitta, Bianca Miller, Ms Dynamit ... more

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  • Cover image of book My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family
    My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family's Nazi Past - by Jennifer Teege and Nikola Sellmair

    £8.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781473616257 | ISBN 10: 1473616255

    An international bestseller, this is the extraordinary and moving memoir of a woman who learns that her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the brutal Nazi commandant depicted in Schindler's List.   When Jennifer Teege, a German-Nigerian woman, happ ... more

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  • Cover image of book Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women by Mia E. Bay, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage (Editors)
    Toward an Intellectual History of Black Women - by Mia E. Bay, Farah J. Griffin, Martha S. Jones, and Barbara D. Savage (Editors)

    £24.50   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781469620916 | ISBN 10: 146962091x

    Despite recent advances in the study of black thought, black women intellectuals remain often neglected. This collection of essays by fifteen scholars of history and literature establishes black women's places in intellectual history by engaging the ... more

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  • Cover image of book Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength by Chanequa Walker-Barnes
    Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength - by Chanequa Walker-Barnes

    £36.00   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781498205870 | ISBN 10: 1498205879

    Black women are strong. At least that's what everyone says and how they are constantly depicted. But what, exactly, does this strength entail? And what price do Black women pay for it?   In this book, the author, a psychologist and pastoral theol ... more

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  • Cover image of book Unbought and Unbossed: Transgressive Black Women, Sexuality, and Representation by Trimiko Melancon
    Unbought and Unbossed: Transgressive Black Women, Sexuality, and Representation - by Trimiko Melancon

    £18.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781439911464 | ISBN 10: 1439911460

    Unbought and Unbossed examines black womens literary and cultural production of the 1970s and early 1980s. Considering texts in the socio-cultural and historical moments of their production, Trimiko Melancon analyzes representations of black women t ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Light of Truth by Ida Wells
    The Light of Truth - by Ida Wells

    £9.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780143106821 | ISBN 10: 0143106821

    In this collection, Wells's anti-lynching crusade comes alive. Through brilliant social analysis, she exposed lynching as part of a larger framework of subjugation in which white people used violence as a deliberate tactic to combat black economic pr ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Passion for Freedom: My Life by Mamphela Ramphele
    A Passion for Freedom: My Life - by Mamphela Ramphele

    £14.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781784530426 | ISBN 10: 1784530425

    Mamphela Ramphele is a figurehead of modern South Africa. The partner of Steve Biko, until his death in 1977, she has demonstrated extraordinary political leadership and statesmanship, most recently as the leader of the Agang SA party.   In t ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Parallel Life by Bonnie Greer
    A Parallel Life - by Bonnie Greer

    £14.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781909807624 | ISBN 10: 1909807621

    Standing on the corner of Michigan Avenue, in the middle of the biggest blizzard of the decade and at the height of the rush hour, I yelled into the driving snow and howling Arctic wind: OK! After playing the role of good daughter, great sister, best ... more

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  • Cover image of book Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson by Barbara Ransby
    Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson - by Barbara Ransby

    £19.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780300205855 | ISBN 10: 0300205856

    Won Honorable Mention for the 2013 Southern California Book Festival, in the Biography/Autobiography category, sponored by JM Northern Media LLC.   Won an Honorable Mention for the 2013 New England Book Festival given by the JM Northern Media ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman by Sheri Parks
    Fierce Angels: Living with a Legacy from the Sacred Dark Feminine to the Strong Black Woman - by Sheri Parks

    £16.50   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781613745045 | ISBN 10: 1613745044

    The Strong Black Woman has been a part of mainstream culture for centuries, as a myth, a goddess, a positive role model, a stereotype, and as a burden. In Fierce Angels, Sheri Parks explores the concept of the Strong Black Woman, its influence on p ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus by Peggy and Murray Schwartz
    The Dance Claimed Me: A Biography of Pearl Primus - by Peggy and Murray Schwartz

    £19.00   paperback   (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780300187939 | ISBN 10: 0300187939

    Pearl Primus (1919-1994) blazed onto the dance scene in 1943 with stunning works that incorporated social and racial protest into their dance aesthetic. In The Dance Claimed Me, Peggy and Murray Schwartz, friends and colleagues of Primus, offer an in ... more

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  • Cover image of book Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment by Carole Boyce Davies (Editor)
    Claudia Jones: Beyond Containment - by Carole Boyce Davies (Editor)

    £16.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780956240163 | ISBN 10: 095624016x

    Claudia Jones was a smart, politically-wise, brilliant, transnational feminist, Pan Africanist theorist and cultural activist who brought together in her speeches and writings the politics that is now seen as a necessary way of intersecting a variet ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Long Way From Paradise: Surviving the Rwandan Genocide by Leah Chishugi
    A Long Way From Paradise: Surviving the Rwandan Genocide - by Leah Chishugi

    £11.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781844086573 | ISBN 10: 1844086577

    Leah Chishugi grew up in eastern Congo but, aged seventeen, she moved to Kigali, the Rwandan capital, to work as a model. She married and had a son. Then in 1994 she was caught up in the horrific conflict, and escaped only after being left for dead u ... more

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  • Cover image of book Constructing Incest Stories: Black Women
    Constructing Incest Stories: Black Women's Voices in Fact and Fiction - by Dorothy L. Hurley and E. Anthony Hurley

    £21.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781592217113 | ISBN 10: 1592217117

    Constructing Incest Stories: Black Womens Voices in Fact and Fiction provides a highly original perspective on incest by an illuminating fusion of social science research and literary analysis.   The analysis of the process of the constructi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Tears of the Desert: One Woman
    Tears of the Desert: One Woman's True Story of Surviving the Horrors of Darfur - by Halima Bashir and Damien Lewis

    £12.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780340963579 | ISBN 10: 0340963573

    Halima Bashir was born into the remote western deserts of Sudan. She grew up in a wonderfully rich environment and later went on to study medicine. At the age of twenty-four she returned to her tribe and began practising as their first ever qualified ... more

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  • Cover image of book Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones by Carole  Boyce Davies
    Left of Karl Marx: The Political Life of Black Communist Claudia Jones - by Carole Boyce Davies

    £25.99   paperback   (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780822341161 | ISBN 10: 0822341166

    In Left of Karl Marx, Carole Boyce Davies assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (19151964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual, dedicated communist, and feminist. Jones is buried in Londons Highgate Cemetery, to ... more

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  • Cover image of book Black Women for Beginners by S. Pearl Sharp
    Black Women for Beginners - by S. Pearl Sharp

    £11.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781934389201 | ISBN 10: 193438920x

    There's a Black Woman on each of the seven continents, in almost every country. So no matter where you go, she's already been there. Her presence is everywhere.  Black Women for Beginners chronicles the trials and triumphs of Black Women from an ... more

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  • Cover image of book In Search of Our Mother
    In Search of Our Mother's Gardens - by Alice Walker

    £9.99   paperback   (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780753819609 | ISBN 10: 0753819600

    The first collection of Alice Walker's non-fiction spanning fifteen years in the career of this remarkable writer.  This collection of essays is a celebration of the legacy of creativity - especially the rich vein of women's stories and spiritu ... more

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  • Cover image of book In Praise of Black Women -  Volume 1:  Ancient African Queens by Simone Schwarz-Bart
    In Praise of Black Women - Volume 1: Ancient African Queens - by Simone Schwarz-Bart

    £62.00   hardback   (2001) - ISBN 13: 9780299172503 | ISBN 10: 0299172503

    PLEASE NOTE: Due to the high price of this book it is not a title we would have in stock, but we can order it on request. Please also note that it is probably quite a heavy book, and so postage costs would be higher than average. It is not available ... more

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  • Cover image of book But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women
    But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies - by Gloria T. Hull et al (editors)

    £20.99   paperback   (1982) - ISBN 13: 9780912670959 | ISBN 10: 0912670959

    Bibliographies and a collection of syllabi provide readers with essential classroom materials and a map for further research. Winner of the Outstanding Women of Color Award and the Women Educator's Curriculum Material Award. "This is 'necessary brea ... more

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