History & Culture

Understanding Our Racial Divide This young adult adaptation of the New York Times bestselling White Rage is essential antiracist reading for teens. An NAACP Image Award finalistA Kirkus Reviews Best...

The International Deradicalisation AgendaExplores and compares different international approaches to countering violent extremismTerrorism, radicalization and violent extremism dominate sociological, political and cultural concerns in today's polarized social and political world....

How Kendrick Lamar Ignited the Soul of Black America 'Essential reading' Rolling Stone 'A must read. The best bit of literature currently out there on Kendrick Lamar' VICE Kendrick Lamar...

Drawing on centuries of history and science, a prize-winning journalist upends our assumptions about migration revealing it not to be the story of our time, but an ancient, essential response...

A timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979. Shortlisted for the Cundhill History Prize 2020 'What...

Illustrated by Hugo Martinez A stunning, imaginative work of history that transforms our understanding of slavery and resistance Women warriors planned and led slave revolts on slave ships during the...

Childhood stories of family, country and belonging What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning author Anita Heiss, showcases many diverse voices, experiences...

War and Settler Colonialism In the summer of 2014, Israel launched its most devastating offensive on the besieged Gaza Strip to date. Israel sealed its perimeters, expanded its buffer zones,...

John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad A daring account of Black Seminole warrior, chief, and diplomat John Horse and the route he forged on the Underground Railroad to...

This collective memoir is for anyone who has ever wondered why Aboriginal people choose to live in remote communities in the heart of Australia. It is for all who want...

Maori Metaphors and Similes He Iti te Kupu contains nearly 500 sayings that draw a comparison between something (often the natural world) and people, events or contexts. Written in Maori...

'One minute you're a 15-year-old girl who loves Netflix and music and the next minute you're looked at as maybe ISIS.' We now have a generation – Muslim and non-Muslim...

Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear From one of the world's foremost experts on the subject, a powerful argument that the greatest damage from drugs flows from their being...

In honor of Bob Marley's 75th birthday and the 40th anniversary of "Redemption Song," a powerful tribute that allows longtime fans, and budding activists looking for exemplary heroes in a...

Illustrated by Nate Powell "In sharing my story, it is my hope that a new generation will be inspired by Run to actively participate in the democratic process and help...

INTRODUCED BY ADAM WEYMOUTH, award-winning author of The Kings of Yukon 'The Mississippi. Mighty, muddy, dangerous, rebellious and yet a strong, fathering kind of river. The river captured my imagination...

An Alternative History of Identity A slave woman in 1840s America dresses as a white, disabled man to escape to freedom, while a twenty-first-century Black rights activist is ‘cancelled’ for...

21 Objects from a Continent DividedThe emotion and trauma of the Partition are buried deep, but Aanchal Malhotra has found a way to recover them. Through the possessions saved by...

The True Power of Women and the Science That Shows It Are women more nurturing than men? Are men more promiscuous than women? Are males the naturally dominant sex? And...

How Muslims Shaped the Americas *Selected as a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star**A Chatelaine Fall Best Books Selection* An insightful and...

The Montgomery Story The inspiring account of the march towards American Civil Rights, as told by Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. described Stride Toward Freedom as "the...

A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route A profound and harrowing meditation by a descendant of slaves who journeyed to Africa to understand her past. The slave, Saidiya Hartman observes,...

Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri Lanka Beyond nostalgic tea industry ads romanticizing colonial Ceylon and the impoverished conditions that beleaguer Tamil tea workers are the stories of the...

For the Immigrant and the Curious A stirring, witty, and poignant glimpse into the bewildering American immigrant experience from someone who has lived it. Also, a mirror held up to...

A Guide to Sacred Australia A new, fully illustrated book from award-winning author Bruce Pascoe and photographer Vicky Shukuroglou that offers a deeper understanding of Australia and how best to...

Iconic Black Women Who Revolutionized Hollywood A comprehensive collection of photographs, interviews, and profiles of the most influential Black actresses who have worked in film, television, and theater From the...

Indigenous cultures are not terra nullius — nobody’s land, free to be taken. True Tracks is a groundbreaking work that paves the way for respectful and ethical engagement with Indigenous...

Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country is a curated guidebook to Indigenous Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. In its pages, respected scholar and author Professor Marcia Langton offers fascinating insights...

What Street Addresses Reveal about Identity, Race, Wealth and Power An exuberant work of popular history: why something as seemingly mundane as an address can save lives or serve the...

The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture The definitive modern biography of the great slave leader, military genius and revolutionary hero The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of...

Explorations of Multiraciality in Modern Britain How does it feel when your heritage isn't listed as an option on an identification form? What is it like to grow up as...

On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins *One of Times Higher Education’s Best Books of 2015* *One of Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Books of 2015 in Business and Economics*...

The Last Years of the LTTE De-Facto State Little is known about the Tamil liberation cause and struggle, as it has been widely dismissed by global powers of all persuasions...

A young reader's edition of Candacy Taylor's acclaimed book about the history of the Green Book, the guide for Black travelers Overground Railroad chronicles the history of the Green Book,...

Architecture, Philosophy and the Good Life in ChinaAn accessible and highly-original introduction to Chinese architecture, philosophy and cultural history.For more than three thousand years, Chinese life from the city and...

Chinese Australian Voices South Flows the Pearl is a fascinating journey through the history of Chinese Australia. Taking the reader from Shanghai and the Pearl River Delta to Sydney, Perth,...

Remembering the Tulsa Race Massacre and Black Wall Street Illustrated by Stacey Robinson One hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, Across the Tracks is a celebration and memorial of...

A New Statesman essential non-fiction book of 2021Featured in Book Riot's 12 best nonfiction books about Black identity and historyA Times Higher Education Book of the Week Why are there...

New York Times Bestseller What J. D. Vance did for Appalachia with Hillbilly Elegy, CNN analyst and one of the youngest state representatives in South Carolina history Bakari Sellers does...

A Gripping History For the first time, this quirky and engaging history reveals the secrets of one of our most ancient social gestures. Strangers do it, friends do it, politicians...

A Letter to My Children ‘I just want equality, equality for all of us. At the moment, the scales are unfairly balanced and I just want things to be fair...

‘I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place to place, chased by famine, war and toxins. Ideas...

Wild Swans meets Educated in this riveting true story spanning four generations 'Revelatory and remarkable' — TRENT DALTON'Memorable and vivid' — RICHARD GLOVER'Lands with a thump in your heart' —...

Dispatches from Bollywood, Dizi, and K-Pop There is a vast cultural movement emerging from beyond the Western world. Truly global in its range and allure, it is the biggest challenge...

An epic biography of Malcolm X finally emerges, drawing on hundreds of hours of the author's interviews, rewriting much of the known narrativeLes Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist,...

Walking the Southern Alps of New Zealand A riveting blend of nature writing, Indigenous storytelling and great adventure in the NZ alps This book is about walking as a form...

Racism, death, and hard truths in a northern city The bestselling true-crime investigation by the author of All Our Relations. In 1966, twelve-year-old Chanie Wenjack froze to death on the...

Essays 2003-2020A collection of the finest essays by the 'Best of the Booker' winner, following on from his much-acclaimed STEP ACROSS THIS LINESalman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of...

In the bestselling tradition of Stuff Matters and The Disappearing Spoon — a clever and engaging look at materials, the innovations they made possible, and how these technologies changed us....

The dramatic story of a musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success was far more important than her family name. Growing up in the shadow of her superstar...