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A rigorous account of the pivotal but little-studied civil rights leader Jamil Al-Amin, aka H. Rap Brown, stitches together new and profound connections. I Rise in Fire is a gripping, necessary addition to literature on revolutionary politics. In a just world, the name of the late H. Rap Brown...

The author, one of the foremost scholars on Africa, fought to legitimize African history for more than 60 years. This book finally uncovers the tumultuous life of this great figure. Through a series of autobiographical essays, Clarke looks back on his lifelong struggle to restore African history...

The stunning, untold story of how three nineteenth-century trailblazers built the women’s rights movement until their irreconcilable differences over race and gender split them apart—a legacy that still plagues American feminism today—from the award-winning author of Romantic Outlaws. I...

Esta es la historia de un hombre que pese a llevar más de veinte años encarcelado, sigue luchando por la libertad, la dignidad y el futuro de su pueblo. Marwan Barghouti lleva más de dos décadas retenido en la celda de una prisión israelí, la mayor parte del tiempo en régimen de aislamiento. Aun así, el mundo no ha olvidado su voz.

A powerful, moving memoir from Mohawk Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller—a story of resilience, cultural strength and redefining what true success means At fourteen, Waneek Horn-Miller survived being stabbed during the Oka Crisis—an experience that could have ended her Olympic dreams. Instead...

The incredible true story of a man whose life became a BAFTA winning short film 'The Black Cop'. For fans of I Am Norwell Roberts, My Name is Why and Skint Estate this is the powerful and provocative memoir of the UK's first openly gap Black copper, and his journey from self-hatred to...

Black Forward is a hard-hitting investigation into what you can do to fight against the new Jim Crow. Roland Martin argues that if we want to move forward with Black progress against white backlash, we must look back at the civil rights movement and regain some of the independence and...

The first biography of Nelson Mandela written by an African scholar, this groundbreaking book offers a radically de-mythologized take on a global icon of anticolonial liberation struggles. Leading sociologist Xolela Mangcu draws on original interviews and archival research – as well as on his...

A transformative guide featuring unique practices to harness creativity as a tool for healing, justice, and liberation from visionary artist, activist, and New York Times bestselling author Patrisse Cullors. How do we imagine our way toward a better world? From the clothes we wear to the...

Gandhi for a new century: his major legacies and why they still matter, from his foremost biographer. Any shortlist of the most impactful political leaders of the twentieth century must include Gandhi, and once we eliminate the tyrants—Mao, Stalin, and Hitler—Gandhi stands virtually alone...

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House...

A revelatory and powerful testament of protest, courage, and imprisonment in America’s deportation regime “Are you Mahmoud Khalil?” The question marked the start of a politically charged odyssey that took the Palestinian graduate student and legal resident from his pregnant wife and home...

Gloria Steinem offers an inspiring and candid memoir of her early life and the journey that made her one of the world’s most influential activists and storytellers, alongside a clear-eyed, urgent message for new generations about what the next chapters of the fight for equality will demand...

FROM THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE, AND RECIPIENT OF FRANCE'S LEGION OF HONOUR, NADIA MURAD RECLAIMS THE STORY OF HER LIFE IN THIS PROFOUNDLY MOVING MEMOIR INTRODUCED BY GLORIA STEINEM 'Nadia is a fierce warrior for justice and a beautiful human being I feel privileged to know. She will inspire...

“Nadia is a fierce warrior for justice and a beautiful human being I feel privileged to know. She will inspire women for generations.” —Amal Clooney In a lyrical and profoundly moving memoir, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Girl and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Nadia Murad...

For fans of Master Slave Husband Wife and Django Unchained comes the extraordinary forgotten story of an event known in its day as “the first shots of the Civil War,” from the New York Times bestselling author of Dr. Mütter’s Marvels. The year, 1851. The place, a Quaker farming community...

A gripping, deeply moving memoir of survival, education, and resistance by a student protestor–turned–political prisoner in post-revolution Egypt. “I will never be the same after reading Huna.”—Javier Zamora “A beautifully written portrait of a radical political awakening.”—Hanif...

"I am a mum of two beautiful daughters, Larose and Lorena." "My eldest, Larose, is the light of my life. She is so like I was as a child and with her big brown eyes, the double of her father too. And she loves to be the centre of attention... just like me." "But my youngest, Lorena, is harder to...

'Aruna Roy reflects on [a] life of deep engagement, weaving the personal and [the] political. A great inspiration.' - Amartya Sen & Jean Dreze 'A brilliant and riveting feminist manifesta for social change.' - V (Formerly Eve Ensler) 'There are many who speak, but very few who act. This book is...

A biography of iconic radical historian Howard Zinn, examining his life and work as a progressive icon and thought leader through the story of the times that shaped him as well as the United States of America. From The Nation magazine columnist and New York Times bestselling author Dave Zirin...