Showing titles in Activism & Social Justice

READ BY THE AUTHOR 'Get your daughters to read this, but only after your partners and sons have finished it’ Jo Brand 'An astute and persuasive page-turner' Observer 'Powerful’ Sunday Times _____________________________________________________ Too often, we blame women. For walking home...

Brought to you by Penguin. This is history through the eyes of Mr and Mrs Peasant (and their good friend Monsieur Guillotine...). A globetrotting, laugh-out-loud funny history from the multi-million copy bestselling author of A History of Britain in Ten Enemies and Horrible Histories. Remember...

'Soaring with compassion, intelligence and hard-won wisdom. Ireland's most important contemporary voice.' LOUISE KENNEDY, author of Trespasses 'Amazing. I couldn't put it down.' ELAINE FEENEY, author of As You Were 'Every woman needs to read this book. Every man needs to read this book.' EDEL...

An embodied guide to being with grief individually and in community—practical exercises, decolonized rituals, and Earth-based medicines for healing and processing loss We live in a culture that suppresses our ability to truly feel our grief—deeply, safely, and on our own terms. But each...

Brought to you by Penguin. The inspiring new book about Britain’s abandoned and neglected places, the opportunities they present for business and communities, and how they can help us face the challenges of climate change. 'Frontierlands' are Britain's forgotten places. Silt-filled harbours...

Brought to you by Penguin. If you are what you eat, what does that make you? Virtuous? Cool? Immortal? Or deviant, pitiful, ill? Is it useful to make these judgements? Do they help us improve our lives? In a world where it feels as though the value of your life can be gauged by the goodness in...

Brought to you by Penguin. Today, Trump’s USA is a government of the billionaires, by the billionaires, for the billionaires. As inequalities grow starker and authoritarianism takes hold, people are deprived of both the basic necessities of life and the right to hold to account the...

After losing her fiancé the night before her wedding, Nicole Paultre Bell speaks out in FINDING POWER -- a millennial Black woman survivor’s 20-year journey to unlocking genuine strength and protecting her peace in a world that aims to disempower When Nicole Paultre Bell’s fiancé Sean Bell...

The powerful story of a falsely imprisoned man and a sweeping indictment of a city and the criminal justice system by a Pulitzer–prize winning journalist. When the bodies of two Black men were found sitting with a crackpipe in a parked car in a rundown section of town in 1994, it seemed just...

Read by the authors, Lotte Jeffs and Stu Oakley. What is a black cat lesbian? Is ‘aromantic’ a sexuality or a preference? How are bisexual and pansexual different? What’s it like to be queer and religious? Does Gen Z do darkrooms? How do you navigate life as a OAQ (Old Age Queer)? What...

From young activists at the forefront of the movement to end sexual assault on college campuses, a collection of survivor stories that will connect with students and inform and inspire us all Across the U.S. student activists are exposing a pervasive cover-up of sexual assault on college...

A sweeping look back at the protest movements that changed America from activist and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, with personal and historical insights into lessons they can teach us today “A compelling case for standing up for justice at a time when everything, it seems, is on the line...

From CNN’s Abby Phillip, a triumphant new look at Jesse Jackson’s presidential campaigns of the 1980s and how they changed Black political power. This program is read by the author. “A joyful, rich, must-read biography of a politician whose flaws and gifts were in constant, intense...

From a social critic and journalist, a poignant book that encourages publicly grieving of what we've lost in order to move towards a hopeful future. “Detailed, lucid and richly sourced, Sarah Jaffe’s From the Ashes shows how the transformational power of grief can fuel revolutionary change...

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Powerful . . . a coming-of-age story with a twist' Guardian 'Heart-wrenching . . . We need accounts like this haunting, compelling book' Telegraph 'A profound and moving tribute . . . It is Lana's inside perspective on what it was like to grow up within this society...

This poetry collection is beautifully and skilfully read by the author, renowned poet Jackie Kay. May Day is the long-awaited new collection from one of our best-loved poets and former Makar of Scotland, Jackie Kay. As the title suggests, these poems cast an eye over several decades of political...

A blueprint for boosting your activism and building support for the causes you care about, featuring fan-building tactics from the music industry and the voices of today’s most passionate change-makers “This book shines a light on a wealth of new strategies to help reach people in ways that...

For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society “A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination”—Kirkus Reviews Winner of the Sahitya Akademi...

A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America's criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite—and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it. “A searing, compassionate, and utterly necessary book that pulls back...

Create change in the world with this inspiring guide to social activism, from the artist and craftivist behind Badass Cross Stitch. Craftivism, or the space where art and activism meet, is a powerful, ever-evolving social justice movement that continues to grow and diversify as more voices and...