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  1. The Fire Next Time
    1. James Baldwin

    The Fire Next Time

    James Baldwin was born in 1924 in New York. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), which evokes his experiences as a boy preacher in Harlem, was an immediate success. Baldwin’s second novel, Giovanni's Room (1956) has become a landmark of gay literature and Another Country (1962) caused a literary sensation. His searing essay collections Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961) contain many of the works that made him an influential figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Baldwin published several other collections of non-fiction, including The Fire Next Time (1963) and No Name in the Street (1972). His short stories are collected in Going to Meet the Man (1965). His later works include the novels Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968), If Beale Street Could Talk (1974) and Just Above My Head (1979).James Baldwin won a number of literary fellowships: a Eugene F. Saxon Memorial Trust Award, a Rosenwald Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Partisan Review Fellowship and a Ford Foundation grant. He was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1986. He died in 1987 in France

    € 8,50
  2. The Wretched of the Earth
    1. Frantz Fanon

    The Wretched of the Earth

    Provides inspiration for anti-colonial movements ever since, analysing the role of class, race, national culture and violence in the struggle for freedom. In this book, the author makes clear the economic and psychological degradation inflicted by imperialism.

    € 14,95
  3. Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
    1. James Baldwin

    Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

    Truth-telling, witness bearing, soul stirring writing

    € 14,95
  4. And Still I Rise
    1. Maya Angelou

    And Still I Rise

    The re-issue of AND STILL I RISE, first published in 1986, from Maya Angelou - one of the most celebrated writers and poets of the world.

    € 13,95
  5. Nobody Knows My Name
    1. James Baldwin

    Nobody Knows My Name

    More Notes Of A Native Son

    Contains essays that describe what it means to be black in America. This book describes the tragedies that are inflicted by racial segregation and presents a poignant account of the author's first journey to 'the Old Country', the Southern states.

    € 14,95
  6. Letter from Birmingham Jail
    1. Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Letter from Birmingham Jail

    Born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the most prominent leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. Widely regarded as one of the greatest activists in history, he became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, aged 35. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.

    € 5,50
  7. The Nickel Boys
    1. Colson , Whitehead

    The Nickel Boys

    Author of The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead, brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in 1960s Florida.Praise for Pulitzer Prize-winning The Underground Railroad: 'My book of the year by some distance . . . luminous, furious, wildly inventive' Observer'An engrossing and harrowing novel' Sunday Times'Tells one of the most compelling stories I have ever read' GuardianWhitehead is a superb storyteller . . . [he] brilliantly intertwines his allegory with history . . . writing at the peak of his game' Telegraph________________________________________________________________________Elwood Curtis has taken the words of Dr Martin Luther King to heart: he is as good as anyone. Abandoned by his parents, brought up by his loving, strict and clearsighted grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But given the time and the place, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy his future, and so Elwood arrives at The Nickel Academy, which claims to provide 'physical, intellectual and moral training' which will equip its inmates to become 'honorable and honest men'.In reality, the Nickel Academy is a chamber of horrors, where physical, emotional and sexual abuse is rife, where corrupt officials and tradesmen do a brisk trade in supplies intended for the school, and where any boy who resists is likely to disappear 'out back'. Stunned to find himself in this vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold on to Dr King's ringing assertion, 'Throw us in jail, and we will still love you.' But Elwood's fellow inmate and new friend Turner thinks Elwood is naive and worse; the world is crooked, and the only way to survive is to emulate the cruelty and cynicism of their oppressors.The tension between Elwood's idealism and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision which will have decades-long repercussions.Based on the history of a real reform school in Florida that operated for one hundred and eleven years and warped and destroyed the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative by a great American novelist whose work is essential to understanding the current reality of the United States.

    € 14,50
  8. Erasmus of Rotterdam
    1. William Barker

    Erasmus of Rotterdam

    The Spirit of a Scholar

    The first English-language biography in thirty years of Erasmus of Rotterdam.

    € 24,95
  9. Ahnen und Enkel
    1. Hans Peter , Werner
    2. Wolfgang , Alt

    Ahnen und Enkel

    Zahlreiche Namen aus sieben Jahrhunderten finden sich in dem 4 bändigen Werk Ahnen und Enkel. Es ist die große Schar der Nachkommen und Verwandten des Reformators Martin Luther und seiner Ehefrau Katharina von Bora.Band 1 - Nachfahren des ReformatorpaaresDie direkten Nachkommen des D. Martin Luther und der Katharina von Bora Band 2 - Seitenverwandte des ReformatorsDie Nachkommen von Geschwistern des D. Martin LutherBand 3 - Stammverwandte des ReformatorpaaresDie Nachkommen von Cousinen und Cousins des D. Martin Luther und der Katharina von BoraBand 4 - NamensregisterGesamtindex der Personennamen in den Bänden 1-3

    € 45,90
  10. Nobody Can Give You Freedom
    1. Kehinde Andrews

    Nobody Can Give You Freedom

    The Real Mission of Malcolm X

    Once again Kehinde Andrews nails it! An explosive, inspirational, honest and powerful account of the real impact of Malcolm X’s mission. A must read for anyone serious about understanding and fighting for true revolutionary racial justice

    € 17,95
  11. The Invisible Empire
    1. Micky Neilson
    2. Todd Warger

    The Invisible Empire

    Madge Oberholtzer And The Unmasking Of The Ku Klux Klan

    Discover the true story of Madge Oberholtzer in this graphic novel retelling of her controversial case, which exposed the political corruption in Indiana and revealed the true face of the infamous Ku Klux Klan.

    € 8,95
  12. Thomas More
    1. Joanne Paul

    Thomas More

    A Life and Death in Tudor England

    To show us More as other than saint or villain, [Paul's] readable biography immerses us in More's busy, messy and changing world ... engrossing

    € 17,95