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A powerful look at race and race relations in America, Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man is a vital text that is just as relevant today as it was when it was published.

A book featuring zombie brides and lascivious butterflies, Hadriana in All my Dreams is a surreal frolic through mystery and eroticism that reveals vital truths about the nature of humanity.

Through the Leopard's Gaze is an amazing memoir chronicling the award winning comedian's difficult but inspiring life growing up in Kenya. Her book illuminates family abuse, racism identity and emotional triumph through the lenses of the author's personal history and the history of Kenya.

Triangulum is an ambitious, often philosophical and genre-bending novel that covers a period of over 40 years in South Africa's recent past and near future starting from the collapse of the apartheid homeland system in the early 1990s, to the economic corrosion of the 2010s, and on to the looming, large-scale ecological disasters of the 2040s.

Based on a true story, we are gifted with a vision of the beauty of the Solomon Islands and the environmental debt it is owed by the world after decades of overfishing, logging and rising sea levels. At heart, this is a crucial and important novel on climate change, culture and human relations.

Three generations of southern African American women are destined to repeat the cycle of failed relationships and heartache that haunts their family. Will Penny Hill finally break the cycle?

Fighting fires and assumptions, Kate Fullen's memoir is an eye-opening glimpse into the often overlooked members of the brigade.

In this stunning post-apocalyptic novel, the indigenous people of North America are being hunted and harvested for their bone marrow, as the marrow is the key for the rest of the population to recover the ability to dream. Hunted and on the run, Frenchie races to reclaim his heritage and find his family.

A Book of Secrets is the story of a woman named Susan Charlewood living in Elizabethan England. Born in what is now Ghana, Susan is enslaved by the Portuguese but later rescued by British sailors, who bring her to England. Once in England, she is raised and educated in an English Catholic household.

Up in the glaciers of Northern Pakistan, a tragedy at a mountain lake entwines the fates of two lovers with the people they encounter there: Miryam, a nomad, travelling with her family into the mountains to escape persecution, and Irfan, haunted by ghosts and hoping that the mountains may offer him a reprieve from his troubles.

Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush, Bourne's War to Windrush explores the lives of Britain's immigrant community through the experiences of Black British women during the period spanning from the beginning of World War II to the arrival of the Empire Windrush in 1948.

When bestselling author Mark Drubenheimer is found dead in his studio, Rosalind Waterloo's world collapses. The official story is that the author committed suicide, but for his devoted fan Rosalind, there is only one explanation: Drubenheimer was murdered, and Rosalind is the only person who can expose the killer.

Amby Balan comes across an ad for a writers' workshop in Greece and cannot pack her bags soon enough. Her and her fellow aspiring writers embark on an unforgettable adventure to finally discover their true selves and possibly find love in romantic Santorini.

Written in vivid detail, Cyrus Bozorgmehr documents the untold story behind one of the most controversial and innovative album releases in modern music history: Wu Tang Clan's Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.

A moving exploration of female friendships in the face of patriarchal oppression, Seven Stones illuminates the complexities that affect cross-cultural relationships.

With moustachioed wrestlers, marauding Buddhist Punks, a feline voodoo surgeon and the presence of the enigmatic, disfigured Dr. Dali, Taty takes on a highly unique universe and emerges as a heroine whose petulant nonchalance hides a mighty spirit.

Rest in Power, a tribute to Trayvon Martin, is told through the alternating narratives of Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, about the beautiful and complex child they lost, the cruel unresponsiveness of the police and the hostility of the legal system, and the inspiring journey they took from grief to power.

Set in rural Jamaica, Swimming With Fishes evokes the pain of a love affair between a London-born businessman and a native Jamaican and how that affair grows beyond either of their expectations. However unknown to Ben, Kat is a sickle cell sufferer and unknown to Kat, Ben is already married.

Evelyn Dove embraced the worlds of jazz, musical theatre and, most importantly, cabaret, in a career spanning the 1920s through to the 1960s. This is a celebration of an extraordinary career, and places Dove in historical context with artists of her time, such as Adelaide Hall, Dame Cleo Laine and Dame Shirley Bassey.

Be swept away by sun, sea, self-love and a delicious dollop of romance in this original, multicultural romance novel set between London and Ghana. Introducing your new, favourite girl-next-door Faye Bonsu.

Emily is drawn to understanding her child's albinism by researching the cultural beliefs associated with albinism worldwide; a journey that takes her to a faraway continent, through her own family tree, and all the while unearthing discoveries that vacillate between beauty, amazement and horror.

Beekeeper Jess De Boer's unique story tracks her transition from privileged white African to nomadic world traveler. Funny and extremely well written, this book follows Jess' bizarre and hilarious experiences on her travels, until a strange sequence of events takes her, broken and lost, back to Africa.

A stirring take on the American road novel, The Colour Black is the story of a talented young artist Silvia Cruz whose quiet but comfortable existence in San Diego drawing abstracts and nudes is turned upside down when she meets Jack.

Hoping to escape from her suddenly complicated life and revive her wilting romance, Faye returns to sunny Ghana for what she hopes will be the time of her life. But life doesn't always offer second chances and when disaster strikes, she is forced to confront the biggest question of her life.