The Desire of Ages: God With Us Pacific Press Publishing Association 1990 The Desire of Ages is a proven source of inspiration and enlithenment to millions of readers all over the world. And with good readon, for it deals with a universal yearning – the desire for living life to its fullest with the knowledge…
The Divisive Decade by Peter L. Edmead Birmingham City Council 1999 pb: 48pp The 1950s witnessed the first major settlement of Caribbean people in Birmingham. This book examines the history of this decade through the personal memories of those early arrivals together with contemporary newspaper accounts and other commentaries on the period. It is heavily illustrated…
The Emperor s Babe by Bernardine Evaristo Publisher: Penguin 2002 PB: 272 pp  A coming-of-age tale to make the muses themselves roar with laughter and weep for pity — sassy, razor-sharp and transformative. Londinium, AD 211. Zuleika is a modern girl living in an ancient world. She s a back-alley firecracker, a scruffy Nubian…
The English Whisky Co. Small Batch Release Smokey Oak : A Deep Dive Tasting Experience Hailing from The English Whisky Co., the Small Batch Release Smokey Oak is a single malt whisky that carves its own path. This limited-edition bottling, with only 1347 bottles ever produced, offers a unique flavour profile that marries smoky notes…
The extraordinary life of Mary Seacole by Halleana Harris Published by Puffin, 2019 PB:128pp Mary Seacole is now known for her medical work in the Crimean war, and as a brilliant woman who combated the racial prejudice she experienced in her lifetime. But for a long time her story was lost. From growing up in…
The Fierce 44: Black Americans Who Shook Up The World Published by HMH Books for Young Readers, 2020 HB: 96pp Meet forty-four of America s most impressive heroes in this collective biography of African American figures authored by the team at ESPN s TheUndefeated.com. From visionaries to entrepreneurs, athletes to activists, the fierce 44 are…
The Final Four by Paul Volponi Published by Viking 2012 Four guys meet on the court in a key game in the Final Four, college basketball’s answer to the NBA play-offs. As the last heart-stopping moments tick down on the game clock, you’ll learn how each of these players grew from a kid who loved…
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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin Published by Penguin Classics (1990) Pb: 96pp We, the black and the white, deeply need each other here if we are really to become a nation. – BaldwinJames Baldwin s impassioned plea to end the racial nightmare in America was a bestseller when it appeared in 1963, galvanising…
The Fish That Talked Retold by Rosie Dickins Published by Usborne Books, 2008 HC: 48pp This is a new title in the fantastic First Reading series, aimed at children who are beginning to read.Based on a traditional Indian tale, the story follows Manu, who one day rescues a tiny talking fish from a stream and…
The Fortune Men by Nadifa Mohamed Published by: Viking 2022 PB: 384pp Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff s Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with Somali and West Indian sailors, Maltese businessmen and Jewish families. He is a father, chancer, some-time petty thief. He is many things, in fact, but he is not a…
The Fragrant Pharmacy by Valerie Ann Wormwood Published by Bantam Books, 1991 PB: 350pp The Fragrant Pharmacy opens the way to a whole world of fresh possibilities. It is a new approach to nature through one of its most powerful forms – those fragrant essential oils drawn from flowers and grasses, trees and roots, leaves and…
The Friends by Rosa Guy Published by Bantam USA, 1995 PB: 185pp  A powerful, award-winning novel about friendship. Phyllisia Cathy–She is fourteen. Her problems seem overwhelming: New York, after life on her sunlit West Indies island, is cold, cruel and filthy. She is insulted daily and is beaten up by classmates. What Phyllisia needs,…