Political genre books (424)


51.

Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
Crimes from the past erupt into the present, splintering Silas Ali's fragile peace of mind, in the tale of a brittle South African family on the crossroads of history.

52.

Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala by Stephen C. Schlesinger , Stephen Kinzer EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Bitter Fruit is a comprehensive and insightful account of the CIA operation to overthrow the democratically elected government of Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala in 1954. First published in 1982, this book has become a classic, a textbook case of the relationship between the United States and the Third World. The authors make extensive use of U.S. government documents and interviews with former CIA and other officials. It is a warning of what happens when the United States abuses its power.

53.

Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon EN

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / France flag France
Description:
Fanon, born in Martinique and educated in France, is generally regarded as the leading anti-colonial thinker of the 20th century. His first book is an analysis of the impact of colonial subjugation on the black psyche. It is a very personal account of Fanon's experience being black: as a man, an intellectual, and a party to a French education.--Adapted from wikipedia.org.

54.

Black Spartacus : The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture by Sudhir Hazareesingh EN

0 Ratings
Country: Africa / Mauritius flag Mauritius
Description:
A biography of the Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture.

55.

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Description:
NOMINATED FOR THE 2021 HUGO AWARDS AND THE 2020 NEBULA AWARDS FOR BEST NOVEL From the New York Times bestselling author of Star Wars: Resistance Reborn comes the first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. A god will return When the earth and sky converge Under the black sun In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscr... continue

56.

Blackass : A Novel by A. Igoni Barrett EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Nigeria flag Nigeria
Description:
"First published in 2015 by Chatto & Windus, an imprint of Vintage/ Penguin Random House UK, London"--Title page verso.

57.

Born of the Sun : A Namibian Novel by Joseph Diescho EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Namibia flag Namibia
Description:
This is the revealing story of a dispossessed black majority forced to work in the gold and diamond mines of Namibia and South Africa. (Back cover).

58.

Bottled Goods by Sophie van Llewyn EN

Rating: 4 (4 votes)
Country: Europe / Romania flag Romania
Description:
When Alina's brother-in-law defects to the West, she and her husband become persons of interest to the secret services, causing both of their careers to come grinding to a halt. As the strain takes its toll on their marriage, Alina turns to her aunt for help the wife of a communist leader and a secret practitioner of the old folk ways. Set in 1970s communist Romania, Sophie van Llewyn's novella-in-flash draws upon magic realism to weave a tale of everyday troubles, that cant be put down.

59.

Brotherhood by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr EN

Rating: 3 (2 votes)
Country: Africa / Senegal flag Senegal
Description:
La 4e de couv. indique : "Under the regime of the so-called Brotherhood, two young people are publicly executed for having loved each other. In response, their mothers begin a secret correspondence, their only outlet for the grief they share and each woman's personal reckoning with a leadership that would take her beloved child's life. In this brilliant analysis of tyranny and brutality, Mbougar Sarr explores the ways in which resistance and heroism can often give way to cowardice, all while giving voice to the moral ambiguities and personal struggles involved in each of his characters' search... continue

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Bunyoro : An African Kingdom by John Beattie EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
Description:
This study examines the conflicts that arise when a feudal and bureaucratic administration struggles against the influences of European and traditional standards of behaviour.