New cover reissue of Maya Angelou's first and possibly best-loved volume of her autobiography. One of America's most important classics, it ties in with Angelou's new poetry anthology "Celebrations". von Angelou, Maya

'In the first decade of the twentieth century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.' So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of...

A collection of nearly 300 quotes from the late author Maya Angelou, organised into themed sections. They range from sage advice and beautiful stanzas to humorous quips and observations, drawn from her published works and her social...

A collection of memoir, poetry and guidance from Angelou, addressed to a daughter she never had. Provides glimpses of the life that led her to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons about compassion and fortitude....

"Words mean more than what is set down on paper," Maya Angelou wrote in her groundbreaking memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Indeed, Angelou's words have traveled the world and transformed lives-inspiring, strengthening, healing....

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world...

A collection of beloved poems about women from the iconic Maya AngelouThese four poems, "Phenomenal Woman," "Still I Rise," "Weekend Glory," and "Our Grandmothers," are among the most remembered and acclaimed of Maya Angelou's poems....

A reissue of the third title in the bestselling autobiography series. In this volume, music and her son are the focus of her life and she is on the edge of a new world with marriage, show business and a triumphant tour of "Porgy & Bess"....