The Heart of a Woman (Oprah's Book Club) (Hardcover)
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All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes List Price $11.00 - Our Price $8.95 - Paperback
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I Shall Not Be Moved
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Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats
by Michael Cunningham, Craig Marberry,
Maya Angelou
Price $19.25 - Hardcover - Doubleday; (October 17, 2000)
Book Description
Countless black women would rather attend church naked than
hatless. For these women, a church hat, flamboyant as it may be, is no mere
fashion accessory; it's a cherished African American custom, one observed with
boundless passion by black women of various religious denominations. A woman's
hat speaks long before its wearer utters a word. It's what Deirdre Guion calls
"hattitude...there's a little more strut in your carriage when you wear a
nice hat. There's something special about you." If a hat says a lot about a
person, it says even more about a people-the customs they observe, the symbols
they prize, and the fashions they fancy.
Photographer Michael Cunningham beautifully captures the self-expressions of
women of all ages-from young glamorous women to serene but stylish grandmothers.
Award-winning journalist Craig Marberry provides an intimate look at the women
and their lives. Together they've captured a captivating custom, this wearing of
church hats, a peculiar convergence of faith and fashion that keeps the Sabbath
both holy and glamorous.
A Song Flung Up to Heaven Discounted Book Description Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas Price $6.99 - Mass Market As the book opens, Maya, in order to support herself and her
young son, gets a job in a record shop run by a white woman. Suspicious of
almost any kindness shown her, she is particularly confused by the special
attentions of a young white customer. Soon the relationship grows into love and
then marriage, and Maya believes a permanent relationship is finally possible.
But it is not to be, and she is again forced to look for work.
This time she finds a job as a dancer in a sleazy San
Francisco bar. Her remarkable talent, however, soon brings her attention of a
different kind, and before long she is singing in one of the most popular
nightclubs on the coast. From there, she is called to New York to join the cast
of Porgy and Bess, which is just about to begin another tour abroad.
The troupe's joyous and dramatic adventure through Italy,
France, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Egypt becomes the centerpiece of Singin' and
Swingin'. This remarkable portrayal of one of the most exciting and talented
casts ever put together, and of the encounters between these larger-than-life
personalities and audiences who had rarely seen black people before, makes a
hilarious and poignant story. The excitement of the journey -- full of
camaraderie, love affairs, and memorable personalities -- is dampened only by
Maya's nagging guilt that she has once again abandoned the person she loves most
in life, her son.
Back home, and driven close to suicide by her guilt and
concern, she takes her son with her to Hawaii, where she discovers that devotion
and love, in spite of forced absence, have the power to heal and sustain.
As always, Maya Angelou's writing is charged with that
remarkable sense of life and love and unique celebration of the human condition
that have won her such a loyal following. Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
The publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell
Publishing Group, Inc.
Even the Stars Look Lonesome Book Description
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Price $23.95 - Our Price $16.95 - Hardcover
The culmination of a unique achievement in modern American
literature: the six volumes of autobiography that began more than thirty years
ago with the appearance of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
A Song Flung Up to Heaven opens as Maya Angelou returns from Africa to
the United States to work with Malcolm X. But first she has to journey to
California to be reunited with her mother and brother. No sooner does she arrive
there than she learns that Malcolm X has been assassinated.
Devastated, she tries to put her life back together, working on the stage in
local theaters and even conducting a door-to-door survey in Watts. Then Watts
explodes in violence, a riot she describes firsthand.
Subsequently, on a trip to New York, she meets Martin Luther King, Jr., who asks
her to become his coordinator in the North, and she visits black churches all
over America to help support King’s Poor People’s March.
But once again tragedy strikes. King is assassinated, and this time Angelou
completely withdraws from the world, unable to deal with this horrible event.
Finally, James Baldwin forces her out of isolation and insists that she
accompany him to a dinner party—where the idea for writing I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings is born. In fact, A Song Flung Up to Heaven ends as
Maya Angelou begins to write the first sentences of Caged Bird.
In this third self-contained volume of
her autobiography, which began with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya
Angelou moves into the adult world, and the white world as well, as she marries,
enters show business, and tours Europe and Africa in Porgy and Bess.
Price $11.90 - Hardcover
Maya Angelou, one of the best-loved authors of our time,
shares the wisdom of a remarkable life in this best-selling spiritual classic.
This is Maya Angelou talking from the heart, down to earth and real, but also
inspiring. This is a book to treasured, a book about being in all ways a woman,
about living well, about the power of the word, and about the power do
spirituality to move and shape your life. Passionate, lively, and lyrical, Maya
Angelou's latest unforgettable work offers a gem of truth on every page.--This
text refers to the Paperback edition.
Price $11.00 - Paperback
This wise book is the wonderful
continuation of the best-selling Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now.
Even the Stars Look Lonesome is Maya Angelou talking of the things she cares
about most. In her unique, spellbinding way, she re-creates intimate personal
experiences and gives us her wisdom on a wide variety of subjects. She tells us
how a house can both hurt its occupants and heal them. She talks about Africa.
She gives us a profile of Oprah. She enlightens us about age and sexuality. She
confesses to the problems fame brings and shares with us the indelible lessons
she has learned about rage and violence. And she sings the praises of
sensuality.
Even the Stars Look Lonesome imparts the lessons of a lifetime.
Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou
The Maya Angelou Poetry Collection,
Boxed Set (Audiobook)
Gather Together in My Name