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The poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.

Hardcover:

9781844088188 | Gardners Books, August 2, 2012, cover price $21.55
9780375507892 | Reissue edition (Random House Inc, February 1, 2002), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: The poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.
9780679449898 | Reissue edition (Random House Inc, April 1, 1997), cover price $20.00
9780394429861 | Reissue edition (Random House Inc, April 1, 1996), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A black woman recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas teenage days in northern slums
9780851193397 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, October 1, 1985), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Superbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in Arkansas - a world of which most Americans are ignorant.

Paperback:

9780812980028 | Random House Inc, April 21, 2009, cover price $17.00
9780553380019 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, May 1, 1997, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The author recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums
9780553541694 | Bantam Books, July 1, 1994, cover price $6.99
9780553279375 | Bantam Books, August 1, 1991, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: A black woman recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.
9780553225471 | Ballantine Books, June 1, 1982, cover price $10.01 | About this edition: A Black woman recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums
2 other edition(s) in this binding (see all)

Miscellaneous:

9780307477729 | Random House Inc, July 21, 2010, cover price $6.99
9781588369253 | Random House Inc, April 21, 2009, cover price $17.00

CD/Spoken Word:

9781405501590 | Abridged edition (Gardners Books, August 3, 2006), cover price $26.50 | About this edition: * The first and best-loved volume of Maya Angelou's bestselling six-volume autobiography * Read by Maya Angelou herself

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780676736335 | Abridged edition (Random House, April 1, 1996), cover price $18.00
9780394558127 | Random House, April 12, 1987, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: In the first volume of an extraordinary autobiographical series, one of the most inspiring authors of our time recalls--with candor, humor, poignancy and grace--how her journey began.
9780394553696 | Abridged edition (Random House, February 1, 1986), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: The author and poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.

Reinforced:

9780606035743 | Demco Media, August 1, 1991, cover price $14.55 | About this edition: A Black woman recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums

Prebinding:

9781439568811 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $24.00
9780808510574 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: A black woman recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums.

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The African American author describes her move to New York from California, her growing involvement in the literary movement of the city, and her relationship with her son, Guy

Hardcover:

9781568955018 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, November 1, 1997), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: The African American author describes her move to New York from California, her growing involvement in the literary movement of the city, and her relationship with her son, Guy
9780676533811 | Random House Inc, May 1, 1997, cover price $20.00
9780375500725 | Random House Inc, May 1, 1997, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: In the fourth volume of her autobiography, the author describes her experiences as a singer-dancer in New York and her impressions of the Civil Rights movement
9780136662808, titled "Physical Chemistry: Principles and Applications in Biological Sciences" | 2nd edition (Prentice Hall, February 1, 1985), cover price $67.83 | also contains Physical Chemistry: Principles and Applications in Biological Sciences
9780394512730 | Random House Inc, September 1, 1981, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Angelou's fourth autobiographical volume proceeds from her departure from California with her son, Guy, through her early years in Harlem and the civil-rights movement, to London and Cairo and the breakup of her marriage

Paperback:

9780812980325 | Random House Inc, April 21, 2009, cover price $16.00
9780553380095 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, May 1, 1997, cover price $14.00 | About this edition: In the fourth volume of her autobiography, the author describes her experiences as a singer-dancer in New York and her impressions of the Civil Rights movement
9780553246896 | Bantam Books, December 1, 1990, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: In the fourth volume of her autobiography, the author describes her experiences as a singer-dancer in New York and her impressions of the Civil Rights movement

CD/Spoken Word:

9780375420184 | Abridged edition (Random House, November 1, 2001), cover price $22.95

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780679460978 | Random House, May 1, 1997, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Angelou's fourth autobiographical volume proceeds from her departure from California with her son, Guy, through her early years in Harlem and the civil-rights movement, to London and Cairo and the breakup of her marriage.

Reinforced:

9780606038065 | Demco Media, December 1, 1990, cover price $15.10 | About this edition: In the fourth volume of her autobiography, the author describes her experiences as a singer-dancer in New York and her impressions of the Civil Rights movement

Prebinding:

9781439514320 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, July 10, 2008), cover price $15.99
9780808511885 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $17.20 | About this edition: In the fourth volume of her autobiography, the author describes her experiences as a singer-dancer in New York and her impressions of the Civil Rights movement

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Product Description: The Naked Soul searches the artist's soul in a collection of personal essays that are full of passion and razor sharp perception.

Paperback:

9780870679988, titled "The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim" | Reissue edition (Holloway House Pub Co, June 1, 2000), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: The Naked Soul searches the artist's soul in a collection of personal essays that are full of passion and razor sharp perception.
9780870679803, titled "The Naked Soul of Iceberg Slim" | Reissue edition (Holloway House Pub Co, June 1, 1986), cover price $6.99 | About this edition: The Naked Soul searches the artist's soul in a collection of personal essays that are full of passion and razor sharp perception.
9780870677588 | Holloway House Pub Co, June 1, 1971, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: [Read by Bobby Spears Jr.

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The author discusses his struggle with a series of devastating personal setbacks that kept him from writing and his current reemergence at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop

Hardcover:

9780684834658 | Simon & Schuster, January 1, 1998, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: The author discusses his struggle with a series of devastating personal setbacks that kept him from writing and his current reemergence at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop

Paperback:

9780684847962 | Free Pr, January 1, 1999, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The author discusses his struggle with a series of devastating personal setbacks that kept him from writing and his current reemergence at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop

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An examination of the African-American experience as it impacts father-son relationships describes how race and racism served to estrange Wideman from his own father. Reprint. 20,000 first printing. Tour.

Hardcover:

9780679407201 | Pantheon Books, September 1, 1994, cover price $21.00 | About this edition: Provides a memoir that explores the roots of identity, the complexities of family relationships, and the struggle to heal in the face of familial estrangement and racial ideology

Paperback:

9780679737513 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, August 29, 1995), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Provides a memoir that explores the roots of identity, the complexities of family relationships, and the struggle to heal in the face of familial estrangement and racial ideology

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An account of the author's childhood in a small North Carolina farming village evokes a lost world of rural community experiences while describing a coming-of-age awareness of racism that leads to a painful confrontation. Reprint. LJ. NYT.

Hardcover:

9780880012935 | Ecco Pr, February 1, 1993, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: The author recounts his experiences growing up in the rural South in the 1940s and 1950s, his relationship with the aunt and uncle who raised him, the colorful characters populating his small town, and his growing awareness of racism

Paperback:

9780880014144 | Reprint edition (Ecco Pr, July 1, 1995), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: An account of the author's childhood in a small North Carolina farming village evokes a lost world of rural community experiences while describing a coming-of-age awareness of racism that leads to a painful confrontation.

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