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1) I know why the caged bird sings

Author

Angelou, Maya

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Find Your Voice - Memoirs

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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The author and poet recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums. "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 right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother...

2) A song flung up to heaven

Author

Angelou, Maya

Pub. Date

c2002

Physical Desc

212 p. ; 22 cm.

3) My life in dog years

Author

Paulsen, Gary

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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The author describes some of the dogs that have had special places in his life, including his first dog, Snowball, in the Phillippines; Dirk, who protected him from bullies; and Cookie, who saved his life.

4) Seducing the demon: writing for my life

Author

Jong, Erica

Pub. Date

c2006

Physical Desc

viii, 279 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

5) Deep down: the new sensual writing by women

Pub. Date

c1988

Physical Desc

xii, 330 p. ; 22 cm.

6) Rascal

Author

North, Sterling

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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The author recalls his carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.

7) Even more monologues for women by women

Pub. Date

c2001

Physical Desc

xxix, 162 p. ; 22 cm.

8) Author talk: conversations with Judy Blume ...

Pub. Date

c2000

Physical Desc

103 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

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Presents interviews with fifteen well-known children's writers, including Judy Blume, Karen Cushman, Russell Freedman, James Howe, Lois Lowry, Gary Paulsen, and Laurence Yep.

9) Underfoot in show business

Author

Hanff, Helene

Pub. Date

c1980

Physical Desc

177 p. ; 22 cm.

10) In search of our mothers' gardens: womanist prose

Author

Walker, Alice

Pub. Date

c1983

Physical Desc

xviii, 397 p. ; 22 cm.

11) Reading, writing, and leaving home: life on the page

Author

Freed, Lynn

Pub. Date

c2005

Physical Desc

237 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

12) Bring me a unicorn: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928

Author

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

Pub. Date

[c1972]

Physical Desc

xxv, 259 p. illus. 22 cm.

13) Writing about your life: a journey into the past

Author

Zinsser, William Knowlton

Pub. Date

c2004

Physical Desc

228 p. ; 22 cm.

14) From our house: a memoir

Author

Martin, Lee

Pub. Date

c2000

Physical Desc

192 p. ; 21 cm.

15) Epilogue: a memoir

Author

Roiphe, Anne Richardson

Pub. Date

c2008

Physical Desc

214 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

16) Not that you asked: rants, exploits, and obsessions

Author

Almond, Steve

Pub. Date

c2007

Physical Desc

xiv, 288 p. ; 22 cm.

17) Bigmama's

Author

Crews, Donald

Pub. Date

c1991

Physical Desc

1 v (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x26 cm.

Description

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Visiting Bigmama's house in the country, young Donald Crews finds his relatives full of news and the old place and its surroundings just the same as the year before.

18) Blue at the mizzen

Author

O'Brian, Patrick

Series

Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin novels volume 20
Aubrey/Maturin novels
Aubrey and Maturin

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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Napoleon has been defeated at Waterloo, but the ensuing peace becomes ugly for Captain Jack Aubrey, with violent celebrations of the English sailors in Gibraltar and the desertion of nearly half his crew. To cap it all off, the Surprise is nearly sunk in a shattering night collision on the first leg of her journey to South America, where Jack and Stephen are to help Chile assert her independence from Spain. The delay for repairs reaps a harvest of...

19) You alone are real to me: remembering Rainer Maria Rilke

Author

Andreas-Salomé, Lou

Series

American reader volume 6

Pub. Date

c2003

Physical Desc

145 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

20) Disaster preparedness

Author

Havrilesky, Heather

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

239 p. ; 22 cm.

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1) I know why the caged bird sings

2) A song flung up to heaven

3) My life in dog years

4) Seducing the demon: writing for my life

5) Deep down: the new sensual writing by women

6) Rascal

7) Even more monologues for women by women

8) Author talk: conversations with Judy Blume ...

9) Underfoot in show business

10) In search of our mothers' gardens: womanist prose

11) Reading, writing, and leaving home: life on the page

12) Bring me a unicorn: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928

13) Writing about your life: a journey into the past

14) From our house: a memoir

15) Epilogue: a memoir

16) Not that you asked: rants, exploits, and obsessions

17) Bigmama's

18) Blue at the mizzen

19) You alone are real to me: remembering Rainer Maria Rilke

20) Disaster preparedness

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