Maya Angelou (Boxed Set)

10 best books like Maya Angelou (Boxed Set) (Maya Angelou): The Wild Swans, The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop, Creative Visualization Meditations, The Tunnel: Selected Poems, The Serial Killers, Where the Souls Go, Fjords Vol.1, The Surrogate's Secret, Return to the City of White Donkeys, Ultramarine: Poems

The Wild Swans
AuthorHans Christian Andersen
ISBN1841481181
In this beautifully illustrated edition of the classic Hans Andersen fairy tale, The Wild Swans, translator Naomi Lewis tells the beautiful and soulful story of a young girl and her journey to find her lost brothers. Upon discovering that they have been transformed into swans, she sets off on a difficult...
The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop
AuthorKevin Coval
ISBN1608463958
Hip-Hop is the largest youth culture in the history of the planet rock. This is the first poetry anthology by and for the Hip-Hop generation.

It has produced generations of artists who have revolutionized their genre(s) by applying the aesthetic innovations of the culture. The BreakBeat...
AuthorShakti Gawain
ISBN1577312406

This audio book is very helpful. The author, herself reads this book. Unlike many authors, she is a very capable reader of her work. The suggestions in this book are effective, useful, and easy to do. The author recommends journaling exercises, meditations, and affirmations in order to manifest...
AuthorRussell Edson
ISBN0932440657


Never having done any creative writing as an adult, I took my first writing course many years ago, back when I was in my late thirties. I was given conventional short stories and poems as models but nothing really clicked with me, that is, I knew I wanted to write but wasn’t really inspired by...
AuthorColin Wilson
ISBN0863696155
An ordinary family house in a quiet West Country town - 25 Cromwell Street, Glouster. Now known throughout the world as the House of Horror: The home of Fred and Rosemary West and the scene of one of the most shocking cases of serial murder England has ever seen. United by acts of unimaginable cruelty, the...
AuthorAnn Hite
At the age of ten, Annie Todd finds not only is her mother quite mad but that Annie has inherited an unusual legacy. The ghost of a young girl visits Annie in her new home deep in the mountains of Western North Carolina, where Annie’s mother, Grace Jean, has hidden them away from the life they used to know....
AuthorZachary Schomburg
ISBN0984475257
Poetry. As one of the most exciting new voices in American poetry, Zachary Schomburg's previous books have enthralled thousands of readers with surreal landscapes populated by gorillas in people clothes, jaguars, plagues of hummingbirds, and even Abraham Lincoln. His poems have inspired art installations,...
AuthorMimi Barbour
Surrogate mother, Sheri O’Connor, loves her adorable twins. Since the donor parents were killed before their birth, she’s gladly taken on the responsibility to raise them herself. When their Chilean Uncle, Miguel Rivera, arrives with no warning, expecting to take them back to his country, she...
AuthorJames Tate
ISBN0060750022
In his fourteenth collection of poetry, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner James Tate continues exploring his own peculiar brand of poetry, transforming our everyday world, a world where women give birth to wolves, wild babies are found in gardens, and Saint Nick visits on a hot July day....
AuthorRaymond Carver
ISBN0394755359
Sick with exile, they yearn homeward now, their eyes turned to the ultramarine. . .

Here it is, early April, and I can tell you, with total confidence, that Ultramarine is the best in show, the best book of the year for me. The winner.

It is, simply put, one of the best books I've ever encountered...
AuthorDenis Johnson
ISBN0887481760
Raymond Carver said of The Incognito Lounge, Denis Johnson’s third and most widely acclaimed book of verse: The subject matter is harrowingly convincing, is nothing less than a close examination of the darker side of human conduct. Why do we act this way? Johnson asks. How should we act? His best poems...
AuthorBrett Fletcher Lauer
ISBN0670014796
One hundred poems. One hundred voices. One hundred different points of view.
 
Here is a cross-section of American poetry as it is right now—full of grit and love, sparkling with humor, searing the heart, smashing through boundaries on every page. Please Excuse This Poem features one hundred...
AuthorJessica Page Morrell
Effective storytelling stems from many elements, the most crucial of which are unseen or blended in so unobtrusively that they are difficult to spot and analyze. Still, they are necessary to the wholeness and coherence of a story–to create a work that lingers and resonates in the reader's imagination.In...
Ladder To The Moon
AuthorMaya Soetoro-Ng
ISBN0763645702
From Maya Soetoro-Ng, sister of President Obama, comes a lyrical story relaying the loving wisdom of their late mother to a young granddaughter she never met.

Little Suhaila wishes she could have known her grandma, who would wrap her arms around the whole world if she could, Mama says. And one...
Africa Must Unite
AuthorKwame Nkrumah
ISBN0717802965
This book, by a great PanAfricanist leader, sets out the case for the total liberation and unification of Africa. It is essential reading for all interested in world socio-economic developmental processes. Those who might have considered in 1963, when Africa Must Unite was first published, that...
Running in the Dark
AuthorInger Iversen
Trace’s job has always revolved around death. Trace is a Watcher, a position created assist to the undead to their final resting place without alerting humans of the vampire race. Whether his job is to witness the death of a fellow vampire or deal it, Trace has learned that being a Grim Reaper isn’t...
Veils and Vengeance
AuthorRachelle J. Christensen
ISBN0692462333
When wedding planner, Adrielle Pyper, goes to Hawaii to orchestrate a destination wedding, she isn't prepared for what she finds.
After the trauma of her previous event, the beautiful isle of Kauai is the perfect place for Adri to unwind and do what she does best – plan. She even lets herself indulge...
May Day: Poems
AuthorGretchen Marquette
ISBN1555977391
You arrive at my altar
with no idea

what it means to worship--to adore.
You haven't even learned it:

ecstasy and suffering
make the same face.

--from "The Offering"

May Day is both a distress call and a celebration of the arrival of spring. In this rich...
Maybe the Saddest Thing: Poems
AuthorMarcus Wicker
ISBN0062191020
Chances are, if you don't know about the clock-wearing, public enemy, Flavor Flav and how his lyrics contributed to the campaign against police brutality in America, you won't enjoy this collection.
You hosed down whole crowds
in loudmouth flame-retardant spit.
If you haven't been...
What I've Stolen, What I've Earned
AuthorSherman Alexie
ISBN1934909327
I’ve been a big fan of Sherman Alexie for decades. I think he is brilliant. What I’ve Stolen, What I’ve Earned is no exception. It is the winner of the National Book Award, and, of course, Alexie has won numerous awards for his writing. He is phenomenal at what he does. That being said, if you are an...
The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Cookbook: Heirloom fruits and vegetables, and more than 100 heritage recipes to inspire every generation
AuthorBrent Ridge
Welcome to Beekman 1802, in Sharon Springs, NY--the historic home of The Fabulous Beekman Boys, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge. Josh and Brent star in the popular show on Planet Green TV, and they have built a worldwide reputation for their goat's milk soaps and superb, artisanal Blaak cheese.


Together,...
In the Language of My Captor
AuthorShane McCrae
ISBN0819577111
Winner of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry (2017)

Acclaimed poet Shane McCrae's latest collection is a book about freedom told through stories of captivity. Historical persona poems and a prose memoir at the center of the book address the illusory freedom of both black and white Americans....
Green for Life
AuthorVictoria Boutenko
ISBN0970481969
In search of the perfect human diet, Victoria Boutenko compares the standard American diet with the diet of wild chimpanzees. Chimpanzees share an estimated 99.4% of genes with humans, but their diet is dramatically different from ours. The most glaring difference is that chimpanzees consume significantly...
Mummy’s Little Helper: The Heartrending True Story of a Young Girl Secretly Caring for Her Severely Disabled Mother
AuthorCasey Watson
The fifth book from bestselling author and specialist foster carer Casey Watson.


A recent census shows that there are at least 175,000 child carers in the UK, 13,000 of whom care for more than 50 hours a week. Many remain invisible to a system that would otherwise help them. Abigail is one...
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