Stories of Resilience in Childhood. The Narratives of Maya Angelou, Maxine Hong Kingston, Richard Rodriguez, John Edgar Wideman, and Tobias Wolff, Pap

What builds resilience in children? Originally published in 1997, this book is an effort to understand better what contributes to a child's "succes...

Reducere. Femeia-razboinic. Amintiri dintr-o copilarie petrecuta printre stafii Publicata in 1976, Femeia‑razboinic este o autofictiune de referinta, poveste...

Femeia-Razboinic - Maxine Hong Kingston

Reducere. Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace is a harvest of creative, redemptive storytelling-nonfiction, fiction, and poetry-spanning five wars and written...

In God's Gym, the celebrated author John Edgar Wideman offers stories that pulse with emotional electricity. The ten pieces here explore strength, ...

The Island Martinique - John Edgar Wideman

Among the many gifted African American authors who emerged in the 1970s and 80s, John Edgar Wideman is one of the most challenging and innovative. ...

Reducere. Stories from Palestine profiles Palestinians engaged in creative and productive pursuits in their everyday lives in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and t...

Reducere. Boston Book ReviewIn plague-ridden eighteenth-century Philadelphia, a young itinerant black preacher searches for a mysterious, endangered African ...

Reducere. A multilayered memoir of basketball, family, home, love, and race, John Edgar Wideman's Hoop Roots brings a touch of Proust to the blacktop (Time) ...

Reducere. One of John Wideman's most ambitious and celebrated works, the lyrical masterpiece and PEN/Faulkner winner inspired by the 1985 police bombing of t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John Edgar WidemanA philosopher, psychiatrist, and political activist, Frantz Fanon was a fierce, acute critic of racism an...

Reducere. A major literary figure tells ``a searching tale of loss, recovery, and deja vu that is part memoir and what-if speculation, part polemic and expos...

Reducere. Poeta, dramaturga, eseista, memorialista si militanta americana extrem de apreciata, Maya Angelou s-a nascut in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1928. Desi ...

Reducere. Tenderly, joyously, sometimes in sadness, sometimes in pain, Maya Angelou writes from the heart and celebrates life as only she has discovered it. ...

Reducere. A phenomenal read This book is an important and inspiring collection of poetry by over 50 great writers from different corners of the world, who ga...

Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher IncAuthor(s): Richard RodriguezNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 236 x 25Cover type:...

A stunning collection of all new stories from the twice winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award - essential reading for understanding the state of America...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Maya AngelouGrace, dignity, and eloquence have long been hallmarks of Maya Angelou's poetry. Her measured verses have stirr...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Louise JacksonIllustration(s): 41 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Tables, black and white; 41 Illustrat...

Six BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of Maya Angelou's evocative, extraordinary memoirs, starring Adjoa Andoh and Pippa Bennett-Warner The books that mak...

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the publication of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this beautiful biography of Maya Angelou describes ho...

* The fourth title in Maya Angelou's bestselling seven-volume autobiography.

Reducere. Vintage Classics American Gothic Series Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: John Richard TrayserJohn's book does a superb job of giving hope on how to prevent ACEs and has remarkable results for EVER...

Reducere. Around the Ides of March in 2020, it became clear that Rome would never be the same. The news turned ominous shades of fire, while emails and texts...

Reducere. Award NamePEN/Faulkner AwardAward categoryFictionDescriptionThe Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out t...

Evocative, funny and full of life, this is a beautifully written and well observed childhood memoir of growing up in colonial Hong Kong shortly aft...

Reducere. "TRUE nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?" And so begins "The Tell-Tale Heart", that comp...

DescriptionEver wondered why little children love listening to stories, why older ones get lost in certain books? In this enthralling work, Maria T...

Reducere. The search for the real historical person known as John the Baptist and the traditions that began with him - Explores why John the Baptist is so cr...

Reducere. Throughout her illustrious career in letters, Maya Angelou gifted, healed, and inspired the world with her words. Now the beauty and spirit of thos...

Collection of new and classic stories from one of America's greatest writers. 21 classic stories, and 10 new ones, spanning 3 decades.