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Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director, Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and then moved to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, she has also written a cookbook, Hallelujah! The Welcome Table, and five poetry collections, including I Shall Not Be Moved and Shaker, Why Don’t You Sing?

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All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: June 4, 1991
Price: $13.00

In 1962 the poet, musician, and performer Maya Angelou claimed another piece of her identity by moving to Ghana, joining a community of “Revolutionist Returnees” inspired by the promise of pan-Africanism. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes is her lyrical and acutely perceptive exploration of what it means to be an... Read more >

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Amazing Peace
A Christmas Poem
Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: December 1, 2005
Price: $9.95

In this beautiful, deeply moving poem, Maya Angelou inspires readers to embrace the peace and promise of Christmas, so that hope and love can once again light up our holidays and the world. “Angels and Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward,” she writes, “and speak the word aloud. Peace.”

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Amazing Peace
A Christmas Poem
Written by Maya Angelou


Format: eBook, 32 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: October 21, 2009
Price: $9.95

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Amazing Peace
A Christmas Poem
Written by Maya Angelou
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher


Format: Package, 40 pages
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $17.99

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Amazing Peace
A Christmas Poem
Written by Maya Angelou
Illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher


Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $20.99

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Also available as an unabridged audiobook download, eBook, hardcover and a package.

Amazing Peace
And Other Poems by Maya Angelou
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: December 1, 2005
Price: $5.00

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Also available as an eBook, hardcover, hardcover library binding and a package.

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And Still I Rise

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: August 12, 1978
Price: $15.00

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Also available as an unabridged audio CD and an unabridged audiobook download.

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And Still I Rise
A Selection of Poems Read by the Author
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio Voices
On Sale: August 28, 2001
Price: $12.00

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And Still I Rise

Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: November 29, 2005
Price: $6.00

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Also available as an unabridged audio CD and a hardcover.

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Celebrations
Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $16.95

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Also available as an unabridged audio CD and an unabridged audiobook download.

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Celebrations
Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou


Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $19.95

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Also available as an unabridged audiobook download and a hardcover.

Celebrations
Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 24, 2006
Price: $10.00

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Also available as an unabridged audio CD and a hardcover.

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Celebrations Book/CD Gift Set
Rituals of Peace and Prayer
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou


Format: Boxed Set
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: October 10, 2006
Price: $29.95

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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: eBook, 1184 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $40.00

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Also available as a hardcover.

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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Hardcover, 1184 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: September 21, 2004
Price: $40.00

Here, for the first time ever, a one-volume edition of all of Maya Angelou's celebrated and bestselling autobiographies.

Includes:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Gather Together in My Name
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
The Heart of a Woman
All God's Children Need Travelling... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: eBook, 288 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: January 21, 2009
Price: $25.95

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The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: September 13, 1994
Price: $25.95

Brought together for the first time, here are all of Angelou's published poems--including "On the Pulse of the Morning," her inaugural poem--in a handsome, collectible hardcover edition. The complete texts of Angelou's previous volumes of poetry--Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie; Oh Pray My Wings Are... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

Even the Stars Look Lonesome

Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: November 29, 2005
Price: $9.98

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Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.

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Even the Stars Look Lonesome

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: September 1, 1998
Price: $12.00

Available in paperback, Maya Angelou's most recent book Even the Stars Look Lonesome is a continuation of her celebrated Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now. In this new book, Angelou shares more vital lessons gleaned from intimate personal experiences and reveals insights into a wide variety of subjects. She tells... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download and a hardcover.

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Even the Stars Look Lonesome

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: August 5, 1997
Price: $18.00

This wise book is the wonderful continuation of the bestselling 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... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download and a trade paperback.

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Gather Together in My Name

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $15.00

Gather Together in My Name continues Maya Angelou’s personal story, begun so unforgettably in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The time is the end of World War II and there is a sense of optimism everywhere. Maya Angelou, still in her teens, has given birth to a son. But... Read more >
Also available as an eBook, hardcover and a paperback.

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Gather Together in My Name

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: January 1, 1985
Price: $6.50

The second book in Angelou’s series of autobiographies. The poet, still in her teens, gives birth to a son, tries to keep a job, chases after her kidnapped baby, and goes to work in a house of prostitution thinking she is helping the man she loves. Read more >
Also available as an eBook, hardcover and a trade paperback.

Gather Together in My Name

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: eBook
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $15.00

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Gather Together in My Name

Written by Maya Angelou


Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: April 12, 1974
Price: $20.00

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Hallelujah! The Welcome Table
A Lifetime of Memories
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou


Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
Publisher: Random House Audio
On Sale: September 21, 2004
Price: $9.95

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