The Resource Book Club in a Box : I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
Book Club in a Box : I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
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The item Book Club in a Box : I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Book Club in a Box : I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- In this, the celebrated, bestselling first volume of her autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American South of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover. As a black woman, Maya Angelou has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope and joy, celebration and achievement; loving the world, she also knows its cruelty
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 10 volumes (309 pages, 20cm);
- Note
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- Originally published: New York: Random House, 1969; London: Virago, 1984
- 10 volumes, 3 information sheets (current terms and conditions, discussion questions, tips to run a book club) in a plastic tub with lid
- Isbn
- 9780860685111
- Label
- Book Club in a Box : I know why the caged bird sings
- Title
- Book Club in a Box
- Title remainder
- I know why the caged bird sings
- Statement of responsibility
- Maya Angelou
- Subject
-
- trueSouthern States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- trueAfrican American authors -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueAfrican American women authors -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs
- trueAngelou, Maya
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAfrican American authors -- Biography
- trueIntersectionality
- trueSouthern States -- Race relations
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Angelou, Maya -- Childhood and youth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this, the celebrated, bestselling first volume of her autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American South of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover. As a black woman, Maya Angelou has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope and joy, celebration and achievement; loving the world, she also knows its cruelty
- Summary
- A black woman recalls the anguish of her childhood in Arkansas and her adolescence in northern slums
- Award
- YALSA 100 Best Books, 1950-2000
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 184122
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Angelou, Maya
- Dewey number
- B
- Index
- no index present
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 1010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Virago modern classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Angelou, Maya
- African American authors
- African American women authors
- Southern States
- Southern States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Book Club in a Box : I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
- Note
-
- Originally published: New York: Random House, 1969; London: Virago, 1984
- 10 volumes, 3 information sheets (current terms and conditions, discussion questions, tips to run a book club) in a plastic tub with lid
- Accompanying material
- 3 information sheets.
- Control code
- 000049656869
- Dimensions
- in plastic box 35 x 28 x 14cm +
- Extent
- 10 volumes (309 pages, 20cm);
- Isbn
- 9780860685111
- System control number
- (OCoLC)792748032
- Label
- Book Club in a Box : I know why the caged bird sings, Maya Angelou
- Note
-
- Originally published: New York: Random House, 1969; London: Virago, 1984
- 10 volumes, 3 information sheets (current terms and conditions, discussion questions, tips to run a book club) in a plastic tub with lid
- Accompanying material
- 3 information sheets.
- Control code
- 000049656869
- Dimensions
- in plastic box 35 x 28 x 14cm +
- Extent
- 10 volumes (309 pages, 20cm);
- Isbn
- 9780860685111
- System control number
- (OCoLC)792748032
Subject
- trueAfrican American authors -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAfrican American authors -- Biography
- trueAfrican American women authors -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAngelou, Maya
- Angelou, Maya -- Childhood and youth
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueIntersectionality
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- trueSouthern States -- Race relations
- trueSouthern States -- Social conditions -- 1945-
- trueUnited States -- Social life and customs
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