Maya Angelou

The author's memoir of growing up black in the 1930s and 1940s.

Interweaving past and present to tell the story of the artists and free-thinkers who flocked to New York's Greenwich Village and helped change the political and artistic course of America.

In this updated edition, Gayle King introduces brand new notes from: Tracy Morgan, Heather Duckworth, Adam Rippon, François Clemmons, Tammy Duckworth, Alexis Ohanian, and Alex Honnold! Gayle King shares her favorite inspiring letters from the popular CBS This Morning segment Note to Self, in which twenty-first century luminaries pen advice and encouragement to the young people they once were. What do Congressman John Lewis, Dr. Ruth, and Kermit...

A troubled single mother from a tough Chicago neighborhood is sent to spend a summer at her family's ancestral home in rural Mississippi. With the support and wisdom of her hardworking uncle, she finally sees a way to reverse her life's downward slide.