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Poet Maya Angelou chronicles her early life, focusing on her childhood in 1930s rural Arkansas, including her rape at the age of five, her subsequent years of muteness, and the strength she gained from her grandmother and Mrs. Bertha Flowers, a respected African-American woman in her town.

Harry Bernstein recounts his difficult childhood in Depression-era Chicago and New York, where his mother dreamed of a better life for her family.

"Published on the 200th anniversary of his death, [this book] is an unprecedented portrait of the emperor seen through his engagement with the natural world. One of the greatest generals in history, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) has for centuries attracted great male writers, who invariably identify with him. [The author] rejects the shibboleth of the "Great Man" theory of history, instead following the dramatic trajectory of Napoleon's life through gardens, parks, and forests, not through his battlefields [and] frames the general's life through the green spaces he created and the diverse cast of scientists, architects, family members, and gardeners who stood in the shadows of his meteoric rise and fall. His dealings with these people offer unguarded and unusual opportunities to see how Napoleon grafted the worst corruption of the Ancien R?gime into a new French Empire."--Provided by publisher.

Autobiography covering the childhood of a woman who has been a professional dancer, actress, poet, journalist, and television producer.

A graphic novel interpretation of Henry David Thoreau's "Walden," featuring the actual words from the text in which Thoreau describes his experiment in simple living.

Traces the history of Walden Pond, the Massachusetts pond made famous by Thoreau more than 150 years ago, detailing the geography of the pond, Thoreau's and Emerson's experiences of Walden over their lifetimes, the growth of the pond as a site of spiritual and literary pilgrimages, and the battle to protect the pond from developers.

The author chronicles his life from age twelve to sixteen, living in the bizarre home of his mother's psychiatrist, where he was sexually abused by the doctor's thirty-three-year-old adopted son.

Thoreau details his solitary and simple life on the shores of Walden Pond.

Collects the autobiographical writings of Alma Flor Ada. Presented in Spanish.

Thoreau discusses his philosophy of life and observations of nature written while spending two years in a cabin on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts.