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Autobiografie Maya AngelouSéria

Táto pozoruhodná séria autobiografických zväzkov sleduje životnú cestu jednej z najvplyvnejších amerických spisovateliek a básničiek. Sledujeme jej rané roky poznačené rasizmom a osobnými traumami, jej boj za sebaurčenie a napokon jej triumfálny vzostup k literárnej sláve. Knihy sú plné sily, múdrosti a hlbokého vhľadu do ľudskej duše, ponúkajúc inšpiratívny pohľad na odolnosť ducha.

Mom and Me and Mom
Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
A Song Flung Up to Heaven
The Heart of a Woman
Gather together in my name
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