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I know why the caged bird sings - Maya Angelou
Amazon.com ReviewIn this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independe... -
How Did You Get This Number (Ji - Sloane Crosley
From Publishers WeeklyNine thoughtful, unfussy essays by the author of the collection I Was Told There'd Be Cake navigate around illusions of youth in the hope that by young adult.... -
Hickory Dickory Dock - Agatha Christie
SUMMARY:There's more than petty theft going on in a London youth hostel...An outbreak of kleptomania at a student hostel was not normally the sort of crime that aroused Herc... -
Ham On Rye - Charles Bukowski
In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice of alter ego Henry Chinaski.... -
Goodbye, Darkness_ A Memoir of - William Manchester
Product DescriptionThe nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily dem... -
Bird Eating Bird_ Poems - Kristin Naca
From Publishers WeeklyVigorous, self-assured, self-consciously youthful and proudly bilingual, Naca's debut should get many times the attention afforded most poets' first books. Po... -
A Nameless Witch - A. Lee Martinez
EDITORIAL REVIEW: A tale of vengeance, true love, and cannibalism Being born undead can have its disadvantages, such as eternal youth and flawless beauty ---things most unsuitable ... -
700 Sundays - Billy Crystal
SUMMARY: A memoir based on the Emmy-nominated actor's Broadway play is a humorous and poignant portrayal of his youth that describes his experiences of growing up in a family heade...