Item category 2: Black & Asian Interests

Originally published in 1901, this is a secret-service story of a boy's dream world set in British India.

Etsuko, a Japanese woman, is living alone in England. As she contemplates the suicide of her daughter she retreats into the past and finds herself reliving a particular hot summer in Nagasaki as she and her friends tried to build a life together.

This narrative explores the origins and impact of Ali's dramatic public stands on race and the draft. It traces his interaction with the evolving black liberation and anti-war movements and encounters with leading figures.

The York Notes series covers major works from medieval to modern English literature, and classic and contemporary works from Europe, America, the Commonwealth and the Third World.

Reissued, this is the 3rd volume in the Maya Angelou's autobiography. In this volume, music and her son are the focus of her life. She is on the edge of a new world - marriage, show business and a triumphant tour of "Porgy and Bess".

A selection of poems by Maya Angelou, including her inaugural poem for President Clinton, "On the Pulse of the Morning". Other work by the author includes "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", "Gather Together in My Name", and "I Wouldn't Give Nothing for My Journey Now".