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1	Color Purple more books like this by Alice Walker Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Temple of My Familiar more books like this by Alice Walker (Read by) Walker's novel spans 500,000 years as it tells the story of men and women in Europe, Africa, and America--their spiritual lives and their attempts to comprehend their worlds. The plot centers on an aging, much-victimized woman and the young American rock musician for whom she creates feathered costumes; the two fall passionately in love, finding ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Possessing the Secret of Joy more books like this by Alice Walker After undergoing a brutal procedure of female genital mutilation in Africa, the main character of this novel immigrates to the United States and descends into a world of madness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens: Womanist Prose more books like this by Alice Walker A collection of essays, lectures, articles, and reviews that Walker wrote between 1966 and 1982. The title essay advocates seeking out the creative spark that racism and sexism extinguished in earlier generations of women and people of color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Third Life of Grange Copeland more books like this by Alice Walker In Alice Walker's first novel, three generations of black sharecroppers struggle to free themselves from oppressive white land owners, and to break the cycle of violence by black men against black women that is only abetted by the injustice and oppression they live under. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Color Purple M more books like this by Alice Walker Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $63.69! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Meridian more books like this by Alice Walker Meridian Hill is a young woman at an Atlanta college attempting to find her place in the revolution for racial and social equality. She discovers the limits beyond which she will not go for the cause, but despite her decision not to follow the path of some of her peers, she makes significant sacrifices in order to further her beliefs. Working in a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Warrior Marks: Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women more books like this by Alice Walker In her bestselling novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, Walker opened the door to a long-hidden secret by bringing female genital multilation to prominence. This book--based on Parmer's extraordinary film--chronicles the authors' journey together, from California to England to Africa, to interview the people concerned with and affected by this ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart more books like this by Alice Walker Kate Talkingtree, an African-American feminist writer who has made it big, decides to join an all-female rafting trip down the Colorado. There she has an epiphany, and when she returns home she eschews sex with her lover, eventually signing on for another trip, this one down the Amazon. There she encounters The Grandmother, who helps her see that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	By the Light of My Father's Smile more books like this by Alice Walker A book about a violent father and his two daughters, and the reconciliations they achieve after years of misunderstanding and pain. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	In Love & Trouble: Stories of Black Women more books like this by Alice Walker This collection of short fiction, which is heavily influenced by the folkloric stories of Zora Neale Hurston, provide glimpses into the lives of a variety of African-American women. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Way Forward is with a Broken Heart more books like this by Alice Walker This collection of fiction is heavily autobiographical, and includes a story about the activities of Walker and her first husband, a Jewish lawyer, in the civil rights movement, and a remembrance of a great-aunt who was a former slave. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism more books like this by Alice Walker This collection of personal essays includes Walker's thoughts on Winnie Mandela, Zora Neale Hurston, her daughter, female genital mutilation in Africa, her critics, and the Million Man March. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	You can't keep a good woman down more books like this by Alice Walker A natural evolution from the earlier, much-acclaimed short story collection "In Love & Trouble," these fourteen provocative and often humorous stories show women oppressed but not defeated. No longer do they excuse the aggression of others; no longer are they suspended in their unhappy condition. The women here claim every bit of space they make. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Daughter of earth more books like this by Agnes Smedley A precious, priceless book-from the foreword by Alice Walker "An entire society is limned in the pages of this book.... The power of "Daughter of Earth" lies in the erotic heat which informs every page of the book, erotic in the original Greek sense of life force."-Vivian Gornick, "The Village Voice" Suggested for course use in: U.S. literature ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.46! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Her Blue Body Everything We Know: Earthling Poems 1965-1990 Complete more books like this by Alice Walker This anthology of Alice Walker's poems over a 30-year period also includes Walker's prose thoughts on her development as a poet. Poems include "Ballad Of The Brown Girl," "Chic Freedom's Reflection," "The Nature Of This Flower Is To Bloom," and "Some Things I Like About My Triple Bloods." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Same River Twice: Honoring the Difficult more books like this by Alice Walker By using journal entries, letters from fans and critics, media commentary, and fragments of her own script, Alice Walker recounts and appraises the years surrounding the making of THE COLOR PURPLE into the Steven Spielberg film. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	To Hell with Dying more books like this by Alice Walker, Catherine Deeter (Illustrator) For a happy few of us there is the good fortune of having had a Mr. Sweet in our childhood. Someone who erases the boundaries between children and adults, whose praise makes us strong--and whose love teaches us what love really is. The luminous full-color paintings are alive with the tender joy of the story. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Double Stitch: Black Women Write about Mothers and Daughters more books like this by Patricia Bell-Scott (Editor), Scott Patricia Bell, Dr. Maya Angelou (Photographer) Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, and Sonia Sanchez are among the contributors to this volume about the struggles, the turmoil, and particularly the special bond between mothers and daughters. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth: New Poems more books like this by Alice Walker These poems by Alice Walker affirm her faith in humanity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Finding the Green Stone more books like this by Alice Walker, Catherine Deeter (Illustrator) Johnny lives in a town where every person has their own iridescent green stone. Due to mean-spirited behavior, Johnny looses his stone and the entire community rallies around to help him find it. However, Johnny eventually realizes that it is up to him alone to recover his goodness and find the stone. Illustrated with acrylic paintings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Living by the Word more books like this by Alice Walker These essays record Alice Walker's journey from her self-imposed isolation in the mountains of California to write THE COLOR PURPLE back to more worldly concerns, particularly her concern for the environment. Walker explicates her belief in the potential of efforts at environmental protection to unite all classes and races. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Langston Hughes, American Poet more books like this by Alice Walker A picture book biography of poet Langston Hughes. Color illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World more books like this by Paola Gianturco, Toby Tuttle, Alice Walker (Foreword by) Authors Paola Gianturco and Toby Tuttle have spent five years photographing, interviewing, and writing about craftswomen for "In Her Hands: Craftswomen Changing the World. The artisans' individual voices are heard throughout the book as the authors describe their encounters with the craftswomen; amusing, affecting journal entries relate to the ... see all copies from $2.63! new only from $6.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting for: Light in a Time of Darkness more books like this by Alice Walker Walker, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Color Purple," draws on her deep spiritual grounding, her political conviction and experience, and her literary gifts to offer a series of meditations filled with wisdom, hope, encouragement, and serenity. see all copies from $5.97! new only from $11.00! \| first editions \| SVS

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