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Books

Make the Connection: Ten Steps to a Better Body--And a Better Life by Bob Greene (Introduction), Oprah Winfrey, Bob Green, Julie Johnson (Illustrator)
Oprah Winfrey: The Soul and Spirit of a Superstar

In the Kitchen With Rosie: Oprah's Favorite Recipes by Rosie Daley, Oprah Winfrey (Introduction)

Oprah Winfrey: Media Success Story (The Achievers) by Anne Saidman

Oprah Winfrey (Biography) by Katherine Krohn

Oprah Winfrey: "I Don't Believe In Failure" by Robin Westen

Reading With Oprah: The Book Club That Changed America by Kathleen Rooney

Oprah Winfrey (Just the Facts Biographies) by Katherine Krohn, Martha Cosgrove

Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery : An Essay on Popular Culture by Eva Illouz

Oprah Winfrey : A Biography by Helen S. Garson

The Gospel According To Oprah by Marcia Z. Nelson
 

 

Videos

Oprah: Make The Connection...It's About Changing Your Life
Native Son

About Us: The Dignity of Children

Begin With Love
 

 

Books

Oprah Winfrey: Entertainer (Melrose Square Black American Series) by Marianne Ruuth
Oprah! by Robert Waldron

Oprah Winfrey: Success With an Open Heart by Tanya Lee Stone

Oprah Winfrey (People in the News) by Judith Janda Presnall

Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insights from the World's Most Influential Voice by Janet Lowe (Author)

Oprah Winfrey: Talk Show Legend (African-American Biographies) by Sara McIntosh Wooten

Learning About Assertiveness from the Life of Oprah Winfrey (Character Building Book) by Kristin Ward

Meet Oprah Winfrey (A Bullseye Biography) by Audreen Buffalo

Oprah Winfrey (Breaking Barriers) by Jill C. Wheeler

Up Close: Oprah Winfrey by Ilene Cooper
 


Divas - The Site appreciates your votes and comments. Here are some of the little gems you chose to share with us.

 

Mary (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is a real motivation. She makes people dream, try and work extra hard and do things that they would not have if she wasn't there to emulate. Just like we aim at the moon so we can land at the stars. Long live Oprah!"

Wetisby (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Anyone who became forever in pure divine love with Miss Ross, Miss Houston and Mother Nature could not help but wondrously follow suit even more passionately with  Ms. Winfrey. Can you even imagine who is next as they keep getting more divine? I can and it will be something to see, hear and behold and learn from with majesty. Isn't this aspect of life truly divine for all?"

Gladys (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She speaks with her soul."

Tykia (Denmark) on Oprah Winfrey
"... because I want her job!"

Michelle (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is my fav diva because she has come so far and she is still doing big things. She has done so much and still manages to help the less fortunate.  She is a role model to many and adored by thousands."

Patricia (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Need you ask? Beauty, money, brains!"

Rekia (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"... cos she's a very strong and influential in a good way."

Eric (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Dear, Oprah, I really like watching your shows! I also like watching you after the show part of your broadcast. I think you are a strong and unique woman in what you do with your life. I think that's what every woman needs. I would love to see you one day! But I don't think that I can pay the expenses to go to your show. So I will just keep watching your shows. I am glad that you are a billionaire because a woman like you that went through the things you went through should earn to have that much money. Thank you! You are astonishing and most wonderful."

Anksounamoune (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is the richest black women in the world and that's enough to me. As a black person, I can say that my people suffered so much that we can enjoy her success. She contributes to a change of mind and I think her influence over television and politics will provide a better integration of black people and minorities.
You rule Oprah, we love you and thanks again for everything you've done for us."

Douglas (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Class!"

Jon  (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is very outgoing for her audience."

Octavia (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is my inspiration."

Javier (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She's the greatest."

Mary (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"I love her shows. She is so great. I watch her everyday. I have never gone to one of her shows, but I'm working on it!"

Michelle (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She's amazing. Her words of motivation uplifting."

Noel (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is inspiring and so powerful. She has been able to rise to the top given all her difficulties and her upbringing and turned her hardships into triumph and has done it with such grace and style."

Theresa (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"... because she looks like me!"

Charlie (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Her show is great, she's most respected."

Zeenie (India) on Oprah Winfrey
"She has the strength & charisma to do what is right & I just admire her for that."

Sandy (Canada) on Oprah Winfrey
"Best talk show host ever!  She gets to the bottom of things.  She's got soul. She's real.  I admire her, and what she's done with her life."

Shirelle (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"... cuz she's the only one I like alive."

Maricel (Philippines) on Oprah Winfrey
"The story of her life is really inspiring."

Sheila (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"... because she's the best she can be."

Chrissy (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"... because Oprah is real, real, real, real, real!  She has assisted in putting so many people on the map, and back on the map.  I truly admire her, and I'm so mesmerized by her incredible success."

Anthony (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Simply because of all she has done for others when she herself was doing wrong so many times!"

Juanita (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is the greatest role model out there for career minded African-American women.  She has taken us with her on her journey to self-love and in doing so, has made herself an example of true success."

Becky (Australia) on Oprah Winfrey
"Oprah has done a lot for people everywhere.  She is extremely generous and caring. Her business success has also made way for more successful women."

Brenda (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"I think she's a wonderful person - inside and out. She centers her shows with wholesome content and with people who help people."

Yasmine (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is my fav diva because she is a down to earth cool soul she has been through so much and for her to just walk out the fire that's just so extraordinary and she deserves mad props on that 1."

Linda (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Oprah send the message that whatever your beginnings are you can achieve you goals if you put your mind, body and spirit behind. No matter what your gender or race you may be."

Cyndee (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She has it all - talent, loved by millions, transcends all racial and economic barriers, diva attitude, political clout, etc...  Although I'm not her biggest fan, I have to admit she's the one with everything required to be the ultimate diva in this category."

Juliana (Brazil) on Oprah Winfrey
"... because she tries to make us shine as bright as she shines. Her work is about motivation and inspiration."

Marjorie (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She strong, she's real. She's experienced what many can only assume. I have the utmost respect for this sister. I especially admire her strength, in spite of the ridiculous tabloids, she's still stroking.  Keep strokin' girl!"

Gwen (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She has touched me in the way she takes life and how she has helped others in life! I know we don't really know these people up close and personal, but to watch and see what I have seen over the past years is enough for me to say "Yes, Oprah! Thanks for the encouragement, love, tears, compassion, most of all for helping everyday, middle and lower class people feel like we are worth something! God bless!'"

B.R. (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She has utilized what God gave her and become educated (university graduate), lives a
decent-respectable-visible personal life, has honest-legal employment and earns her own living, generously shares her money and other talents with needy folks, plus others of her free-will choosing, has accomplished honorable achievements economically and work-wise, exemplifies to African-Americans, especially women, what is possible in the U.S.A. (which although still racist, is just about the best environment to live in), and I
earnestly respect and admire her."

April (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Oprah has inspired me to live up to my full potential.  No matter how high the obstacle she overcame it. I greatly admire her for that."

Nicole (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Her life is phenomenal; not necessarily due to her success, but because of her will to survive and thrive and know and grow!"

Timmers (Germany) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is a very inspiring woman for all humans in the world!"

Josh (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"... because she is very smart, and she has a whole lot going for her.  Go Oprah!"

Aman (Sweden) on Oprah Winfrey
"Black and beautiful. She makes me proud to be black. Her show is meaningful. She is kind."

Sarah (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is just an awesome down to earth person!"

Chris (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She overcame poverty, abusive upbringing, colour discrimination etc to become one of the greatest influence on women (and men) not just in the USA but all over the world. A truly great mover and shaker. No politician or public figure wants to get on her black list."

Astrid (UK) on Oprah Winfrey
"She inspires me to become a better person, she is a wonderful role model."

Ewana (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is so positive for women all around."

Charmaine (Canada) on Oprah Winfrey
"She has fought through an upsetting childhood to become one of the most influential woman in the world today."

Sandy (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is such an inspiration and she is a wonderful person!"

Melissa (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Oprah helps people. She has important real life topics on her show. Nothing like Jerry Springer (uhhhh). She cares about her audience & making the world a better place. I love Oprah & I am thankful she is still on the air bringing joy into my life & others lives."

Donna (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"I refer to her as hope'ra ... because that is what she does on her show which makes hers different from all the rest. She seems to really try to make a difference and 'she does'."

M.Z. (Holland) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is probably a good person but I can only laugh about the problems they talk about (most of the time). Why is it allowed to say penis on American television but not vagina or menopause? It is one big joke over here in Europe."

Brenda (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She's very informative. She cares about people."

Seth (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"This was a very hard one to choose between Jackie Kennedy and Princess Di.  I chose Oprah because I like her spunkiness. She has heart and spirit. Not that the others didn't but Oprah just has a way of making you feel like you're just with an old friend. I love her movies. They capture a lot of difficult topics and emotions. I especially like her perseverance. Like when she came to Texas during the trial some cattlemen brought against her and others. I loved the way she continues in what she believed in. Her faith, her freedom of speech and the fact it did not stop her from going on with her show. She has a lot of passion for what she believes in and goes forth with it. I like that."

Gregory (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"I'm quite sure that this experience (relationship) that I have with Oprah, when I allow her to come into my home every morning at 9:00am Chicago time, would be shared by many others, and not only here in the U.S., but around the world.  She has this great ability to transcend me onto a journey that reaches deep into my soul. And to me, anyone with that kinda of power gets my vote as a diva."

Jennifer (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"... because she helps people a lot with their problems."

Miriam (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She's the best!"

Jordan (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is an excellent role model. She also gives back in a big way. Her book club has gotten America back to reading more and her website offers advice, and free training tutorials for women. She uses her talk show to discuss issues that are really important. Even the presidents have figured out how important the Oprah Winfrey show is. When Oprah talks, people listen."

Carolyn (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"Self reliant, strong, outspoken, funny, communicates with anyone in a forthright manner."

Catie (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She is my fav diva because she helps so many people and I look up to her a lot! There is not a day that I don't watch her on TV.!"

Janet (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"She has been a wonderful influence on people all over the world!"

C.B. (USA) on Oprah Winfrey
"I think Oprah Winfrey has been the most influential woman in America since her TV show began some 12+ years ago. She takes on all topics with courage and honesty, she is beautiful, fair, generous, win-win, universal, inspiring."

Kevin (UK) on Oprah Winfrey
"Oprah gives hope to the normal people, spiritually and physically. A god unto her self!"


 

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Magazine subscriptions

O : The Oprah Magazine
Essence

Good Housekeeping


 
DVDs

Finding Oprah's Roots - Finding Your Own
The Oprah Winfrey Show - 20th Anniversary DVD Collection
The Color Purple

Beloved

The Women of Brewster Place

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Throw Momma from the Train

Emmanuel's Gift
 

 
Books

Andre Talks Hair!: With a Special Message from Oprah Winfrey by Andre Walker, Teresa Wiltz (Contributor), Teresa Walker
Live Your Best Life: A Treasury of Wisdom, Wit, Advice, Interviews, and Inspiration from O, The Oprah Magazine by Winfrey Oprah
Made in America: Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey by Jeffrey Louis Decker

To Oprah With Love: A Photographic Tribute by Paul Natkin, Stephen Green, Larry King (Introduction)

Masters of Enterprise: Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J.P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey by H. W. Brands

Oprah Winfrey: A Voice for the People (Book Report Biographies) by Philip Brooks

Oprah Winfrey: The Real Story by George Mair

Oprah Winfrey: Television Star (Library of Famous Women) by Steve Otfinoski, Steven Otfinoski

The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey: A Portrait in Her Own Words by Oprah Winfrey, Bill Adler (Editor)

Oprah Winfrey: Entertainer by Lois Nicholson

Oprah Winfrey by Wil Mara, Ron Fontes

Heinemann Profiles: Oprah Winfrey by Gini Holland

Everybody Loves Oprah!: Her Remarkable Life Story by Norman King

Oprah Winfrey (Black Americans of Achievement) by Lois P. Nicholson, Nathan I. Huggins (Editor), Coretta Scott King (Introduction)
 

 
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