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Vendor: Andr? Goodman
MayBe i'M iLL: The Shadow in the Empty Chair
Retired Pro Athlete Battles Mental Health Disorders, Seeks Purpose: A Journey from Sports Stardom to Therapeutic Healing and Self-Discovery.In MayBe i'M iLL, we examine the life of a former professional athlete, a man who once reveled in the glory of sports stardom, now grappling...- $16.99
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MayBe i'M iLL: The Shadow in the Empty Chair
Retired Pro Athlete Battles Mental Health Disorders, Seeks Purpose: A Journey from Sports Stardom to Therapeutic Healing and Self-Discovery.In MayBe i'M iLL, we examine the life of a former professional athlete, a man who once reveled in the glory of sports stardom, now grappling...- $21.99
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Vendor: Garret D. III Onderdonk
Lance's Follies
Synopsis: Lance is a "coming of age during the sexual revolution" story. He was uniquely different from the millions of other baby boomers. How often do the stars align right? The DNA lottery presented a gift that kept on giving. The nurses in the...- $9.99
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Vendor: W. Michael Farmer
Proud Outcast: Days of War, Days of Peace
Defying betrayal and hardship, Chato fights to save his family and his people's rightful place in the West.As the Apache Wars roar toward their conclusion in the summer of 1886, renowned Apache army scout and leader Chato joins a delegation of scouts to Washington,...- $31.99
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Vendor: Tracey Enerson Wood
Katharine, the Wright Sister
She helped her brothers soar... but was the flight worth the fall? It all started with two boys and a bicycle shop. Wilbur and Orville Wright, both unsuited to college and disinclined to leave home, jumped on the popular new fad of bicycle riding...- $17.99
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Vendor: D. Thomas Gochenour
Memoirs of a Born Adventurer
At the end of his illustrious career as an international adventurer and soldier of fortune, Lord Higford decided he needed to write his memoirs. But he decided he needed to address both his personal life and his adventures abroad, describe in detail his love...- $25.95
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Vendor: Esther Kinsky
Seeing Further
In this autobiographical novel by a leading German author and translator, the narrator attempts to revive a run-down Hungarian movie theater--an unpromising endeavor that soon leads into a consideration of the building's history and an homage to the power of the cinema, imperiled as...- $16.95
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Vendor: Sara Caul
My Mountain Top Experience with God
It was Black Friday. We went to Tysons mall early that morning to do our Christmas shopping. We? I had traveled to Maryland to be with my husband's family for their annual Thanksgiving celebration. His mother, father, all his brothers and sisters and their...- $16.95
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Vendor: Apurva Tandon
The 10 meter Jump
The 10 Meter Jump - an honest and candid account of the journey of a young, reasonably high profiled, impulsive but extremely confident army colonel, who decided to charter the course of his own life and took the dreaded plunge of early retirement.The book...- $6.00
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Vendor: Guy de Maupassant
Notre Coeur - A Woman's Pastime: Psychological Novel
The novel tells the story of a woman without a heart, frigid and probably a lesbian. The hero, facing this fascinating and awesome being, takes another mistress, who can hardly satisfy him. He is devastated by this passionate love, violent, melancholic and cruel. This...- $6.30
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Vendor: Kathleen McKenna Hewtson
No Greater Crown: 1914 - 1917
1914, and the intense shadows of an unexpectedly fiery summer that is burning up the whole of Europe are hiding beneath them the darker shadows of the "war to end all wars." And these shadows, in turn, are concealing the darkest shadows of them...- $15.99
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Vendor: Kathleen McKenna Hewtson
Pride of Eagles
After the near-catastrophic events of the Russo-Japanese War and the 1905 Revolution, the years 1907-13 passed relatively peacefully in Russia as Chief Minister Stolypin steered the country away from war and civil disruption, and toward industrialization and economic prosperity.However, in Tsarskoe Selo, the closeted...- $15.99
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Vendor: Manouchehr Pajoohesh
Bitter Immigration
Author: Manouchehr PajooheshISBN-10: 1514467828ISBN-13: 9781514467824Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/20/2016Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d- $19.99
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Vendor: Kapindi Kroma
Bruno: Memoirs of a Chimpanzee
On 23rd April, 2006 several chimpanzees broke out of Tacugama, a chimpanzee sanctuary in Sierra Leone. Most returned on their own within a few days but one alpha male named Bruno never did. This prompted the author to ask 'Why?' Bruno: Memoirs of a...- $15.00
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Vendor: Nicholas Tanek
Your Kinky Friends
A Tribute to the New Jersey - New York Kink Community. Devastated by the death of his love, Lynn, Nicholas turned to the community they had become part of: the kink community. He reconnected with some old friends, and through them, met some new...- $14.95
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Vendor: Jean Plaidy
Queen of This Realm
In this "memoir" by Elizabeth I, legendary historical novelist Jean Plaidy reveals the Virgin Queen as she truly was: the bewildered, motherless child of an all-powerful father; a captive in the Tower of London; a shrewd politician; a lover of the arts; and eventually,...- $19.00
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Vendor: Drew Hill
It Came Even To Me
Author: Drew HillISBN-13: 9798890250254Publisher: Evolved PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/20/2024Pages: 296Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.71lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.67d- $19.95
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Vendor: Lisa M. Foster
Backwords: The Story of Elizabeth Timothy
Author: Lisa M. FosterISBN-10: 1963569717ISBN-13: 9781963569711Publisher: Warren Publishing, IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/23/2024Pages: 274Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.23lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d- $32.95
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Vendor: Lisa M. Foster
Backwords: The Story of Elizabeth Timothy
Author: Lisa M. FosterISBN-10: 1963569725ISBN-13: 9781963569728Publisher: Warren Publishing, IncLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/23/2024Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.62d- $19.95
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Vendor: Kristena Prater
Tessa: Eyes on the World
Author: Kristena Prater, Salodius ByrdISBN-10: 1958711705ISBN-13: 9781958711705Publisher: Bright Communications LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/12/2024Pages: 304Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d- $30.00
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Vendor: Cliff Wilkerson
A Bird in Flight
Author: Cliff WilkersonISBN-10: 1734160047ISBN-13: 9781734160048Publisher: Douglas C, . WilkersonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/28/2024Pages: 440Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.98d- $22.99
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Vendor: Alexia Saint Claire
Jehanne d'Arc - The Maiden
Jehanne d'Arc's journey began as a ten-year-old girl living in Domremy, France with her family. Like many families, they endured the Hundred Year War ravaging across their kingdom. Her life suddenly changes when she meets an angelic being in the forest and is told...- $20.95
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Vendor: Timothy J. Shaffer
From Knoxdale to Shannondale: The Story of Mary Elizabeth Siverling
Freddy and Mary Siverling had four children. After having three boys, Mary prayed for their next child to be a girl. When the fourth boy was born, she was convinced God was punishing her for being selfish and not being a good mother. They...- $23.95
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Vendor: Jeanne Mackin
A Lady of Good Family
Author: Jeanne MackinISBN-10: 0451465830ISBN-13: 9780451465832Publisher: Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/02/2015Pages: 368Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80dReview Citation(s): Romantic Times 06/01/2015 pg. 40 - ExcellentNew York Times Book Review 07/05/2015 pg. 18- $22.00
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Vendor: Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard
The Seaforth Heiress: Lady of the Last Prophecy: A Novel
"A pleasantly engaging read for historical fiction fans. This poignant, highly dramatic family saga paints a detailed period portrait of the era's British upper-class luxurious lifestyle and is nicely peppered with appearances from luminaries of the day." -Kirkus ReviewsA century-old curse shadows the woman...- $22.95
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Vendor: Ulysses Grant
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: Volume I
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant - Volume I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres....- $57.90
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Vendor: J?n Rozner
Seven Days to the Funeral
A dissident's deeply personal and unflinching view of Soviet oppression in Czechoslovakia in the wake of the 1968 invasion. Seven Days to the Funeral is the fictionalized memoir of Ján Rozner, a leading Slovak journalist, critic, dramaturg, and translator. Rozner and his wife Zora...- $23.00
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Vendor: Siimply Unique Homeschooling
City of the Seven Hills
This short history of Rome is part of a four book set, intended for middle school readers that introduces the major points of world history. Like most Roman histories written for younger students it focuses primarily on the Kingdom and Republican eras, and conveys...- $14.99
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Aluca: The Tenor's Wife
In this autobiography, Aluca relives the adventures of a vibrant and exciting life. She delicately describes her childhood paradise in the Cozia Mountains with her beloved father, his suffering during her adolescence and ultimately his extreme poverty followed by her time spent in Bucharest...- $19.90
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Vendor: Kamlesh Thakur
A Middle Class Dream: Coast to Coast
"In the pouring rain, while her husband is out of town, a woman gives birth to her second child: Krish. Raised in a typical Indian family in Mumbai and later in Chennai, Krish deals with the struggles typical to many. His caste determines much...- $19.99
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Vendor: R. a. Daly
The CCC
In the midst of these covers lies a natural hesitant of validity, inviting you to decide the authors claim that a desperate Human Being is capable of crossing the barrier into impossible, while exposing the visual surrounding truth of the last six decades of...- $12.95
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Vendor: Douglas Bond
The Thunder: A Novel on John Knox
John Knox, the Thundering Scot, lives a life of adventure and danger. Here is the surprising story of a man unflinching in his stand for the gospel, even in the face of assassins and death.Author: Douglas BondISBN-10: 1596382147ISBN-13: 9781596382145Publisher: P & R PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished:...- $14.99
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Vendor: J. W. Wheeler
Cubs v Cardinals
Welcome to the complicated and terrifyingly humorous world of Jimmy Williams, an eight year old boy growing up in a small Midwestern town in the 1960's. Second grade has just ended, and many adventures await the young boy. What he thought would be another...- $11.99
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Vendor: Joan Ohanneson
Hildegard of Bingen Lady of the Light, Woman for the World
Historically accurate, spiritually profound, and evocatively written, this fictional biography of Hildegard of Bingen offers an unforgettable encounter with the astonishing medieval nun, visionary and prophet, artist and healer, counselor of kings and popes, and composer of divine and long-lasting music. The story paints...- $19.95
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Vendor: Kristena Prater
Tessa: Eyes on the World
Author: Kristena Prater, Salodius ByrdISBN-10: 1958711780ISBN-13: 9781958711781Publisher: Bright Communications LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/12/2024Pages: 304Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d- $25.00
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Vendor: Linda Ulleseit
Innocents at Home
A five-month voyage to the Holy Land in 1867 led Mark Twain to write his novel InnocentsAbroad. But what happened to those innocents after they returned to New York? Innocents at Home tells the tale of Nina Larrowe and Emma Beach, two of Twain's...- $17.95
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Vendor: A. Rooney
The Autobiography of Francis N. Stein: The Last Promethean
Set in contemporary Colorado, The Autobiography of Francis N. Stein: The Last Promethean is a hell of a story about the last imagined descendant of Dr. Frankenstein's wretch--the spurned monster. It offers struggle and pathos, pain and absolution, deception and deliverance. Reminiscent of Neil...- $18.95
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Vendor: Mark Warren
Nate the Wyoming Story: A Historical Fiction Novel
Author: Mark WarrenISBN-10: 1639775366ISBN-13: 9781639775361Publisher: Wolfpack Publishing LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/27/2024Pages: 390Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.97d- $16.99
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Vendor: Gill Paul
Scandalous Women: A Novel of Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann
Mad Men meets the world of publishing in international bestselling author Gill Paul's new novel about Jackie Collins and Jacqueline Susann, two dynamic, groundbreaking writers renowned for their scandalous and controversial novels, and the beleaguered young editorial assistant who introduces them.1966, NYC: Jacqueline Susann's...- $45.95
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Vendor: David Farrell
Where The Birds Don't Fly
A story of resilience, belonging, and the quest for acceptance.The Wilde family leave Africa in search of a home in this fictional memoir set during a time of global prejudice and intolerance. Shedding light on the struggles migrants endure while rebuilding their lives.The story...- $12.99
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Vendor: Kushal Bhati
Sushant Singh Rajput Biography
This Book is all about a person who struggled really hard in his whole Life. Sushant Singh Rajput, A actor, A reel Life hero become a Real life hero. His journey was memorable for all people who loves him A lot. He is the...- $20.00
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Vendor: Ian R. Forman
I Never Said I Was Conor: Waking Up in Howth
Ian awakens, from a short nap on a bench, on the harbour promenade, in the picturesque fishing village of Howth, near Dublin. His mobile phone no longer works and his car has gone missing. He reports the theft of his car to the local...- $15.99
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Vendor: Nicole Clark
Black Angels
Black Angels is about three introverted black teenagers who are living in rough households that are going through tough times with their parents struggling to make ends meet. The main characters Omass, Alicia, and Silver attend predominately black middle and high schools and they...- $9.51
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Vendor: David Ebsworth
Mistress Yale's Diaries, The Glorious Return
1689 and the wife of English East India Company Governor Elihu Yale risks the six-month sea voyage from old Madras to her home in London with her youngest children. But after twenty years away, it's a city Catherine now barely recognises - built anew...- $18.99
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Vendor: Catherine Phillips
Memoirs of the Life of Catherine Phillips: to which are added some of her epistles
Memoirs of the Life of Catherine Phillips - to which are added some of her epistles is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1797. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and...- $38.90
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Vendor: Joe Cline
Building Heaven's Ceiling: A Novel Based on the Life of Filippo Brunelleschi
His greatest accomplishment came after his greatest disappointment. One of the founding fathers of the Renaissance, Filippo Brunelleschi was more than an Italian designer. Brunelleschi made his mark in architecture and construction. In his early years, sculpting was Brunelleschi's passion. But after being passed...- $16.99
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Vendor: Thomas D'Agnes
Cashman's Odyssey: A Rapscallion's Journey from New York City to the Jungles of Southeast Asia
Author: Thomas D'AgnesISBN-10: 1958892475ISBN-13: 9781958892473Publisher: Booklocker.comLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2024Pages: 230Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.48d- $17.95
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Vendor: Gillian Bagwell
Venus in Winter: A Novel of Bess of Hardwick
The author of The September Queen explores Tudor England with the tale of Bess of Hardwick--the formidable four-time widowed Tudor dynast who became one of the most powerful women in the history of England. On her twelfth birthday, Bess of Hardwick receives the news...- $22.00
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Vendor: Magdal?na Platzov?
Life After Kafka
A novel of Felice Bauer, Franz Kafka's first fiancée, and the story behind Letters to FeliceFranz Kafka scholars know Felice Bauer, his onetime fiancée, through his Letters to Felice, as little more than a woman with a raucous laugh and a taste for bourgeois...- $17.99
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Vendor: Shirley M. Sprague
Morning 1808: Boston Harbor
It is a cold January morning in 1796 when a ship docks in Boston Harbor. Among its passengers is an English theatre troupe that includes their leader, Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold, and her young daughter, Betty. Hired by Charles Stuart Powell for the reopening of...- $9.95
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Biographical Fiction Books
Biographical fiction books are a unique genre that combines elements of biography and literature. They provide readers with a fascinating blend of historical fact and imaginative storytelling, offering a fresh perspective on the lives of real people throughout history. These books breathe life into the past, allowing readers to immerse themselves in the experiences, emotions, and challenges of prominent individuals.
One key characteristic of biographical fiction is its commitment to historical accuracy. Authors undertake meticulous research to ensure that the facts, events, and cultural nuances of the era are faithfully represented in the story. This makes biographical fiction a valuable source for both history enthusiasts and casual readers seeking an engaging narrative rooted in reality. However, unlike traditional biographies that often rely heavily on documented evidence, biographical fiction allows authors to speculate, imagine, and creatively fill in the gaps in a subject's life. This literary license enables them to delve deeper into a character's thoughts, emotions, and motivations, adding an extra layer of depth and intimacy to the storytelling.
Biographical fiction also provides authors with an opportunity to bring lesser-known figures or those with untold stories to the forefront. By shedding light on these often marginalized characters, these books enhance our understanding of history and challenge conventional narratives. In recent years, biographical fiction has gained popularity and garnered critical acclaim as readers increasingly seek narratives that combine the authenticity of biography with the narrative power of fiction. This genre not only bridges the gap between fact and fiction but also serves as a means of connecting readers with the lives, experiences, and struggles of individuals who have shaped our world.
Popular Books
One such popular book is "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain. Set in the vibrant backdrop of 1920s Paris, the novel chronicles the turbulent relationship between Ernest Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson. McLain's exquisite storytelling brings to life the bohemian atmosphere of the Lost Generation, while delving into the complexities of love, ambition, and the sacrifices made in the pursuit of artistic success.
Another book that has garnered widespread acclaim is "The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd. Inspired by the lives of real-life abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sarah Grimké, and her slave-handmaid Hetty/Handful, the novel explores themes of freedom, sisterhood, and the resilience of the human spirit. Kidd's masterful writing seamlessly blends historical facts with fictional elements, making for a powerful and thought-provoking read.
These are just a few examples of the popular books that make up the vast and diverse landscape of biographical fiction. Through these captivating tales, readers are given the opportunity to connect with the lives of extraordinary individuals, gaining a deeper understanding of their struggles, motivations, and lasting impact on history.