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Vendor: Russ Pommer
Birthright Bay
Author: Russ PommerISBN-13: 9798990649002Publisher: Flybywire ImprintsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/26/2024Pages: 274Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d- $12.99
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Vendor: Karen Powell
Fifteen Wild Decembers
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023 A SUNDAY TIMES' BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF 2023 Isolated from society, Emily Bront? and her siblings spend their days inventing elaborate fictional realms or roaming the wild moors above their family home in Yorkshire. When the time...- $18.00
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Vendor: Diana R. Chambers
The Secret War of Julia Child
Before she mastered the art of French cooking in midlife, Julia Child found herself working in the secrets trade in Asia during World War II, a journey that will delight both historical fiction fans and lovers of America's most beloved chef, revealing how the...- $45.95
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Vendor: M. Mukundan
Delhi: A Soliloquy
About the BookWINNER OF THE JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2021'A gorgeous portrait of the lives of Malayali migrants in New Delhi during a turbulent period of India's history. Simultaneously nostalgic and unflinching, evocative and savage, Delhi: A Soliloquy does the impossible, and makes me...- $27.99
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Vendor: Alison Weir
The Cardinal: A Novel of Love and Power
In this thrilling novel of friendship and betrayal at the royal court, the New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the rise of Thomas Wolsey, who was Henry VIII's chief advisor--until the king accused him of treason. Cardinal Thomas...- $32.00
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Vendor: Bridgestone Multimedia Group
Southern Gospel
Samuel Allen, a 1960's rock and roller finds himself in jail. Years of anger and blame toward organized religion have led him down a road of rebellion. In a moment of divine intervention, a judge dismisses drug charges against him under the pretense that...- $18.99
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Vendor: Charlotte Bronte
Villette
Lucy Snowe is a 14-year-old girl staying at the home of her godmother Mrs. Bretton in the clean and ancient town of Bretton. Also in residence are Mrs. Bretton's son, John Graham, and Polly, a peculiar little girl whose visit is cut short when...- $18.70
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Vendor: Victoria Christopher Murray
Harlem Rhapsody
She found the literary voices that would inspire the world.... The extraordinary story of the woman who ignited the Harlem Renaissance, written by Victoria Christopher Murray, New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Personal Librarian. In 1919, a high school teacher from Washington, D.C...- $31.00
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Vendor: Edwin Ritts
Harry Kern
Pap worried Harry would be so very far from the farm if he made it to the finish line. He knew his number-three son was not cut out for the life he had chosen for himself. But Cleveland? The city was filled with sin...- $11.99
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Vendor: Paula Byrne
Six Weeks by the Sea
A vivid historical novel about Jane Austen that explores a question that has fascinated Janeites for years--Austen wrote some of the greatest love stories in existence, but did she ever fall in love? When Jane Austen hears the news that her family is to...- $28.95
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Vendor: Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Restless Classics presents the Three-Hundredth Anniversary Edition of Robinson Crusoe, the classic Caribbean adventure story and foundational English novel, with new illustrations and an introduction by Jamaica Kincaid that contextualizes the book for our globalized, postcolonial era. When Daniel Defoe published Robinson Crusoe in...- $20.89
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Vendor: Anne Montgomery
Your Forgotten Sons
Bud Richardville is inducted into the Army as the United States prepares to enter World War II in 1943.A chance comment has Bud assigned to the Graves Registration Service, where his unit is tasked with locating, identifying, and burying the dead. Bud ships out,...- $22.49
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Vendor: Chris Boucher
The Original Bucky Lew
Bucky Lew burst through pro basketball's color barrier to become the first Black player in an otherwise white league--and playing was just a start. He wanted to dominate in every single role in the game--from player to coach to general manager to owner. His...- $14.99
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Vendor: Ahmet Yorulmaz
Children of War
Hassanakis is a young Muslim boy of Turkish descent growing up on Crete during WWI. Fifteen generations of his family have lived on the island and until now he has never had any reason not to think he is a Cretan. But with the...- $12.95
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Vendor: Personne
L'Etoile de Mer (The Starfish): Sequel to Traitor Comet
Author: PersonneISBN-10: 1977269982ISBN-13: 9781977269980Publisher: Outskirts PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/2024Pages: 454Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.46lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.01d- $28.95
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Vendor: Gigi Griffis
The Lioness
Author: Gigi GriffisISBN-13: 9798224711048Publisher: MasterMindLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2024Pages: 408Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.84d- $16.99
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Vendor: Kevin Oakes
Callas and me: A play in two acts of intimate disclosure.
A 'Labour of Love' where historical figures meet in an imaginary setting. Three women, Maria Callas, the great Diva, Bruna, her cook and confidant and her friend Nadia meet on a Greek island in summer and the tale evolves. Fact meets fiction in a...- $15.90
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Vendor: Nelson Marks
Count Time
Step into the world of Dave Cox - a man whose life is turned upside down when he's hit with racketeering charges. The book takes you on a journey through the labyrinthine world of the prison system, where Cox meets a colorful cast of...- $14.99
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Vendor: Bradley Lewis
Gangster Mickey Cohen: The Early Years
Mickey Cohen, who died in 1976, was a colorful, feared West Coast gangster-gambler who knew the biggest names in Hollywood, was a confidant of Bugsy Siegel, and on first names with the biggest guys in the Mafia, plus everyone from Frank Sinatra to Marilyn...- $14.99
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Vendor: George Rabasa
The Wonder Singer
The Wonder Singer is an operatic literary caper about one young writer's manic ambition. The ghostwriter's best chance at fame almost disappears when his Diva dies suddenly in her bath. His solution is to steal the tapes, liberate the Diva's aging husband, and write...- $15.95
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Vendor: Gabriel Gbadamosi
Vauxhall
Vauxhall is written in the way that English should be written--clean, swift, and with flashes of lightning.--Bonnie GreerA powerful novel . . . Gabadamosi describes with poetic rhythm a child's awakening in a violent, confusing London.--Daily Mail1970s London: Young Michael runs past the railway...- $15.95
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Vendor: Jacek Dehnel
Lala
A lyrical and moving Polish family saga set against the turbulent backdrop of twentieth-century Europe Lala has lived a dazzling life. Born in Poland just after the First World War and brought up to be a perfect example of her class and generation -...- $17.95
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Vendor: Laini Giles
The Forgotten Flapper: A Novel of Olive Thomas
A presence lurks in New York City's New Amsterdam Theatre when the lights go down and the audience goes home. They say she's the ghost of Olive Thomas, one of the loveliest girls who ever lit up the Ziegfeld Follies and the silent screen....- $27.99
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Vendor: David Constantine
The Life-Writer
A New York Times Notable Book 2016An October Indie Next List "Great Reads" PickAfter the death of her beloved husband, Katrin, a literary biographer, copes with the loss by writing his personal history. While researching the letters and journals he left behind, however, she...- $14.95
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Vendor: Dylan Hicks
Boarded Windows
"Do yourself a favor and read this smart, tender book. The characters will haunt you with their longing and inspire you with their sweet, caustic wit. Dylan Hicks knows his music and his prose is a song in itself."--Sam Lipsyte"A continually hilarious, hopes-dashed account...- $16.00
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Vendor: Douglas Cowie
Noon in Chicago, Eight in Paris
Chicago, 1947: on a freezing February night, France's feminist icon Simone de Beauvoir calls up radical resident novelist Nelson Algren, asking him to show her around. After a whirlwind tour of dive bars, cabarets and the police lockup, the pair return to his apartment...- $16.95
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Vendor: Jerrad L. Dalmolin
A Test of Faith
When faith is all we have, we quickly learn that faith is all we need. Befriend Josh Dimaggio as his faith is tested and perfected through one of the most horrifying experiences a believer and father of two beautiful children could ever dream of...- $27.95
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Vendor: Mary Irvine
A Greek Love Affair
After a failed marriage, Carys has become increasingly discontent with her life. She decides to do what she's always dreamed of, and moves to Greece.Taking a year's leave of absence from her job, she heads to Athens, where she hopes her self-esteem and confidence...- $21.49
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Vendor: Jadelin Gangbo
Ground
It all starts with a fire. Seven children, asleep in a big house in the Italian countryside. A forgotten candle. Their parents are not there. They are in a different country, a different continent, Africa, where other siblings are growing as part of the...- $18.95
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Vendor: Amanda Flower
To Slip the Bonds of Earth: A Riveting Mystery Based on a True History
Inspired by the real-life sister of the Wright Brothers!While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, Katharine Wright is equally inventive - especially when it comes to solving crimes - in USA Today bestselling author Amanda...- $17.95
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Vendor: Olivia S. Frankenfeld
Sissi - Empress Elisabeth of Austria: Her Maternal Failures and Their Causes
Sissi - Empress Elisabeth of Austria: Her Maternal Failures and Their Causes By Olivia S. Frankenfeld Uncover the poignant struggles of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, affectionately known as Sissi, in this compelling exploration of her tumultuous relationship with motherhood. Olivia S. Frankenfeld delves into...- $16.99
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Vendor: Elisabeth de France
The life and letters of Madame Elisabeth de France, sister of Louis XVI
The life and letters of Madame Elisabeth de France, sister of Louis XVI is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...- $37.90
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Vendor: William Minto
Autobiographical Notes of the Life of William Bell Scott: Vol. I
Autobiographical Notes of the Life of William Bell Scott - Vol. I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1892. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition,...- $36.90
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Vendor: The Perfect Library
For the Term of His Natural Life
"For the Term of His Natural Life" from Marcus Clarke. Australian novelist and poet (1846-1881).Author: The Perfect Library, Marcus ClarkeISBN-10: 1511480408ISBN-13: 9781511480406Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/27/2015Pages: 384Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.13lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.79d- $31.90
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Vendor: Peter Golden
Their Shadows Deep
The author of Nothing Is Forgotten takes a dark look at power gone too far, imagining the connection between JFK's presidential campaign and an ex-cop's investigation into her husband's murder.In 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy makes a historic run for the White House. Despite...- $16.99
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Vendor: Elsie Chamberlain Carroll
First Wife: A Historical Novel
Growing up as a Mormon pioneer in the Rocky Mountain West, Nellie Hagen has complicated dreams for the future. She follows her religion, but fears one of its most defining practices at the time: plural marriage (polygamy). Her best dreams seem to be coming...- $15.95
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Vendor: Sebastian Castillo
Fresh, Green Life
A study of interiority and inferiority, written in the vein of Lars Iyer and Ben Marcus, that takes place over the course of a single, snowy night After resigning from an adjunct teaching position, our narrator Sebastian Castillo, who shares a name with our...- $15.95
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Vendor: Anthony M. Ludovici
Nietzsche His Life and Works [Philosophies Ancient and Modern]
Friedrich Nietzsche is the central figure of this study, with a focus on his major philosophical concepts and their development. The book explores Nietzsche's contributions to existentialism, emphasizing his critique of traditional values and his profound impact on modern thought. Nietzsche's work is characterized...- $13.99
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Vendor: Kelie Cichoski
To the Beach: Cut Ties and Run
Shelly is forced to fight her way through life trying to fit in. From birth, she is seemingly unwanted. She is confused as to why her life is so difficult so as soon as she is able, she cuts ties and runs. She runs...- $20.99
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Vendor: Daisy Goodwin
Diva
New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world. In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world of opera, Maria...- $19.00
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Vendor: George Gissing
New Grub Street: New Annotated Edition
In late-Victorian London, two writers of radically different temperaments pursue contrasting approaches to the literary life. The first, the talented and cerebral novelist Edwin Reardon, appears to be doomed by his idealistic nature to a life of impecuniousness, whereas the second, the driven but...- $12.00
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Vendor: J. W. Mackail
The Life of William Morris: Volume I
The Life of William Morris - Volume I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1912. 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....- $45.50
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I Piped, That She Might Dance
I Piped, That She Might Dance by Iain MacDonald, with a foreword by Hugh Cheape, is an historical novel based on the life of Angus MacKay (1813-1859), first Piper to the Sovereign, appointed by Queen Victoria. Mackay, who is one of the most significant...- $18.99
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Vendor: Jory Post
Smith: An Unauthorized Fictography
In the kaleidoscopic, episodic joy ride of Smith: An Unauthorized Fictography, Jory Post treats us to thirty interviews that may or may not be real, with an array of "ordinary" people who turn out to be anything but, all of them in conversation with...- $23.98
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Life of George Wishart: The Scottish martyr, with his translation of the Helvetian Confession and a genealogical history of the family of Wish
Life of George Wishart - The Scottish martyr, with his translation of the Helvetian Confession and a genealogical history of the family of Wishart is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1876. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic...- $22.50
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Vendor: J. Franck Bright
Joseph II
Joseph II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. 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. As a publisher we focus on...- $28.90
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Vendor: Giuseppe Cafiero
Virginia Woolf: The Ambiguity of Feeling
Almost a romantic escape. 1928. Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West set off for France to attest to their feelings. To find each other, even with the ever-present phantom of Orlando, which celebrates Vita beyond any love. Virginia has lost her heart to Vita -...- $17.23
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Vendor: Katherine Wonn Harris
"Topping Out"
Topping Out is a story of adventure, heartaches, and challenges for a young pioneer woman who teaches the children of hardworking Idaho ranchers. The hardships included crossing the hazardous Salmon and Snake Rivers, managing horses and Smoky Mule, traversing narrow trails with pack animals,...- $37.95
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Vendor: Nicole O'Connor
Tie the Dingo Down, Mate!: Veterinary Stories
Young Australian veterinary surgeon Angus Bullock, better known as Gus, swaps his hectic Sydney lifestyle for living in Africa. After an encounter with Bruno van der Skiet, Gus realises only half of all veterinary work is about animals, the other half is about people;...- $9.99
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Come Fly with Me
It's 1962, the dawn of the jet-set era. Hope takes flight for two Pan Am stewardesses navigating an adventurous new life in a novel about love, friendship, and escape by the bestselling author of The Memory of Us and Until We Meet.Welcome to a...- $16.99
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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.