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Vendor: Tim Gooding
A Workingman's Cemetery
Author: Tim GoodingISBN-10: 192309940XISBN-13: 9781923099401Publisher: Puncher & WattmannLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2024Pages: 122Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.29d- $16.99
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Vendor: Dw Duke
Because I'm Black: The Story of Jesse Washington
Because I'm Black is a biographical novel inspired by the true story of a Black sharecropper who was tried for murder in Waco, Texas in 1916.Author: Dw DukeISBN-10: 1665759577ISBN-13: 9781665759571Publisher: Archway PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/04/2024Pages: 254Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d- $20.99
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Vendor: J. L. James
The Other Side of Color: Prejudice is Not Always an Outside Affair...
J.L. James - takes the reader on a journey where the whole family can escape to a place and time that they, likely, have never experienced before.The Other Side of Color is a story that, paradoxically, has the pulse of today and, at the...- $17.99
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Vendor: Burhan S?nmez
Lovers of Franz K.
An inventive literary obituary for Kafka, this thriller of love and revenge brings the Cold War to life, from Paris and Istanbul to West Berlin and Tel Aviv. Amid the student protests in 1960s Europe, Kafka's best friend, Max Brod, becomes a target of...- $22.00
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Vendor: Michael Haig
The Global Village
What is the meaning of life?Quentin, an ordinary man, living in Sydney, working in a restaurant, is insightful, whereas others are not. He tries his 'experiment': what does it mean to alter one's usual dealings with other people? It's an insurrection one can only...- $19.99
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Vendor: Andrea Mariadas
Elvis Presley still had dreams
"Elvis Presley Still Had Dreams" is a captivating book that shows the legendary Elvis Presley in a fictional but profound light. It is based on extensive research and well-known facts, giving readers a unique insight into the life of this music icon. The story...- $14.99
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Vendor: Rose Ellen Hendriks
Jenny Lind
The thrilling and romantic story of the Swedish Nightingale, one of the greatest opera singers of all time. From her humble beginnings to her meteoric rise to fame, this novel captures the spirit and passion of a true diva.This work has been selected by...- $30.95
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Vendor: Gail Ward Olmsted
Landscape of a Marriage: Central Park Was Only the Beginning
A marriage of convenience leads to a life of passion and purpose. A shared vision transforms the American landscape forever. New York, 1858: Mary, a young widow with three children, agrees to marry her brother-in-law Frederick Law Olmsted, who is acting on his late...- $46.99
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Vendor: Gale Lindy
Nugget Lane
In 1970s Orlando, Florida Daralynn and her prominent family appear, by all accounts, to have it all. Her father, an uneducated thrice married car salesman, manages to parlay his gift of persuasion into a successful string of automobile franchises. With local fame, wealth and...- $11.99
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Vendor: Dan Wieral
Mickey Crane: The Chelsea Headhunters and National Front's Top Boy.
Mickey Crane is the story of a British street fighter and leader of Britain's far right. It is the story of a rather unpleasant man who was at the heart of much of the violence that was dished out on people of colour and...- $8.87
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Vendor: Paul Ernst
Der schmale Weg zum Glück (Klassiker der Moderne): Autobiografischer Roman
In dem Roman "Der schmale Weg zum Gl ck" kommt Hans Werther durch die Heirat mit der Grafentochter in die Lage den Wald den sein Vater unter der Herrschaft des Grafen ausbeuten mu te, nach eigenen Grunds tzen zu kultivieren. Zwischen dem Kindheitsidyll und...- $7.60
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Vendor: Magda Herzberger
Dreamworld
I am wide awake So, all that happened to me Wasn't real after all It was only a fake, A strange dream, It would seem But then I can hear Elijah whispering in my ear, "Know you are in the right place, Accept it...- $20.95
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Vendor: Barry Durdant-Hollamby
The Breaking of the Shell
The Breaking of the Shell weaves the teaching of ancient wisdoms into a modern context in classic story-telling style. Like the works of Paulo Coelho which deliver timeless truths, this book brings together the subtle energies of the awakening consciousness of the 21st Century...- $15.99
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Vendor: Sean J. Fitzgerald
The Price of a Throne
Dive into the heart of medieval Ireland with this historical tale of courage, deception, and the relentless pursuit of power.Aoife, the defiant daughter of the dethroned King of Leinster, is thrust from a life of privilege into the heart of political and familial turmoil....- $17.99
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Vendor: Conrad Bibens
The Best General in the Civil War
The Best General in the Civil War was not U.S. Grant or Robert E. Lee. It was George Thomas. The Confederacy might have won the war if not for this courageous Southern-born soldier who sided with the Union and won crucial Northern victories. Despite...- $21.95
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Vendor: Stewert James
The Penny
Elinor Louise "Penny" MacDonald grows up in Kansas City, Missouri, during the Great Depression. She lives a quiet existence, longing for travel and adventure. Near the end of World War II, she meets Air Force bombardier and pilot Frank McHenry. They wed, and Penny's...- $17.99
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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...- $55.99
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Vendor: Tiffany L. Warren
The Unexpected Diva
Before the Civil War, Black opera singer Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield reigned supreme on Northern stages--even performing at Buckingham Palace. Novelist Tiffany L Warren brings this remarkable but forgotten diva's remarkable story to life for modern readers.Born into slavery on a Mississippi plantation, Elizabeth Taylor...- $55.99
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Vendor: Kathy Hopewell
Swimming with Tigers
Swimming with Tigers is a heart-rending novel about two women struggling to find their path and become more than just a muse or lover to the men of the surrealist movement. Set during the run-up to World War 2, it follows the fortunes of...- $12.99
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Vendor: Eden Francis Compton
Belle
SO GOOD IT HURTS A darkly comedic tale about one of America's most prolific female serial killers. Belle Gunness is finally on the verge of the success she's always longed for. She owns a Victorian mansion in a bucolic town in rural Indiana, has...- $18.95
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Vendor: Virginia Woolf
Orlando
The fictional portrait of Woolf's close friend and lover Vita Sackville-West, the hero Orlando is a young nobleman in Elizabethan England, a dreamy and romantic youth who wakes up one day to find himself transformed, astonishingly, into a woman. Over the span of three...- $9.99
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Vendor: Jude Morrow
'Dan Cooper': Based on the Real Story of the Relentless Pursuit of the Northwest Orient Flight 305 Hijacker D.B. Cooper
In the chilling haze of a Pacific North West evening, on November 24, 1971, a mysterious man named 'Dan Cooper' boards Northwest Orient Flight 305. Armed with a briefcase bomb and dark shades to mask his intent, he swiftly extorts $200,000 and disappears mid-flight,...- $12.99
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Vendor: C. R. Page
Paradox in Paris
Paris is arguably the most alluring city in the world, yet it also gave rise to Paris Syndrome, a psychiatric condition afflicting people deeply affected when the city fails to meet their expectations. For all who love the wonders of Paris, there are others...- $14.99
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Vendor: L. A. Robinson
Man Stuff: Stories from a Life
In the end, there is no accurate portrait of a human life. There is a coming and going, a squawking arrival and an unknown unavoidable departure. But there is no rational passage from point A to point B, and eventually, point Z. Life is...- $18.95
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Vendor: J. H. Ryley
Ralph Fitch: England's Pioneer to India and Burma
Ralph Fitch - England's Pioneer to India and Burma 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 nutrition, medicine, and other...- $35.50
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Vendor: Olive Schreiner
Dreams
Originally published in 1924, "Dreams" is a collection of short stories written by South African writer Olive Schreiner. Her second book, "Dreams" contains eleven short stories inspired by Schreiner's dreams and her experiences living on a South African farm. Olive Schreiner (1855-1920) was a...- $14.99
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Vendor: William Coles
Lord Lucan: My Story: How an Earl Became Britain's Most Infamous Fugitive
The Lord Lucan Scandal: 50th Anniversary EditionA murder gone wrong. A worldwide police hunt for the killer. And a fugitive who became a legend: The 7th Earl of Lucan.The Lord Lucan Scandal is one of the greatest and most extraordinary mysteries of the 20th...- $17.99
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Vendor: Robert M. Reece
About Ben
Nothing in his worst nightmares could have prepared Ben Levinson for what befell him in 1952 as a twenty-three-year-old medical student. With legs paralyzed from poliomyelitis, he wondered how he could function as a doctor. And how could he marry, have a family, teach...- $19.95
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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...- $43.99
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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,...- $15.99
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Vendor: Patrick Modiano
Ballerina
A critically acclaimed #1 bestseller in France--a novel of art, desire, and time lost and regained, from Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano Paris, 1960s. A young dancer and single mother, who might or might not be the narrator's love interest, is revisited by menacing...- $18.00
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Vendor: Robert O'Brien
We Were Boys
Robert O'Brien was born in the late '60s in Pasadena, Texas. Growing up as a boy in the '70s before the age of video games, VCRs and cable television, Robert and his friends used their vivid imaginations to create a fantasy world around their...- $9.99
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Vendor: John Telford
The Life of John Wesley
The Life of John Wesley 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 nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher...- $47.90
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Vendor: Peter Malin
Mercury Blues
Mercury Blues is a story of redemption; about a young dentist, orphaned whilst a child living in Australia, whose fear of love and committment, force him to hide behind a facade of witty one liners, practical jokes, his Scottishness and alcohol.When he becomes the...- $16.99
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Vendor: Mark Baird
A Potpourri of Irish Tales: A medley of short stories set in Belfast
A Potpourri of Irish Tales is a collection of ten stories which have an imaginative, wide-ranging variety, many with an element of surprise and of the unexpected. Most of the stories are set in Belfast; some of them chronicle a time before the 'Troubles'...- $8.99
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Vendor: Ludwig Ganghofer
Bergheimat: Erlebtes und Erlauschtes
Ludwig Ganghofer (1855-1920) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, der durch seine Heimatromane bekannt geworden ist. Viele Werke Ganghofers greifen Geschehnisse aus der Geschichte des Berchtesgadener Landes auf, wo er sich regelm ig aufhielt. Ganghofer ist einer der meistverfilmten deutschen Autoren. Zahlreiche Heimatfilme der 1950er Jahre...- $6.40
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Vendor: Elizabeth Heaton
The Zen of Pizza
In this fourth and last book in the series, we find Liz and Colin wrapping up their epic journey of dizzying highs and drastic loins. And the loose ends are tied up here as their lives continue on in England. We wish them well.Author:...- $24.99
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Vendor: J. R. Helton
The Jugheads
East Texas in the 1960s is not the worst place to have grown up, but for narrator Jake of The Jugheads, it was a minefield. Describing clearly and courageously first jobs and first kisses, family vacations and family fights, Jake takes us through a...- $17.95
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Vendor: Heather Moser
Pieces of A Presidential Mind
Pieces of A Presidential Mind is a humorous fictional auto-biographical look back at the life of a man who decides to write his memoirs on his 100th birthday in 2065. Through his memoir, the man tells the best stories of his life according to...- $8.50
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Vendor: Mary Heaton Vorse
Autobiography Of An Elderly Woman
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...- $27.95
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Vendor: Jan Surasky
Rage Against the Dying Light
Of all the woman warriors in myth and legend, few are more storied than Boudicca, the fierce red-headed queen who led the most celebrated Celtic rebellion in history. But, here, for the first time, Jan Surasky imagines Boudicca's enthralling story of bravery and triumph...- $14.95
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Vendor: Diane Richards
Ella
In the vein of The Paris Wife and The Personal Librarian comes this debut novel, a magnificent work of "biographical fiction" that reimagines the turbulent and triumphant early years of Ella Fitzgerald, arguably the greatest singer of the twentieth century.When fifteen-year-old Ella Fitzgerald's mother...- $18.99
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Vendor: Robert Dugoni
Hold Strong
From Robert Dugoni, Jeff Langholz, and Chris Crabtree comes an epic and inspiring novel--based on true events--about love, heroism, and resilience during the darkest chapters of World War II.Sam Carlson is a projectionist in small-town Minnesota, where fantasies unspool in glorious black and white--for...- $16.99
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Vendor: Anne Berest
Gabri?le
The story of a passionate love affair that triggered a revolution.An atmospheric, exuberant novel from the best-selling author of The Postcard, Anne Berest, and her sister, Claire Berest, about love and sex, art and revolution, experimentation and creativity, and three young people who changed...- $28.00
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Vendor: Brian Spielbauer
The Legacy of Faith: Generations
The Legacy of Faith: Generations is the continuing story about four families who came to Guttenberg, Iowa. The Tschohls, Mathias Rohner, George Spielbauer, and Mary Pankraz all had their own reasons for fleeing to America from 1855 through 1871.Their faith and determination not only...- $19.99
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Vendor: Mara Faye Letham
Confessions
With a new introduction by Colm Toíbín "Absolutely captivating" ANDREA CAMILLERI"Monumental" Guardian Drawing comparisons with Shadow of the Wind and The Name of the Rose, and an instant bestseller in many languages, Confessions is an astonishing story of one man's life, interwoven with a...- $21.99
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Vendor: James Hilton
Time and Time Again
Time and Time Again by James Hilton is a reflective novel that weaves together memory, love, and the passage of time. It follows Charles Anderson, a man caught between the past and present, as he revisits pivotal moments in his life, exploring the choices...- $12.99
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Vendor: F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Beautiful and Damned
Twenty-five-year-old Anthony Patch appears to have it all: a Harvard education, an apartment in New York City, memberships at all of the best clubs, and a generous trust fund to draw from. His grandfather is not happy with Anthony's feckless lifestyle, but can Anthony...- $20.00
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Vendor: Zane Grey
The Spirit of the Border
Zane Grey wrote the historical novel The Spirit of the Border, which was first released in 1906. The events depicted in the book are those that took place in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It tells the story of Lewis...- $19.99
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Vendor: Pierre Désiré Janvier
Life of Sister Mary St. Peter Carmelite of Tours
Life of Sister Mary St. Peter Carmelite of Tours is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other...- $44.90
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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.