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Vendor: Marek Torčík
Memory Burn
Memory Burn, is a coming-of-age story of a queer boy from a Czech industrial town. Torčík' delves into the recesses of memory in an effort to come to terms with painful memories from his childhood. As a homosexual boy with a slight build growing...- $35.00
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Vendor: A. J. Moore
The Undoing of My Marriage
In the wake of early parenthood and the Covid-19 pandemic, AJ suppresses her growing sense of entrapment in marriage-despite its idyllic beginnings. She knows she should be content. Doesn't she have everything she once wanted? But when she stumbles into a whirlwind online affair...- $22.99
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Vendor: Edward Shields
A Journey into the Science of Frequencies of Mind and Body
A Journey into the Science of Frequencies of Matter and Mind is part research memoir, part science primer, and part practical handbook for anyone fascinated by the unseen forces that shape our world. Taking you into the lived experience of a skeptical yet ever-hopeful...- $14.49
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Vendor: Pamela Blair
The Reluctant Womb: Life Before Roe v. Wade-A Novel
A powerful novel of friendship, choice, and survival-before Roe v. Wade, when a woman's options could define her destiny.In 1963, three college friends at the University of Michigan are on the cusp of adulthood, full of dreams and discovering their place in the world....- $17.95
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Vendor: Sandra Freels
Anneke Jans in the New World
Timed perfectly to publish just as New York celebrates its 400th birthday, a riveting story of a spirited young mother who faces the unknowns of seventeenth-century New Amsterdam after fleeing the Old World in search of a better life. It's 1630, and Anneke Jans...- $17.99
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Vendor: Hank Pharis
Failing for God?: A pastoral Memoir
What does it mean to win or lose in pastoral ministry? If you are fired or forced to resign does that mean you are a loser? What if you were fired or forced to resign from four churches? Join Dr. Hank Pharis as he...- $9.99
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Vendor: Furguson
Local Knowledge: Unleashed in Art
It all started in Nigeria... I was born in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria. I lived in Nigeria for twenty-seven years before I moved to Canada for my master's program that turned into a PhD program. I am a theatre practitioner-researcher, an actor cum director/...- $16.99
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Vendor: Lewis Henry Boutell
The Life of Roger Sherman
The Life of Roger Sherman is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. 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...- $36.90
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Vendor: Edward Conlon
The Policewomen's Bureau
"A page turning story, based on fact, about how it was to be an NYPD cop and a woman several decades ago: frightening, exciting, rewarding, as well as insulting, demoralizing and surreal, all at the same time. Policewoman Marie Carrara is the ultimate survivor."--Joseph...- $25.99
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Vendor: Nathan O'Hagan
The Last Sane Man On Earth
Sequel to The World Is (Not) A Cold Dead Place, The Last Sane Man On Earth is an acerbically funny critique of post-Brexit Britain and the social media age, through the eyes of one of modern fiction's great outsiders. Two years on from the...- $10.99
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Vendor: Harper H. Jameson
No Hatred or Bitterness
The exhilarating WWI spy thriller about the woman who inspired the world by refusing to choose sides. English Nurse, Edith Cavell, was committed to doing one thing in life - heal the sick, regardless of who they were or where they came from. Even...- $21.95
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Vendor: W. Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage
W. Somerset Maugham's partly autobiographical masterpiece, Of Human Bondage follows Philip Carey as he struggles and strives in art, love, and life.Author: W. Somerset MaughamISBN-10: 1523611960ISBN-13: 9781523611966Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/21/2016Pages: 512Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.64lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.14dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 8.3Point...- $19.99
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Vendor: J. M. Barrie
What Every Woman Knows
What Every Woman Knows (1908) is a play by J. M. Barrie. It ran for 384 performances at the Duke of York's Theatre in London and was produced on Broadway as well, making it one of the most successful plays of the year. Inspired...- $5.99
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Vendor: Phyllis T. Smith
The Daughters of Palatine Hill
Two years after Emperor Augustus's bloody defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, he triumphantly returns to Rome. To his only child, Julia, he brings an unlikely companion--Selene, the daughter of the conquered Egyptian queen and her lover.Under the watchful eye of Augustus's wife, Livia,...- $14.95
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Vendor: Ronald J. Wichers
The Fear of Being Eaten: A Biography of the Heart
What if you married a man who didn't care about you? What if there was a child in the neighborhood for whom you developed a special fondness but was nine when you were nineteen and twenty when you were thirty with two children and...- $14.99
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Vendor: Lawrence Goodstone
What's in a Name?: 20 People - 20 Stories
This collection of short stories will appeal to readers who are attracted to snapshots of the human condition. While set in Australia, the stories reflect universal themes. They range over a number of genres from crime to science fiction, from human weakness to human...- $29.99
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Vendor: Stephanie Claire
Towards a Better World
Set in 1920s Sydney, the heyday of Theosophy and other 'new religions', Towards a Better World explores a time bursting with new and exciting ideas - but also with rumours concerning clergy and young boys. Based on family stories and careful research, Stephanie Claire...- $21.99
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Vendor: Guy Staight
Testament
Autumn 1914. Farmer Tom Bomford leaves his life in rural England for the sands of Eqypt. He is a member of the Worcestershire Yeomanry and he is at the start of a long and extraordinary adventure that will stretch across the whole of the...- $14.99
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Vendor: Kingsley Ross Hill
Who Was Taliath Saren?
The epic Gower Peninsula Series continues with book number 4, Who Was Taliath Saren? The unthinkable happens when a family member goes missing! Gay has been reading the ancient diary of the Celtic woman Taliath Saren, and she decides she wants to meet her...- $19.99
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Vendor: Damien Lay
Of Air and Men
Author: Damien LayISBN-13: 9798891389496Publisher: Busybird PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/10/2025Pages: 350Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.78d- $19.99
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Vendor: K. Tingting Gray
Crescent Lane
To the outside world, Mei, an investment banker in Chicago, is the embodiment of an immigrant's success story. Yet behind the façade of her contented American dream, she is plagued by shame and deeply suppressed secrets. Born during the Cultural Revolution in China, she...- $28.99
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Vendor: K. Tingting Gray
Crescent Lane
To the outside world, Mei, an investment banker in Chicago, is the embodiment of an immigrant's success story. Yet behind the façade of her contented American dream, she is plagued by shame and deeply suppressed secrets. Born during the Cultural Revolution in China, she...- $16.99
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Vendor: Blair MacInnes
Collectors Abroad
Mary (Mim) Blair, was a Chicago patron of the arts and the main character in Blair MacInnes' earlier novel, A Collection of Hours. In this new family saga, Collectors Abroad, Mim and her daughters, Italia and Mildred spend a decade in Europe with a...- $27.99
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Vendor: Joshua Ericson
Fuck That: A Fictional Memoir
Fuck That is a raw, fictionalized memoir of mixed-race identity in white America. Told in a poetic, unfiltered voice, it follows Michael Smith, a man too Black for white spaces, too white for Black ones, who survives by code-switching, masking, and shrinking himself to...- $9.99
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Vendor: Douglas Brode
Monument Valley or Once Upon a Time at the Movies
The Last Picture ShowDuring the late 1960s, three men met in Monument Valley, the heart, soul, and brain of our vast southwest. One was John Ford, an aging director who over the past half-century had created the greatest body of cinematic work dealing with...- $42.00
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Vendor: Mark Twain
Personal Recollections Of Joan Of Arc Vol.1
"Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" is a historical novel written by Mark Twain, the renowned American author. Twain presents Joan of Arc as a courageous and devout young woman who receives visions from saints and believes she has been chosen by God to...- $28.99
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Vendor: Ernst Weiß
Boëtius von Orlamünde: Der Aristokrat: Entwicklungsroman
Boëtius von Orlamünde ist ein Internats- und Entwicklungsroman von Ernst Wei , der, Mitte der zwanziger Jahre geschrieben. Boëtius Maria Dagobert von Orlamünde, "glaubensschwacher", fast mittelloser Sohn eines "verarmten, stellungslosen Fürsten" aus Brüssel, nennt sich einfach Orlamünde. Der 18-Jährige hält sich für eine "armselige...- $6.40
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Vendor: Marion Bornschier
Schwester/Sister Missed and Found
I was nine. I went into my parents' bedroom. They were both sitting in bed, sitting up. Happy. The sunlight shines onto the north wall, illuminating it a soft and bright white. The floor is warm on my bare feet and the off white...- $15.80
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Vendor: Giovanni Leoni
Benedict XV: A Voice of Hope During the Great War: A Biography of Leadership, Courage, and Humanity in an Era of Conflict
Amid the thunderous chaos of World War I, one man stood as a beacon of hope and reconciliation: Pope Benedict XV. In this compelling biography, Benedict XV: A Voice of Hope During the Great War, Giovanni Leoni delves into the extraordinary life and papacy...- $16.99
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Vendor: Louise Creighton
Life of Sir Walter Raleigh
Life of Sir Walter Raleigh is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. 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...- $30.90
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Vendor: Leslie Cope Cornford
Captain Jacobus
Captain Jacobus is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. 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...- $30.50
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Vendor: Robert Hough
Anarchists in Love
Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman bring revolutionary idealism to attempts at love, political violence, and utopia in this compelling novel based on a true story.New York City, 1890. The "Gilded Age" is not golden for all. Emma Goldman has just fled a loveless marriage...- $18.95
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Vendor: Tina April Smith Fcmgr
Cocooned in Naivety - The Final Story
The final story of a woman's fight to find love and acceptance in the world, where men held her down. the story of rape and abuse in the form of love, and how escaping death made this woman into someone strong and courageous.Author: Tina...- $20.00
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Vendor: Walter Scott
The Black Dwarf
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - As I may, without vanity, presume that the name and official description prefixed to this Proem will secure it,...- $12.95
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Vendor: Kathleen Ryder
The Alice Diaries
Taught by her mother to hate herself, rejected for being an Indigenous Australian, Alice is tired of her life.A new year brings new resolutions, Alice is determined that this is the year she completely overhauls her life...If she can just make it through January!...- $19.99
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Vendor: Pete Minall
Clunk
Clunk by Pete MinallWhat do a heart attack, a forklift, and a caped crusader have in common? They all feature in this riotous romp through a life spent in the wings, lighting the stage, and behind and in front of the camera. This is...- $22.99
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Vendor: Alexandra Lapierre
The Very Secretive and Passionate Stella Miles Franklin
The first novel written about the enigmatic literary legend "A pure delight."--Elle "Lapierre's best novel so far."--Le Nouvel Obs Australia, 1901. Miles Franklin, the young daughter of poor bush farmers, manages to publish her first novel against all odds. A work of remarkable boldness...- $20.00
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Vendor: Jerome Charyn
Maria La Divina: A Novel of Maria Callas
An intimate portrait of the world's most iconic opera singer Maria Callas, called La Divina, is widely recognized as the greatest diva who ever lived. Jerome Charyn's Callas springs to life as the headstrong, mercurial, and charismatic artist who captivated generations of fans, thrilling...- $45.99
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Vendor: Shelley Noble
The Sisters of Book Row
A thrilling and timely historical novel of books, banning, and the women who helped save New York's famed Book Row, from bestselling author Shelley Noble.1915: Manhattan's Book Row, an eclectic jumble of forty bookshops along Fourth Avenue, is the mecca for rare book buyers...- $18.99
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Vendor: Daniel Defoe
Moll Flanders Annotated
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders (commonly known as simply Moll Flanders ) is a novel written by Daniel Defoe in 1722.Defoe wrote this after his work as a journalist and pamphleteer. By 1722, Defoe had become recognized as a novelist,...- $16.99
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Vendor: E. a. James
The Last Visitor (New Edition)
Luther Rawlings, a mild-mannered barber and baseball fan, takes a bus ride that could cost him his life. While Luther fights for his life, Hawk Williams, a Black man from Luther's hometown, takes us through five decades of Luther's life. The book takes a...- $12.95
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Vendor: Russell Schneider
The Secret Diaries of Watkin Tench
FACT OR FICTION?Why did the British Government invest a fortune in 1787 to send the worst of its people to the other side of the world? And what was behind the mysterious disappearance of French naval hero and explorer La Perouse, whose two frigates...- $20.95
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Joan: The fog of war can only delay the path to true love
In the backdrop of the chaotic and devastating bombings during World War II, Joan's life was forever changed when she decides to become a Nurse. Based near Stanstead Mountfitchet Aerodrome she falls in love with a USAAF Pilot.Based on the childhood memories of her...- $8.99
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Vendor: Gillian Ingall
Napoleon's Glass
Napoleon's Glass is based on the real-life story of a tragic French heroine named Adele Vignoli. When her father, the Marquis Thierry Valentin, is forced to flee France to escape the guillotine, Adele must support herself and her mother. With the help of Josephine...- $19.95
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Vendor: Harper H. Jameson
The Last Witch
Based on the improbable true story of the last woman found guilty of being a witch. Helen was a prickly Scottish mother of six eking out a living, traveling around Great Britain as a performing medium. Some would say phony medium. She knew all...- $18.95
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Vendor: Marleen Hacquoil
The Lady Who Wore Her Cat as a Collar: The Adventures of Elinor Glyn
A reader living in the early 20th century would have no need to ask, "Who is Elinor Glyn?" She was the best-read romantic novelist of her day, and the author of a passionate book that led to a poem about her sinning on a...- $17.50
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All Blogged Up
Meet Kevin Julie as he approaches the last year of the 20th century. It is January 1999, and Kevin is almost 30 years old. He is happy go lucky, but very lazy. Kevin plays at his job as a personnel manager for a global...- $23.97
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Vendor: Les Plesko
Last Bongo Sunset
Step into the dark and mysterious underworld of the crime-ridden streets of California as Les Plesko's striking and hip debut novel follows a young drug addict through the streets of Venice. Stuck in the daunting and mindless routine of drug use, a young addict...- $17.99
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Vendor: Andrew Charles Fischer
The Last Semester
Zach Gilbert is a depressed, alcoholic college student attempting to finish up his undergraduate degree at Drake University. This is his story. Follow along with Zach as he struggles with his inner demons, meets new people, spends time with his friends and enemies, and...- $14.99
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Vendor: Harish Kumar
Conspiracies of Colours
Wherever he goes, colours chase him and hound him. They dog him to no end. He is a committed chromophobe, a victim of a strange condition called chronic malachromia. His aversion to colours and the deep hatred he nurses for them is not a...- $9.99
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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.

