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Vendor: Andreas Schroeder
Dustship Glory
In this new edition of a prairie classic, Andreas Schroeder fictionalizes the true story of Tom Sukanen's wild scheme to build an ocean-bound ship in the middle of a wheatfield in Saskatchewan. Set in the hardship of the "Dirty Thirties," Dustship Glory presents us...- $21.95
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Vendor: Paul Bryden
The First Boomerang: A Spiritual Journey
Lindsay, an Aboriginal elder, and Rob, a young white traveller meet in the Outback and make discoveries that may re-write Australia's history. Based on facts this story takes the reader on a journey through inner, personal landscapes and traditional Aboriginal country.Lindsay's challenge is to...- $21.99
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Vendor: G. S. Willmott
Brothers in Arms
Brothers in Arms is an extraordinary story, one which provides insights into the dualities of human nature, especially against a background of war. We are confronted with the potential within all of us for both heroism and cowardice, honesty and deception, altruism and greed;...- $19.99
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Vendor: Ion Idriess
Drums of Mer
As an authentic picture of life among the head-hunting warriors of the Torres Strait Islands it is probably unsurpassed.There are some who may think that Mr Idriess is giving us simply an imaginative picture, but the author has travelled the Strait with the discerning...- $20.99
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Vendor: Montie Lumpkin
Path of the Buffalo: The Story of a United States Deputy Marshal in the Indian Territory
A historically accurate work of fiction, this story details the desperate times and hard men that served the Federal Court of the Western District of Arkansas in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It portrays the life events and courage of a United States Deputy Marshal serving...- $7.99
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Vendor: Sergei Shargunov
A Book Without Photographs
Sergei Shargunov's A Book without Photographs follows the young journalist and activist through selected snapshots from different periods of his remarkable life. Through memories both sharp and vague, we see scenes from Shargunov's Soviet childhood, his upbringing in the family of a priest; his...- $29.99
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Vendor: Robert Parr
Ramblings of an Untamed Mind: A Man's Journey Through Poetry
"I cut myself with words, so it is ink that leaks and not my life."Within this short collection of poetry, Robert takes you on a journey-his journey with a unique world perspective. Be prepared to be taken on a roller coaster of emotions exploring...- $21.00
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Vendor: Marcus Zeus
What to do When Your Wife Cheats on You: An Angry Man asks, "How could that f*cking bitch do this?"
Did you ever have something happen that was so devastating you didn't know what to do?I wrote this to help and to be funny. It's here to help from my experiences, take it for what it's worth. Just so you know that you are...- $9.99
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Vendor: Susan Coventry
Till Taught by Pain
Inspired by the groundbreaking discoveries of ether and chloroform anesthesia, William Stewart Halsted pursues a surgical career with relentless ambition, daring to perform operations deemed impossible by his peers. His reputation skyrockets with each bold success-- until his quest for an effective local anesthetic...- $20.95
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Vendor: Ginger Marcinkowski
Run, River Currents
As the last of the mourners departed the ornate Catholic Church, Emily entered a side door unnoticed, walked to the coffin, and punched her dead father in the face. "You'll never be dead enough," she whispered, "Never."Author: Ginger MarcinkowskiISBN-10: 1533319936ISBN-13: 9781533319937Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...- $14.95
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Vendor: Charles Frazier
Varina
Sooner or later, history asks, which side were you on?In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil WarHer marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees...- $27.99
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Vendor: Mary Costello
A Beautiful Loan
In Dublin in 1985, nineteen-year-old Anna Hughes is in thrall to Peter Gallagher, an older, worldly man. Her obsessive longing for him leads to marriage, bereavement and, eventually, to a crushing betrayal.When Anna meets a kindhearted Muslim man, she finds herself falling in love...- $28.99
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Vendor: Kamryn Adams
Toyi Elizabeth
The award-winning author of Par for the Curse brings readers an impassioned story of grace with resilience often deeply hidden in the human spirit. Toyi Elizabeth is an inspiring tale that leaves readers to consider the strength, power, and love buried inside of them....- $16.95
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Vendor: St Phane Michaka
Scissors
Based on the life of the great short-story writer Raymond Carver, Scissors is a compassionate and convincing portrayal of the creative life. An alcoholic with no money, Raymond's writing career is going nowhere. When the charismatic editor Douglas, known ominously as "Scissors" among his...- $18.00
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Vendor: Sarah Emsley
The Austens
Author: Sarah EmsleyISBN-10: 1990770878ISBN-13: 9781990770876Publisher: Pottersfield PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/15/2025Pages: 286Format: Paperback- $22.95
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Vendor: Paul Gordon James
The Night's Cipher
The archive of Professor Paul Gordon James-long thought lost-has now been unearthed and made available for the first time. Born in Bath, Somerset, on July 4, 1870, Prof. James pursued his education at Christ Church, Oxford, before continuing his postgraduate studies at the Royal...- $14.99
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Vendor: Hannah Lillith Assadi
Paradiso 17
The intimate, sweeping tale of one man's restless search for home the world over, as the pendulum of fate swings between loss and life, grief and euphoria, regret and hope All his life, exile has been the shadow stitched to the sole of Sufien's...- $29.00
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Vendor: Michelle E. Rhoney
The Color of Pieces: Overcoming Pain, Reclaiming Power, and Embracing New Beginnings
What do you do when life falls apart-piece by piece?Lola spent years chasing love, validation, and success, believing they would make her whole. But after enduring betrayal, grief, and toxic relationships, she realizes that self-worth isn't found in others-it must be reclaimed from within.The...- $14.99
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Vendor: Alfred Schirokauer
Kleopatra: Lebensgeschichte der legendären ägyptischen Königin (Historischer Roman)
Alfred Schirokauer (1880-1934) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Drehbuchautor und Filmregisseur. Er verfasste Romanbiografien über Ferdinand Lassalle, Lord Byron, Napoleon und Lucretia Borgia sowie historische und Gegenwartsromane. Aus dem Buch: "Der wei lackierte Wagen mit den fleckenlosen Schimmelhengsten blitzt durch die Stra en. Überrumpelt, verblüfft...- $7.30
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Vendor: Thomas Hauser
The Baker's Tale: Ruby Spriggs and the Legacy of Charles Dickens
An evocative historical novel that explores the rising influence of Dickens's work in mid-19th century London through the journey of a young woman's struggle against poverty and injustice. In the winter of 1836, a young journalist named Charles Dickens held an infant in his...- $16.95
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Vendor: G. Victor Moea
The Stoop: Steps leading to a lifetime of memories and acceptance through music
It's the 1950s on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City, the most diversified area in the world. There were immigrants of every ethnicity, learning how to live together as one people, without prejudice to others, their nationality, religion, race, or their...- $14.95
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Vendor: Pamela Kaufman
The Book of Eleanor: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine
One of history's greatest women, celebrated by her contemporaries, descendants, and biographers, now comes to life in this mesmerizing new novel by bestselling author Pamela Kaufman. In 1137, fifteen-year-old Eleanor became Duchess of Aquitaine, a wealthy and powerful province in the south of France....- $20.00
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Vendor: Allison Pataki
It Girl
A sweeping, sensational novel of America's first "It Girl," whose dramatic journey to center stage echoes through the decades--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post. New York, 1900. At the dawn of a new century, the city's...- $30.00
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Vendor: Zane Whitcomb
The Ghost of My Dreams
Author: Zane WhitcombISBN-13: 9798231838271Publisher: Zane WhitcombLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/31/2025Pages: 34Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.08d- $6.99
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Vendor: Anaya Devi
Little and Lost
Rosie's story bleeds into the pages of this realistic fiction novel, written from the perspective of a girl growing up in a world that never taught her how to stop and breathe. Drawn from journal entries, lost art, and thoughts shaped by an ego...- $19.95
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Vendor: Norman P. Johnson
As the Butte Burns
In As the Butte Burns, bizarre mountain experiences abound, shady life choices are explored, and perfect love takes some on the ride of their life. "As the Butte burns" was a phrase coined by disillusioned young people coming to the mountains and discovering they...- $29.95
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Vendor: Harry Maer
Dares again the field: A family's past revealed
It is 1850. The renowned musician John Henry Distin, has just performed a concert before Queen Victoria at Balmoral, but widowed and short of money he is a troubled man because he does not know who his father is. Born in the closing years...- $18.99
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Vendor: Andrew W. Johnson
Lewis Jesse Rains: A bigography of Lewis James Rains
This biography traces the lifetime of Lewis J. Rains which began in Grangeville Idaho. It traces his family history and presents detailed information about his parents, siblings and ancestors' lives. A contributing author is also Lewis Rains himself, who wrote several short stories that...- $7.95
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Vendor: Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days
In "The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days," the narrative delves deeply into the contrasts between freedom and enslavement, where the protagonist's struggle for self-determination becomes a central focus. As a young man captured by Vikings, the journey emphasizes the...- $18.99
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Vendor: Ulysses Grant
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: Volume II
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant - Volume II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1886. 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....- $63.90
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Vendor: Richard Skorupski
The Frank Stanbauer Story
Ninety-seven year young, Frank takes you on a pleasant journey through the time of our fathers and grandfathers. Laugh and cry with him as he tells his tale.At ninety-seven, Frank Stanbauer is the oldest person in Helen, South Dakota. Frank has lived a full...- $19.95
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From That Flame: A Novelized Account of the Life, Death, and Legacy of Ahmed Shah Massoud
FROM THAT FLAME follows journalist Michelle Garrett as she interviews the legendary Commander Ahmed Shah Massoud - the "Lion of Panjshir" - in Afghanistan's rugged Hindu Kush Mountains. Without warning, an attack by Taliban and al-Qaeda troops propels Michelle into a wartime adventure with...- $19.95
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Vendor: Vigdis Hjorth
Repetition
Prize-winning novel by one of the foremost writers of her generation, explores the horror and beauty of being sixteen-years-old. In a Norwegian November, when it is dark at waking and dark at sleeping, a novelist in her sixties sits next to a teenaged girl...- $19.95
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Vendor: Amy Terrill
No Secrets Among Sisters
Once at the top of her field, investigative reporter Amelia Collins has been struggling with the loss of her father. When her story exposing political corruption at the highest level is shelved, her temper erupts, putting her career in jeopardy at a moment when...- $35.99
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Vendor: Amy Terrill
No Secrets Among Sisters
Once at the top of her field, investigative reporter Amelia Collins has been struggling with the loss of her father. When her story exposing political corruption at the highest level is shelved, her temper erupts, putting her career in jeopardy at a moment when...- $21.99
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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...- $30.00
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Vendor: Reshonda Tate
With Love from Harlem: A Novel of Hazel Scott
Author: Reshonda TateISBN-10: 0063421186ISBN-13: 9780063421189Publisher: William Morrow & CompanyLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/27/2026Pages: 416Format: Paperback- $19.99
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Vendor: Amanda McCabe
Secretary to the Socialite
In the glittering world of mid-century America, Millicent Rogers is a woman ahead of her time-Standard Oil heiress, fashion icon, patron of the arts, wife, mother, lover to men like Ian Fleming and Clark Gable. Her beauty and intelligence captivate the world. But behind...- $19.99
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Vendor: James Bridgwater
Blind Justice
Mark Wilson suffered such abuse and trauma as a child he was psychologically damaged and developed problems including split personalities and psychosomatic blindness. Now he has a guide dog called Willow and a dark secret. Blind Justice is a transvestite vigilante seeking revenge on...- $12.99
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Vendor: Penny Haw
The Woman and Her Stars
Author: Penny HawISBN-10: 1728295483ISBN-13: 9781728295480Publisher: Sourcebooks LandmarkLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/03/2026Pages: 336Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 1.50d- $17.99
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Vendor: Doug Draper
Mad Dad, Fun Dad: Finding Hope That Things Will Get Better
From an early age, Ben Baker knows that "when dad is mad, someone is going to get hurt." He sees it when his father bashes his mother in the head with a shotgun and experiences it through frequent beatings with brooms, rakes or whatever...- $14.99
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Vendor: Luis Martinez
Loser
You will not want to put this book down, every chapter has its twist and turn's. LOSER recounts the struggles against a rebellious attitude, life on the streets and difficult relationships with friends, family and women. This memoir recounts the author's personal viewpoint toward...- $13.49
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Vendor: Zane Grey
Betty Zane
Zane Grey's debut novel, which he self-published in 1905, "Betty Zane" is the first book in Grey's "Frontier Trilogy" and tells the true biographical story of Elizabeth "Betty" Zane, a hero of the American Revolutionary War and direct ancestor of the author. While under...- $11.99
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Vendor: Benjamin Markovits
Quiet Adjustment
In his Byron trilogy, Benjamin Markovits lovingly reinvents the nineteenth-century novel, true to its perfect prose, penetrating insight, and simmering passions. Inspired by the actual biography of Lord Byron the greatest literary figure and most notorious sex symbol of his age Markovits re-imagines Byron...- $24.95
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Vendor: Phillip Margulies
Belle Cora
In the home where Arabella Godwin was raised it is forbidden to speak her name, and her picture is turned to the wall. But in the turbulent America of the 1850s, everyone knows her as "Belle Cora," madam of San Francisco's finest bordello. Judges...- $25.00
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Vendor: Saara El-Arifi
Cleopatra
Cleopatra tells her own story in this evocative and sensuous historical epic from the bestselling and award-winning author of Faebound and The Final Strife. This stunning edition includes designed endpapers and a custom case stamp. YOU KNOW MY NAME, BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW...- $30.00
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Vendor: Tove Jansson
The Summer Book (Movie Tie-In Edition)
Now a major motion picture starring Glenn Close and directed by Charlie McDowell In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer--its sunlight and storms--into twenty-two crystalline vignettes. This brief novel tells the story of Sophia, a six-year-old girl awakening to...- $15.95
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Vendor: Steven P. Lansky
Shoes
Lansky's singular, marvelously absurd, graphic, hybrid novella, Shoes has cutting-edge detailed, prose modeled on recanted reality. It moves like the doorway god Janus, who, upon the threshold, looks both outwards, and to the interior. Two faces, toggle facets of moments, the third eye drawn...- $15.00
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Vendor: Gordon Gordey
His Name Was Henry
This paperback book contains the English and Ukrainian versions of the story.Ця книга у м'якій обкладинці містить англійську та українську версії оповідання.---When Gordon Gordey was eight-years-old, his carefree farm boy childhood was about to be snatched away. His dad badly injured his back in...- $7.99
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Vendor: Daniel Carlson
The Life and Death of My Best Friend, Davy Crockett
This book chronicles the extraordinary life, adventures, and death of David Crockett as recounted and described by his lifelong friend. This true account details David's remarkable journey from his humble origins in Tennessee, where he was sold into child slavery, his term of service...- $11.99
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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.

