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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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: 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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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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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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Vendor: Camille Di Maio
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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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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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: 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

