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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: 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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Vendor: Lewis Campbell
Letters of Benjamin Jowett: Master of Balliol College, Oxford
Letters of Benjamin Jowett - Master of Balliol College, Oxford 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...- $30.90
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Vendor: Helen Hunt Jackson
Ramona; A Story
"One of the most artistic creations of American literature." -The Atlantic Monthly (19th century) Ramona (1884), by Helen Hunt Jackson, is a story of racial discrimination and hardship and their effects on the life of a mixed-race Scottish-Native American orphan. Having been serialized originally...- $39.99
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Vendor: Augusto Monterroso
The Rest Is Silence
The lone novel by a Latin American author of very short fiction (praised as "the most beautiful stories in the world" by Italo Calvino)--an antic, metafictional send-up of the Mexican literary scene told through the unreliable recollections of an aging critic's friends, relatives, and...- $16.95
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Vendor: Hudena Rasheed
Two Hearts and Ten Roses: The Dynamics of a Dysfunctional Family
This book is an interesting account of defeats and triumphs as encountered by one African American Male. It is a raw, unpretentious view of life's intricacies. Enjoy turning the pages of this adventures and ponder your own life as you read it.Author: Hudena RasheedISBN-10:...- $19.95
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Vendor: Matthew Renze
From the Depths of Madness: A Journey Through Mental Illness
A young man is suddenly confronted with a debilitating mental illness. He is admitted into a psychiatric ward where he encounters strangers that soon become friends. Through his struggles to overcome his illness, he learns valuable lessons about how to cope, manage his illness,...- $9.99
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Vendor: Camille Di Maio
Before the Rain Falls
After serving seventy years in prison for the murder of her sister, Eula, Della Lee has finally returned home to the Texas town of Puerto Pesar. She's free from confinement--and ready to tell her secrets before it's too late.She finds a willing audience in...- $14.95
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Vendor: H. G. Wells
The Research Magnificent
This is H. G. Wells' 1915 novel, "The Research Magnificent". The story is presented as the efforts of one Mr. White to compile, collate, and preserve the life's work of his deceased academic friend, William Porphyry Benham. The tale centres around the recounting of...- $24.99
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Vendor: Susan Fries
When Pigs Fly: A Journey Home
Journey with Nicole who is whisked away on the wings of her guardian angel, Angelica who takes her on a most unbelievable journey to a place prepared just for her. Nicole shows strength and stamina while family and friends fall apart. Their prayers may...- $13.95
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Vendor: Gaynor Arnold
Girl in a Blue Dress: A Novel Inspired by the Life and Marriage of Charles Dickens
This dazzling debut novel brings the spirit of Catherine Dickens--the cast-off wife of Charles Dickens--to life in the form of Dorothea "Dodo" Gibson, a woman who is doomed to live in the shadow of her husband, Alfred, the most celebrated author in the Victorian...- $20.00
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Vendor: David H. Brandin
REUBEN's GRIFT
Author: David H. BrandinISBN-10: 1663265933ISBN-13: 9781663265937Publisher: iUniverseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/16/2024Pages: 308Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d- $24.99
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Vendor: Terry Watada
Hiroshima Bomb Money
Through the lives of three siblings living in Hiroshima, Japan, Terry Watada explores the sweep of history during the years 1930 to 1945, known in Japan as the Fifteen Year War. The youngest, Chisato Akamatsu, travels to Canada looking for a new life and...- $17.95
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Vendor: Neige Sinno
Sad Tiger
Winner of multiple prizes, Neige Sinno has created a powerful literary form with Sad Tiger, a book that took France by storm and is an international phenomenon. "Reading Sad Tiger is like descending into an abyss with your eyes open. It forces you to...- $22.95
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Vendor: Caroline Cauchi
Queen of the Mist
School teacher. Widow. Legend. Meet the courageous Mrs Annie Edson Taylor. The bravest woman you've never heard of and the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel - over a decade before any male daredevil had the balls to do the...- $19.99
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Vendor: James Hilton
Random Harvest
Random Harvest by James Hilton is a gripping tale of memory, love, and second chances. After a soldier's amnesia erases his past, he begins anew-until a chance encounter unravels forgotten mysteries. A captivating exploration of fate and the enduring power of love, set against...- $12.99
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Vendor: Birgit Treipl
Even Without Blood: The remarkable story of an orphaned boy in WWII Java
Even Without Blood is a profoundly moving debut novel that captures the resilience of a young boy named Victor, who was orphaned at the age of eight on the brink of World War II and labelled an enemy of the state. Based on a...- $14.99
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Vendor: Ian R. Forman
The Returnee: Alive Again in Howth
Ian has returned. But from where? Everyone thinks he is mentally disturbed because he is claiming to be the grown-up Ian Forman, who everyone knows drowned when he was just a 12-year-old child. Even his wife Mary of over 40 years says she doesn't...- $22.99
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Vendor: David Boyer
The Ghosts In My Head
Chuck Polanski is an alcoholic - and an aspiring writer.He is also a huge fan of a fellow alcoholic and aspiring writer, Charles Bukowski, whose legacy is one of epic proportions, at least within his own community, that being fellow lost souls in search...- $9.99
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Vendor: Sachi G. Dastidar
Hudson Ganga Merger
This is a fictionalized non-fiction story of a family who initially grew up in the Bay of Bengal area of Indian Subcontinent, then moving to New York area living for decades, connecting with Apalachee Bay of the Gulf of Mexico, near Tallahassee, Florida, via...- $36.99
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Vendor: Federico Falco
The Plains
After a loss, a year in the country: four seasons to transform a garden and a self.'In the city the notion of the hours of the day, of the passage of time, is lost. In the countryside that is impossible, ' our narrator tells...- $16.95
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Vendor: Jack Kerouac
Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46
Written in 1967 from the vantage point of the psychedelic sixties, Vanity of Duluoz is a fascinating portrait of the artist as a young man.This book presents the formative years in the life of Jack Duluoz--Kerouac's alter ego--beginning with his high school experiences as...- $39.95
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Vendor: Roland J. Beckerman
Seeking Justice: Courtroom Drama in a Medical Malpractice Setting
Roland J. Beckerman is a Southern man that grew up learning right from wrong in a healthy family environment. He had many successes in most of the things he attempted to do as a young man. As he continued to age, he became versed...- $34.95
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Vendor: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Men of Our Times
Reproduction of the original: Men of Our Times by Harriet Beecher StoweAuthor: Harriet Beecher StoweISBN-10: 3752429704ISBN-13: 9783752429701Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/14/2020Pages: 352Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.79d- $62.90
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Vendor: Franz Liszt
Life of Chopin
Life of Chopin is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1863. 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...- $26.90
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Vendor: Ken Goodman
The Smart One: A Grandfather's Tale
The future is often foretold in stories of the past. As families flee the Debaltseve in Eastern Ukraine in 2015, Ken Goodman's The Smart One: A Grandfather's Tale takes us back to families fleeing persecution in Eastern Europe at the turn of the Twentieth...- $27.95
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Vendor: Michael Gorton
Forefathers & Founding Fathers
In the early colonies, this country was on the precipice of becoming an autocratic theocracy. The battle for democracy and equal rights was sparked by a few characters, who are now lost and forgotten pieces of history. Forefathers & Founding Fathers is an adventure,...- $14.99
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Vendor: Winfred Blevins
Give Your Heart to the Hawks: A Tribute to the Mountain Men
Originally published: New York: Tom Dougherty Associates, 1973.Author: Winfred BlevinsISBN-10: 1432855409ISBN-13: 9781432855406Publisher: Wheeler Publishing Large PrintLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/19/2018Pages: 539Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.27lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00dLarge Print- $26.99
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Vendor: Oscar Carlos Valdes
Donald and Melania: 75 Days
Donald and Melania are under enormous pressure as they arrive in the White House. They had been unprepared. She had not been political before the presidency and now it strikes her that his decisions carry far reaching consequences. She discovers that she cannot be...- $12.95
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Vendor: Paulette Brooks
Not Just a Homemaker: The Extraordinary Life of Sheila MacGregor
Read this if you like your dual-timeline historical fiction with a strong sense of place and an everywoman's zeal.At the end of her remarkable life of ninety-three years, spanning a world war and three continents, Sheila MacGregor Beals donates her beautiful, forested property to...- $14.99
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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.

