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Vendor: Abbe Rolnick
Tattle Tales: Essays and Stories Along the Way
This collection of short stories and essays is an exploration of whimsy and wisdom that take the reader from the basement of a young girl learning about the Holocaust via a repairman, to a literal and psychological deep dive in the Caribbean, to the...- $14.99
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Vendor: Ludwig Nohl
Beethoven: Depicted by his contemporaries
Beethoven - Depicted by his contemporaries is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1880. 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...- $41.90
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Vendor: John Seely Hart
Female Prose Writers of America
Female Prose Writers of America is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. 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...- $56.50
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Vendor: Marcy Heidish
A Woman Called Moses
The Astonishing Story of Harriet Tubman, the Mythic Heroine who led her people to freedom.Author: Marcy HeidishISBN-10: 0979240492ISBN-13: 9780979240492Publisher: Dolan & AssociatesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/11/2010Pages: 378Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.96lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.78d- $14.95
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Vendor: Kari Lee Hertzberg
The Whole Damn Carrousel: A journey of loves lost and LOVE found
Karina's Quest1967 was the beginning of Karina Mikelsen's young adult search for TRUE LOVE. She'd flirted with young love, maybe love and even possibly marrying love as she tasted and discarded men much in the same manner as one discards chocolates one does not...- $19.95
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Vendor: Elin Cullhed
Euphoria
A luminous portrayal of a brilliant mind who is at once at battle with herself and with the constraints that society has placed on her.A woman's life, erupting with brilliance and promise, is fissured by betrayal and the pressures of duty. What had once...- $18.00
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Vendor: Athena Morningstar Kelly
Warrendale
Warrendale is a portrait of life of Greasers and their girls in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s in Detroit. Their lives were like American Graffiti on acid, they shared everything from cigarettes and booze to probation officers and women. But the one guy...- $9.99
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Vendor: Stephen G. Eoannou
Yesteryear
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when from out of the past come the thundering hoofbeats of the great horse Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! Who was the mind behind The Lone Ranger? It's 1930s Buffalo, and the Great...- $15.95
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Vendor: Charles Francis Horne
Great Men and Famous Women: A Series of pen and pencil sketches - Volume IV
Great Men and Famous Women - A Series of pen and pencil sketches - Volume IV is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and...- $32.50
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Vendor: Kristel Thornell
Night Street
Winner, Dobbie Literary Award, FAW Barbara Ramsden Award, Sydney Morning Herald's Young Novelist Award, and The Australian/Vogel Literary AwardNight Street is the passionate story of a young painter, Clarice Beckett, who defies society's strict conventions and indifferent art critics alike and leads an intense...- $19.95
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Vendor: Mike D. Muindi
Journey Through Grief: A Collection of Stories on grief, Love, Laughter, and Legacy
Welcome to "Journey Through Grief: A Collection of Stories on Love, Laughter, and Legacy." This book is a compilation of seven powerful stories that explore the many facets of grief and the ways in which it can shape our lives. Each story is unique...- $7.99
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Vendor: Gill James
Face to Face with the F?rer
K舩he wants to be a scientist. She sees herself as more than a housewife and a mother. And she is in her own eyes definitely not Jewish.Life in Nazi Germany sees it another way however. She has to give up a promising career and...- $15.00
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Vendor: Ben Peller
Living the Gimmick
From the time he was able to body slam a pillow, Michael dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler, vanquishing imaginary enemies and nagging self-doubt with every drop kick he landed. As his buddies hit the books, Michael got hit. When they left for college,...- $24.99
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Vendor: G. Lawrence
My Lady Spy
Autumn, 1536 The Boleyns have fallen, but one has survived. Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford, has returned to court to serve in the chambers of her friend, the new Queen, Jane Seymour, but Lady Rochford has another master: Cromwell, the man who brought about the...- $18.99
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Vendor: Pierre Michon
Masters and Servants
One of Pierre Michon's most powerful works, this book imagines decisive moments in the lives of five artists of different times and places: Vincent van Gogh, Francisco Goya, Antoine Watteau, Claude Lorrain, and Lorentino, a little-remembered disciple of Piero della Francesca. Michon focuses on...- $33.00
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Vendor: Prof Jagdish Chandra Jha
Evelyn Waugh- the Novelist
English writer Evelyn Waugh was an expert satirist and an accomplished novelist; Evelyn Waugh was the second son of the late Arthur Waugh, publisher and literary critic, and brother Alec Waugh, the famous novelist. He was educated at Lancing and Hertford College, Oxford, where...- $23.99
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Vendor: Charles Francis Horne
Great Men and Famous Women: Volume III
Great Men and Famous Women - Volume III is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. 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....- $33.90
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Vendor: George a. Aitken
The Life of Richard Steele: Volume II
The Life of Richard Steele - Volume II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. 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....- $49.50
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Vendor: Randy Willis
Texas Wind: a novel of Texas
"The best men I've known have been cowmen. "There's a code they live by-it's their way of life. It starts with an abiding reverence for the Good Lord. "They're taught to honor and respect their parents and to share both blanket and bread. Their...- $25.00
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Vendor: George a. Aitken
The Life of Richard Steele: Volume I
The Life of Richard Steele - Volume I is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. 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....- $47.90
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Vendor: Vida Dutton Scudder
The Life of the Spirit in the Modern English Poets
The Life of the Spirit in the Modern English Poets is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and...- $40.50
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Vendor: David H. Lawrence
Kangaroo Illustrated
Kangaroo is a 1923 novel by D. H. Lawrence. It is set in Australia.Kangaroo is an account of a visit to New South Wales by an English writer named Richard Lovat Somers and his German wife Harriet in the early 1920s. This appears to...- $25.99
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Vendor: Gina Sedman
The Indie Post Alena Analeigh February 05, 2023 Issue Vol 3
Interview With Alena Analeigh. The Indie Post Magazine is an exciting and inspirational entertainment magazine that features powerful interviews with well-established celebrities as well as independent entertainment professionals around the world all on one platform. No matter whether you are interested in reading about...- $15.99
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Vendor: Ford Madox Ford
The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court
The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court (1906) is a novel by Ford Madox Ford. The first installment of Ford's The Fifth Queen Trilogy is set during the reign of Henry VIII, a tumultuous time of political and religious oppression in a...- $20.99
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Vendor: Elizabeth Lyon
Not Good Enough For You
Every parent wants a healthy baby, but what happens if you know your baby isn't healthy? Jacqueline West thought she was having a normal pregnancy till she was twenty weeks pregnant. The emotional turmoil she goes through is heart-wrenching. Her husband, Dean, is supportive...- $14.99
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Vendor: James W. Colby
History of the Colby Family With Genealogical Tables
History of the Colby Family With Genealogical Tables is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1895. 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....- $22.90
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Vendor: Keith Kelly
What I Have Learned
What I Have Learned is a collection of insights learned in my life through personal experiences, the people I have met, my travels, joys, and despair.The twenty-nine reflections in this book each deal with a specific lesson learned and discussed, and I've written a...- $10.99
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Vendor: Keith Kelly
What I Have Learned
What I Have Learned is a collection of insights learned in my life through personal experiences, the people I have met, my travels, joys, and despair.The twenty-nine reflections in this book each deal with a specific lesson learned and discussed, and I've written a...- $28.99
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Vendor: Ruth Alice Dunkelmann
Lina: or The Short Life of an Exceptional Girl
In 1924, Lina Bernhardt is born in Schw臙isch Hall, the fourth of ten children. The family circumstances are very difficult and the parents are overburdened. Soon the Youth Welfare Office gets involved and Lina is taken to the children's home in Lichtenstern with three...- $18.90
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Vendor: Rainer Bressler
Shadow Fight(s): Novel
The author investigates his hatred of his long since passed away father. He hated him and survived him. He tries to approach his late father by drawing an as objective as possible portrait of him. This man who came to Switzerland from Germany in...- $23.50
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Vendor: George C. Gorham
Life and Public Services of Edwin Stanton: Volume I
Life and Public Services of Edwin Stanton - Volume I 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...- $52.90
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Vendor: Eug駭ie de Coucy Oudinot
Memoirs of Marshal Oudinot, Duc de Reggio
Memoirs of Marshal Oudinot, Duc de Reggio 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...- $45.50
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Vendor: Patricia Parsons
The Inscrutable Life of Frannie Phillips
After surviving the Titanic disaster at age 12, Frannie Phillips made her choices in life. Then her choices made her. You don't get the life you deserve. You get the life you create.In The Year I Made 12 Dresses, Charlotte (Charlie) Hudson thought she'd...- $21.99
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Vendor: Richard Metternich
Memoirs of Prince Metternich: 1830 -1835; Volume III
Memoirs of Prince Metternich - 1830 -1835; Volume III is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1882. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other...- $40.50
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Vendor: Philip Anthony Riggs
Teacher, Hunter, Fisher, Musician - 101 Years in the Life of Clarence Riggs
Clarence Riggs lived a wonderful and exciting 101 years. He was very mobile and alert right up until his demise. He experienced the death of his father at a very early age when he and all of the crew of the schooner, Mina Swim,...- $15.75
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Vendor: Henry R. F. Bourne
Sir Philip Sidney: Type of English chivalry in the Elizabethan age
Sir Philip Sidney - Type of English chivalry in the Elizabethan age 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,...- $47.50
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Vendor: Katherine Parks
The Endless Journey
This is not a book of just happy poems. It is not a feel-good read. This book is designed to reach into the depths of your soul, pulling out emotions you never thought you had. This book is designed to make you think.Author: Katherine...- $18.99
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Vendor: Jeffery Jay Luhn
A Beggar's Tune
Meet Kelly, a world-renown classical pianist that gave it all up to be a grammy award-winning rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. The love of his life died, he withdrew, and for seven years he's been living in his camper and playing in dive bars...- $9.99
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Vendor: C. R. Page
Bedside in Berlin
Canadian backpacker Amber arrives in Berlin as the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the city's characteristic freedom. A backpacker funding her travels through part-time work in aged care, her plans to spend most of her time exploring the city are compromised by restrictions. Her greatest discoveries...- $14.99
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Vendor: Ernest C. Dowson
Memoirs of Cardinal Dubois: Volume 1
Memoirs of Cardinal Dubois - Volume 1 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...- $33.90
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Vendor: Henry Dunckley
Lord Melbourne
Lord Melbourne is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890. 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...- $32.90
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Vendor: Edmund M. Wheelwright
A Frontier Family
A Frontier Family is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894. 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...- $16.90
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Vendor: A. J. Butler
Bismarck: The man and the statesman - Volume II
Bismarck - The man and the statesman - Volume II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1898. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and...- $41.90
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Vendor: Pierre M. Irving
The Life and Letters of Washington Irving: Volume IV
The Life and Letters of Washington Irving - Volume IV is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and...- $47.90
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Vendor: Peter Kerr
JEN - A Border Collie's Tale: An Old Farm Dog Reflects On Her Life
An old farm dog looks back on her life in this spin-off from 'THISTLE SOUP', Peter Kerr's heart-warming memoir of country times past. Set in Scotland's 'Garden County' of East Lothian, 'JEN' is the humour-spiced story of a 'working' Border collie whose fun-loving nature...- $11.24
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Vendor: Richard Metternich
Memoirs of Prince Metternich: 1815 - 1829. Volume II
Memoirs of Prince Metternich - 1815 - 1829. Volume II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1881. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and...- $80.90
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Vendor: Joanne E. Beattie
The Broken Veranda
Joanne E. Beattie wrote The Broken Veranda as a fictionalized account of her older sister's experience with polio. Although Joanne wasn't alive when her sister contracted the disease, she often heard older members of her family talk about the challenging and heartbreaking experience. Over...- $17.99
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Vendor: Justin John Scheck
Memoirs Of A Bread Man
It's Christmas time in Madison, Wisconsin. It is the early stages of the Iraq War, which has conjured up memories for a Bread Man raised by a Vietnam Vet.If that weren't enough to bring back these unwanted memories, his boss at the Bread Depot...- $11.99
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Vendor: Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor
Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor (1869) is a novel by Richard Doddridge Blackmore. Praised by some of Victian England's leading authors, including Robert Louis Stevenson, George Gissing, and Thomas Hardy, Lorna Doone was published anonymously and sold poorly in its first edition. Republished...- $25.99
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Vendor: Justin John Scheck
Memoirs Of A Bread Man
It's Christmas time in Madison, Wisconsin. It is the early stages of the Iraq War, which has conjured up memories for a Bread Man raised by a Vietnam Vet.If that weren't enough to bring back these unwanted memories, his boss at the Bread Depot...- $26.49
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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.