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Vendor: Ebiye Lavonne Garmel-Urumedji
Façade: A collection of stories celebrating the Strength of the Nigerian Woman
Nigeria is nicknamed "the giant of Africa" because of her large population. Without a doubt, her dense population results in cultural diversity with customs and traditions spread throughout her landscape. Despite the revolution sweeping the globe, certain customs and traditions still persist and are...- $13.95
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Vendor: Jane Browne
The Oxford Aeronaut Part 2: The King of Ballooning
Part 2 of a heavily-researched novelised biography of James Sadler, the First English Aeronaut. In a society haunted by disease, poverty and uncertainty, James is about to marry Mary Vane, putting aside his ambition to make the first man-made flight. Dr George Fordyce, eccentric...- $11.89
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The Oxford Aeronaut Part 1: From Cooking to Chemistry
Part 1 of 2. Heavily researched biographical novel - the life, loves & adventures of cook & pioneer of flight, James Sadler of Oxford (1753 - 1828). James' dilemmas are surprisingly modern. He struggles to balance a dangerous ambition with looming poverty and a...- $11.89
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Vendor: Carolyn Ann Howard
Pioneer Stories: A snapshot of life in southern Indiana in the 1840s
In the 1840s in French Lick, a man lived who wanted it all: power, fame, money and women. He built a world-class hotel, was a famous physician, opened a successful apothecary and married a beautiful Southern belle. While William Bowles was busy satisfying his...- $18.99
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Vendor: Andrew McDonald
Shampatta
When Thomas "Tom" Grant received an offer to travel as a farm worker to the United States, all he had was a change of clothes and a pair of self-made sandals to face the future. Eight years later and after much sacrifice, Tom is...- $19.99
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Vendor: Emma Marshall
Bristol Bells: A Story of the Days of Chatterton
First published in 1892, this is Emma Marshall's fictional account of Thomas Chatterton's troubled life, misdirected genius, and tragic death. Chatterton, as an 11-year-old boy, began publishing mature works of poetry in 1763. Before long, he was fooling the literary world by passing his...- $18.99
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Vendor: Michael Ippen
Saint Illuminator's Daughter
It is late winter of 1950 and Safir Turan-an immigrant living a lonely life in Brooklyn, NY-has just learned of her father's death in distant Istanbul when she is contacted by a wealthy American claiming he knows her family. Senator Weldon Scott takes Safir...- $16.49
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Vendor: Lou Pechi
The End of The Line
Like a stone dropped in the center of history's pond, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand sent ripples through the whole world and in its wake swept Stefan on a wandering life journey. His life, a continuum of good and bad choices, follows Stefan until...- $12.95
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Vendor: Holly H. Hart
Musetta's Waltz: Volume 3 of a California Saga
We briefly met Musetta Gigliotti O'Donnell in "The Narragansett Fork"; however, we know very little about her. She was born Marcus Meyer in San Gabriel California; however, in her teens realized she had been born in the wrong body. We'd first met her in...- $12.95
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Vendor: Tatiana Gill
Blackoutings: How I Quit Drinking
Comics depicting the true story of an alcoholic quitting drinking. Uncomfortable and funny blackout stories and drunk horror tales, next to the struggles of overcoming addiction.Author: Tatiana GillISBN-10: 1517768489ISBN-13: 9781517768485Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/25/2015Pages: 36Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.09d- $14.00
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Vendor: Terry James
3 Days & 37 Years
Joseph Holt is dying of cancer and in the time he has left he looks back on his life of thirty-seven years that included, among other things, being a film director, a covert government agent and an award winning author. Along with the thoughts...- $17.99
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Vendor: John Gramling
One More Cup of Coffee
A road untraveled is a road never known. Fear not the road just around the corner, embrace the mysterious tomorrow, don't regret your final day by being a static machine refusing to grab life by the lemons. Pick a star in the sky. Any...- $7.00
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Vendor: Penny Rice
Ode to the Woe, What Happened to Baby Jane Doe?
Author: Penny RiceISBN-10: 1514433028ISBN-13: 9781514433027Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/11/2015Pages: 50Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d- $15.99
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Vendor: Lucille Summers
Harmonica Blues: Finding Light in the Darkest Places
Author: Lucille SummersISBN-10: 1514427745ISBN-13: 9781514427743Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/25/2015Pages: 236Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d- $19.99
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Vendor: Joyce Dorsey Ostlund
Freedom . . . to Live and Love Again
Author: Joyce Dorsey OstlundISBN-10: 1514415925ISBN-13: 9781514415924Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2015Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d- $19.99
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Vendor: Catherine Louisa Pirkis
A Red Sister: A Story of Three Days and Three Months
Lady Joan grew up in a modest household in a poor community. When she and her childhood friend, Elliot, fell in love as they grew older, Joan promised to wait for him, planning on marrying when Elliot rose to a higher position in society....- $12.99
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Vendor: Émile Zola
The Mysteries of Marseilles
The Mysteries of Marseilles (1895) is a novel by French author Émile Zola. Originally serialized in Le Messager de Provence in 1867, The Mysteries of Marseilles was written at the very beginning of Zola's literary career. Intent on exploring taboo and the lives of...- $26.99
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Vendor: Catherine Louisa Pirkis
A Red Sister: A Story of Three Days and Three Months
Lady Joan grew up in a modest household in a poor community. When she and her childhood friend, Elliot, fell in love as they grew older, Joan promised to wait for him, planning on marrying when Elliot rose to a higher position in society....- $22.99
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Vendor: Catherine Lousia Pirkis
Judith Wynne
After the death of their patriarch, and a devastating fever that killed all but two of the children, the surviving Reece family, Mrs. Reece, Wolfgang, and Oscar, are left with just the vast property their family had owned for generations. Despite their poor financial...- $25.99
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Vendor: Padraig Foley-O Cleirigh
Ag Scríobh Ar Uisce: Writing on Water
The book reminisces on the authors life as a civil servant and a family man, and provides vignettes of a changing Ireland from the 1930s to the present day. As he has voyaged through life, the author has become more and more convinced that...- $9.50
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Vendor: Marcia Maxwell
The Rogue Queen
"Spirited and absorbing...very richly atmospheric and tensely human--a very strong work, highly recommended." --Mary O'Donnell, Historical Novels Review England has only been successfully invaded and the king overthrown twice: once by William the Conqueror in 1066, and once in 1326, by a woman leading...- $16.99
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Vendor: Monica Ashtyn Agius
Sarah Woods Is Unborderline
The path from a place of isolation, loneliness, and sadness to a place of happiness, self-fulfillment, confidence, and self-love wasnt an easy one for Sarah Woods. In this captivating autobiographical fiction, we read of the self-discoveries Sarah made to recover from borderline personality disorder...- $28.95
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Vendor: Janet L. Furst
Cabin Lessons: A River: Book I of the Cabin Lessons Series
The first book in the Cabin Lessons series, A River, continues the story of Grace after she leaves her house and husband. She comes to a cabin by a river where she stays for a while, before sojourning to other places. Each turn in...- $30.95
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Vendor: Reader John
The Best Friend in My Life: Volume I
John Young has just died without a shave. As he watches his family, a police sergeant, and the constable crowd around his lifeless body on his kitchen floor, John curiously observes all the action, unable to communicate. Moments later, his body is placed in...- $19.99
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Vendor: Melody Richard
Dancing Love
Author: Melody RichardISBN-10: 1503591646ISBN-13: 9781503591646Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/04/2015Pages: 112Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d- $19.99
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Vendor: Gracie Lane
A Tortured Soul
Author: Gracie LaneISBN-10: 1503586499ISBN-13: 9781503586499Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2015Pages: 60Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d- $15.99
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Vendor: Travis Moon
The RiffRaff
The protagonist, drawn to a charismatic addict, finds himself in a world ruled by substance abuse. He navigates a world of 'good people, ' or riffraff, whose addictions to methamphetamine and crack cocaine rule their livesAuthor: Travis MoonISBN-10: 1502365332ISBN-13: 9781502365330Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage:...- $5.38
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Vendor: Tanya Kryger
Kiwis Sinners and Saints: Tall tales under canvas
When a geologist looking for gold in North Queensland hires a new exploration crew, the stage is set for some unusual events. There is Jim, an out of work Kiwi butcher who has never been in the bush before; Art, an overweight lay-about and...- $10.00
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Vendor: John James O'Loughlin
Changing Worlds
John O'Loughlin's first novel, written during the summer of 1976, is a largely autobiographical account of three days in the life of clerk-turning-writer Michael Savage, whose disillusionment with the drudgery of office work has led him to quit his clerical job in London's West...- $8.88
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Vendor: Dell R. Foutz
Elusive Treasures
Author: Dell R. FoutzISBN-10: 1499058101ISBN-13: 9781499058109Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/20/2014Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.64lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44dReview Citation(s): BlueInk Review 10/15/2014- $15.99
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Vendor: Freeman Ng
Joan: A novel of Joan of Arc
After a hundred years of war, with France on the brink of destruction...Saint Margaret of Antioch is returned to the earth to aid Joan of Arc in the liberation of her homeland, but what can she do when Heaven itself seems to be conspiring...- $12.95
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Vendor: Bruce Gareth
Bags to Bitches to Botox to Banned: The Autobiography of - Bruce Gareth
Bruce Gareth was a boy with determination. He managed to emerge from a poor family background to become one of today's leading aesthetic injectors, a real rags-to-riches story. He points out that, with a little knowledge, life can become so much easier and more...- $19.76
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Vendor: Vivienne Eesha
Unconditional Love: A Novel Based on True Events
This novel is based on true events of an effeminate boy named Aarav, who was sexually, physically, and emotionally abused as a child by the people he knew and trusted. Unconditional Love is a journey of a well-educated boy who became a doctor and...- $24.34
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Vendor: Jonathan F. Kuiper
Swimming With Angels
How do you learn to love again when part of your heart still belongs to the past?Eight years after losing his twin brother, Christian is still searching for solid ground. A failed marriage has left him adrift, unsure of who he is or where...- $14.99
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Vendor: Kalin Nacheff
A Place Like Little Armenia
Inspired by Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, A Place Like Little Armenia is the first Bulgarian-American novel, written using a surrealist mixture of memoir and fiction - a technique borrowed from Miller's famous book. In A Place Like Little Armenia, the reader is plunged...- $10.98
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Vendor: Elizabeth Kramer
Haunting Julie: a novel of New Orleans
A work of fiction incorporating true-life events and citizens of legend in 1800s New Orleans: Julie and Zachary, Marie Laveau the voodoo priestess, and the notorious LaLauries.Author: Elizabeth KramerISBN-10: 1494821397ISBN-13: 9781494821395Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/18/2014Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...- $9.99
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Vendor: Ron Duffy
O'Hanlon
Redmond O'Hanlon is the best and least known of Irish highwaymen. Only seven years of his life are documented: from 1674, when he was proclaimed an outlaw, to 1681, when he died. The rest belongs in the realm of fiction: stories, folktales, songs, and...- $21.00
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Vendor: Lynda M. Healey
A Leap to Freedom: Boston Harbor 1989
In the predawn hours of January 5, 1989, Edziu Polonka stands on the deck of the Kantar, a fishing trawler from Communist Poland, anchored in Boston Harbor. The trawler awaits the arrival of a refueling barge. Edziu, one of its crewmen, awaits the moment...- $14.99
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Vendor: Albert Gordon
Affairs of a Dog Man
At a young age, Grew Tuckett turns to dogs for companionship. Born blind in one eye, he lives his whole life a bit differently from those around him. As a young man, he is a bit naïve about women; when a young lady named...- $20.99
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Vendor: Vickie Edwards Smith
The Checkerboard Game of Life
Each of us is given a gift-the gift of life. At times, some may wish they could exchange their gift for a different version. Since that's not possible, we have to deal with what we are given. We have to learn how to play...- $22.95
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Vendor: Rue L. Cromwell
You'll Like Linton
It is 1928 when Hanno Buchwald is born in the only hospital in Linton, Indiana. As he grows up on an isolated one-hundred-acre farm far from gravel roads and playmates, Hanno helps care for his ailing grandfather, works in the fields and kitchen, and...- $19.95
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Vendor: Hope Moore
Cruise Widows
After a detachment of photographic reconnaissance aviators is sent from Florida to the USS FDR, five cruise widows are left behind. With a lengthy separation ahead of them, the widows have no choice but to establish a bond as their husbands begin their mission....- $30.95
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Vendor: Marjorie Irish Randell
Edward W. Randell Sr.: His Flight thru Life
From the time he was a little guy Edward Randell has an vivid interest in airplanes and flying. He realizes part of his dream when he begins taking flying lessons as a teenager. From there to flying over the highest mountains in the world...- $20.99
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Vendor: Charles Hays
Norma Lee
This contribution to the sum of total knowledge is mostly about my only sister, Norma Lee Hays. It addresses the incestuous relationship that we, as young siblings, had for each other. It also features these different protagonists and antagonists during the days that the...- $9.33
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Vendor: Jide Familoni
Losing My Religion
Born into a polygamous family in a small Nigerian village, Femi Fatoyinbo lived the Yoruba tribe's religion and culture amid the political upheaval preceding the Nigerian civil war. When Femi moved to Canada, and then America, he experienced a world of culture, relationship and...- $14.99
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Vendor: Todd Rykaczewski
The Folklore Behind Shade
This is the journal of Thad Haught and his recollection of self after dying off from a popular life to one that lacked charm. He left this book on a shelf just before his disappearance. Thad would be found but always in a lost...- $12.95
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Vendor: Elizabeth Wixley
The Tethered Unicorn
In the gritty underbelly of London, Mike and Rosie find themselves ensnared in a dangerous dance with destiny. When Mike's drug dealer fails to show up one fateful day, it sets off a chain reaction that propels the couple into an unpredictable and often...- $10.99
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Vendor: Dena Levin
The Unexpected Connection
While sitting poolside near her grandmother's West Palm Beach condo, young millennial Vanessa overhears a strange conversation: "What, you want to have phone sex?" Accustomed to little more than old folks with their card games and early bird dinners, Vanessa is shocked-but intrigued-and soon...- $34.99
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Vendor: Alex Struik
For the Term of his Natural Life
For the Term of His Natural Life, written by Marcus Clarke, was published in the Australian Journal between 1870 and 1872 (as His Natural Life), appearing as a novel in 1874. It is the best known novelisation of life as a convict in early...- $24.99
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Vendor: Allan Cole
S.O.S.
This is a fine World War 2-era historical novel (based on Allan Cole's family experiences) set in Florida, on the "Home Front". Nazi submarine attacks off the coast are but the start of the problems for local residents. But human will to overcome obstacles...- $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.

