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Vendor: John Keats
The Life and Letters of John Keats
The Life and Letters of John Keats is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1867. 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...- $40.90
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Vendor: Frederick A. Ober
The Life of Josephine
The Life of Josephine 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. As a publisher we...- $44.50
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Vendor: Ardie Cesario
We Have Secrets: Were We Rotten?
Your obituary does not tell the entire story.You may be romanticized, but is that the true picture of your life? Others talk about your deep dark secrets in private.In "We Have Secrets ... Were We Rotten?", the person has a chance to explain how...- $24.95
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Vendor: Kent Gramm
Bitterroot
"From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." These words of Chief Joseph concluded a thousand-mile odyssey of 750 Nez Perce adults, children, and their elderly. Pursued by the US Army and Cavalry, the Nimiipuu fought battles, crossed the forbidding...- $29.00
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Vendor: Antonio Iturbe
The Prince of the Skies
A gripping narrative of friendship and exploration, and an homage to Antoine de Saint-Exup駻y, an unforgettable writer who touched the lives of millions of readers, and who was able to see the world through the eyes of a child. In the 1920s, long before...- $22.99
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Vendor: Brian E. Smith
Reeling in Time with Fish Tales
Read along with Captain Brain Smith and learn the secrets of his success. This chronology of fish tales will touch your heart and inspire your love of sun and fun. Each story tells of a boy and his journey as he fishes his way...- $14.95
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Vendor: Mary Hastings Fox
The Last Skipjack
Mary Fox's The Last Skipjack brings to life a time not unlike our own, a time when ways of life were changing and those affected were "circling the wagons," trying to protect themselves from those changes. Specifically, in the 1960s in Cambridge, Maryland, small...- $34.95
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Vendor: Harold Jaffe
Jesus Coyote
Author: Harold JaffeISBN-10: 1933293632ISBN-13: 9781933293639Publisher: Raw Dog Screaming PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/08/2008Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.35d- $13.95
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Vendor: Ion Idriess
Madman's Island
The Cape York Peninsula, 1920... as the three ex-diggers talked across the bar at the West Coast, swapping stories of the War and goings-on in Cooktown and along the coast, the pioneer vision would have still been fresh and sustained by hope and dreams....- $16.99
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Vendor: Jeff Hopkins
Alaric Pinder Boor: A Life Reimagined
Alaric Pinder Boor lived and died more than a century ago. His fascinating life has been reconstructed using historical sources including: certificates, documents, photographs, immigration, travel and shipping lists, electoral and rate book rolls, newspaper articles, letters, war records, and interpretative paintings. The literary...- $21.00
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Vendor: Renato Cisneros
You Shall Leave Your Land
The history of Peru unfolds in the lives of the descendants of seven children fathered by a Catholic priest and his longtime secret lover.Renato Cisneros's great-great-grandmother Nicolasa bore seven children by her long-term secret love, who was also her priest, raising them alone in...- $16.95
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Vendor: VL McBeath
The Captain's Order
October 1882Working on a ship is tough ... but it's about to become a whole lot worse...How can a smile be so misunderstood?For Nell, it's a sign of friendship. To her male colleagues, it's so much more...With two men intent on securing her affections,...- $17.99
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Vendor: VL McBeath
The Sailor's Promise
Liverpool. January 1871One Man. One Woman. One Choice?Life hasn't been easy for Nell. Orphaned as a child, her elder sister Maria is a substitute for the mother she barely remembers. All she wants now is a husband and family of her own.Second mate Jack...- $10.99
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Vendor: Laura Dowers
Power & Glory: The Thomas Wolsey Trilogy
A CARDINAL MADE. A STATESMAN BORN.England. 1515.Thomas Wolsey has risen higher than anyone thought possible, but he's keen on rising even higher. If he could only become Lord Chancellor, Thomas knows he can change England forever.The nobles have been abusing their position for years,...- $12.99
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Vendor: Bill Coles
Dave Cameron's Schooldays
A cracking read... Perfectly paced and brilliantly written, Coles draws you in, leaving a childish smile on your face. News of the World This is a charming and uplifting book. Piers MorganThis is the extraordinary first-hand account of Tory leader David Cameron's Eton Schooldays....- $14.99
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Vendor: Nathan Bernstein
Half a Ton of Majestic Energy
Half a Ton of Majestic Energy is a fictional account of the everyday activity and breathtaking drama that occurs at the many thoroughbred racetracks. "Suspense." That is the one word that describes a day at the racetrack. "Riders up!" The bugler's call to the...- $9.95
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Vendor: Aldous Huxley
Young Archimedes: and Other Stories
"Every day he made the discovery of something which seemed to him exquisitely beautiful..."-Aldous Huxley, Young Archimedes and Other Stories (1924)Young Archimedes and Other Stories (1924) by Aldous Huxley is a collection of six stories considered to be semi-autobiographical and originally published under the...- $14.99
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Vendor: Semezdin Mehmedinovic
My Heart
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "Calm and contemplative, softened by melancholy humor and always alive to beauty . . . Throughout My Heart, Mr. Mehmedinovic takes up the exile's perpetual investigation into memory, trying to reconcile the defining traumas of the...- $17.95
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Vendor: Peter Constantine
The Purchased Bride
Based on a true story set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, The Purchased Bride tells the tale of Maria, a Greek girl who was bought at age fifteen by a much older, wealthy Ottoman man. As the Ottoman Empire falls and...- $16.95
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Vendor: Jill George
The Light Among Us: The Story of Elizabeth Carne, Cornwall
Elizabeth Carne was clearly a remarkable woman whose contribution to Cornish society, geology and the world of banking and commerce has been admirably woven into this well-researched historical novel. It is a story which truly needed to be told and provides an insight to...- $17.99
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Vendor: Jill George
The Light Among Us
Elizabeth Carne was clearly a remarkable woman whose contribution to Cornish society, geology and the world of banking and commerce has been admirably woven into this well-researched historical novel. It is a story which truly needed to be told and provides an insight to...- $27.99
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Vendor: Lee Cole
Groundskeeping
In the run-up to the 2016 election, Owen Callahan, an aspiring writer, moves back to Kentucky to live with his Trump-supporting uncle and grandfather. Eager to clean up his act after wasting time and potential in his early twenties, he takes a job as...- $38.95
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Vendor: Simon Mawer
Ancestry
The New York Times bestselling author of The Glass Room brings a slice of his own family history to life through extensive research and rich storytelling. Beginning with his great-great-grandfather Abraham Block, acclaimed novelist Simon Mawer sifts through evidence like an archaeologist, piecing together...- $28.99
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Vendor: Olivia Hawker
The Fire and the Ore
Three spirited wives in nineteenth-century Utah. One husband. A compelling novel of family, sisterhood, and survival by the Washington Post bestselling author of One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow.1857. Three women--once strangers--come together in unpredictable Utah Territory. Hopeful, desperate, and willful, they'll...- $14.95
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Vendor: Michelle Gable
The Lipstick Bureau: A Novel Inspired by a Real-Life Female Spy
For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz!Inspired by a real-life female spy, a novel about a woman challenging convention and boundaries to help win a war, no matter the cost."A gripping, fascinating read." --Kelly Rimmer, New York...- $16.99
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Vendor: Renata Plitzko
Struggle and Chaos in three Countries
Peered out my window, looking down from thirty-three thousand feet. A placid, azure blue sky surrounded me for now. To be sure, there had been turbulence before, and there would likely be turbulence again. But for now, it was calm and I had long...- $18.90
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Vendor: Kerstin Trimble
Hello Able Five: The Journey of Albert Torreele
During his birth on Christmas Day 1916 under a circling, grenade-dropping German warplane, Albert Torreele was blinded in one eye by a panicked midwife. That did not stop him on his tenacious path towards officerhood. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy in Brussels...- $34.50
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Vendor: John Merle Coulter
Contribution to the Life-History of Ranunculus
Contribution to the Life-History of Ranunculus 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 other genres. As a...- $15.50
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Vendor: Mason L. Weems
Life of Gen'l Francis Marion
Life of Gen'l Francis Marion 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 genres. As a publisher...- $35.50
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Vendor: Grizzly Adams
Life of J. C. Adams: known as Old Adams, Old Grizzly Adams
Life of J. C. Adams - known as Old Adams, Old Grizzly Adams is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1860. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and...- $16.90
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Vendor: John Wesley Hardin
The Life of John Wesley Hardin
The Life of John Wesley Hardin 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 a...- $22.50
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Vendor: Joseph W. Cooper
Life and Adventures of Joseph W. Cooper: among the North American Indians and elsewhere
Life and Adventures of Joseph W. Cooper - among the North American Indians and elsewhere is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions,...- $16.50
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Vendor: Elias Sill Hawley
Historical Sketch of Major Joseph Hawley of Northampton, Mass.: 1723-1788 - Vol. 1
Historical Sketch of Major Joseph Hawley of Northampton, Mass. - 1723-1788 - Vol. 1 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...- $16.50
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Vendor: John Austin Stevens
Albert Gallatin
Albert Gallatin 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...- $42.50
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Vendor: John Gilmary Shea
The Life of Father Isaac Jogues: Missionary Priest of the Society of Jesus
The Life of Father Isaac Jogues - Missionary Priest of the Society of Jesus is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking...- $30.90
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Vendor: George Gale
The Gale Family: Records in England and the United States
The Gale Family - Records in England and the United States is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1866. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...- $30.50
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Vendor: Edward Healy Thompson
The Life of Marie Eustelle Harpain
The Life of Marie Eustelle Harpain is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. 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...- $42.90
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Vendor: Charles I. Bushnell
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Levi Hanford: Vol. 1
A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Levi Hanford - Vol. 1 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...- $17.90
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Vendor: Herbert Allen Giles
Chuang Tzu: Mystic, Moralist and Social Reformer
Chuang Tzu - Mystic, Moralist and Social Reformer 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....- $45.90
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Vendor: Khayyam Omar
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia: Rendered into English verse
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer Poet of Persia - Rendered into English verse 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...- $22.50
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Vendor: William Collings Lukis de Gu駻in
Huguenot Gu駻ins and Their Descendants: Together with biographical sketches of others of the name
Huguenot Gu rins and Their Descendants - Together with biographical sketches of others of the name is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1873. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and...- $22.90
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Vendor: John Clark Murray
Memoir of David Murray, late Provost of Paisley: With sketches of local history in his time
Memoir of David Murray, late Provost of Paisley - With sketches of local history in his time 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...- $22.50
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Vendor: Walter Goodman
The Keeleys on the stage and at home: With two photo-engravings from pictures by the author and other illustrations
The Keeleys on the stage and at home - With two photo-engravings from pictures by the author and other illustrations 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...- $40.90
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Vendor: Thomas P. Slider
Memoirs of General William Butler: Including a brief sketch of his father and brother, who fell in the revolution, at Cloud's Creek, Lexington Distric
Memoirs of General William Butler - Including a brief sketch of his father and brother, who fell in the revolution, at Cloud's Creek, Lexington District, S. C is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885. Hansebooks is editor of the literature...- $16.50
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Vendor: John T. Griffith
Rev. Morgan John Rhys
Rev. Morgan John Rhys 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 we...- $21.90
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Vendor: Peter Henry Bruce
Memoirs of Peter Henry Bruce: A Military Officer in the Services of Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain
Memoirs of Peter Henry Bruce - A Military Officer in the Services of Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1782. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science,...- $44.50
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Vendor: Thomas Rhys Evans
Jacob Boehme: His Life and Teaching
Jacob Boehme - His Life and Teaching is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1885. 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...- $37.50
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Vendor: Anonymous
Memorial Sketch of Lafayette S. Foster
Memorial Sketch of Lafayette S. Foster 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 other genres. As a...- $21.50
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Vendor: Charles Biddle
Autobiography of Charles Biddle: Vice-President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, 1745-1821
Autobiography of Charles Biddle - Vice-President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, 1745-1821 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking...- $42.90
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Vendor: David Williamson
Gladstone: The Man: A non-political Biography
Gladstone: The Man - A non-political Biography 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 other genres. As...- $22.90
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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.

