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Vendor: B疵bara Mujica
Miss del R卲: A Novel of Dolores del R卲, the First Major Latina Star in Hollywood
Dolores del R卲 bursts to life in this vivid, well-researched portrayal of her challenging life during Hollywood's golden era. Her iconic feline elegance and brash spirit dominates every page, but it's her defiance to live life on her own terms that sets her apart--and...- $51.99
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Vendor: Joaquim Amat-Piniella
K.L. Reich
Available in English for the first time, Joaquim Amat-Piniella's searing Catalan novel, K.L. Reich, is a central work of testimonial literature of the Nazi concentration camps. Begun immediately after Amat-Piniella's liberation in 1945, the book is based on his own four-year internment at Mauthausen....- $24.99
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Vendor: David Fisher
The War Magician: Based on an Extraordinary True Story
Based on an extraordinary true story and soon to be a major film produced by and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The War Magician is the remarkable tale of the man who used the powers of illusion to fight the Nazis--and created the most remarkable feat...- $16.99
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Vendor: Ronni Kern
Uncharted
In 1853, LEWIS -- a 14-year old orphan and self-taught mapmaker -- joins John Charles Fremont's last desperate expedition into the uncharted world. Denied the support of the US Government for whom he completed three expeditions that opened the West (and a fourth that...- $9.99
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The War Magician: Based on an Extraordinary True Story
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Vendor: Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Walden (/ˈwɔːldən/; first published in 1854 as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment,...- $29.38
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Vendor: David Fisher
The War Magician: Based on an Extraordinary True Story
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Vendor: Penny Haw
The Invincible Miss Cust
Must-read historical fiction for fans of Marie Benedict and Tracey Enerson Wood, based on the real life of Britain's first woman veterinary surgeon.Aleen Cust has big dreams. And no one―not her family, society, or the law―will stop her.Born in Ireland in 1868 to an...- $41.95
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Vendor: Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Restless Classics presents the Three-Hundredth Anniversary Edition of Robinson Crusoe, the classic Caribbean adventure story and foundational English novel, with new illustrations and an introduction by Jamaica Kincaid that contextualizes the book for our globalized, postcolonial era. When Daniel Defoe published Robinson Crusoe in...- $20.56
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Vendor: Robert Thompson
Journal
Journal is a slightly fictionalized autobiography based on a series of the author's real-life dreams - about life, love, family, death, and an unexpected journey across time and tide. "I'm in bed, staring at the ceiling, just lucid enough to ponder on the thought...- $10.99
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Vendor: Mary Ann Lamantia
Mary's Story: A girl's journey from an Appalachian coal mining town to New York City and back again in the early 1900s.
After living with her Baba for the first five years of her life, Mary was sent to live with her mom who was pregnant with her fourth child. It was the 1920s and Vintondale's coal miners were on strike as they tried to unionize...- $12.99
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Vendor: Jack Freestone
The Control Sickness
Jack Freestone's first novella, a satirical but humorous piece, based upon his experiences as a defence lawyer in New Zealand.Author: Jack FreestoneISBN-10: 8201014529ISBN-13: 9798201014520Publisher: Jack FreestoneLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/14/2022Pages: 130Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.31d- $15.45
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Vendor: David Fisher
The War Magician: Based on an Extraordinary True Story
Based on an extraordinary true story and soon to be a major film produced by and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, The War Magician is the remarkable tale of the man who used the powers of illusion to fight the Nazis--and created the most remarkable feat...- $51.95
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Vendor: Terry Webb
Thaddeus Stevens: The Making of an Inconvenient Hero
Not until Lincoln, the epic blockbuster movie, was Thaddeus Stevens' passion exposed regarding civil rights for black slaves. Until then, few knew Stevens' importance in the Emancipation Proclamation and the passage of the thirteenth and fourteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Thaddeus Stevens: The...- $9.99
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Vendor: William D. Bramlett
Shorty
Johnny Cook is eight-years-old. It's 1933. His father's death leaves Johnny with his siblings and mother to survive on a small farm four years into the Great Depression. Grandpa Eddie asks a black man to help the white family. But Johnny does not want...- $12.99
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Vendor: William Butler Yeats
The Cutting of an Agate
This book "" The Cutting of an Agate "" has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of print for decades.So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a...- $11.02
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Vendor: Laurence Sterne
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy: Autobiographical Novel
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy is a novel by Laurence Sterne, who travelled through France and Italy as far south as Naples, and after returning determined to describe his travels from a sentimental point of view. The narrator is the Reverend Mr....- $7.50
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Vendor: Charlotte Troiano
College-Bound for Misadventure: A Two-Part Novella
Misadventure I: 'Going Postal' in Lincoln, Illinois -OR- How Kent State Saved My PosteriorIt happened quite a while ago when the story's hero, Robby Michaels, was attending Abraham College (a small, private junior college in Lincoln, Illinois). What started out as something of a...- $13.99
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Vendor: James Fenimore Cooper
The Two Admirals
Reprint of the original, first published in 1861.Author: James Fenimore CooperISBN-10: 3375042973ISBN-13: 9783375042974Publisher: Salzwasser-VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/03/2022Pages: 480Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.92lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d- $99.90
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Vendor: Jacques Casanova De Seingalt
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1725-1798 Volume 2 To Paris and Prison
Rare edition with unique illustrations and elegant classic cream paper. According to Wikipedia: "Giacomo Girolamo Casanova de Seingalt (1725-1798) was a Venteitian adveturers and author. His main book Histoire de ma vie (History of My Life), part autobiography and part memoir, is regarded as...- $17.99
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Vendor: David Snow
From poverty to plenty: or, The life of David Snow
From poverty to plenty - or, The life of David Snow is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1875. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine,...- $39.90
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Vendor: Mary Willard
Life of Rev. Samuel Willard, D.D., A.A.S. of Deerfield, Mass.
Life of Rev. Samuel Willard, D.D., A.A.S. of Deerfield, Mass. 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, medicine, and...- $25.50
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Vendor: Ayana N. Hill
A Not Quite Normal ME: Dating Bipolar
Giving a humorous twist to dating someone with challenges. Mainly mental illness like Bipolar 1 with rapid cycling and other aliments. Explaining those moments with humor yet, real and true accounts that actually happened in real life. It's been long over due to show...- $5.99
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Vendor: Dacia Maraini
In Praise of Disobedience: Clare of Assisi, a Novel
An author receives a mysterious e-mail begging her to tell the story of Clare of Assisi, the thirteenth-century Italian saint. At first annoyed by the request, the author begins to research Saint Clare and becomes captivated by her life. We too are transported into...- $62.95
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Vendor: J. P. Reedman
The White Rose Rent: Katherine, Daughter of Richard III
The Tudor Era has dawned. Richard III lies in a shallow grave at Greyfriars in Leicester and Henry Tudor sits upon an uneasy throne.Richard's illegitimate daughter, Katherine Plantagenet, wife of one year to William Herbert, Earl of Huntingdon, struggles to find her path in...- $7.74
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Vendor: Dacia Maraini
In Praise of Disobedience: Clare of Assisi, a Novel
An author receives a mysterious e-mail begging her to tell the story of Clare of Assisi, the thirteenth-century Italian saint. At first annoyed by the request, the author begins to research Saint Clare and becomes captivated by her life. We too are transported into...- $25.95
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Vendor: Jerome Bruce
Journey For An Answer
Thinking of your journeys, are in the reminded state of mental gymnastics, the exercise is of the mind's eye not on the face. The dream is inside, where I live with the people who had everything and nothing at all, coming to terms with...- $36.95
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Vendor: Frank J. Kopet
My Name is Mitzi
My Name is Mitzi is a mostly true biographical novella from the point of view of a small mixed breed dog named Mitzi. Her story was interpreted, then translated and written into English by her human, Frank J. Kopet. It covers some of the...- $13.99
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Vendor: Jerome Bruce
Journey For An Answer
Thinking of your journeys, are in the reminded state of mental gymnastics, the exercise is of the mind's eye not on the face. The dream is inside, where I live with the people who had everything and nothing at all, coming to terms with...- $20.95
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Vendor: Tieanna Denae
Life in the Twenties: The Good, Bad & Ugly
Meet Harper Johnson, a young girl in her twenties just trying to piece life together. But will she ever get it right? From failing school to toxic relationships, depression, and losing faith, it seems as if life will never come together for Harper. Will...- $13.99
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Vendor: Judena Klebs
From Horror to Hope
Lisa was a victim of Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA). Bound by demons and forced by trauma to develop multiple personalities, she beats all odds for survival: physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. These pages provide hope for recovery from the most extreme and damaging forms...- $23.99
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Vendor: Sarah A. Hoyt
No Will But His: The Story of Katrhyn Howard
She was the cousin of Anne Boleyn, another beauty born to the Howard family. Badly brought up, Kathryn wants to be the wife of Thomas Cullpepper. But when the King falls in love with her, she must learn to be his rose without a...- $14.00
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Vendor: Brinda Charry
The East Indian
Inspired by a historical figure, an exhilarating debut novel about the first native of the Indian subcontinent to arrive in Colonial America--for readers of Esi Edugyan and Yaa Gyasi.Meet Tony: insatiably curious, deeply compassionate, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped...- $39.99
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Vendor: Grant Teller
A Lion . . . A Fox: The Alternate Presidency of Richard M. Nixon
This intriguing book poses many "what if" questions about former President Richard Nixon. Journey to an alternate history of the presidency that takes place after Nixon wins a close victory in the 1960 presidential election against John F. Kennedy. Nixon is exposed as the...- $16.95
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Vendor: Per Olov Enquist
The Wandering Pine: Life as a Novel
What was it about Hjoggb le, a farming village in the northernmost part of Sweden, that created so many idiots - and writers? There was nothing to indicate that P.O. Enquist would be stricken by an addiction to writing. Nothing in his family -...- $13.99
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Vendor: David Elias
Elizabeth of Bohemia: A Novel about Elizabeth Stuart, the Winter Queen
A sweeping, cinematic novel about the life of the Winter Queen, Elizabeth Stuart October 1612. King James I is looking to expand England's influence in Europe, especially among the Protestants. He invites Prince Frederic of the Palatinate to London and offers him his sixteen-year-old...- $16.95
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Vendor: Kimberly Ray with Sharon Chinn
And Yet, You Still Chose Me!: Inspired By the True Story of Kimberly Ray
Shelley MacDonald, the main character and narrator of And Yet, You Still Chose Me, opens up her life for you to view and experience in such a way that you will never forget her. From early childhood through adulthood you will see a life...- $12.95
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Vendor: James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN is a semi-autobiographical novel by James Joyce, first serialized in The Egoist from 1914 to 1915 and published in book form in 1916. It depicts the formative years in the life of Stephen Dedalus, a...- $9.99
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Vendor: Alma Halbert Bond
Marilyn Monroe on the Couch: Inside the Mind and Life of Marilyn Monroe
It has been mere days since the brilliant children of the Young Inventors Guild escaped from the clutches of the horrible Komar Romak.They've escaped with their lovely and caring schoolteacher, Miss Brett; with their long-absent parents; and with their bizarre captors, protectors, or both--the...- $29.99
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Vendor: Charles Preston
Nobody Called Me Charlie: The Story of a Radical White Journalist Writing for a Black Newspaper in the Civil Rights Era
In the 1940s, at the height of segregation, Charles Preston became the unlikely newest worker at a black owned-and-operated newspaper. Preston, a white man and, unbeknownst to most of his colleagues, a member of the Communist Party, quickly came face to face with issues...- $21.95
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Vendor: Danny Bland
In Case We Die
"It wasn't the pounding headache or the all too familiar taste of blood in my mouth that woke me that morning, but the stink of cat piss. They all have cats. Cats and bad tattoos and mops of dyed black hair that reek of...- $26.99
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Vendor: Cyrille Martinez
The Sleepworker
"As New York, capital of the twentieth century, recedes from memory, it becomes more like Paris; we flock to it to pay tribute to the great things that once happened there. New York is now a miasma of apocryphal myths feasting on its own...- $17.95
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Vendor: Harriet Beecher Stowe
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe By Harriet Beecher StoweAuthor: Harriet Beecher StoweISBN-10: 1546743421ISBN-13: 9781546743422Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2017Pages: 156Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.62lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.33d- $7.99
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Vendor: Marti Gironell
Stars in His Eyes
From the fascist Franco regime to Hollywood's glamour--an epic historical novel based on the meteoric rise of one of the world's most celebrated restaurateurs.Ceferino Carri n is desperate for a new life--one of opportunity, fortune, and fame. But he knows he'll never find this...- $14.95
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Vendor: Gertrude Stein
Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein: With Two Shorter Stories
These early avant garde texts are written in philosophical propositions which describe the people and objects around Gertrude Stein with a narrative logic that is similar to the Language writing of contemporary poetry. Written at a time when Cubism was just beginning as an...- $19.00
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Vendor: Clifford James Hayes
The Idiot: The completely unerotic misadventures of Alonzo Letchworth, businessman and moron
CONTAINS VERY ADULT HUMOUROUS CONTENT: DO NOT PURCHASE IF EASILY OFFENDED.The Idiot - The completely unerotic misadventures of Alonzo Letchworth, businessman and moron. Rowan and his work colleagues work in a drab London office, run by the bizarre Alonzo Gemima Letchworth. Alonzo worships Rowan....- $13.99
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Vendor: Lee Cole
Groundskeeping: A Read with Jenna Pick
A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK An indelible love story about two very different people navigating the entanglements of class and identity and coming of age in an America coming apart at the seams In the run-up to the 2016 election, Owen Callahan,...- $17.00
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Walking on Solid Ground: Footprints of a Young Woman'S Inspirational Journey
LeeAnn is a senior in high school when she discovers an alarming revelation: her self-image no longer reflects her desire for near-perfection. While desperately attempting to harbor a secret that is slowly debilitating her every day, LeeAnn remains in denial. Although LeeAnn struggles, she...- $13.99
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Woodsburner: Center for Fiction First Novel Prize Winner
Set against the backdrop of a devastating forest fire that Henry David Thoreau accidentally set in 1844, John Pipkin's novel brilliantly illuminates the mind of the young philosopher at a formative moment in his life and in the life of the young nation. The...- $20.00
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Vendor: Cara Dunkelberger
Magdalena: A Colonial Girl's Epic Journey
"I'm cold and hungry. Our trees are dead. Animals and birds froze to death."That was part of a 1709 entry in young Magdalena's diary.From her loft bed, she overheard her father below."Dearest Susannah, we have to go. We'll starve here We have to sell...- $10.99
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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.