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Vendor: Fordon James
The Sound Post
New Orleans in the early 1990's, the country in a low grade recession, of a hot summer night, with a few dollars in his duffel and a second hand violin latched up in a blistered case, an "unlikely" James Buck steps off the bus...- $24.99
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Vendor: Colombe Schneck
Swimming in Paris: A Life in Three Stories
From the award-winning and bestselling French author Colombe Schneck, a woman's personal journey through abortion, sex, friendship, love, and swimming At fifty years old, while taking swimming lessons, I finally realized that my body was not actually as incompetent as I'd thought. My physical...- $27.00
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Vendor: Charlotte Bronte
Villette
A reworking of "The Professor", the author's first novel, "Villette" is Charlotte Bronte's fourth and last novel which is loosely based upon her own experiences at a boarding school in Brussels. The work follows the life of Lucy Snowe, a quiet yet self-reliant young...- $16.99
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Vendor: Richard Bowes
Dust Devil on a Quiet Street
Dust Devil on a Quiet Street chronicles the remarkable life of Boston-born, New York City-reared author Richard Bowes. Bowes's childhood and adolescent brushes with dramatic spirits and hustlers, large and small, paved the way for his adult encounters with the remarkable, the numinous, the...- $18.00
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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...- $28.00
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Vendor: Belén López Peiró
Why Did You Come Back Every Summer
A fractured account of family abuse, secrets, and the cost of pursuing the truth.In the most private spaces, the most intimate betrayals occur. Belén López Peiró places us squarely in the tenderest of times--young teenagehood, in a home about to be ruptured by sexual...- $16.95
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Vendor: Julie Fearn
The Suitcase of Secrets
Northern England 1946, Roman Kozynski, a Polish refugee determined to build a new life after WW2, arrives in West Yorkshire. Torn from his homeland, Roman continues his search for his family, whom he last saw in 1940s Warsaw. But Roman is hiding something. And...- $12.99
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Vendor: Peter Long
Identity
It's 1850 and New South Wales, Australia is awash with gold. Bushrangers are in the press, their names on everyone's lips: Ben Hall, Frank Gardiner, John Peisley, Dan Morgan, Captain Thunderbolt. They roam free, uninhibited, spending big in the shanties. The girls love them,...- $19.99
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Vendor: James Southern
The Chronicles of Jay South: Two Tales of One Birth
Mr. Radcliff was flung halfway through his window, caught by the broken glass and dragged about fifty feet along the pavement under his truck with who knows how many tons of pressure grinding his upper torso and head like he had been in a...- $26.95
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Vendor: Larry L Powell
My Life, My Love, My Music
This book is a fictional Biography. For the most part, the main topics that bring this book together are LIFE, LOVE AND MUSIC in that order because first I had to be born. That is Life. I was born out of, or through Love....- $44.99
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Vendor: Heather G. Marshall
When the Ocean Flies
"This book brought me to tears and a greater understanding of my own possibilities." Terresa Cooper Haskew, author of Winston's Book of SoulsAn email from a stranger tells Alison Earley that her natural father, whom she has known for only six years, has died...- $17.99
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Vendor: Joanne Perella
Vanishing Act
Eighty-two-year-old Angie Martini is trapped.After a fall at home, she is confined to a dreary room in a shabby assisted living facility. With the help of an old friend, Angie sneaks out in the dead of night to claim her lost independence. Hopping on...- $30.00
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Vendor: Evelyn Waugh
Helena
Evelyn Waugh's personal favorite of his novels and "a superlatively well done book" (Chicago Tribune) set in the age of Emperor Constantine. Helena is the intelligent, horse-mad daughter of a British chieftain who is thrown into marriage with the man who will one day...- $29.99
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Vendor: Dawn Tripp
Jackie
In this mesmerizing novel about Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, acclaimed author Dawn Tripp has crafted an intimate story of love and power, family and tragedy, loss and reinvention. "A brilliant, beautiful book [that] touches the soul."--Chris Bohjalian, New York Times bestselling author of The Princess...- $30.00
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Vendor: Frederick W. Penney
Goose 2: The Early Days
William Collins Jr. was a curious, fun-loving, adventurous boy who was willing to take on the world. This is his coming of age story as he learned the value of hard work and family first. Willie moved from the city to the country in...- $29.95
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Vendor: Es Laurence
Nan Britton: The Most Hated Woman in America
Nan Britton, a young single mother, smiled softly as she went to bed on the evening of August 2, 1923. Her married lover and the father of her child would soon be returning from a business trip. She'd see him soon. With his generous...- $24.99
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Vendor: Marc L. Carrier
Homing
Robert's father is in the late stages of dementia, in need of near-constant care. When his girlfriend's caregiver fatigue gets the better of her, she leaves him all alone in the world-except for his son. But while he's living in a trailer in Florida,...- $18.99
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Vendor: James E. Seaver
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison
A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF MRS. MARY JEMISON, Who was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present time. CONTAINING An Account of the Murder of...- $16.95
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Vendor: Esq Anthony S. Petruccelli
Ali Muhami and the Forty IEDs
Ali Muhami, the American attorney, the trusted infidel, invited to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to manage the security of the oil pipeline and the industrial city, was bestowed with the highest government security clearances for which he was blackmailed by Colonel Abdullah leading...- $23.99
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Vendor: Michael Lynes
My Father's Hands: Dedicated to my Father: Dying Young - coping with the death of a parent - love between a father and a son
The hands we all carry throughout our lives are not our own... The lives we lead today are to honor those from whom we received them. A special story from father to son to father. On a father - dying young.Author: Michael LynesISBN-10: 8602753691ISBN-13:...- $5.99
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Vendor: Eduard Kochergin
Christened with Crosses
While the mothers in Siberia wait for their soldier sons to return from the war in the west in 1945, the eight-year-old Eduard secretly jumps on board the trains heading in the opposite direction, heading west, towards Leningrad. Placed in a Siberian orphanage as...- $33.99
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Vendor: Phillip Tsen
The PM Executioner: A Project Manager's Journey in Offshoring Jobs
Inspired by true events, the story follows one man's fall from grace and into the waiting arms of pride as he administers the deadly blows of offshoring. Corporate bottom lines are spared, but thousands of jobs are executed. He battles with betrayal, alienation and...- $17.95
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Vendor: James Stuart Stickley
The Adoptee's Tale
Martina's Powerful and moving journey in search for identity and unconditional love. Martina always knew she was adopted, but throughout her 30 years, the question "where did I come from?" gets too hard to deal with. Especially when she is plagued by the voices...- $9.99
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Vendor: James D. Shipman
A Bitter Rain
A former professor descends into darkness in this provocative story of a Nazi soldier torn between duty and conscience.East Prussia, Nazi Germany, 1939. History professor Erik Mueller is a model citizen and a family man. He's also a decorated sergeant in the Gestapo. Proving...- $14.95
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Vendor: Marianne Lee
A Quiet Tide
Unmarried, childless and sickly, Ellen Hutchins was considered an 'unsuccessful' woman, dutifully bound to her family's once grand and isolated estate, Ballylickey House in County Cork.And yet, by the time of her death in 1815, Ireland's first female botanist, self-taught and determined to make...- $14.99
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Vendor: Nancy Hicks Marshall
A Dry Hate: Power Versus The People
Someone disrupted the silence but he didn't identify himself."You don't know they're citizens."A suspenseful storyline in A Dry Hate: Power Versus The People brings current events to life as author Nancy Marshall weaves fact into fiction, providing realistic, sometimes sympathetic characters and motives. In...- $14.95
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Vendor: Reshonda Tate
The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one of Hollywood's most prolific but woefully underappreciated stars--and the first Black person ever to win an Oscar for her role as Mammy in the critically acclaimed film classic Gone With the...- $51.99
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Vendor: Marc L. Carrier
Homing
Robert's father is in the late stages of dementia, in need of near-constant care. When his girlfriend's caregiver fatigue gets the better of her, she leaves him all alone in the world-except for his son. But while he's living in a trailer in Florida,...- $35.99
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Vendor: H. E. Casson
There's No Place: Tales of Home by Storytellers Who Have Experienced Homelessness
What is home? Is it a place, a person, a memory, a sensation?These stories, written by storytellers who have experienced homelessness, take you around the block, around the world, and out into the wider universe. But in the end, they always bring you back...- $25.00
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Vendor: Clare McHugh
The Romanov Brides: A Novel of the Last Tsarina and Her Sisters
From the author of A Most English Princess comes a rich novel about young Princess Alix of Hesse--the future Alexandra, last Empress of Imperial Russia--and her sister, Princess Ella. Their decision to marry into the Romanov royal family changed history. They were granddaughters of...- $18.99
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Vendor: Leslie K. Simmons
Red Clay, Running Waters
In 1824 John Ridge, promising son of a Cherokee leader, returns from his New England education with his White bride, Sarah Northrop, burning to defend his people's rights, and realize the dream of an independent Cherokee Nation.Peace at home evades when tensions rise between...- $28.95
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Vendor: Chris Lethbridge
The King's Engraver: A tale of art, espionage and crime
In 18th century London and Paris, William Wynne Ryland is a brilliant engraver. The British King, George III and Queen Charlotte demand his services. The French have other plans for him. His only choice is to seek his fortune in a shadow world of...- $16.99
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Vendor: Wren Richards
Wren's Story
Wren was abandoned into the Wyoming wilderness to grow with an education based in knowledge from nature and the Indian Mission. Abandonment taught her to use the environment as her teacher. The isolated Wind River Reservation culture taught her resourcefulness, individuality, self sufficiency and...- $31.99
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Vendor: Pastor Kimberly Busby Gins
The Gift Within: My Life Story
this is a story about a little girl who loved her mother but her mother was another person. she had a big heart after god but she had to keep it a secret from her family. she was different from her family and her...- $9.99
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Vendor: P. Gifford Longley
A Most Fatal War: A True Story of Benjamin Church
While they were yet far away, the sound of drums filtered through the forest: a constant beat echoing through the air, a deep and dark sound, a rhythm that kept on building and gaining in strength. As they ran along, Benjamin kept his eyes...- $19.95
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Vendor: Evelyn Erwin Mrs
Yesterseasons
In the 1920's (following World War One) a frantic man tells of running, hiding and dangerous encounters experienced in a western hideaway that could be entered only by rough trail; a place surrounded by animals - some tame...others wild and ferocious. In the valleys...- $12.50
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Vendor: Diana Stevan
Lilacs in the Dust Bowl
Author Diana Stevan's sequel to the award-winning Sunflowers Under Fire. Lilacs in the Dust Bowl, an inspirational family saga about love and heartache during the Great Depression.In 1929, when Lukia Mazurets, a widow and a Ukrainian peasant farmer, immigrates to Canada with her four...- $25.95
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Sunflowers Under Fire
A Finalist for the 2019 Whistler Independent Book Awards, sponsored by the Writers Union of Canada, a semi-Finalist for a 2019 Kindle Book Award (literary fiction) and Honorable Mention 2020 Writers Digest Self-Published Book Awards.In this family saga, love and loss are bound together...- $25.95
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Vendor: Diane McHutchison
Duffy: Quincy's Little Brother Takes on the World
Quincy's little brother Duffy has decided it is his turn to step into the spotlight and share his story. Duffy openly talks about his rough start in life, as he adjusted from the rough and uncaring world of puppy mills into a loving family...- $18.95
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A Favorite of the Queen: The Story of Lord Robert Dudley and Elizabeth I
Torn between her heart's passion and duty to her kingdom, a young queen makes a dark choice... Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester was the most powerful man in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. Handsome and clever, he drew the interest of many...- $19.00
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Vendor: Win Blevins
Fitz: A Mountain Man Novel
Get swept away by this never-before-seen western adventure from award-winning author Win Blevins that follows a larger-than-life young man as he discovers the untamed American West.Thomas Fitzpatrick always longed for something more-to see more, do more, and be more. At just seventeen, he leaves...- $15.99
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Vendor: Dennis Mantin
Look Them In The Eyes
Following the birth of his daughter, Jackie, middle-aged Zach MacIver is determined to stop what he terms "intergenerational transmission of family dysfunction" from plaguing his family. Over the course of two years, from the time Jackie is eight until she turns ten, Zach recounts...- $20.99
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In the Shadow of the Steel Cross: The Massacre of Father Sebasti駭 R稷e, S.J. and the Indian Chiefs - SPECIAL EDITION
French Jesuit missionary, Father Sebastien Rale S.J. (1657-1724) arrived in Quebec, Canada. He quickly learned the native languages and started his dictionary for his school at his assignment in Maine among the Wabanaki people of the Norridgewock Tribe. He constructed a Church and the...- $16.99
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Look Them In The Eyes
Following the birth of his daughter, Jackie, middle-aged Zach MacIver is determined to stop what he terms "intergenerational transmission of family dysfunction" from plaguing his family. Over the course of two years, from the time Jackie is eight until she turns ten, Zach recounts...- $35.99
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Vendor: Thomas Nowaczyk
Seas of Conquest
A Biographical Novel Series of Ferdinand Magellan - Seas of Conquest (Book 2) The Portuguese are caught up in a long deadly struggle for supremacy of the spice trade. Magellan and his comrades are soon thrust into major battles in India, Malacca, and Morocco,...- $14.99
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Vendor: Laini Giles
Bathing Beauty: A Novel of Marie Prevost
Marie Prevost is a beautiful Canadian who becomes famous for her silent film work with Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties. Lured away by an offer from Universal Pictures, she continues to make profitable movies, and when her contract ends, she moves to Warner Brothers, where...- $27.99
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Vendor: William Forbes-Leith
Life of St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland
Life of St. Margaret, Queen of Scotland 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 genres.As a...- $17.90
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The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years."They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such...- $39.99
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Quest for Glory
A Biographical Novel Series of Ferdinand Magellan - Quest for Glory (Book 1) In late 1504, a young Ferdinand Magellan encounters Vasco Da Gama and Amerigo Vespucci in Lisbon. Inspired by their devotion to exploration, he enlists in the 7th Armada to the Indies....- $14.99
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A Story Teller's Story
"The Story Teller's Story" details 75 years of an African-American's jammed up life. Hawkins offers us the insights and perspectives of a very observant African-American writer, who uses his experiences as a way to reaffirm the values, the fact that all human beings are...- $28.99
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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.