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Mademoiselle Chanel
$18.99 Add to cartFor readers of The Paris Wife and Z comes this vivid novel full of drama, passion, tragedy, and beauty that stunningly imagines the life of iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel–the ambitious, gifted l
- Author: Gortner, C. W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: December 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0062356437
- Language: English
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The Novelist
$24.00 Read moreBrisk and shockingly witty, exuberantly scatological as well as deeply wise, The Novelist is a delight. Jordan Castro is a rare new talent: an author highly attuned to the traditions he is working wit… [more below]
- Author: Castro, Jordan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1593767137
- Language: English
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Starring Adele Astaire
$27.99 Read moreUSA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight returns as she delves into the life of Adele Astaire, who served up smiles and love both on and off the stage—with and without her also famous brother Fred A
- Author: Knight, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0063322943
- Language: English
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Pale Shadows
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Dickinson after her death: a novel of the trio of women who brought Emily Dickinson’s poems out of the shadows
When she died, Emily Dickinson l… [more below]
- Author: Fortier, Dominique
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1552454681
- Language: English
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La Figura del Mundo / The Figure of the World
$18.95 Read more« Hasta d?nde podemos recuperar una memoria ajena? Es posible entender lo que un padre ha sido sin nosotros? Ser hijo significa descender, alterar el tiempo, crear un desarreglo, un desajuste q… [more below]
- Author: Villoro, Juan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 6073828500
- Language: Spanish
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The Last Laird of Sapelo
$29.95 Add to cartThe Last Laird of Sapelo is based on the tragic story of Randolph Spalding, the youngest son of Georgia’s most well-known antebellum-era coastal planter and influential political figure, Thomas Spaldi
- Author: Brown, T. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888240441
- Language: English
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What the Mountains Remember
$18.99 Add to cart“Joy Calloway weaves a dramatic, heartfelt story of self- discovery and a hard-won love against the stunning backdrop the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World.'”
–Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling
- Author: Callaway, Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1400244315
- Language: English
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The Memoirs of Cleopatra
$30.00 Add to cartBestselling novelist Margaret George brings to life the glittering kingdom of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, in this lush, sweeping, and richly detailed saga, the basis for the Cleopatra TV mini-series
- Author: George, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 976
- Publish Date: May 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0312187459
- Language: English
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Learning to See: A Novel of Dorothea Lange, the Woman Who Revealed the Real America
$18.99 Add to cartIf you liked Sold on a Monday and Beautiful Exiles, you’ll love this novel about strong-willed trailblazing photographer, Dorothea Lange, whose fame grew during World War II and the Great Depression.
- Author: Hooper, Elise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062686534
- Language: English
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A Calling for Charlie Barnes
$17.99 Read moreNamed a best book of the year by NPR, Vogue, and the New York Times Book Review, the hilarious and profound new novel from National Book Award finalist Joshua Ferris is “a fine American novel about fa
- Author: Ferris, Joshua
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 07, 2022
- ISBN10: 0316333549
- Language: English
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Half Life
$16.99 Read moreThe USA Today bestselling author of In Another Time reimagines the pioneering, passionate life of Marie Curie using a parallel structure to create two alternative timelines, one that mirrors her real
- Author: Cantor, Jillian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0062969889
- Language: English
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In the City of Gold and Silver
$17.00 Add to cartAn enthralling historical novel based on the little-known female warrior in nineteenth century India who led a revolt against the British.
Here is the long-forgotten story of Begum Hazrat Mahal, queen- Author: Mourad, Kenize
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 04 2014
- ISBN10: 1609452275
- Language: English
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Inland
$19.95 Add to cartInland is a work which gathers in emotional power as it moves across the grasslands of its narrator’s imagination–from Szolnok County on the great plains of Hungary where a man writes in the library … [more below]
- Author: Murnane, Gerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1913505820
- Language: English
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Ella
$28.00 Add to cartIn 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 Fitzgeral
- Author: Richards, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 0063338653
- Language: English
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Wilderness of the Heart
$24.99 Add to cartOrphaned at the age of 9 in Stockholm, Sweden, Jacob is taken by an ill-tempered uncle on a merchant ship bound for London. He survives a shipwreck en route that leaves him homeless and, once again, a
- Author: Bergeron, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: October 09 2023
- ISBN10: 9798989199716
- Language: English
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Lion of Ireland
$30.99 Add to cartMorgan Llywelyn’s New York Times bestselling historical classic of the greatest Irish king
King. Warrior. Lover. Brian Boru was stronger, braver, and wiser than all other men–the greatest king Irelan- Series: Celtic World of Morgan Llywelyn #5
- Author: Llywelyn, Morgan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 06 2002
- ISBN10: 0765302578
- Language: English
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Nothing Like the Sun: A Story of Shakespeare’s Love-Life
$25.99 Add to cartA magnificent, bawdy telling of Shakespeare’s love life, following young Will’s maturation into sex and writing. A playful romp, it is at the same time a serious look at the forces that midwife art, t
- Author: Burgess, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: August 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0393346404
- Language: English
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Muhammad: A Story of God’s Messenger and the Revelation That Changed the World
$17.99 Add to cart“Compassionate and clear…a courageous undertaking.” –Greg Mortenson, New York Times bestselling author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools
“As a scholar and storyteller extraordinaire, Deep… [more below]
- Series: Enlightenment #3
- Author: Chopra, Deepak
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 31 2011
- ISBN10: 0061782432
- Language: English
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Little
$18.00 Add to cartLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
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LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION
LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE- Author: Carey, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 0525534334
- Language: English
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Memorial Days: Vietnam Stories, 1973-2022
$26.95 Add to cartThe conflict in Vietnam has been rewritten and reframed
into many corners of American life and has long shadowed contemporary political
science and foreign policy. The war and its aftermath have engende… [more below]- Series: Peace and Conflict
- Author: Karlin, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: May 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1682831795
- Language: English
