Biographical
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My Real Name Is Hanna
$16.95 Add to cart1941, Hitler’s army crosses into Soviet-ruled Ukraine in a secret mission titled “Operation Barbarossa. A young Jewish girl, Hanna Slivka is fourteen when German soldiers arrive in her small village o
- Author: Masih, Tara Lynn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 18, 2018
- ISBN10: 1942134517
- Language: English
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Robinson Crusoe
$7.95 Add to cartDaniel Defoe’s enthralling story-telling and imaginatively detailed descriptions have ensured that his fiction masquerading as fact remains one of the most famous stories in English literature. On one… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Defoe, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0199553971
- Language: English
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Hot Water Music
$17.99 Add to cartWith his characteristic raw and minimalist style, Charles Bukowski takes us on a walk through his side of town in Hot Water Music. He gives us little vignettes of depravity and lasciviousness, bite si
- Author: Bukowski, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 31, 2002
- ISBN10: 0876855966
- Language: English
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Kafka and the Doll
$19.99 Add to cartBased on a true story about Franz Kafka
Inspired by a true story, Kafka and the Doll recounts a remarkable gesture of kindness from one of the world’s most bewildering and iconic writers. In the fall- Author: Theule, Larissa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: March 9, 2021
- ISBN10: 0593116321
- Language: English
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Mary Wears What She Wants
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the award-winning creator of My Dad Used to Be So Cool and Tough Guys Have Feelings Too comes a charming picture book inspired by the true story of Mary Edwards Walker, a trailblazing 19th-centur
- Author: Negley, Keith
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0062846795
- Language: English
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The Last Laird of Sapelo
$21.95 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: August 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888240427
- Language: English
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The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo
$22.00 Add to cartIrving Stone’s classic biographical novel of Michelangelo–the #1 New York Times bestseller in which both the artist and the man are brought to vivid, captivating life.
His time–the turbulent Renais- Author: Stone, Irving
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: September 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0451213238
- Language: English
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Sister Stardust
$18.99 Add to cart*NATIONAL BESTSELLER*
A PARADE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR
A NEW YORK POST BEST BOOK OF THE WEEKIn her first novel inspired by a true story, Jane Green re-imagines the life of troubled icon Talith… [more below]
- Author: Green, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 2, 2023
- ISBN10: 1335449582
- Language: English
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Lunch Every Day
$18.99 Read moreEvery day Jimmy takes ‘Skinny Kid’s’ lunch at school. No way will he be caught dead standing in that FREE LUNCH line. Even when he’s called into the principal’s office, Jimmy just shrugs. “Yeah. Whate… [more below]
- Author: Otoshi, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 19, 2021
- ISBN10: 1734348208
- Language: English
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Yellow Star
$9.99 Add to cart“In 1945 the war ended. The Germans surrendered, and the ghetto was liberated. Out of over a quarter of a million people, about 800 walked out of the ghetto. Of those who survived, only twelve were ch
- Author: Roy, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 227
- Publish Date: June 3, 2014
- ISBN10: 0761463100
- Language: English
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Marmee
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the author of Caroline, a revealing retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved Little Women, from the perspective of Margaret “Marmee” March, about the larger real-world challenges behind the cozy
- Author: Miller, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 006304188X
- Language: English
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One Last Shot: Based on a True Story of Wartime Heroism: The Story of Wartime Photographer Gerda Taro
$18.99 Read more“This is not just a story of the violence of fascism, but of the burning joy of freedom, and the exhilaration of shaping, with sweat and blood, a better world.”**
From critically acclaimed author Kip W
- Author: Wilson, Kip
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 006325168X
- Language: English
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Crazy Horse’s Vision
$12.95 Add to cartThe true story of the great Sioux warrior who, as a young boy, defies tradition and seeks a vision on his own in hopes of saving his people.
Crazy Horse is among the best known Native American heroes.
- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1584302828
- Language: English
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Tatae’s Promise: Based on the true story of a young woman’s escape from Auschwitz
$34.99 Add to cartThis never-before-told true story of a young woman’s escape from Auschwitz with her sister is a remarkable tale of unimaginable courage, family, faith and enduring love.
“…readers will admire Hinda’s
- Author: Maysonave, Sherry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 550
- Publish Date: September 12, 2023
- ISBN10: 195909694X
- Language: English
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Mrs Van Gogh
$19.99 Add to cart“As intricate and absorbing as a Van Gogh painting…MRS VAN GOGH will stay with me for a long time.” New York Times bestseller Hazel Gaynor
“All the characters jump off the page…what we have here i
- Author: Cauchi, Caroline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 5, 2023
- ISBN10: 0008641536
- Language: English
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The Paris Wife
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A deeply evocative novel of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley–from the author of L… [more below]
- Series: Random House Reader’s Circle
- Author: McLain, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 27 2012
- ISBN10: 0345521315
- Language: English
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Madre de Los Tiburones
$19.99 Add to cartLa cient?fica de tiburones galardonada como una de las 30 menores de 30 de Forbes en 2021 entre otros honores y mundialmente reconocida Melissa Cristina M?rquez se une a la premiada ilustradora Devin … [more below]
- Author: M?rquez, Melissa Cristina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 0593659864
- Language: Spanish
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$27.00 Read moreAn autobiographical novel from ?douard Louis, hailed as one of the most important voices of his generation–about social class, transformation, and the perils of leaving the past behind.
One question t- Author: Louis, Édouard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0374606803
- Language: English
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The Lipstick Bureau: A Novel Inspired by a Real-Life Female Spy
$16.99 Read moreInspired 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 Times bes… [more below]
- Author: Gable, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1525811479
- Language: English
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Betty Before X
$8.99 Add to cartBetty Before X is a powerful middle-grade fictionalized account of the childhood activism of Betty Shabazz, Malcolm X’s wife, written by their daughter Ilyasah Shabazz.
In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-o- Author: Shabazz, Ilyasah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 31, 2018
- ISBN10: 1250294185
- Language: English
