Biographical fiction

  • The Lindbergh Nanny

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    Mariah Fredericks’s The Lindbergh Nanny is powerful, propulsive novel about America’s most notorious kidnapping through the eyes of the woman who found herself at the heart of this deadly crime.

    “A ma

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    • Author: Fredericks, Mariah
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: November 15 2022
    • ISBN10: 125082740X
    • Language: English
  • Smout and the Lighthouse: A Story of Robert Louis Stevenson

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    Discover the unexpected beginnings of author Robert Louis Stevenson in this story about following your dreams.

    Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s letters and life, this book imagines the author as a

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    • Author: Yolen, Jane
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: September 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 0807574848
    • Language: English
  • Roma Soy Yo: La Verdadera Historia de Julio César / I Am Rome

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    DESPUÉS DE JULIO CÉSAR, EL MUNDO NUNCA VOLVIÓ A SER EL MISMO.

    Si alguna vez hubo un hombre nacido para cambiar el curso de la Historia, ese fue Julio César. Su leyenda, veinte siglos después, sig

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    • Author: Posteguillo, Santiago
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 752
    • Publish Date: July 19 2022
    • ISBN10: 8466671781
    • Language: Spanish
  • Katherine

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    “An inspiration and the benchmark by which I judge historical novels.”–Alison Weir

    “Exhilarating, exuberant, and rich,” Katherine is an epic novel of a love affair that changed history–that of Kather

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    • Author: Seton, Anya
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 608
    • Publish Date: October 01 2013
    • ISBN10: 0544222881
    • Language: English
  • Lady Clementine

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    From Marie Benedict, the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room! An incredible novel that focuses on one of the people with the most influence during World War I and World War

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    • Author: Benedict, Marie
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: January 07 2020
    • ISBN10: 1492666904
    • Language: English
  • Remarkable Creatures

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    From the New York Times bestselling novelist, a stunning historical novel that follows the story of Mary Anning and Elizabeth Philpot, two extraordinary 19th century fossil hunters who changed the sci[more below]

    • Author: Chevalier, Tracy
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: October 26 2010
    • ISBN10: 0452296722
    • Language: English
  • The Queen’s Secret: A Novel of England’s World War II Queen

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    If you love Jennifer Robson or The Crown you will love New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper’s novel about Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.

    1939. As the wife of the King George VI and the mother

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    • Author: Harper, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: August 11 2023
    • ISBN10: 0062885480
    • Language: English
  • The Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Power of Meow

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    “If you ever doubted that your feline companion has her own inner life, just watch what happens when she falls asleep, and loses conscious control of her physical being . . . a twitching of limbs, a q… [more below]

    • Series: Dalai Lama’s Cat
    • Author: Michie, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 216
    • Publish Date: June 16 2015
    • ISBN10: 1401946240
    • Language: English
  • The Paris Wife

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    NEW 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]

    • Author: McLain, Paula
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 336
    • Publish Date: February 22 2011
    • ISBN10: 0345521307
    • Language: English
  • Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris

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    The gilded adventures of Ramses the Damned, iconic creation of the legendary bestselling author, continue in this breathtakingly suspenseful tale of a titanic supernatural power unleashed on the eve o[more below]

    • Series: Ramses the Damned
    • Author: Rice, Anne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 368
    • Publish Date: February 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 1101970332
    • Language: English
  • Execution (the Plot to Kill Hitler #2): Volume 2

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    Based on the real-life scheme to take down one of history’s greatest monsters, this heart-pounding trilogy puts two courageous kids at the center of the plot to kill Adolf Hitler.

    Summer 1944.Max, Gert… [more below]

    • Series: Plot to Kill Hitler #2
    • Author: Marino, Andy
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 176
    • Publish Date: May 05 2020
    • ISBN10: 1338359045
    • Language: English
  • Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin

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    Newbery Award-winning author Marguerite Henry’s beloved novel about a boy who would do anything to paint is now available in a refreshed paperback edition.

    Benjamin West was born with an extraordinary

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    • Author: Henry, Marguerite
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: March 11 2014
    • ISBN10: 148140394X
    • Language: English
  • Stranded!: A Mostly True Story from Iceland

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    Based on a true story, the author humorously recounts the time his grandfather got stranded with a friend on Surtsey, a brand new volcanic island in Iceland. The adventurers face epic challenges like … [more below]

    • Author: Benediktsson, ÆVar þÓr
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 32
    • Publish Date: August 08 2023
    • ISBN10: 1646869923
    • Language: English
  • Thousand Pieces of Gold

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    The extraordinary biographical novel about a Chinese-American woman who fought for independence and dignity in the American West–“an important contribution to the history of pioneer women” (Ms. Magaz[more below]

    • Author: Lum McCunn, Ruthanne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 216
    • Publish Date: July 21 2015
    • ISBN10: 0807083267
    • Language: English
  • As Glenn as Can Be

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    A warm and witty portrait of child prodigy and world-famous classical musician Glenn Gould.

    Glenn was a child who knew his own mind — he liked boats but did not like fishing; he enjoyed puns and pra

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    • Author: Ellis, Sarah
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 40
    • Publish Date: April 01 2022
    • ISBN10: 1773064681
    • Language: English
  • Ramses: The Son of Light – Volume I

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    Historical fiction meets mythology as ancient Egypt comes alive in this monumental epic with over 2 million copies sold around the world.

    At fourteen, Ramses, the second son of the Pharaoh Seth, must

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    • Series: Ramses #1
    • Author: Jacq, Christian
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 384
    • Publish Date: November 30 2007
    • ISBN10: 0446673560
    • Language: English
  • The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor

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    The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents faced in defying the barbarous Nazi law prohibiting childbirth.

    Elida Friedman was not supposed to ha

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    • Author: Jakob, Zipora Klein
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: April 23 2024
    • ISBN10: 0063296659
    • Language: English
  • Monkey: A Journey to the West

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    A classic of Chinese literature, this beloved folktale is part adventure story, part spiritual allegory–now reimagined by a National Book Award nominee

    Part spiritual pilgrimage, part historical epic

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    • Author: Kherdian, David
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 209
    • Publish Date: May 01 2005
    • ISBN10: 1590302583
    • Language: English
  • The Song of Bernadette

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    This is the classic work that tells the true story surrounding the miraculous visions of St. Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes, France in 1858. Werfel, a highly respected anti-Nazi writer from Vienna, b… [more below]

    • Author: Werfel, Franz
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 605
    • Publish Date: May 09 2006
    • ISBN10: 1586171712
    • Language: English
  • Dancing with Langston

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    Carrie, a business manager who always wanted to be a dancer, has two commitments today. She made a promise to her late father to move Cousin Ella, a former Paris caf dancer, from her condemned Harlem

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    • Author: Skeeter, Sharyn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 260
    • Publish Date: November 12 2019
    • ISBN10: 1950584194
    • Language: English
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