Biographical
-
Half Spent Was the Night: A Witches’ Yuletide
$15.00 Read moreBeloved author Ami McKay is back, bringing us a magical follow-up in the tradition of Victorian winter tales to her mesmerizing bestseller, The Witches of New York.
During the nights between Christma- Series: Ami McKay’s Witches #2
- Author: McKay, Ami
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 0735275661
- Language: English
-
Ru
$17.00 Read moreWinner of the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction
Winner of 2015 Canada Reads Prize
Winner of Grand Prix litt raire Archambault
Finalist for the 2012 Soctiabank Giller Prize
Finalist for the 201- Author: Thúy, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 27 2012
- ISBN10: 1608198987
- Language: English
-
Mama and Papa Have a Store
$11.95 Read moreA young girl describes what a typical day is like in her parents’ Chinese store in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Recipient of a Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor in 2000.
From the clip, clop of the mil
- Author: Lau Carling, Amelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1620143089
- Language: English
-
ADA Lovelace Cracks the Code
$6.99 Read moreComplete with full-color illustrations and coding activities, Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code explores the life of coding pioneer Ada Lovelace and the stigmas she faced as a woman in STEM.
- Series: A Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls Chapter Book
- Author: Rebel Girls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1733329269
- Language: English
-
Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Dead Man in the Garden
$16.99 Add to cartFor young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, a spa stay becomes a lot more thrilling when TWO dead bodies are found in this third book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by… [more below]
- Series: Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen
- Author: Jocelyn, Marthe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 735270813
- Language: English
-
Sea Monsters
$16.95 Read moreWinner of the 2020 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, this intoxicating story of a teenage girl who trades her a middle-class upbringing for a quest for meaning in 1980s Mexico is “a surreal, captivating… [more below]
- Author: Aridjis, Chloe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1948226774
- Language: English
-
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc
$9.99 Add to cart“Stunning . . . . elegant . . . . arresting . . . . supple and harrowing.” —Wall Street Journal
Best-selling author David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a- Author: Elliott, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 02 2021
- ISBN10: 0358452082
- Language: English
-
Set All Afire: A Novel of St. Francis Xavier
$17.95 Add to cartSaint Francis Xavier’s life is, in itself, a dramatic story. With humility and deep religious conviction, the famous Catholic novelist Louis de Wohl takes us into the mind and heart of this great miss… [more below]
- Author: de Wohl, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: January 30 1991
- ISBN10: 0898703514
- Language: English
-
Lay Siege to Heaven: A Novel about St. Catherine of Siena
$18.95 Read moreContinuing his popular series of novels about saints of the Church, de Wohl devotes his considerable talents to an interpretation of one of the most unusual women of all time, Saint Catherine of Siena
- Author: de Wohl, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 361
- Publish Date: September 19 1991
- ISBN10: 0898703816
- Language: English
-
The Magician
$28.00 Read moreA New York Times Notable Book, Critic’s Top Pick, and Top Ten Book of Historical Fiction
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, NPR, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg Busine- Author: Toibin, Colm
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1476785082
- Language: English
-
The Mayor of Casterbridge
$10.00 Add to cartA haunting study of guilt and lost love
In a fit of drunken anger, Michael Henchard sells his wife and baby daughter for five guineas at a country fair. Over the course of the following years, he mana- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Hardy, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0141439785
- Language: English
-
Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: The Body Under the Piano
$15.99 Read moreA smart and charming middle-grade mystery series starring young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, inspired by the imagined life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation,… [more below]
- Series: Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen #1
- Author: Jocelyn, Marthe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 0735265461
- Language: English
-
Sell Us the Rope
$18.00 Read more“Sell Us the Rope is original, adept and confident, with the spry sardonic voice of the new historical fiction: it is entertaining and in the end, deeply moving.” -Hilary Mantel
“A deeply satisfying n- Author: May, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1639731431
- Language: English
-
Shizue’s Path
$19.99 Read moreA war from far across the ocean washed up onto our new country’s shore.
I wish that I could skip this chapter of the story, darling. Just as you may want to skip parts of your own life story in time.
- Author: Sakamoto, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1443464597
- Language: English
-
The Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Art of Purring
$15.95 Read moreWhat makes you purr?Of all the questions in the world, this is the most important. It is also the great leveler. Because no matter whether you are a playful kitten or a sedentary senior, a scrawny all… [more below]
- Series: Dalai Lama’s Cat
- Author: Michie, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 28 2013
- ISBN10: 1401943276
- Language: English
-
The Last Queen: A Novel of Courage and Resistance
$18.99 Read moreWINNER of the 2022 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WORKING WOMEN AWARD for BEST FICTION OF THE YEAR!
LONGLISTED for 2022 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD!
She rose from commoner to become the last reigning queen of I
- Author: Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0063161877
- Language: English
-
The Empress
$17.00 Read more“Sumptuous . . . Nothing in this story disappoints.” –Publishers Weekly
“A fresh, fast-paced take on a legendary woman.” –Evie Dunmore, USA Today bestselling author of Bringing Down the Duke
As seen o- Author: Griffis, Gigi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1638930163
- Language: English
-
Citadel of God: A Novel about Saint Benedict
$18.95 Add to cartAnother of the popular historical novels by the distinguished de Wohl, telling the dramatic story of St. Benedict, the father of Western monasticism, who played such a major role in the Christianizat
- Author: de Wohl, Louis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 345
- Publish Date: March 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0898704049
- Language: English
-
The War Magician: Based on an Extraordinary True Story
$27.99 Read moreBased 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 fi
- Author: Fisher, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79821E+12
- Language: English
-
Never Fall Down
$11.99 Add to cartThis National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labo
- Author: McCormick, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 23 2013
- ISBN10: 0061730955
- Language: English
