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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
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Meet Me in Monaco: A Novel of Grace Kelly’s Royal Wedding
$16.99 Read more“A fragrant French bonbon of a book: love, glamour, perfume, and paparazzi all circling around the wedding of the century…”–Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of THE ALICE NETWORK and TH
- Author: Gaynor, Hazel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 23 2019
- ISBN10: 62885367
- Language: English
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The Acrobat
$17.95 Add to cartAN OPRAH DAILY BEST NOVEL BASED ON A TRUE STORY
“Delaney[‘s] splendid
fictional biography of Cary Grant . . . perfectly befits the glamour and fakery
of his subject.” –Publishers Weekly (starred review)“
- Author: Delaney, Edward J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1885983034
- Language: English
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The Autumn Throne
$22.99 Add to cartThe Son She Loved. The Betrayal She Faced. The Legend She Became.
The stunning conclusion to the Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy by New York Times bestselling author, Elizabeth Chadwick.
Imprisoned by her
- Series: Eleanor of Aquitaine #3
- Author: Chadwick, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1402296843
- Language: English
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Magdala: The Lost Story of Mary Magdalene
$35.98 Add to cart“For over two thousand years my name has been printed in the holy book and buildings have been erected in my honor. Yet, men in ornate robes have trampled on my words, tainted my name, and hidden my s
- Author: Erica, Bridget
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: July 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0645476110
- Language: English
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The Lover, Wartime Notebooks, Practicalities: Introduction by Rachel Kushner
$32.00 Add to cartA hardcover omnibus edition of the French writer’s most famous novel–the basis for the film Memoir of War–alongside her fascinating wartime writings and a collection of intimate autobiographical ess… [more below]
- Series: Everyman’s Library Contemporary Classics
- Author: Duras, Marguerite
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: November 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1101907932
- Language: English
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Wilderness of the Heart
$15.99 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: October 09 2023
- ISBN10: 9798989199709
- Language: English
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Oroonoko
$12.00 Add to cartRestoration-era poet, playwright and novelist Aphra Behn was the first truly professional woman writer in English, and Oroonoko is her sophisticated and insightful condemnation of slavery. This Pengui
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Behn, Aphra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 25 2004
- ISBN10: 0140439889
- Language: English
