Biographical
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Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans
$16.99 Read moreIn New Orleans, there lived a man who saw the streets as his calling, and he swept them clean. He danced up one avenue and down another and everyone danced along. The old ladies whistled and whirled. … [more below]
- Author: Bildner, Phil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 44
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 1452125783
- Language: English
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Trouble The Water
$29.95 Add to cart“With this stunning debut novel, Rebecca Bruff establishes herself as an exciting new voice in historical fiction.” –Cassandra King Conroy, author of Moonrise, and Founding Honorary Chair of the Pat
- Author: Bruff, Rebecca Dwight
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: June 04, 2019
- ISBN10: 1633938093
- Language: English
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Mrs. Lowe-Porter
$17.00 Add to cart“A captivating biographical novel… with Mrs. Lowe-Porter, Jo Salas has achieved the writing triumph that her never-met but vividly imagined grandmother-in-law hoped to write…a magnificent literary
- Author: Salas, Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: February 01, 2024
- ISBN10: 195690705X
- Language: English
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Los Sueños Descalzos de Petra Luna / Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
$12.95 Add to cartLibro de honor Pura Belpr? 2022 – Uno de los mejores libros del 2021 seg? NYPL y NPR – Texas Bluebonnet Master List Selection
Basado en una historia real, este es el intr?pido y arriesgado viaje de un- Series: Petra Luna
- Author: Dobbs, Alda P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 1644738422
- Language: Spanish
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Echoes of the White Giraffe
$10.95 Read more* “Wonderfully telling scenes evoke the time, the place, and–more subtly–the deep-running emotions that these people, bound by customs and besieged by troubles, were so rarely free to acknowledge.”-… [more below]
- Author: Choi, Sook Nyul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 10 2007
- ISBN10: 0618809171
- Language: English
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The Great Migration: An American Story
$10.99 Add to cartThis critically acclaimed picture book suitable for a wide range of readers chronicles the Great Migration–the diaspora of African Americans who headed to the North after WWI–through the iconic pain
- Author: Lawrence, Jacob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 15, 1995
- ISBN10: 0064434281
- Language: English
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Hollywood
$17.99 Add to cartFrom iconic tortured artist/everyman Charles Bukowski, Hollywood is the fictionalization of his experience adapting his novel Barfly into a movie by the same name.
Henry Chinaski, Bukowski’s alter-ego,
- Author: Bukowski, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 31, 2002
- ISBN10: 0876857632
- Language: English
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Sisters of Fortune: A Riveting Historical Novel of the Titanic Based on True History
$17.95 Add to cartReaders of The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé will be captivated as the USA Today bestselling author expertly weaves real historical figures and events into this vivid, surprising, emotionally powerfu
- Author: Huber, Anna Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 20, 2024
- ISBN10: 1496742699
- Language: English
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The Forest Man: The True Story of Jadav Payeng
$16.99 Add to cartAfter years of harsh monsoon seasons, a forest on the river island of Majuli is in danger of being slowly washed away. Jadav, a boy living on the island, is determined to save the forest he loves.
This
- Author: Matheson, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 07, 2020
- ISBN10: 1486718167
- Language: English
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Fortuna
$27.95 Read moreEven through the roar and effervescence of the 1920s, everyone in New York has heard of Benjamin and Helen Rask. He is a legendary Wall Street tycoon; she is the daughter of eccentric aristocrats. Tog… [more below]
- Author: Diaz, Hernan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 8433901923
- Language: Spanish
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Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba
$19.99 Read moreNjinga of Ndongo and Matamba book follows the story of a renowned African legend named Queen Njinga and serves to teach the historical truth behind her inspirational story in a way that is relatable t… [more below]
- Author: Aire, Ekiuwa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 177711795X
- Language: English
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Mr. Wilder and Me
$16.95 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE
“Outstanding.”–Alex Harvey, Los Angeles Review of Books
“Captivating…A delight.”–Malcolm Forbes, Washington Examiner
“A really warm and wonderful and fun and happy bo
- Author: Coe, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 22, 2023
- ISBN10: 9798889660019
- Language: English
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When Nietzsche Wept
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed author of Love’s Executioner and Schopenhauer’s Couch, comes a “fascinating…shrewd intellectual thriller” (Los Angeles Times Book Review) about pioneering Viennese psychoanalyst J
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Yalom, Irvin D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 01, 2011
- ISBN10: 0062009303
- Language: English
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Me . . . Jane (Caldecott Honor Book)
$18.99 Add to cartA Caldecott Honor Book
Patrick McDonnell—beloved, bestselling author-artist and creator of the Mutts syndicated comic strip—shares the inspiring story of young Jane Goodall, the legendary and inspi- Author: McDonnell, Patrick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: April 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0316045462
- Language: English
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Can’t We Be Friends: A Novel of Ella Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe
$18.99 Add to cartAward-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a brilliant novel that uncovers the boundary-breaking, genuine friendship between Ella Fitzgerald, the
- Author: Knight, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 05, 2024
- ISBN10: 0063282909
- Language: English
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Yes We Will: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country
$18.99 Add to cartFrom #1 NYT bestselling author Kelly Yang comes a gorgeously illustrated picture book about Asian American changemakers doing everything they dreamed of and inspiring all of us to reach for new height
- Author: Yang, Kelly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 03, 2022
- ISBN10: 0593463056
- Language: English
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Her Lost Words: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley
$17.00 Add to cartFrom A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to Frankenstein, a tale of two literary legends–a mother and daughter–discovering each other and finding themselves along the way, from USA Today bestsellin
- Author: Thornton, Stephanie Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: March 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 0593198425
- Language: English
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The Dalai Lama’s Cat
$16.99 Read more“‘Oh! How adorable! I didn’t know you had a cat!’ she exclaimed. I am always surprised how many people make this observation. Why should His Holiness not have a cat?’ If only she could speak, ‘ contin… [more below]
- Series: Dalai Lama’s Cat
- Author: Michie, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1401940587
- Language: English
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The Heights
$39.98 Add to cart“A MASTERFUL DIVE INTO MOB HISTORY.” – Fox News Chicago
FALL IN LINE, OR FALL IN A GRAVE
After 30 years of research and scouring 5,000 pages of FBI files, The Heights was born. Inspired by true events a
- Author: Franze, Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1955058083
- Language: English
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Freddie the Flyer
$17.99 Read moreA gorgeous picture book that pays homage to aviator Freddie Carmichael — the first Indigenous commercial pilot in the Arctic –with each month of the year highlighting moments from his life, the beau… [more below]
- Author: Metcalfe-Chenail, Danielle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1774880806
- Language: English
