Biographical
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The Rarest Fruit
$24.00 Add to cartGa?lle B?lem’s The Rarest Fruit is a captivating tale of resilience, discovery, and the untold stories behind a beloved flavor.
Set in 19th-century La R?union, this novel follows Edmond Albius, a young
- Author: B?lem, Ga?lle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 9798889660996
- Language: English
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The Bird and the Whale: A Story of Unlikely Friendship
$16.00 Add to cartThe Bird and the Whale is the story of an unlikely friendship between two strangers. Birds explore the skies while whales roam the seas. At first glance it might seem the two creatures have nothing in
- Author: Couture, Emily
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1736523406
- Language: English
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To Slip the Bonds of Earth: A Riveting Mystery Based on a True History
$17.95 Add to cartInspired by the real-life sister of the Wright Brothers!
While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, Katharine Wright is equally inventive – especi… [more below]- Author: Flower, Amanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1496756096
- Language: English
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My Own Two Feet
$16.99 Add to cartTold in her own words, My Own Two Feet is Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary’s second heartfelt and relatable memoir.
The New Yorker called Beverly Cleary’s first volume of memoirs, A Girl Fro
- Author: Cleary, Beverly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0380727463
- Language: English
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A Promise: A Sweeping Story of Friendship in WWII
$16.99 Add to cartIn the turbulent aftermath of World War I, Germany is a nation reeling from hardship and chaos.
Here, three friends-Elisabeth, Adam, and Hannah-find comfort in each other as they grow up in these chal
- Author: Martin, Amelia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: February 08 2024
- ISBN10: 9798990093416
- Language: English
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Ella
$18.99 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 0063338521
- Language: English
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Hands of Gold: One Man’s Quest To Find The Silver Lining In Misfortune
$17.95 Add to cartWill Sam purge his guilty conscience before it’s too late? Will he atone for his offenses and find solace in the final countdown?
Sam Fox spent his whole life running against the hands of time. He is
- Series: New Jewish Fiction
- Author: Robbins, Roni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: February 04 2022
- ISBN10: 9493231852
- Language: English
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Yellow Singing Sail: A Memoir of an Only Child in China
$16.99 Add to cartFor fans of New Kid and Stealing Home, an unforgettable portrait of childhood during the one-child era in China.
In her early years, Yinfan lives in the small Chinese county of Xintian, surrounded by f
- Author: Huang, Yinfan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1525305514
- Language: English
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The Storyteller’s War: Geoffrey Chaucer, Reluctant Spy
$23.95 Add to cart“The Storyteller’s War is a rousing good tale that will delight the most ardent Chaucer enthusiasts and novices alike.” -Donna D. Conrad, bestselling author of The Magdalene Chronicles
March, 1366. Ami
- Series: Storyteller #1
- Author: Corry, J. C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1685135978
- Language: English
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Lovers of Franz K.
$22.00 Add to cartAn inventive literary obituary for Kafka, this thriller of love and revenge brings the Cold War to life, from Paris and Istanbul to West Berlin and Tel Aviv.
Amid the student protests in 1960s Europe,- Author: S?nmez, Burhan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1635425379
- Language: English
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Katharine, the Wright Sister
$17.99 Add to cartShe helped her brothers soar… but was the flight worth the fall?
It all started with two boys and a bicycle shop. Wilbur and Orville Wright, both unsuited to college and disinclined to leave home, j
- Author: Wood, Tracey Enerson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1464236127
- Language: English
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San Antonio Nights: Legends, Lore, and Life in the Seventies
$18.95 Add to cartSan Antonio Nights is a semifictional novel set in the early 1970s that explores the city’s urban legends through the eyes of a teenager. It offers a South Texas perspective on growing up in a middle-
- Author: McGaffigan, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 14 2025
- ISBN10: 1637849508
- Language: English
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Fifteen Wild Decembers
$18.00 Add to cartSHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO BOOK AWARDS 2023
A SUNDAY TIMES‘ BEST HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF 2023Isolated from society, Emily Bront? and her siblings spend their days inventing elaborate fictional
- Author: Powell, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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C?sar (Spanish Edition): S?, Se Puede!
$9.99 Add to cartThe Spanish edition of the ALA Pura Belpr? Honor Book for Narrative and Illustration about the life and work of C?sar Chavez.
Born in 1927 in Yuma, Arizona, C?sar Chavez lived the hard-scrabble life of
- Author: Bernier-Grand, Carmen T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 50
- Publish Date: January 21 2014
- ISBN10: 1477816089
- Language: Spanish
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One Day in June: A Story Inspired by the Life and Activism of Marsha P. Johnson
$18.99 Add to cartYou can sparkle, shimmer, shine – just like Marsha did.
This vibrant and joyful picture book celebrates the legacy of Marsha P. Johnson, a Black trans woman and activist who played an instrumental rol- Author: Tourmaline
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 059352537X
- Language: English
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The Legend of Valentine: An Ancient Historical Love Story that Ignites a Revolution
$29.99 Add to cartRome, 268 AD
In an age of tyranny and turmoil, an eternal love story ignites a revolution.
Valentine, a once-fearsome warrior reborn from the brink of death, sheds his violent past for a new destiny ins
- Author: Collins, Sheldon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: January 21 2025
- ISBN10: 9798991362405
- Language: English
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Finding Margaret Fuller
$18.00 Add to cartA “sweeping” (Entertainment Weekly) novel of America’s forgotten leading lady, the central figure of a movement that defined a nation–from the New York Times bestselling author of The Magnificent Liv… [more below]
- Author: Pataki, Allison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 0593600258
- Language: English
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Babbitt
$20.00 Add to cartThe masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis
A Penguin Classic George F. Babbitt, a conniving, prosperous real estate man from Zenith, Ohio, revels in his popularity, his success, and, especi- Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
- Author: Lewis, Sinclair
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0140189025
- Language: English
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Sleeping Children
$27.00 Add to cartAn intimate, captivating first novel that tells the story of a family in southern France whose lives are intertwined with the history of the AIDS crisis–and with the forgotten French doctors who are
- Author: Passeron, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 0374612269
- Language: English
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Sad Tiger
$22.95 Add to cartWinner of multiple prizes, Neige Sinno has created a powerful literary form with Sad Tiger, a book that took France by storm and is an international phenomenon.
“Reading Sad Tiger is like descending i- Author: Sinno, Neige
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1644214679
- Language: English
