Biography
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Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
$10.99 Add to cart“When a war ends it does not go away,” my mother says.”It hides inside us . . . Just forget!”
In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ra
But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember.- Author: Barakat, Ibtisam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 25 2016
- ISBN10: 1250097185
- Language: English
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Vogue on Coco Chanel
$23.99 Add to cartIn Vogue on Coco Chanel, acclaimed fashion writer and commentator Bronwyn Cosgrave traces the story of Coco Chanel’s iconic designs and glamorous, racy life. Featuring original illustrations and image… [more below]
- Series: Vogue on Designers
- Author: Cosgrave, Bronwyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 158
- Publish Date: September 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1849491119
- Language: English
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Still Life with Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy
$17.00 Add to cartMark Doty’s prose has been hailed as “tempered and tough, sorrowing and serene” (The New York Times Book Review) and “achingly beautiful” (The Boston Globe). In Still Life with Oysters and Lemon he of… [more below]
- Author: Doty, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 19 2002
- ISBN10: 0807066095
- Language: English
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The Fire Never Goes Out: A Memoir in Pictures
$17.99 Add to cartFrom ND Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivating, honest illustrated memoir that finds him turning an important corner in his creative journey–and
- Author: Stevenson, ND
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0062278266
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Movie Tie-In Edition): Young Readers Edition
$9.99 Add to cartNow a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village.
W- Author: Kamkwamba, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1984816128
- Language: English
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Illustrated Biography for Kids: Extraordinary Scientists Who Changed the World: Set of 6 Books
$39.99 Add to cartWhat makes people extraordinary or exemplary? Of course, it’s an indomitable will and an undying passion towards their dreams, even in the face of challenges. Here’s a boxed set of six books meticulou… [more below]
- Series: Illustrated Biography for Kids
- Author: Wonder House Books
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 11 2024
- ISBN10: 935856203X
- Language: English
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Robert Smalls: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 3 Volume 3
$23.95 Read more“Joel Christian Gills shows how ordinary people fight for our collective liberation and whose stories are not often at the forefront of our historical consciousness.” –Ibram X. Kendi, author of How t… [more below]
- Series: Tales of the Talented Tenth
- Author: Gill, Joel Christian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1682750663
- Language: English
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Side by Side/Lado a Lado: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez/La Historia de Dolores Huerta Y César Chávez (Bilingual English-Spanish)
$9.99 Add to cartA powerful and accesible bilingual picture book that highlights “the power and impact of ordinary but dedicated citizens.”*
Every day, thousands of farmworkers harvested the food that ended up on kitch
- Author: Brown, Monica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 27 2020
- ISBN10: 006122782X
- Language: Spanish
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Visitations
$25.99 Add to cartInspired by true events, this haunting yet hopeful young adult graphic novel weaves together family dynamics, mental illness, and religion–perfect for fans of Hey, Kiddo.
Corey’s mom has always made- Author: Egbert, Corey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 037430842X
- Language: English
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Visitations
$17.99 Read moreInspired by true events, this haunting yet hopeful young adult graphic novel weaves together family dynamics, mental illness, and religion–perfect for fans of Hey, Kiddo.
Corey’s mom has always made- Author: Egbert, Corey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 037430839X
- Language: English
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Mangilaluk: A Graphic Memoir about Friendship, Perseverance, and Resiliency
$18.95 Read more“Some children are born into the world and are home as soon as they come Earthside. Others spend their lifetimes searching for a home, a place to belong, a place where they are safe. I am one of those
- Series: Qinuisaarniq
- Author: Andreason, Bernard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1774507382
- Language: English
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No Domain: The John McAfee Tapes
$28.00 Read moreAn exhilarating and uncensored account of the maverick tech titan’s wild life, a breakneck journey from Silicon Valley to his sudden, mysterious death in a Barcelona prison.
“This is the only possible- Author: Eglinton, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1642939536
- Language: English
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Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home
$17.00 Read moreA national bestseller and winner of a Living Now Book Award, Stir is an exquisite memoir about how food connects us to ourselves, our lives, and each other.
At 28, Jessica Fechtor was happily immersed- Author: Fechtor, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 05 2016
- ISBN10: 1101983639
- Language: English
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David Livingstone: Missionary, Explorer, Abolitionist
$49.99 Add to cartDavid Livingstone was one of the most consequential individuals who lived in the nineteenth century. An unpretentious Scottish missionary doctor, explorer and abolitionist, he opened the door for Chri
- Series: Biography
- Author: Christie, Vance
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1527110079
- Language: English
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Wonderful Women of the World
$16.99 Read moreWomen change the World…
…they’ve been doing it for centuries. Now New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson has gathered female and nonbinary writers and artists to reveal the women- Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1779503784
- Language: English
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Golden Boy: Beethoven’s Youth
$29.99 Read moreA Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Master cartoonist Mikael Ross (The Thud) tells the story of Beethoven from 1778 to his first major public appearance in Vienna in 1795. It begins when t
- Author: Ross, Mikael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1683965515
- Language: English
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Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, from the Red Baron to the F-16
$22.99 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER – The definitive history of combat aviation and fighter aircraft, from World War I to present
INCLUDES 32 PAGES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND 12 MAPS
Lords of the Sky is the “dramatic, fast-pa
- Author: Hampton, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: June 02 2015
- ISBN10: 0062262092
- Language: English
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The Leaven of the Saints: Bringing Christ Into a Fallen World
$19.95 Read moreThe kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. —Matthew 13:33
How can we be part of the kingdom of heaven here and now and spread
- Author: Beutner, Dawn Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: March 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1621645614
- Language: English
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The World According to Bob: The Further Adventures of One Man and His Streetwise Cat
$19.00 Read moreCat lovers around the world embraced the New York Times bestselling heartwarming true story of James Bowen and A Street Cat Named Bob. Now, the busker and his feline friend are back in The World Accor
- Author: Bowen, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 02 2015
- ISBN10: 1250067812
- Language: English
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Saint Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor of the Poor
$16.95 Read moreThis is the compelling and inspirational true story of a twentieth-century doctor and saint. Giuseppe Moscati, born of an aristocratic family in Naples, Italy, devoted his medical career to serving th
- Author: Tripodoro, Antonio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 22 2015
- ISBN10: 1586179454
- Language: English
