Historical fiction
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Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn as Told by a Friend
$21.00 Add to cart“John E. Woods is revising our impression of Thomas Mann, masterpiece by masterpiece.” —The New Yorker
“Doctor Faustus is Mann’s deepest artistic gesture. . . . Finely translated by John E. Woods.” –- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Mann, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: July 27 1999
- ISBN10: 0375701168
- Language: English
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Orient 16
$10.99 Read moreThe new shonen action manga from the creator of Magi is here! Musashi is a teenager living under demon rule. As children, he and his best friend made a promise: to become the greatest warriors in the … [more below]
- Series: Orient
- Author: Ohtaka, Shinobu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1646518241
- Language: English
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Golden Kamuy, Vol. 17
$12.99 Read moreA tale of high adventure and survival!
In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi Sugimoto searches the wilderness of Hokkaido for a hoard of hidden gold. With only a cryptic ma- Series: Golden Kamuy #17
- Author: Noda, Satoru
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1974714896
- Language: English
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The Last Gift of the Master Artists
$29.99 Read moreThe Booker Prize-winning author, a child of the Nigerian Civil War, reinvents through the story of the Atlantic slave trade the beautiful soul and resilient culture of his country.
A boy and a girl me- Author: Okri, Ben
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1635422795
- Language: English
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Indio No Más
$15.95 Read moreAmerican Indian Youth Literature Award Winner – American Indian Library Association
Cuando la tribu Umpqua de Regina es terminada legalmente y su familia debe mudarse de Oreg?n a Los ?ngeles, ella se e
- Author: Willing McManis, Charlene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1643796526
- Language: Spanish
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Hitomi
$15.99 Read moreIn Feudal-era Japan, a drifter with no prospects begins training in secret under Yasuke, a once-famous and now-disgraced warrior, as she struggles to find her place in a society entrenched in discrimi… [more below]
- Author: Tak, H. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1534325921
- Language: English
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The List of Unspeakable Fears
$17.99 Read moreThe War That Saved My Life meets Coraline in this “deliciously creepy” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) middle grade historical novel following an anxious young girl learning to face her fears–and… [more below]
- Author: Kramer, J. Kasper
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1534480749
- Language: English
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Skull Water
$28.00 Read more“A fascinating story of a young mixed-race man caught between two cultures, not knowing what to keep and what to leave behind.”–James McBride, author of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
A “magnificen… [more below]
- Author: Fenkl, Heinz Insu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1954118198
- Language: English
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The Heathens and the Dragon: A 13th-Century Adventure
$12.95 Read moreA middle-grade medieval adventure starring two orphans, a troubadour with dancing feet, and an irascible pet chicken by an award-winning YA writer.
From award-winning author Kate A. Boorman comes her
- Author: Boorman, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1771872470
- Language: English
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The Secret Midwife
$16.99 Read moreFrom the bestselling author of The London Girls comes a story of courage and resilience amidst the horror of Auschwitz–and one woman’s last chance to share it with the world.
London, 1995: When on th
- Author: Lane, Soraya M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1662504063
- Language: English
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We Are Wolves
$17.99 Read moreThis “hauntingly atmospheric” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), heart-stopping middle grade novel follows three of the Wolfskinder, German children left to fend for themselves in the final days of Wor… [more below]
- Author: Nannestad, Katrina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1665904224
- Language: English
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The Forger of Marseille
$17.95 Read moreSarah is a nineteen-year-old Jewish artist living in Paris at the outset of World War II. Her gift for forgery makes leads her to Marseille, where she joins a secret network dedicated to saving politi… [more below]
- Author: Myers, Linda Joy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1647422310
- Language: English
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Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: Peril at Owl Park
$9.99 Read more- Series: Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen
- Author: Jocelyn, Marthe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0735265518
- Language: English
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Hope Against Hope
$10.99 Read moreIt’s 1921. Ireland has been at war with Britain for two years. When Polly’s brother Leo returns from war, it’s like he’s turned into a different person. After he turns violent, Polly runs away to Hele
- Author: Wilkinson, Sheena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1912417421
- Language: English
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Sea of Thieves: Origins Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel)
$13.99 Read moreDive into the lore of the Sea of Thieves in this action-packed graphic novel.
When three unlikely travellers set sail for pirate waters, making their fortune will also make history! Filled with actio- Author: Whitley, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 84
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1787739600
- Language: English
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Peacemaker
$7.99 Read moreA twelve-year-old Iroquois boy searches for peace in this historical novel based on the creation of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Twelve-year-old Okwaho’s life has suddenly changed. While he and his best- Author: Bruchac, Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1984815393
- Language: English
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Of Love and Other Demons
$16.00 Add to cartOn her twelfth birthday, Sierva Maria – the only child of a decaying noble family in an eighteenth-century South American seaport – is bitten by a rabid dog. Believed to be possessed, she is brought t… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: García Márquez, Gabriel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 10 2008
- ISBN10: 1400034922
- Language: English
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Sherlock Holmes – The Monster of the Mere
$17.99 Read moreWhen Watson’s holiday in the Lake District takes a sinister twist, he and Holmes must uncover the truth hidden by superstitious locals, folklore and rumours of prehistorical monsters far away from the… [more below]
- Author: Purser-Hallard, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1789099269
- Language: English
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Moon and the Mars
$24.95 Read moreA vivid account of life in New York City for the Black and Irish communities and the events that precipitated–and decided–the Civil War, from the Draft Riots and the the decisive entry of Black sold… [more below]
- Author: Corthron, Kia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1644213168
- Language: English
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Ero Ninja Scrolls Vol. 1
$13.99 Read moreIn this Mature-rated manga series by the creator of Cat in a Hot Girls’ Dorm, journey to the fictional “Ero” period of Japanese history, where sexy ninja battles await!
In the bustling city of Ero, d- Series: Ero Ninja Scrolls
- Author: Haruki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1648276717
- Language: English
