Biographical fiction Books

C'est l'histoire de Mohamed Machin, journaliste à la télévision française. Ce nom n'est pas le sien mais bien celui que certains lui ont trouvé, faute de s'intéresser à sa véritable identité. Il a tenté de se faire une place dans les médias, y est arrivé...

Ce roman autobiographique est un témoignage percutantet émouvant des vingt-deux premières années de la vie del'autrice, un récit plein d'espoir et de dignité.Madame, lorsque l'on fait ce métier-là, on ne s'attache pas à cesenfants-là. Je vous avais...

Cet ouvrage rédigé, par Marie Chiocca, offre des éléments de compréhension des déterminants personnels de Marie-CLaire Busnel. Certains sont tributaires de l'Histoire et ont inconsciemment orienté ses chemins de recherche et infléchi le destin...

First Place Winner, 2020 Chaucer Award for pre-1750s historical fiction"The novel's sweeping historic detail and bewitching blend of rivalries and romances will dazzle devotees of Tudor England" - Publishers WeeklyAfter the tragic romance of Jane...

One of Open Letters Review's Ten Best Historical Novels of 2020; First Place Winner, 2021 Chaucer Award for pre-1750s historical fiction"Highly recommend both as a standalone and series read. Wertman's work is among the best Tudor fiction on the market"...

"One of the Best Books of 2016" - Open Letters Monthly; Finalist, 2016 Novel of the Year - Underground Book Reviews; Semi-Finalist - 2017 M.M. Bennetts AwardAll Jane Seymour wants is a husband; but when she catches the eye of a volatile king, she is...

"In the first poem of this collection, Emily Moon shows us Weldon Kees at his typewriter, making art 'for a future that looks/as empty and bleak/asthe present'-thereby flashing Kees out of the mid-twentieth century into our time. Here are the haze of...

"Perchance I suffer only mildly from claustrophobia but when I learned of the horrors and scarcely imaginable dangers of the tunnels of Ku Chi under the Iron Triangle of Vietnam allthose years back, I was one big goosebump. Then I met and talked with...

Dicen que la realidad supera la ficción, y este es el ejemplo más claro. Durante décadas, los grupos armados al margen de la ley desolaron el corazón de la bella Colombia, hasta casi aniquilar su alma y la de su pueblo, gente inocente que pagó...

A rousing romp through the ‘70s when big Rock & Roll concerts were filling the country with superstars, nasty roadies, sexy groupies, shysters, hipsters, drug dealers, revolutionaries, and other assorted superegos—all testing the theory...

Une grande majorité de Québécois de souche française descend soit d'un soldat issu du régiment de Carignan-Salières ou d'une fille du Roy. Mais qui étaient ces braves hommes et femmes qui ont sciemment quitté leurs terres natales pour s'exiler en...

A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the unforeseen consequences of love, and the ultimate unreliability of storytelling itself.Paris in the 1920s shimmers with...

LE BEST-SELLER #1 QUE LE SYSTÈME NE VEUT PAS QUE VOUS LISIEZ !!!Obtenez votre copie du nouveau roman rebelle de Joss Sheldon dès aujourd'hui...Cher lecteur,Mon caractère a été façonné par deux forces opposées ; la pression de me conformer aux...

In a delightful romp down memory lane, funny, factual and fast Garry has brought back many memories good and bad from the 'roaring 60s'.Garry's style of mixing fact with some fiction makes it incredibly easy to read, cover to cover in one sitting.A great...

Sixteen-year-old peasant girl, May Sharpe, steals from her abusive father, and flees Ireland, to chase her dream of a new life in America. Arriving penniless and friendless in 1919's America, May has to choose between honest poverty, or crime...

A Seedy Scandal Skulks in the Sex Industry ShadowsWe knew her as the gorgeous young nymphomaniac who unapologetically flaunted her body in live-action rooms and porn films where she rose meteorically to fame and mega-fortune after starring in The...

Yet another great read from Garry Willmott. Small Farm Warriors is filled with lives and stories of men who contributed, in a special way, to the Australia we all know today. From the war-torn streets of France to emus in the Outback, from Kokoda to...

Wolfe gives poignant and poetic voice to... a free spirit and early feminist..What could be easily have been salacious fluff capitalizing on JFK's sexual proclivities is, instead, a compassionate and intricate portrait of a woman's psyche. By placing...

Now available in trade paper! International bestselling author Mario Escobar captures the strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of kindness in this moving novel based on the true story of a brave Polish teacher who cared for hundreds of...

"The Secret Journals of Nell Clarke" is a book about love, pain, and memory. Nell's journal paints a portrait of a marriage against the backdrop of the history of farm life on the Canadian prairie.Nell describes an epic journey that moves from attending...

Someone disrupted the silence but he didn't identify himself."You don't know they're citizens."A suspenseful storyline in A Dry Hate: Power Versus The People brings current events to life as author Nancy Marshall weaves fact into fiction,...

Gangsters & Whores is a romp through some of the more colourful characters of Australian history.G.S. Willmott tells their stories with his trademark mix of dramatisation and fact, embellishing them with dialogue and vintage photos, facts, figures...

The award-winning author of Par for the Curse brings readers an impassioned story of grace with resilience often deeply hidden in the human spirit. Toyi Elizabeth is an inspiring tale that leaves readers to consider the strength, power, and love buried...

If you knew where I come from and what I have been through, you would understand who I am. If we focus on the human connection, our lives will be enriched. If we understand the struggles of others, it might humble us and give us a different perspective...

The first novel about one of the twentieth century's most remarkable figures - John Maynard Keynes."Since the war, everything's changed. But how far can you push people? Until they rise up and throw the government down?"When the brilliant Maynard Keynes...

Pretty Oklahoma teenager Helen Nichols accepts an invitation from her cousin, rising movie actress Ginger Rogers, and her Aunt Lela, to try her luck in motion pictures. Her relatives, convinced that her looks and personality will ensure success, provide...

Biofiction: An Introduction provides readers with the history, origins, evolution, and legitimization of biofiction, suggesting potential lines of inquiry, exploring criticisms of the literary form, and modeling the process of analyzing and interpreting...

Sisterly Love is about the unique bonds of sisterhood.  ... "Am I telling a story in this book?  It is certainly not a story with its conventional beginning, middle and end, although all that does happen in it.  But I have wanted...

In this enthralling new novel, Barbara Quick re-creates eighteenth-century Venice at the height of its splendor and decadence. A story of longing and intrigue, half-told truths and toxic lies, Vivaldi's Virgins unfolds through the eyes of Anna Maria dal...

An orphan, his pet, a Manipuri elephant sensitive about his small size, and their friends—Heera and her nanny-goat; Mazdoor and his donkey White Beauty; Tu Fan, a Chinese boy, and Soetomo from Java—attend Sister’s Svenska’s...

In the Penhari Parganas, a district in pre-Independence Bengal, a young man prepares to leave for Calcutta. Amidst apprehensions, and warnings about the perils of the big city, he revisits his adolescence—his search for a profession among...

Snöstormen virvlar och en krasch förändrar livet för Elin. Ensam med två små barn. Hur blir framtiden för Elin och barnen? Hur tar de sig fram genom alla motgångar?Sekreterarjobben avlöser varandra, Elin kämpar mot fördomar men tar sig vidare med nya...

"il ragazzo si farà anche se ha le spalle strette..."In realtà, il Nino di De Gregori nel libro è Marco, bimbo timido e impacciato che, palla da calcio al piede, vive gli anni '70 con le incertezze dell'età.Per farcela, copre le "spalle strette" con la...

'New York,1996.Madilyn,ventuno anni,si perfeziona nel canto e studia Letteratura all'Università.Non conserva altro che un vago ricordo di neonata del fratello maggiore Jacques, cresciuto in Francia probabilmente.Occorreranno tempo e confronti per...

Historien om den ludfattige dreng fra Roskilde, der målbevidst kæmpede sig ud af fattiggårdens skygge. Som seksårig tjente han penge til sin mor, og gennem hele barndommen arbejdede han fem til seks timer om dagen. Inden sin konfirmation som 13-årig...

Dette er min selvbiografi. Jeg lever stadig og har det godt, men jeg føler at det er nu den skal udgives. Medens jeg lever. Den dækker perioden fra 1948 - 2014 og jeg har forsøgt at beskrive alle de ting, som jeg selv mener har haft betydning for mit liv...

Dette er 2. del af historien om filmmanden Lau Lauritzen juniors utrolige karriere i dansk film, der strakte sig fra 1929 til 1969. Det er samtidig historien om det filmselskab, som han var med til at skabe - ASA Film. Et væsentligt - men overset -...

São Paulo é imprevisível. Com tantas paisagens singulares, o inesperado encontra-se em cada canto, apenas aguarda o olhar atento. Captando a realidade, com seus contrastes e dissonâncias, À sombra da cidade constitui uma travessia. Nela, a cronista...

Als ich meine Tochter abgeben musste, bangte ich um alle Kinder. Wir haben nach über 3 Jahre Hölle den Kampf gewonnen, den Kampf um das System Staat zu verstehen, mit vielen Lügen die einem das Leben zerstören können. Es soll zeigen das sich ein Kampf...