Fiction - Biographical

In the biographical fiction novel "1983-1984 Surfing the Purple Waves" Anthony arrives in Paris on September 7, 1983, shortly after he joins a rock group in Paris as the lead singer. This is the original recording of the song "Turnin' in Circles"...

Best-selling sportswriter Peter Golenbock knew Mickey Mantle, as well as many of Mantle's friends, family members, and teammates. While Mickey was a good person at heart, he had a dark side that went far beyond his well-known alcoholism and...

The insane asylum on Blackwell’s Island is a human rat trap. It is easy to get in, but once there it is impossible to get out. —Nellie BlyElizabeth Cochrane has a secret.She isn’t the madwoman with amnesia the doctors and inmates at Blackwell’s Asylum...

Does Life Holds any more meaning whenDeath separates youfrom your partner?“A WIDOW: REBIRTH FROM HER ASHES”In the enchanting narrative immerseyourself in the story of Mridu,a youngwoman whose dreams once gleamedbrightly with the promise ofa future...

Sally, a beautiful young pregnant woman, came to the hospital supposedly for pre-term labor pains but delivered a fully mature, healthy boy. Her face, smiling with relief after the stress of delivery, quickly changed to apprehension.“Doctor, what will...

Like millions of Americans, journalist Gus Bailey is drawn into the vortex of the O. J. Simpson trial. By day, Gus is a fixture at law offices, newspapers, courtrooms, and even judge's offices. By night, he is feted by celebrities who delight in the...

The man who would become the first president of the United States comes to life in this biographical novel written by acclaimed suspense writer Mary Higgins Clark. Strongly influenced by the gentility and generosity of spirit of his older brother, the...

Le 8 juin 2016, le Québec entier est en émoi. On apprend par les médias qu'une femme a été sauvagement attaquée par un chien de type pitbull, dans la cour arrière de sa propre demeure, et qu'elle a succombé à ses blessures au terme de souffrances...

"« Michel, l’indien, tu l’as en toi. » Elle a prononcé ces mots dans un murmure, comme une confidence. Comme on dit un secret. Jeannette, fille d’Almanda et de Thomas Siméon, parlait peu de ses origines innues. Pourtant, cette femme toujours vêtue et...

Johnson's only novel, The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, was originally published anonymously in 1912. It is a fictional novel written as a memoir of an unnamed biracial narrator who grew up in the South during the Reconstruction and...

Angie Lanier, the heroine of Kathleen MacArthur's new novel, travels a world away from her Midwest background, where she absorbs a mysterious spell cast upon her by a Balinese priest. Her efforts to learn more about her father prompts flashbacks of...

A heartbreaking Biographical story about a lady who spends half of her life struggling incessantly, to find inner strength, to forgive someone who has betrayed her, raped her, and tried to kill her.Through relentless struggles, she finally found the...

In a tumultuous time of violence, betrayal, and ruthless evil, can one charismatic young woman survive the bloodshed?Ravenna, A.D. 408. Placidia is watching her family fall apart. When her emperor brother accuses their powerful foster father of...

For fans of Brain on Fire and Girl interrupted — Bedlam is a crackling, satirical debut based on a horrifying true story about what happens when an asylum owner becomes a patient.Bedlam details the frustrating life of Earl Sedgwick, owner and operator...

Esta ficción dramática es un retrato íntimo y veraz de los 42 años de relación entre la legendaria actriz Liv Ullmann y el famoso cineasta Ingmar Bergman. La historia del vínculo es relatada a través de cartas intercambiadas en el curso de su vida en...

Canon Spratte saw himself as he thought others might see him: mediocre, pompous, self-assertive, verbose. Maugham could have added ambitious, hypocritical, and vain. In this engrossing social satire, Theodore Spratte, a cleric, motivated by an...

Jorge Luis Borges fue un destacado escritor argentino, considerado una figura clave tanto para la literatura en habla hispana como para la literatura universal. Su obra está conectada por temas como los sueños, los laberintos, las bibliotecas, los...

Boyhood by Leo Tolstoy narrated in a Traditional English accent.The semi autobiographical story of Leo Tolstoys childhood which gives us all little insights into why he became one of the greatest, if not the greatest writer of all time. Author - Leo...

A semi-autobiographical novel based on the author' s turbulent romance with a famed bandleader.Julie Lauren is a young actress and singer with aspirations for stardom. When her small role in a Broadway play catches the eye of Latin bandleader Paco...

"Canot Western, un bar devenu mythique parce qu’au cœur de la culture western pendant plus de trente ans, en mettant en vedette des artistes comme Marcel Martel, la famille Daraîche, Roger Miron, Marie Lord, John Starr, Lévis Bouliane, Paul Brunelle,...

Mr. Govich returns to take you deeper|darker inside the dreadful places. The ones he said that he would never look back into them again. Forbidden zones you should never enter alone. Its treacherous there. You go inside and you can’t tell where the...

Este libro es una declaración de amor para la localidad de Casablanca, Chile, donde en 26 paginas se relata de manera personal lo que hace único y especial a este valle de la zona central del país. Las experiencias vividas, su gente, el calor...

One of the most inspired chronicles written in English was the verdict of William Butler Yeats on the novel Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth which was first published in 1800. It is recognised as the first true historical novel in English as well as...

A gripping sequel to the bestselling novel What Girls Are Good For, following the real-life reporting of undercover journalist Nellie Bly!Fresh from her harrowing escape from the madhouse on Blackwell's Island, undercover reporter Nellie Bly receives...