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The instant Sunday Times #1 bestseller THE ULTIMATE TALE OF COURAGE AND SACRIFICE FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting...

One of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan—read by Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Sandra Oh. “Stunning.” —New York Times...

"A truly engaging, richly crafted narrative." —Kirkus Reviews In December 1941, Amos and Samuel Johnson, brothers from Chicago's Southside, enlist in the US Army, one from a sense of duty, the other seeking adventure and an escape from his family's expectations. But the segregated Army is slow...

Ole Nikolajsen hedder den midaldrende, let blakkede journalist, der har slidt sig fra den jyske hede til det mondæne København. Da han møder sin modsætning, den forfinede og kompromisløst ærlige Karl-Werner Bühler, tvinges han ind i en nervepirrende spionsag, der fører helt tilbage til...

From the pyramids of Cairo to the cliffs of Cornwall, a sweeping, heart-wrenching tale of war, sacrifice and second chances from bestselling author Lorna Cook. Cornwall, present day. When Australian Tilly Hobbs arrives at Trelenna House, she’s not expecting much, just a job in the café and a...

Lucia sidder på plejehjem, lænket til sin kørestol, fortabt i sine minder om manden Andreas. En gang om ugen kommer datteren, Clara, på besøg. En dag finder hun blandt morens gemmer en lille sypude. Indeni er skjult en håndfuld uniformsknapper fra en Waffen SS-uniform. Da Clara...

I trebindsværket ”Verden i flammer” følger man ligesom i den foregående trilogi, ”Europa i flammer”, familien Henry: Kommandørkaptajnen Victor, kaldet Pug, hans kone, Rhoda, og sønnerne Warren og Byron, den første bataljonschef, den anden sekondløjtnant og gift med den jødiske...

”Og ligesom skorpionen – ifølge både den yngre Plinius og Albertus Magnus – bærer sit talrige afkom på ryggen og en tid lang beskytter og opretholder det for senere ubarmhjertigt at opæde det, var Skorpionsagen ikke nogen enkelt sag, men en familie af sammenhængende sager, en hel...

When She Danced in the Rain is a powerful, #1 internationally bestselling novel based on a little-known chapter of World War II history that explores family secrets, forbidden love, and the deep scars left by war. After inheriting her mother’s house by the sea, June returns to a small island...

Gran Bretagna, marzo 1944. Dopo una disperata battaglia aerea nei cieli del Somerset, un bombardiere tedesco precipita in fiamme. Al sicuro nella fattoria di famiglia, Joan Marsh osserva tre paracadute aprirsi nel cielo notturno, ignara che uno di essi trasporta un uomo destinato a cambiarle la vita per sempre. Quando Joan scopre il pilota della Luftwaffe nascosto nel fienile, il suo primo istinto è denunciarlo; invece, contro ogni logica, decide di offrirgli rifugio. Lavorando fianco a fianco nei campi, un amore proibito inizia a fiorire.

The Princess and the First Lady shines a light on the often forgotten story of the “other” Bouvier sister while deftly revealing the darker side of the seemingly picture-perfect Kennedy bride we all think we know. Jackie Kennedy Onassis is an American icon who will forever be etched in...

Some betrayals take a lifetime to surface. Beverly Hills, 1978. Two armed men break into a walled estate after midnight. One of them pulls back Emily Miller's sleeve to find the number tattooed on her wrist. Ninety seconds later he's dead on her bedroom floor, and her husband's revolver is empty...

Domani è il primo giorno. E io sento tutta l'emozione di un primo giorno, non già di scuola, ma di una nuova vita." È il settembre del 1937 quando il giovane maestro Guido Centofanti annota queste parole sul suo diario. Un lungo viaggio lo ha condotto a Morra Terzana, tra le montagne del Cilento, dove lo attende la classe elementare in cui assumerà il suo primo incarico.

Die Vergiftung Ein Roman von Maria Lazar, gelesen von Natalie Nußbaumer. Maria Lazar war Tochter einer vermögenden, zum Katholizismus konvertierten großbürgerlich-jüdischen Familie, die das jüngste Kind zur Ausbildung in die reformpädagogische Mädchenschule der Eugenie Schwarzwald...

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE ALLIES HAD LOST THE WAR? America, fifteen years after the end of the Second World War. The winning Axis powers have divided their spoils: the Nazis control New York, while California is ruled by the Japanese. But between these two states - locked in a cold war -...

It was only a mistletoe kiss, Miss Preece told herself, stepping out into the icy December evening and locking the library doors behind her. Hetty Gilbert is a canal child with no permanent address, so when she needs to join the library, she cannot do so. Miss Preece dislikes children, but Hetty's longing for books touches a chord and she stretches the rules to allow the girl to read on the premises. Soon, Hetty's chief desire is to become a librarian like her friend.