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They blocked the roads. They blew the bridges. They built the lorry piers. France and Belgium, May 1940. The German advance has broken through the Allied line. The British Expeditionary Force is falling back towards Dunkirk. Donald ‘Donnie’ MacIver is a Sapper with the 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers. A Glasgow-born shipyard riveter from the Partick tenements, he joins the Army as war begins. As the retreat gathers pace, Donnie and the men of Two Section are sent wherever work is needed.

From acclaimed author Sean Ferrell comes a gripping historical horror novel set during the devastation of World War I, where the terrors of the battlefield reveal something far worse than enemy fire across the dark, frozen trenches. December 1916, The Somme. Jack Friday has spent months here...

Based on a little-known chapter of World War II history, The Sooner You Forget dramatizes the struggles of a young American soldier to not only survive a Jewish labor camp, but also to later reconcile what happened to him at the hands of the Nazis—and his own government. Soon to be eighteen...

Wilhelm Jaeger, a World War II veteran, long refused to speak of his past —the memories were too traumatic and painful. But on her deathbed, his wife urged him to share his story with their descendants. “It is their heritage to know. Your story will bless their lives.” Wilhelm grew up on a farm in Fallersleben, Germany, shaped by conflicting voices: a father who condemned Hitler, a grandfather who praised him, and a mother who sought peace. At ten, he was forced to join the Hitler Youth. At seventeen, he was sent to war in his father’s place.

In war-torn Italy of 1944, Nina Caruso embarks on a desperate mission to rescue her husband, Paulo, from a Nazi labor camp. Forced into an uneasy alliance with a Carthusian monk, Vincenzo Spinelli, she navigates a treacherous landscape where the lines between allies and enemies blur. Who can they trust—the crumbling Fascist regime or the unpredictable Partisan leadership? As their mission unfolds, Nina and Vincenzo's growing admiration for one another challenges their faith, their convictions, and the life-and-death choices they must make.

Il nonno Konrad è sempre stato un punto di riferimento per Juni. Cresciuta insieme a lui e alla nonna Tekla su un'isola, ricorda bene le ore trascorse a guardare le onde del mare con il nonno ascoltando i racconti dei suoi viaggi. Ex marinaio, è stato proprio lui a insegnarle a respirare al ritmo delle onde. Per Juni è finalmente giunto il momento di scoprire dove il suo amato nonno ha imparato a respirare con il mare.

En La última hermana María, una mujer de origen chileno sofisticada, alegre y superficial, asiste atónita a la ocupación alemana de París, que trunca para siempre su vida hasta entonces despreocupada e intranscendente. El azar la lleva a conocer la persecución a la que someten los nazis al...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. La vida de William Henley no ha sido fácil. Aunque pertenece a una de las familias más renombradas del país, nunca conoció el amor de una madre o un padre, y ahora, cuando piensa que podrá tomar las riendas de su futuro, descubre que su...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. "Cualquiera de esos hombres te merece mil veces más que yo" Arianna Goodwin es una joven perteneciente a una familia distinguida pero venida a menos que cifra todas sus esperanzas en un matrimonio de conveniencia para conservar su estilo de...

SOLA Jennifer Lavender fue una niña solitaria. Siempre se sintió en segundo lugar y ansiaba desesperadamente el amor de sus padres. Cuando se entera de que fue adoptada, todo encaja. Pero su sueño de encontrar a su verdadera familia nunca podrá cumplirse: su madre murió sola al dar a luz...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. Leah Johnson carece de un título de enfermera. Sin embargo, acaba como voluntaria en un buque de la Cruz Roja que se dirige hacia las playas de Dunkerque. Cuando empieza a arrepentirse de haber tomado esa estúpida decisión, conoce al apuesto...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. Lagos, 1939 Con el anuncio de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y un cambio que conmociona a su familia, Kehinde se ve obligada a dejar de lado sus sueños de escribir y convertirse en la tercera esposa del señor Ogunjobi. Kehinde se gana la vida...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER / A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK / AUDIOBOOK READ BY MERYL STREEP “Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.”—The Guardian In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself...

This hugely engaging story of murder, superstition, religious politics and drama in a medieval monastery was one of the most striking novels to appear in the 1980s. The Name of the Rose is a thrilling story enriched with period detail and laced with tongue-in-cheek allusions to fictional characters, the most striking of which is the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, who displays many characteristics of Sherlock Holmes.

Experience the New York Times bestselling heartbreaking love story set in post-World War II North Carolina about a young socialite and the boy who once stole her heart—the inspiration for the feature film starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling. At thirty-one, Noah Calhoun, back in coastal...

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...