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Italy, 1943: With war blazing through Europe, nowhere is entirely safe—not even the remote hills of the Tuscan countryside. It's here that Italian partisans, including thousands of women, risk their lives to provide Jewish refugees with an escape route to Switzerland. And it's here, too, that Gianna Conti travels to join the Italian Resistance in the wake of her brother Matteo's death at the hands of German soldiers. Her father has been hiding Jewish refugees on their family's vineyard in Chianti, but now Gianna is bringing the fight directly to the enemy.

Berlin 1932: With the country in chaos, Monika Varády, a young Bavarian actress, arrives in Germany's capital with high hopes—to one day, just maybe, be a great star of the stage and screen.

Twice torpedoed during the Battle of the Atlantic, LT. Tony Colombo USNR, a former merchant marine officer, is appointed to command a new Navy ship, PC-450. After a period of escorting convoys up and down the Atlantic coast, Tony finds himself escorting ships loaded with Marine Corps equipment to New Zealand and Australia. Once arrived, he is ordered to begin escorting convoys up and down the Australian coast. Some weeks later, Tony and PC-450 engage in battle with a Japanese submarine attempting to penetrate Brisbane Harbor.

Thomas and Mary Cooper, rooted in the working-class streets of East London, face the looming war with trepidation as they strive to protect their children, Elizabeth, Alice, and Albert, from its harsh realities. Elizabeth emerges as a strong voice for women’s rights amid the suffragette movement, while Alice’s life in New York unfolds against a backdrop of change and ambition. Meanwhile, Albert dreams of adventure, unaware of the truths awaiting him. As the war drags on, bringing devastating losses and fleeting victories, the Coopers endure the unrelenting trials of life in a world torn apart.

England, 1940 . “Hello Gracie,” Louisa reaches out a trembling hand to the six-year-old little girl. Her dark eyes are wide with fear and Louisa’s heart shatters. She is devoted to the children in her new boarding school. But when the war comes closer than ever, can she keep them safe? Louisa Brightford is anxiously preparing to turn her home into a boarding school when with a bang of the exhaust, a car carrying nine evacuated children arrives. As they tumble out and run around the sun-kissed fields and her rambling mansion, the children capture Louisa’s heart.

Пронзительную, безысходную правду о жизни людей и мира рассказал в романе-эпопее «Жизнь и судьба» безжалостный и отважный писатель Василий Гроссман. Лучшие герои этой книги неизбежно попадают между двух огней: сражаясь с фашизмом, защищают сталинскую систему, но существенно ли различаются немецкий лагерь и Лубянка?.. Из последних сил люди воюют за свободу и справедливость, но наступят ли они после победы?..

Det er 1939. Nazityskland. Landet holder vejret. Døden har aldrig haft så travlt før, og det ser ikke ud til at blive bedre. Derefter begynder en kærlighedsaffære med bøger og ord, efterhånden som Liesel lærer at læse af sin plejefar. Da Liesels plejefamilie skjuler en jøde i kælderen, både åbner og lukker det verden for Liesel.

It is early 1942 and following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States has joined the war. In response, Hitler launches his U-boat packs across the Atlantic against this fresh enemy and finds a country ill-prepared for the onslaught. With German submarines hunting at will along the eastern seaboard of America, the Battle of the Atlantic starts to swing back in favor of Germany.

Kurz vor der Hochzeit beichtet Robert seiner schwangeren Frau, dass er als SS-Offizier im Konzentrationslager Dachau arbeitet. Doch auch Anneliese hat Robert ein Geständnis zu machen: Ihr Vater ist Jude. Und da ist noch die schwangere Jüdin Esther, die Anneliese im Luftschutzkeller kennenlernt und der sie unbedingt helfen will. Diese Hilfe führt sie ins KZ Ravensbrück.

Als Thea das alte, abgenutzte Leder des Koffers berührt, ahnt sie nicht, dass dieser das Leben ihrer Familie für immer verändern wird. 1945: Hedi Fischer wird aus dem Zug gestoßen und durch die Tore eines Konzentrationslagers getrieben. Hedi schweigt über ihre Vergangenheit, über den tiefen Riss, der sie und Theas Mutter seit Jahrzehnten trennt.

Zwischen Obst- und Gemüsegärten liegen die Häuser des idyllischen deutschen Dorfes in der Ukraine, wo Miluscha zusammen mit sechs Geschwistern aufwächst. Der Vater ist der geliebte Lehrer des Dorfes. Trotz Bedrohung durch das kommunistische Regime, trotz Deportation und Zwangsarbeit, hält die Familie zusammen. Doch der Vater ist den Strapazen auf Dauer nicht gewachsen. Es sind seine letzten Worte, als Segen gesprochen, die Miluscha dann all die Jahre hindurch begleiten und tragen.

1915. The Atlantic. The Kaiser U-boats prowl the seas. Only the Royal Navy stands in their way. The relentless threat of German U-boats has forced the Royal Navy to deploy its most secret weapon: heavily armed and cunningly disguised merchant vessels—the Q-ships. Commander Gordon Campbell, a seasoned officer in His Majesty's Navy, commands the Farnborough, a tramp steamer converted into a Q-ship. Under his leadership, the Farnborough becomes a deadly decoy, luring German U-boats into range for a brutal strike.

With the darkest nights of the Sheffield Blitz behind them, the Steel Girls are looking ahead to a new chapter. Hattie is thrilled to learn that she is expecting a bundle of joy with her husband, John. But as her father continues to fan the flames of tension at home, can she protect her baby – and herself – in such uncertain times? Josie never dreamt that she would be raising her girls without her beloved husband, Alf. But as the war continues, she is determined to roll up her sleeves and give her daughters the strength to carry on.

Late 1941. Allied shipping is easy prey. Focke-Wulf Condors roam at will across the Atlantic, sinking ships and shadowing convoys for the Wolfpacks. There are no aircraft carriers to spare. Drastic times call for drastic measures. Put an 80-foot-long rocket catapult on the front of a civilian transport ship and stick a Hawker Hurricane on a launch cradle. It takes a certain kind of pilot to sign up for a one-way trip. Once they've dealt with the Condor. They can either ditch, or bail out and hope that someone picks them up before they freeze to death in the middle of the Atlantic.

1938: Fanny Zelshinsky is a sophisticated, modern daughter of the city’s Jewish elite who wants nothing more than to be recognized as a legitimate artist by her family, her radical professor whom she idolizes, and the world at large. And all while she wonders if she is really going to go through with her wedding.

As the novel opens, “Violaine” returns to Paris from her adopted home of New York City to visit her dying father for the last time. And as his conversation once again obsessively circles the story of his father’s rise and fall during the war, Violaine, who always felt herself and her mother to be exiles within their own clan, becomes herself obsessed with this myth of her grandfather Georges – and especially with the nearly erased story of the most significant of his many mistresses, a beautiful and aristocratic woman named Choute.

Entzückt von dem mysteriösen Tagebuch, das die junge Katja übergeben hat, befiehlt der oberste Befehlshaber der Roten Armee, den Autor des Buches und eine seltene Büste ausfindig zu machen. So kommt es, dass aus geflohenen Todeskandidaten eines Arbeitslagers eine Kompanie geformt wird, die sich diesem Auftrag annehmen soll. Doch schnell wird der Gruppe so einiges klar: Ihre Aufgabe erweist sich als viel schwerer, als Katja und ihre Begleiter gedacht haben.

Os fãs de Downton Abbey, Lucinda Riley e Kate Morton não podem perder esta emocionante saga que já conquistou mais de 2,5 milhões de leitores. Quando o inimaginável acontece, a família Melzer mais uma vez precisa se manter unida para salvar a vila dos tecidos. Quinto volume da saga A Vila dos Tecidos, fenômeno de vendas em vários países.

Brought to you by Penguin. For sale: Greek cottage. Price: One Euro. Skye doesn’t make impulsive decisions. But when she sees a derelict Greek cottage for sale by lottery, she enters with dreams of a fresh start. However, her heart sinks as she pushes open the tattered blue door weeks later...

Newlywed Bobby Atherton has barely had time to experience married life with her airman husband Charlie before war separates them. Bobby must face the challenge of marriage to a man mentally and physically scarred by his experiences. When Charlie resumes operational flying, Bobby's role as a WAAF plotter becomes a matter of life and death. Can the couple survive the war and heal the rift between them?