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‘Coughlan is one of those crime writers whose books transcend the genre, vividly recreating the atmosphere of a period of social turmoil.’ THE TIMES The new atmospheric mystery from the author of the acclaimed Where They Lie, and a beautifully written tale about one woman’s need to find...

Milano, 1939. Bianca è solo una bambina quando osserva con occhi pieni di meraviglia l'eleganza della famiglia Colombo. Ma la spensieratezza dell'infanzia è destinata a soccombere sotto il peso della Storia. Sullo sfondo di un'Italia divisa tra due guerre, quella ufficiale degli eserciti e quella clandestina dei partigiani, per Bianca l'unica possibilità di sopravvivere è rendersi autonoma e imparare a contare solo su sé stessa, ma per riuscirci deve mettere in discussione ogni verità, ogni affetto e ogni ricordo che credeva immutabile.

Paris, 1942. The war is everywhere. But inside the quiet corridors of the Bibliothèque nationale, another battle is being fought—one measured in documents, archives, and secrets hidden in plain sight.

It's never too late for the adventure of a lifetime, even if you can't remember why you started. The Unforgettable Mailman is a heartwarming story about intergenerational friendship and the power of human connection, perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and Virginia Evans' The Correspondent. 1966...

In early twentieth century Japan, women have few rights. Yet one precocious poet—a brooding daughter, locked in her room at night by protective parents—runs away from home to live a life of her choosing. She falls in love with a fellow poet and follows him across Siberia to Paris, where they...

The German priest, Martin Luther, said, "Every man must do two things alone; he must do his own believing and his own dying." This being said, we learn, borrow, and can even restore our faith with the help of our loved ones. This story is about two brothers, Jeff and Joe Bauer. Jeff is a commercial fisherman in Alaska. His older brother Joe is a farmer in North Dakota. Joe discovers a mysterious cornerstone in the foundation of his 1905 farmhouse that holds the power to alter history.

Milton Roberts was born into the silence that followed the Great War, the son of a veteran who carried the weight of the trenches home to the Texas panhandle. In the heart of the Dust Bowl, Milton's youth is defined by a sky that turns to iron and a family farm that refuses to die. Amidst the grit and the drought, he finds a reason to hope in Lottie Lavery, the girl who represents everything worth saving in a world falling apart.

For the people on the rugged Irish island of Winding Gale, life has always been hard. Now in the wake of the second World War, the island is dying, the young taken away by death or the appeal of better lives elsewhere, leaving behind only a handful of adults. But on the night the men of the island disappear while fishing in uncharted waters, the women are forced into a conflict with something both new and unfathomably old. A strange greenish mist rolls in, cutting off the island from the mainland. Spiral symbols appear in the sand, fashioned from dead fish and stones.

When Hell was forged… Guadalcanal was the model! Death from the sky… death from the sea… or death from a savage horde of enraged Japanese… From the best-selling author of the USS Bull Shark series… Yamamoto and Hyakutake must retake Henderson Field at all costs… General Vandegrift and the Marines must hold it at any price… and the butcher’s bill keeps rising. Pouring on the pressure, the Japanese launch deadly aerial assaults by day and terrifying battleship bombardments by night.

Drei Frauen, drei Generationen − ein Garten am Meer. Ein Roman über Vergänglichkeit, Neubeginn und Hoffnung. Und darüber, was es heißt, in der Fremde Wurzeln zu schlagen. Magdas Leben verändert sich mit einem Schlag: Ihr Mann Alfred, Botaniker in Münster, verliert 1933 seine Professorenstelle, weil er Jude ist. Im fernen Istanbul lockt ein überraschendes Angebot: Republikgründer Atatürk will die Universitäten des Landes modernisieren, und am Bosporus soll ein prächtiger Botanischer Garten mit Pflanzen aus aller Welt entstehen.

In this evocative retelling of the real-life German-born Jewish immigrants known as the Ritchie Boys, That Such Men Live is a gritty and emotional story of sacrifice, war, and maintaining hope when all seems lost.

The Prisoner is the much-anticipated sequel to Persephone Books’ bestselling title, Crooked Cross by Sally Carson. It is now August 1933, and the deadly fervour of Hitler’s Nazi regime continues to spread across Germany. Michael Reader, a young Englishman, decides to visit his friends the...

Historia Olga Ławrow, Bohdana Wynnyczenki i ich bliskich to zapis dramatu, jaki przeżywała większość mieszkańców kresowej ziemi. To nie tylko wyjątkowej wartości saga rodzinna, lecz także panoramiczny obraz życia ludzi, którzy musieli zmagać się z dwoma totalitaryzmami – nacjonalistycznym i komunistycznym.

A gripping historical novel about a daring escape from Nazi Germany. The courage of the siblings and their helpers is put to the test as they risk everything to escape the horrors of war. The responsibility weighs heavily on the shoulders of twelve-year-old Holger. Ever since their Jewish parents were deported, it has been up to him to hide his younger siblings from the Gestapo. When a bomb hits the hiding place, the members of the network hatch a daring plan to help them escape from the Reich.

When Dorothy Linford defies her father to marry Franz Hartmann, a former German internee, she’s cast out from the Linford family and forced to build a new life in Germany. For a time, happiness thrives – until the 1930s bring fear and suspicion that threaten to tear their world apart. Across the Channel, Dorothy’s sister Nellie and cousin Louisa face struggles of their own as the Linford family fractures under the weight of old secrets. Separated by distance but bound by love, the sisters must cling to hope – even as the shadow of war darkens their lives forever.

In his monumental narrative of the outbreak of the First World War and the ill-fated Russian offensive into East Prussia, Solzhenitsyn has written what Nina Krushcheva, in The Nation, calls "a dramatically new interpretation of Russian history." The assassination of tsarist prime minister Pyotr...

As spring wildflowers bloom in the American midwest in 1917, Lorraine McQuarrie envisions those same flowers rising from the trenches in war-torn France. Ever a fearless young woman, Lorraine knows the Great War is coming for her nation and her loved ones. She would brandish a helmet and uniform if she could; anything to save her youngest brother from the fate of a German rifle. It’s not until General John Pershing calls upon women to join the war effort that Lorraine finds her opportunity. For the first time, American women will join their husbands, sons, and brothers at the front lines.

Valencia, 1938. Paz Granell es apenas una niña cuando ve cómo su vida se desmorona con el estallido de la Guerra Civil. Huérfana de madre y con un padre republicano y masón, no tienen más opción que huir a Francia en busca de refugio. La oportunidad de escapar llega gracias a Pablo Neruda y el barco Winnipeg, que los lleva a Chile, un nuevo mundo lleno de promesas y desafíos. Allí, Paz deberá reinventarse, luchar por sus sueños y encontrar el amor en un país que no es el suyo, pero que pronto se convertirá en su hogar.

De vuelta en el hotel Sea View, las hermanas Summers vivirán una temporada sorprendente, en la que lo inesperado y las segundas oportunidades se abrirán paso. Sarah Summers se lo ha prometido a su hermana menor, Georgiana: este año, la Navidad en el hotel Sea View será de lo mejor. Siendo...

When the distressing shadows of war fall across Europe, Olivia Brodie watches the man she loves, Captain Spencer Middleton, lead his men proudly to the front, his final words a promise to return. Left behind among the working-class neighbours she calls family, Olivia clings to hope as the world around her changes forever. Her spirited younger brother, Lachie, eager to prove himself, enlists underage – his letters home filled with bravado and dreams of glory.