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Ewer's Rock, Virginia, 1917. Roy Young is restless, determined to leave this rural valley and make his mark on the twentieth century. Samantha Hatton, the minister's daughter, knows the town expects her and Roy to marry, but she hungers for more. The arrival of Ennis Duke - a mysterious wild boy...

An extraordinary family saga spanning more than 75 years, from the aftermath of the Second World War to modern Britain London, 1946. Hope Kiffin and her childhood friend Eunice have left Antigua for a new life in Britain. But when Hope makes the painful decision to send her baby daughter home in...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Paul Bäumer is nineteen when his schoolmaster talks his whole class into enlisting. Within weeks the boys learn what their teachers never told them: that a generation can be destroyed by the war even when it escapes the shells. At the front Paul and...

A British nurse working in a World War I hospital begins a love affair with one of the German prisoners in this passionate, tension-filled novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Dictionary of Lost Words, a Reese’s Book Club Pick. France, 1915. An English nurse and German doctor...

Året är 1944 och fronten närmar sig den estniska staden Tartu. Urmakaren Rein Aule tvingas bryta fyra års tystnad för sin hustru Liina: han har i hemlighet förbättrat en tysk krypteringsmaskin, och nu är han en jagad man. Tre stormakter vill till varje pris kontrollera hans unika kunskap...

From the internationally bestselling author of The Paris Library, Moonlight in Odessa tells the tale of one woman who risks everything for love - and a green card. Inspired by the author's two years living in Ukraine. 'A real treat: vividly told' Guardian 'Rich in atmosphere' Wendy Holden, Daily...

From National Book Award finalist Laird Hunt, a novel of love and resistance inspired by the real-life events of The Battle for Crete—for readers of Michael Ondaatje and Sebastian Barry. On the third Tuesday in May, 1941, the skies over Crete filled with German planes and out came the...

Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis (1916) ha sido el primer best-seller de la historia y el libro más leído en los EE.UU. después de la Biblia, según The Illustrated London News. La novela cuenta la historia de dos familias provenientes de un tronco común, los Desnoyers y los Von Hartrott, que se enfrentan con el estallido de la contienda en Europa. En una metáfora del absurdo de la guerra, ambas familias terminan combatiendo en bandos opuestos en la Primera Guerra Mundial.

Der Roman erzählt vom Leben in einer deutschen Stadt in den Jahren von 1920 bis 1934 am Beispiel der Geschicke von fünf Familien, die ganz unterschiedliche gesellschaftliche Milieus repräsentieren. Im Vordergrund die Kinder, sowohl des klassenbewussten, politisch engagierten Arbeiters als auch des großbürgerlichen jüdischen Bankiers. Daneben die des liberalen, konfessionslosen intellektuellen Arztes, des faschistischen Kleinbürgers und schließlich des verarmten ostjüdischen Einwanderers.

By the three-time winner of the W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction: an unforgettable thriller set on post-WWII Iwo Jima In 1947, two years after the surrender of Japan, an American contingent is sent to the devastated island of Iwo Jima. Led by newly-appointed Consul...

Una foto in bianco e nero, postata per caso su un social network, riapre una ferita e dà l’avvio a un’indagine. Sorridono, eleganti e innamorati, Leman e Asllan Ypi: è il 1941, la guerra infuria, eppure nulla sembra turbare quella luna di miele sulle Alpi. Ma per la loro nipote Lea...

An electrifying new novel for readers of Joe Hill and Stephen King Beneath a hopeful new suburb carved from the echoes of war, an old hunger stirs, awakened by an itinerant stranger whose gifts reveal what the town has tried to bury: The past is not done feeding It’s 1952, and a dark force...

Québec, Hautes-Laurentides, 1922. Avant de mourir, Rose Gélinas a demandé à ses quatre enfants de lui faire cette promesse folle. Édouard décide de briser son serment et unit sa destinée à celle de Clémentine. Son annonce troublera-t-elle l'harmonie dans la famille ? Et Édouard...

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One woman searching for her past. One man on a mission for answers. And a secret that will change their lives forever. Ireland, 1915. In the shadow of the Great War, Jane Doe washes ashore in Queenstown, remembering nothing of her past. A survivor of the Lusitania, a civilian vessel torpedoed by...

« Je vous aime, tous les quatre, et je ne veux pas vous voir souffrir comme moi. Vous devez me faire une promesse. Puissiez-vous tous avoir la force, le courage de la tenir jusqu’à votre dernier soupir… Promettez-moi de ne jamais vous marier, de ne jamais choisir d’époux ou d’épouse...

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 First World 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...

Inspired by the true story of a secret mission taken during World War II, Gunner is the atmospheric, exciting start of a suspenseful new thriller series. March 1941. Joseph Gunner is back on the streets of Glasgow after being wounded on the front lines in France. Keeping the pain in his leg at...

The poignant, utterly original story of two women separated across time but united by the arrival of Halley's comet, as blazing and as daring as their stories. 1986. The Earthshine Soap Company has given Nona Dixon everything, from making her the brand’s first Earthshine Girl to launching her...

Acclaimed novelist and playwright Yasmina Reza masterfully portrays the messiness of family, where affection and resentment intertwine and the weight of a shared past looms large. When adult siblings Serge, Jean, and Nana embark on an unexpected road trip, they take along one daughter and more...