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Through the story of one family in post-Soviet Lviv, The Apartment on Lepky Street is the story of a city and a nation grappling with the meaning of homeland and history, narrated by an inimitably charming abandoned dog. The story follows three generations of the family of an old Soviet military...

In this sweeping debut set against the Troubles, tragedy pulls a young photographer into the heart of the conflict and she discovers that love and loyalty rarely survive untouched. Derry, Northern Ireland. 1972. Cara Connelly has known Malachy O'Malley all her life. He's her brother Liam's...

Bari, 1938. Mentre l'ombra delle leggi razziali inizia ad allungarsi sull'Italia, un delitto scuote la quiete apparente di un elegante palazzo del centro. In questo scenario di ordine imposto si incrociano i destini di due uomini: Nino Grimaldi, stimato pediatra e figlio di un influente gerarca fascista, e Gianni Ancona, un commerciante che tenta disperatamente di proteggere la propria famiglia dalla persecuzione.

In 1913, two brothers are sent into the forest to fend for themselves, forging a bond through hunger, freedom and endurance. Before the summer is over, a decision fractures that world, leaving a scar that will mark their family for generations. The wondrous, magical and deeply moving debut novel by one of Norway's finest artists, Lars Elling… Nineteen-year-old Filip spends his days playing football, listening to music on his Walkman and drawing, searching for something he cannot yet name.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Wish returns with a masterful new novel that captures the astonishing bravery of ordinary people in extraordinary times. In 1942, the Nazis come for a Jewish family living in the Montparnasse area of occupied Paris...

Two friends. Two lifetimes. One unfinished promise. On the first night of Hanukkah, a brick crashes through the window of Adara Cohen’s home, breaking a sacred, defiant night of celebration. Inside, three of her children are badly injured. Outside, a small Midwestern community is forced to confront the repercussions of an act of hatred that echoes a bloodstained past. For Adara’s closest friend, Lily Sullivan, the attack awakens more than anger.

It is the autumn of 1945 and identical twins Joy and Gillian Lawrence are on their way home to Liverpool, having been evacuated to Devonshire five years earlier. Their mother has been killed in the Blitz but the girls hope that with their beloved father's help they will be able to manage without assistance. All goes well until there is a terrible accident and Joy loses her sight. At first she is bitter and resentful whilst Gillian is racked with guilt.

Initially viewed with scepticism, the female pilots who served with the Air Transport Auxiliary in Britain during World War II became a crucial, high-skilled and often unsung force that ferried 309,000 aircraft – from trainers to heavy bombers – from factories to Royal Air Force frontline bases, freeing up male combat pilots. The flying conditions were often dangerous – the so-called 'Attagirls' were required to fly 'anything to anywhere', usually with no radios or navigational equipment, and in high-risk conditions.

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Tartu, augusti 1944. Röda armén närmar sig, och urmakaren Rein Aule får en varning som förändrar allt: hans namn har kommit upp i Berlin. Under kriget förbättrade han en tysk chiffermaskin — ett arbete han aldrig berättat om, inte ens för sin hustru. Nu är han inte längre en...

A heart-warming and rich tale of camaraderie and friendship among the land girls on the Suffolk coast in WWII, from the author of The Bomb Girls April 1942. Nestled on the beautiful Suffolk coast lies Deben Hall, welcoming conscripted women eager to help the war effort. Dreaming of leaving...

Flowers don't grow in concentration camps… Georg Gottlieb knows this better than anyone. Before the war, he was a joker, madly in love with Rose and living in Prague – but he had a gift for forgery that condemned him to one of the Nazis most secret projects: the counterfeiting of British...

Biting cold, thick fog and frigid, torrential rain…The perfect recipe for misery. The perfect cocktail for a deadly battle of wits. Near the end of the bitter Aleutian winter, a Soviet weather aircraft is shot down over the Japanese-held island of Attu. What few realize is that the five crewmembers aboard are not ordinary airmen, but members of a crack Soviet intelligence team carrying information vital to the coming Allied offensive. The Japanese know something is different… and they're determined to find the survivors before anyone else.

1916. Bella is working as a Voluntary Aid driving ambulances in England when she gets engaged to Philip, on leave from fighting in France. His family strongly disapprove of her but the two of them are happy together. Georgie, Philip's sister, is in trouble having broken her engagement and fled from her bullying family. As she wonders who she can turn to for help when she needs it most, she finds herself at the gates of Honeyfield.

Den svenske diplomaten Harald Edelstam, med täcknamn Svarta nejlikan, anländer till Oslo 1942, mitt i deporteringen av de norska judarna till förintelseläger. Edelstam blir snabbt involverad i det smutsiga kriget mellan Gestapo och en spretig motståndsrörelse. Snaran dras åt runt den...

Akari is Outlander meets Farewell to Manzanar from New York Times bestselling authors Andrews & Wilson. Applied quantum physicist Akari Sato is working late at Los Alamos National Laboratory one night when she hears commotion from her lab. She finds intruders dressed in dated clothing rifling...

I Ödesnatten -44 möter läsaren 16-årige Erik från den Augustnominerade Land i lågor, 1992. Han har blivit antagen som volontär vid I 19 i Boden när en konvoj dyker upp på den finska sidan och Erik dras in i de dramatiska händelserna hösten 1944 vid den svensk-finska gränsen. Finska...

In 1920s London, “Lady Detective” Maud West enlists newly published Agatha Christie to covertly investigate a dangerous mystery, propelling the unlikely duo through mounting threats and blackmail in a quest to deliver justice. In early 1920s London, Maud West has gained a public reputation...

Col. John Randal and Lady Jane arrive in London just before Christmas 1943. They find themselves caught up in the murky world of Military Deception. MI-5 had captured every German spy in England and given them the choice of a firing squad or becoming a double agent working for the Double Cross Committee XX.

Novo romance do vencedor do prêmio Camões de 2013, A cegueira do rio nos leva ao norte de Moçambique nos dias que antecedem a guerra para contar uma história extraordinária de subversão do domínio colonial, em que a palavra escrita e a leitura são os únicos meios de fuga e salvação...