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Big personalities, quick schemes, and even quicker comebacks—life with Torchy and Vee is never dull. Torchy may have traded his office-boy days for marriage, fatherhood, and greater responsibility, but he has lost none of the streetwise charm, restless curiosity, or sharp New York wit that...

In un piccolo paese sulle colline dell’Emilia, al confine con la Lombardia, due sorelle imparano presto cosa significa crescere in tempo di guerra: scegliere ogni giorno da che parte stare, e lavorare assieme–nei campi o in casa, aiutando la madre sarta–per sostenersi a vicenda.

Featuring the beloved character from The Piano Maker, bestselling novelist Kurt Palka is back with a heart-wrenching story of courage, family, and enduring friendship. The Autumn of Madame Hélène takes us back to the small town of St. Homais in Nova Scotia, Canada, where Hélène Giroux is...

The Secret Society of Librarians is a heartbreaking yet heartwarming wartime library-set novel, inspired by real people, real stories, and extensive research. “A lively, engaging, fascinating story of women united by courage, care and a belief in the power of books. It is a love song to...

Naples, 1940. The three Cozzolino sisters, Leta, Marcella, and Bianca, live together in their small home during Mussolini’s domination. Leta runs the De Rosa dress shop, where she takes care of her mother-in-law while her husband is at war. Marcella is an apprentice to a midwife, bringing up the next generation of Italian soldiers, much to the pride of her boyfriend, who is inspired by Mussolini’s rule. But when their youngest sister, Bianca, decides to join the partigiani—the Italian resistance—after her childhood sweetheart is sent to war, familial tensions are brought to light.

BASED ON TRUE EVENTS. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT - "...the screams of the wounded men crushed in the jaws of huge reptiles, and the blurred worrying sound of spinning crocodiles made a cacophony of hell that has rarely been duplicated on Earth."

Originally published in 1911, 'Autres Temps...' is one of Edith Wharton’s most poignant and biting critiques of New York's high society. The story follows Mrs. Lidcote, a woman who has spent years in social exile Europe following her scandalous divorce. When her daughter also divorces and...

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...

If only she had been a boy. What good is being fearless and wild at heart when her family’s rigid demands are suffocating her? Mary has an insatiable desire to break free, but in the upper echelon of Maltese society, repressed and painfully Catholic in 1937, there is no escape from her insulated, structured existence. A talented ballerina, she dreams of dancing and flying airplanes but instead is forced into marriage by her mother, her only other option to become a nun. When Mussolini drops his bombs relentlessly on the small yet mighty British colony of Malta, life is turned upside down.

This is where love leaves us • This is a story about life and death. Delores marries two different men in an attempt to find peace and happiness. William was her true love, and Cory was a path to a better life. Both relationships end suddenly which leaves William, Cory and Delores scrambling to find the real meaning of life. Their love is everlasting and carries on into the afterlife where they learn the real meaning of, "Till Death Do Us Part". Conundrum • Karl McTavish and Mr. Kolchak have a special relationship. Mr.

France, Summer 1914. War is imminent. Following Lieutenant Vallier's dramatic rescue, the German spy network has been damaged, but not defeated. Wilhelm's Spy has retreated into the shadows, from where a new, diabolical plot emerges to destroy France's defences before war is even declared. Only one man can track down the lethal agent, and put an end to their campaign of terror. A man for whom the battle for France's future has become a personal score to settle. Chantecoq. King of detectives. Master of disguise.

March 1940. Bradford mill girl Molly Clough can hardly believe it when she successfully auditions for ENSA, the organisation that entertains the troops. Despite the much-mocked ENSA's reputation as 'Every Night Something Awful', singing on stage feels like a dream come true for Molly. But as she tours with her troupe, the Forces Follies, life proves to be far from the glamorous showbusiness world Molly had imagined.

'One of the most ingenious crime writers around' Observer 'The figurehead of Nordic noir' Independent 'Mankell is in the first division of crime writing' The Times 'Extraordinary' Ian Rankin One day in 1947, Bertil Kras decides to leave his modest life in Stockholm and begin again - swapping his...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a sizzling noir about desire, danger, and greed, in which seduction is the ultimate con Handsome con artist Ulises has long charmed lonely women via letters to steal their money, but money is hard to come...

Blisteringly passionate, Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell is a page-turning debut novel of desire, art and the stories lost to the darkness of history. ‘Gripping, gorgeously written . . . I couldn't put it down’ - Joanna Quinn, author of The Whalebone Theatre ‘This vivid novel of 1930s...

'Gripping, poetic' Gwen Strauss, author of The Nine 'An unforgettable read' Tatiana de Rosnay, author of Sarah's Key Sometimes when you are looking for the dead, you find the living. When Irène joins the International Tracing Service, she becomes consumed by a singular obsession: returning the...

Patricia Peacock ist überglücklich, das Erbe ihres lang verschollenen Vaters antreten zu können - befreit es sie doch von ihrer ungeliebten Anstellung als Gesellschaftsdame bei Lady Blanford. In Kairo muss sie allerdings feststellen, dass der Verstorbene ihr nicht nur seinen Besitz samt Hausangestellten und der treudoofen Dogge Sir Tiny hinterlassen hat, sondern auch noch jede Menge Auflagen, um das Erbe überhaupt erst antreten zu können.

Will their quest for the truth deliver them from their past or destroy their dreams for a future together? Cal Newfield has spent his entire life living in the shadow of his father’s sins. When the United States enters the Second World War, he hopes to finally have the chance to prove himself a hero. Sent on a government mission to gather information about Hitler’s rumored “Final Solution,” Cal can little imagine the impossible choices he will face and the tremendous cost of honor he must pay.

She fought for gold. Now, she fights for her life. Olympic champion Judith Rosner once had the world at her feet. But after Austria's annexation by Nazi Germany, her victories no longer matter—only the fact that she is Jewish. Friends turn away, the Gestapo is closing in, and survival becomes her only goal. Hiding with a fearless woman who risks everything to protect the persecuted, Judith meets Koloss, a German deserter with nowhere left to run.

Berlin, 1945: Nach zehn Jahren kommen die Geschwister wieder in Berlin zusammen. In den Trümmern der Stadt wollen sie eine neue Zeitung gründen. Während Fritjof nach unbelasteten Journalisten sucht, erkennt Vicki, dass es in ihrer Hand liegt, wie sich die neu gegründete Republik entwickelt – und dass ihr Bruder Alexander sein skrupelloses Streben nach Macht nicht verloren hat. In einer Zeit, die von Neuanfängen und alten Lasten geprägt ist, müssen die Geschwister entscheiden, was Vergebung bedeutet und wie sie die Zukunft ihres Landes mitgestalten wollen.