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A superbly controlled emotional thriller of passion, betrayal and conscience, set in post-War Germany, soon to be made into a major film. Hamburg, 1946. Thousands remain displaced in what is now the British Occupied Zone. Charged with overseeing the rebuilding of this devastated city and the...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of the first novel in Pat Barker's acclaimed 'Life Class' trilogy - an unforgettable story of art and war, from one of our greatest writers on war and the human heart From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted...

Liesl and Erich have found a home in Ireland away from the chaos of war-ravaged Europe. As the dark news of what has happened to the Jews filters through, they are torn—love for their mother and their home on one hand, and the profound sense of peace and belonging they have in Ballycreggan on the other. Like all of the other children who escaped Nazi territory on the Kindertransport, they must wait to hear the fate of their loved ones.

Drei junge Frauen. Ein Schwur. Wie stark ist eine Freundschaft? Sie glaubten, die Welt stünde ihnen offen: Die drei Freundinnen Elli, Margot und Käthe werden mit Beginn der NS-Zeit mit der Schule fertig. Im malerischen Tal der Eifel, in dem sie zu Hause sind, muss die Jüdin Margot bald um ihr Leben und das ihrer Familie fürchten. Käthe wird zur überzeugten Nationalsozialistin. Die Halbwaise Elli muss sich entscheiden.

Vibrant and scrappy Maggie McCleod tried not to get fired from her wartime orchestra, but her sharp tongue landed her in trouble, so an overseas adventure with the USO’s camp show promises a chance at a fresh start. Wealthy and elegant Catherine Duquette signs with the USO to leave behind her restrictive life of privilege and to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of the handsome pilot whose letters mysteriously stopped arriving. The two women are joined by an eclectic group of performers.

International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in war-torn Germany. The war is over. But there are still secrets to be found amidst the ashes . . . Hamburg, 1946 The war is over, and Germany is in ruins. Posted to an Allied-run Hamburg, reporter Georgie Young...

8MEN author Marcus Smith returns to the world of his alt-history thriller in this compelling follow-up. More than two decades after the war-profiteering 8MEN formed a shadowy pact to steer America into a noble future, the organization’s leading hired gun, Richard Teed, and his partner, Danya Franck, have just pulled off their biggest job to date: assassinating FBI director and 8MEN member J. Edgar Hoover in his own home.

Poland, January 1945. Two women and four men escape from a Nazi death march after enduring the horrors of imprisonment at Auschwitz. Despite their individual backgrounds and nationalities, they form their own family caught between the euphoria of freedom and the terror of their circumstances. This is a tale of exploding joy within a hothouse of fear, of human beings erupting into life after breaking free of death’s embrace–an unusual and moving tale that cements Albert Maltz’s reputation as a compassionate observer of character and one of the finest storytellers of his generation.

W wyniku nieudanej akcji wymierzonej w niemieckich konspiratorów Teofil Kłosek, trzydziestotrzyletni weteran walk o powrót Górnego Śląska do Polski, trafia za kratki. Upokorzony, dręczony poczuciem winy i skazany na samotność przez najbliższych, z okruchów wspomnień odtwarza mozaikę dawnego życia. Tymczasem Niemcy stawiają jego żonę przed dramatycznym wyborem.

London, 1922. Orphan girl Alice dreams there's more to life than toiling long hours in Pink's jam factory. Inspired by stories about the legendary Queen of Thieves, Mary Carr, who terrorised the streets of Victorian London, Alice decides to set up her own gang: The Forty Thieves. Sly seamstress Kate Felix from Whitechapel has the same plan and will stop at nothing to keep Alice and her pals off her turf in the West End shops. But Alice is determined to win at all costs, hitting the headlines as the Bob-Haired Bandit.   

Berlin, 1944. ‘No! Not my child!’ Annaliese screams, her voice breaking as she pounds the window uselessly. But no-one looks up as the man in the SS uniform cradles her precious baby and strides away. She lies unmoving on the threadbare cot, her throat hoarse from long hours of screaming but her tears keep falling. Her heart has been cleaved in two, now the Nazis have taken the only thing she has left–her child. She is utterly powerless against them. But as Annaliese cries herself to sleep, she makes a vow—she will find her precious baby again. Whatever it takes.

Austria, 1938. After years of hardship, Ella is full of hope for a better future for Austrians, and when Hitler marches into Linz, she can’t help but become swept up in the euphoria of her boyfriend, Max. But she soon realises her mistake. When she witnesses a woman being shot in the street and a childhood friend’s Jewish department store is closed down, she knows she must do something. It’s a dangerous time to be a resistor, especially when her fascist boyfriend proposes to her.

A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations… Windsor, 1940. Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must...

История не терпит сослагательного наклонения, но что было бы, если... Британия в 1940-м, после Дюнкерка, капитулировала перед гитлеровской Германией? К. Дж. Сэнсом отвечает на этот вопрос в своем захватывающем альтернативно-историческом эпике Доминион, не переосмысливая, а заново создавая прошлое. 1952 год. На востоке продолжается война между Германией и Россией, обескровливая мировую экономику. Принудительные наборы на работу вынуждают молодых людей во Франции, Италии и Испании в буквальном смысле прятаться по норам.

Der sechsjährige Gottfried verliert im Sommer 1932 seinen Vater durch eine Explosion im Eisenwerk. Gottfried, seine Mutter und die vier Geschwister kämpfen sich gemeinsam durch die schwere Zeit. Dann drängt sich der Nationalsozialismus immer mehr in den Alltag der Menschen... "Der Himmel und die Luft zum Atmen" erzählt die wahre Geschichte des Gottfried aus Maxhütte, der den Leser als Sohn, Hitlerjunge, Lehrbub, Soldat, Gefangener und Verliebter auf mitreißende und persönliche Art durch die Zeit unserer Großväter in Deutschland und der Oberpfalz führt.

Inmitten des schrecklichsten Krieges aller Zeiten erbringt ein deutscher Soldat das ultimative Opfer. Feldwebel Franz Mayer gehört zu den 200.000 deutschen Soldaten, die Ende 1942 in Stalingrad eingekesselt werden. Ihnen droht der Tod durch Verhungern, Erfrieren und sowjetische Kugeln. Franz Mayer aber will sich mit seinem Schicksal nicht abfinden – er will sich und seine Kameraden retten. Also trifft er eine folgenschwere Entscheidung.

The Godfather (Baba) adlı başyapıtın yazarı Mario Puzo'nun Mario Cleri takma adıyla yazdığı bu romanda 2. Dünya Savaşı'nda Nazilerin eline düşen, üstün hafızaya sahip şifreleme uzmanı Amerikalı bir subayın yıllar sonra Avrupa'ya dönerek başlattığı insan avı anlatılıyor. İşkencecilerinin peşine düşen Amerikalı Avrupa'nın farklı kentlerinde iz sürüyor.

Norway, 1940. Liv has lived a quiet life on her family farm, dreaming of a happy life after the war is finally over. But all of her dreams vanish when the Nazi soldiers arrive in her village and a senior officer see something special in her... something that Hitler and the high command in Berlin is desperate to have at any cost. England, 1968. Agnes, although made orphan from the war, has grown up happy in the quiet wealth of the English countryside, raised by her adoring grandfather to be a perfect lady.

July, 1914: In their sunlit Hampshire workshop, Alice Dalton mixes paints for the stained-glass artwork she and Edmund are working on, pausing only to joyfully cradle the soft swell of her stomach. But the looming war threatens her hard-won happiness. A knock at the door announces the arrival of Victor, her estranged brother, returning after six long years in America. But her elation at being reunited is short-lived as she realizes he still hasn’t forgiven her for her part in the heartbreak that sent him abroad. 

Read by the author, Eliza Morton. Full of nostalgia and set against a backdrop of the Festival of Britain and the aftermath of the Second World War, The Children Left Behind is a gritty, emotional, heartwarming and uplifting saga. 1940, Liverpool When Alice Lacey was seven, she and her two best...