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Lamar Jimmerson is the leader of the Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended alchemical metaphors. It's the Codex Pappus—the sacred Gnomon text. Soon he is basking in the lore of lost Atlantis, convinced that his mission on earth is to administer to and extend the ranks of the noble brotherhood.

Es 1943 y la neutralidad de Suecia en la Segunda Guerra Mundial está bajo presión. Laura Dahlgren, la brillante y joven mano derecha del negociador jefe del gobierno está al tanto de estas tensiones. Sin embargo, cuando la mejor amiga de Laura de la época universitaria, Britta, es descubierta asesinada a sangre fría, Laura está decidida a encontrar al asesino.

Private investigator and World War II veteran Aloysius Archer heads to Los Angeles, the city where dreams are made and shattered, and is ensnared in a lethal case in this thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci. It’s the eve of 1953, and Aloysius Archer is in Los...

Cuando Yuri Santacruz asistió al nombramiento como canciller de Adolf Hitler, no podía imaginar lo mucho que cambiaría su vida en Berlín. Había llegado allí unos meses atrás, después de haber huido, junto con parte de su familia, de San Petersburgo, asfixiados por una revolución que los había dejado sin nada. A Yuri también lo privó de su madre y su hermano pequeño, a quienes las autoridades rusas no permitieron la salida del país. Ya en Berlín, su sentido de la justicia lo impulsará a defender a un joven comunista agredido por las tropas de asalto de Hitler.

1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers. He loses nearly all hope until he crosses paths with Aiyi. When she hires Ernest to play piano at her club, her defiance of custom causes a sensation. His instant fame makes Aiyi’s club once again the hottest spot in Shanghai. Soon they realize they share more than a passion for jazz - but their differences seem insurmountable....

As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong 21-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage. When he is sent back to the front, Emily volunteers as a “land girl,” tending to the neglected grounds of a large Devonshire estate. It’s here that Emily discovers the long-forgotten journals of a medicine woman who devoted her life to her herbal garden.

Toulouse, verano de 1939. Carmen de Pedro, responsable en Francia de los diezmados comunistas españoles, se cruza con Jesús Monzón, un cargo menor del partido que, sin ella intuirlo, alberga un ambicioso plan. Unos años después, en 1944, Monzón, convertido en su pareja, ha organizado el grupo más disciplinado de la Resistencia contra la ocupación alemana, prepara la plataforma de la Unión Nacional Española y cuenta con un ejército de hombres dispuestos a invadir España.

Two young daredevil flyers confront ugly truths and family secrets during the U.S. internment of Japanese citizens during World War II, from the author of The Other Typist and Three-Martini Lunch. Louis Thorn and Haruto "Harry" Yamada--Eagle and Crane--are the star attractions of Earl Shaw's...

Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours. Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past.

Born into privilege to one of the last Ottoman pashas, beautiful, spirited Selva is the brightest jewel in her father’s household - until she falls in love with Rafael Alfandari. Though Turkey has long been a safe haven for Jews, marriage between a high-ranking Muslim girl and a Jewish boy is strictly forbidden. Yet young love will not be denied, and Selva and Rafael defy their parents and marry, fleeing to Paris in hopes of a better life - only to find themselves trapped in the path of the invading Nazis.

December 1943. In the years before the rise of Hitler, the Gerber family’s summer cottage was filled with laughter. Now, as deep drifts of snow blanket the Black Forest, German dissenter Franka Gerber is alone and hopeless. Fervor and brutality have swept through her homeland, taking away both her father and her brother and leaving her with no reason to live.

Anna Cavanaugh is a restless young widow and brilliant French teacher at an all-girls school in Washington, DC. Everything changes when she’s recruited into the Office of Strategic Services by family friend and legendary WWI hero Major General William Donovan. Donovan has faith in her - and in all his “glorious amateurs” who are becoming Anna’s fast friends: Maggie, Anna’s down-to-earth mentor; Irene, who’s struggling to find support from her husband for her clandestine life; and Julia, a cheerful OSS liaison.

As children, Eva Rosselli and Angelo Bianco were raised like family but divided by circumstance and religion. As the years go by, the two find themselves falling in love. But the church calls to Angelo and, despite his deep feelings for Eva, he chooses the priesthood. Now, more than a decade later, Angelo is a Catholic priest and Eva is a woman with nowhere to turn. With the Gestapo closing in, Angelo hides Eva within the walls of a convent.

The New York Times bestseller—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz! “An irresistible tale which showcases the transformative power of literacy, reminding us of the hope and sanctuary our neighborhood bookstores offer during the perilous trials of war and...

A mother and her son set out on a treacherous journey to find the boy’s father, one of the nation's most wanted criminals, in this vivid and emotional epic, perfect for fans of Kristin Hannah, Chris Whitaker, and Amor Towles. On the day she spots her first gray hair, Savannah Cody declares her...

Two young women uncover the deadly secrets of a legendary estate—and their own dark bond—in this delicious historical thriller inspired by the mysterious origins of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, and as could only be penned by the award-winning author of A Haunting on the Hill. It's the 1920s...

During World War I, the ancient manor house of Greyladies in rural Wiltshire is requisitioned for a hospital. Living in Swindon, Phoebe Sinclair is unaware of any connection to Greyladies and the Latimers. She loses her job when her German employers are interned because of the war. When Phoebe is posted to the hospital at Greyladies, she feels she's come home. But Frank is still pursuing her and Corin has his own problems. With obstacles at every turn, can Phoebe find happiness and embrace the role of mistress of Greyladies?

Die Geschichte eines Hauses und der Menschen, die es bewohnen: von der NS-Zeit bis heute, von Leben, Verantwortung und Erinnerung Das alte Haus erzählt. Denn seine Mauern, Dielen und Ritzen bewahren die Erinnerungen an alle Menschen, die es jemals bewohnt haben. Schon als Kind hat Irma Thon mit ihren nazitreuen Eltern im ersten Stock gelebt. Während die 90-Jährige zurückblickt und immer wieder an die kleine Ruth Sternheim von damals denken muss, erfreuen sie die Gespräche mit Nele Bittner aus dem Vierten.

A Romance Hidden in Time follows historian Emily Carter as she uncovers a bundle of WWII-era love letters hidden beneath the floorboards of an old house. The letters—written by Private James Hamilton to Clara Bennett—reveal a tender, determined love shaped by distance, fear, hope, and the quiet courage of ordinary people living through extraordinary times.

Deutschland 1938: Roxi ist erst vierzehn, wild, neugierig und unbeschwert – bis die Nationalsozialisten beginnen, Sinti und Roma zu erfassen und zu verschleppen. Gemeinsam mit ihrer Familie wird Roxi in ein sogenanntes Zigeunerlager verschleppt, wo sie sich in einem Albtraum aus Hunger, Gewalt und Zwangsarbeit wiederfindet. Dort begegnet sie Marek, einem Mann, den die Grausamkeit der Nazis zum Zyniker gemacht hat. Er glaubt nicht mehr an Menschlichkeit und doch regt sich in ihm eine unerwartete Zuneigung zu dem Mädchen, das ihn an seinen eigenen Sohn erinnert.