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Februar 1933: Adolf Hitler ist an der Macht, damit beginnen gravierende Veränderungen im Leben der Familie "von Dannenburg", die in Pommern nahe Greifswald lebt und ein Pferdegestüt betreibt. Otto von Dannenburg, der Patriarch der Familie sieht mit Unbehagen in die Zukunft, vor allem, da sein Bruder, Walter, überzeugter Anhänger der NSDAP ist. Große Sorgen macht sich Otto insbesondere um seinen Sohn, Peter, den er nicht an die Nationalisten verlieren will, der zudem der einzige Nachkomme der "von Dannenburgs" ist.

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...

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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.

Été 1912. Dans un champ de blé, une charrette bascule, une femme meurt. Mais les larmes n'ont pas leur place dans ce monde paysan, où la vie tient au travail incessant des bras et des saisons : à dix-sept ans, Marie Guillou doit taire sa peine et assurer la suite de sa mère, apprendre à son tour le labeur des champs, conduire la demeure familiale. Au sein de ce modeste hameau où vit sa famille, les jeunes filles n'ont pas la possibilité de se plaindre, encore moins d'aimer ou de rêver.

They call them Crown Vic and Baby Blue… From the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Atmosphere, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo comes a daring story of two friends chasing their biggest score yet – and risking everything that holds them together. As any good...

Married life isn’t what they promised it would be… Escape to the world of the Staffordshire Potteries, from the award-winning writer Margaret Kaine. Romantic young Maureen Matthews has always dreamt of a life beyond working in the Potteries factory. Then, just like a scene from one of her...

Will she pick true friendship or forbidden love? Escape to the world of the Staffordshire Potteries, from the award-winning writer Margaret Kaine. Josie and Georgina live on the same street but they’re worlds apart. Despite the stark divide of their social classes, they forge an unbreakable...

An unexpected baby. A life-changing decision… Escape to the world of the Staffordshire Potteries, from the award-winning writer Margaret Kaine. When eighteen-year-old Rebecca Lawson is orphaned in tragic circumstances, she is forced to live with her aunt and uncle, working at their East London...

Alone in the world, will she have the courage to follow her heart? Escape to the world of the Staffordshire Potteries, from the award-winning writer Margaret Kaine. When twenty-one-year-old Megan Creswell’s loving but strict parents pass away, she is left penniless and alone – save for a...

Can she ever forgive the mother who abandoned her? Escape to the world of the Staffordshire Potteries, from the award-winning writer Margaret Kaine. When young Polly Merton’s beloved grandfather dies, she is forced into sharing a home with the last person she expected: the mother who left her...

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.

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.

Inspirowana faktami powieść o trzech niemieckich kobietach, które spotkały się w bawarskim domu reprodukcyjnym. Gundi Shiller, blond piękność, desperacko próbuje ukryć żydowskie pochodzenie swojego nienarodzonego dziecka.

Als Anton Nero stirbt, hinterlässt er eine erfolgreiche Druckerei, seine Familie jedoch steht vor einer großen Lücke. Bald wird Antons Sohn Thomas bewusst, dass der Vater mehr war als der zupackende Geschäftsmann, der aus dem Nichts ein erfolgreiches Unternehmen aufgebaut hat. Dann stößt Thomas auf die Kriegstagebücher des Vaters und taucht ein in die Biografie eines Menschen inmitten der wechselvollen Geschichte Südtirols im 20. Jahrhundert, als die Region zum Spielball zwischen dem italienischen Faschismus und dem Deutschen Reich wurde.

Friuli, anni Venti. A Maniago, un piccolo borgo ai piedi del monte Jôuf, crescono Nella, Adelina e Iolanda Santarossa, tre sorelle legate da un destino comune nella filanda, dove lavorano sin dall’infanzia. Iolanda è fidanzata con Pietro, un giovane operaio con grandi ideali e simpatie...

Based on the true story of the first school to train guide dogs for the blind, USA Today bestselling author Alan Hlad’s latest novel is a fascinating, poignant, and life-affirming tale of heroism and resilience in World War I . . . By April 1916, the fervour that accompanied war’s outbreak...