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Four teens. One cursed town. And a time portal straight to 1689 —where witchcraft isn’t a secret, it’s a death sentence! Marcus Ballantyne the rebel with a sharp tongue, Chad Zuzansky the tech wizard, Jillian Marshall the beauty with the brains, and Peyton Sansavong the rich girl with an attitude, are four modern day teens who are dragged into a world of witches, whisperings and curses. Each must overcome their own personal demons by travelling back to history’s darkest hour, for the sake of their futures. Guided by their enigmatic teacher, Ms.

A poignant coming-of-age story set in the early twentieth century, Heaven in a Wildflower explores the timeless question: Where is home? Kristin Thorsen struggles to put down roots on the Kansas prairie after she is sent to live in a country parsonage with her father, a pious Lutheran pastor so consumed by religion that he barely notices his only child. To avoid thinking about her mother’s nearby grave, Kristin retreats into her imagination where she finds solace in books, Swedish folktales, and stories of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.

“Merav Fima’s splendid debut is an homage to the magic of the city of Jerusalem, interlinked through the lives and art of the women who shaped Israel’s cultural heritage.” Zsolt Alapi, author of My Brother’s Keeper Ten women. All of them migrants. All of them artists. A singular location: Jerusalem. Anna Ticho is a seasoned Viennese hostess who longs to start painting again, though the desolation of Jerusalem offers little inspiration. Even though Rachel is gaining a reputation as the national poetess, she is ostracized by her colleagues due to her illness.

Despite her privileged upbringing, Daisy Lennox has always longed to make something of her life. She is drawn to the suffragette movement, but when her father faces ruin they are forced to move to the country and Daisy’s first duty is to her family. Here she becomes engaged to her childhood...

“All Quiet on the Western Front” is one of the most powerful anti-war novels ever written—a timeless classic that strips away the myths of glory and honor to reveal the brutal, dehumanizing truth of warfare. Told through the eyes of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier on the front lines of World War I, this harrowing narrative plunges listeners into the mud-soaked trenches, the constant threat of death, and the emotional numbness born of unspeakable loss.

Al centro di questo romanzo ci sono le ragazze: attraversano la campagna in bicicletta con i capelli al vento, hanno le guance scavate perché il cibo scarseggia ma gli occhi ardenti di chi ha tutta la vita davanti. È il 1918, Emilia, la piscinìna, la mattina del 7 giugno saluta i genitori senza sapere che non li rivedrà mai più, perché una grave esplosione investirà la fabbrica di munizioni dove lavora causando decine di vittime, quasi tutte donne e bambine.

From the bestselling author of Broken for You, an exhilarating new novel about a child born into the world of the British Raj and raised largely in seclusion, until an act of violence catapults her into the world—a wartime love triangle, a literary puzzle, and a moving exploration of the power...

Петербург, 1914 год. Юная провинциалка Даша Булавина приезжает к старшей сестре Кате. Девушки молоды и наивны, они с энтузиазмом посещают приемы, влюбляются, ошибаются и ищут свое место в жизни. Однако мирное лето сменяется лихой осенью. Разразившаяся Первая мировая, а следом за ней две революции и Гражданская война раскидывают родных, друзей и близких по всем уголкам огромной страны…. "Хождение по мукам" — потрясающая по своим масштабам эпопея, над которой Алексей Николаевич работал более двадцати лет, неоднократно редактируя и переписывая текст.

The War had left him a shattered man, but its toll was not nearly so great as losing the love of his life. Few understand Elliot’s anguish at losing Nadine. He came back from the War a shattered and lonely man. But his return to the Eliot family refuge on England’s Hampshire coast is gradually pushing back the dark waters of soul and spirit.

Living immerses us in the daily lives of a group of ordinary people working in a post-WWI iron factory. Through fragmented perspectives, Green captures the beauty and chaos of everyday existence—love, loss, and the fleeting moments of joy amidst routine. As the characters navigate their lives, the line between their inner worlds and external realities blurs, revealing the quiet yet profound battles that define the human experience.

From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel of espionage, passion and sacrifice set in the Middle East during World War I. Based on an astonishing true story, it asks what are you willing to die for? For readers of Geraldine Brooks, Heather Morris and Alli Parker. During a train...

The first in Ken Follett's breathtaking Century Trilogy, Fall of Giants is a captivating tale that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. A World in Chaos 1911, a thirteen-year-old boy, Billy...

Schiff der verlorenen Träume: Ein historischer Liebesroman über die Titanic Ein Schiff der Wunder. Eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf. Ein Schicksal, das alles entscheidet. Im Frühjahr 1912 sticht die Titanic, das größte und prächtigste Schiff der Welt, in See – ein Meisterwerk der Technik, das als "unsinkbar" gilt. An Bord befindet sich die junge Catherine Harding, deren Reise von Southampton nach New York ihr Leben für immer verändern wird. Was als luxuriöser Traum beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einem Albtraum aus Geheimnissen, verbotener Leidenschaft und unausweichlichem Schicksal.

A Distant Shore, a new Avon book, full description to follow when available...

Petersburg, Alaska. 23 de julio de 1918. Un fiscal federal llega a bordo de un caza-submarinos con órdenes de cerrar el barrio rojo del pueblo. Esa noche, con whisky confiscado sacado de las evidencias, él y dos oficiales navales pasan cuatro horas en las casas que vinieron a clausurar. El tabernero que los denuncia ante el mariscal de la ciudad es acusado de sedición tres semanas después. Roberto es un novelista histórico radicado en Port Townsend, Washington, conocido por reconstruir archivos de la Jefferson County Historical Society.

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. 

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.

GMA BUZZ PICK INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER AND AWARD WINNER A haunting, virtuosic debut novel about two young men who fall in love during World War I “Will live in your mind long after you’ve closed the final pages.” —Maggie O’Farrell, best-selling author of Hamnet and The...

2007 Audie Award Finalist for Classics “The ideal companion for troubled times: equal parts Continental escape and serious grappling with the question of what it means to be, and feel, lost.” —The Wall Street Journal Originally published in 1926, The Sun Also Riseshelped cement Ernest...

Una novela inolvidable que removerá tu corazón Madrid, principios del siglo XX. Paola es apenas una muchacha cuando, cansada de ser una carga para su familia, decide mudarse a la capital con una maleta repleta de sueños anhelando experimentar la vida lejos de su pequeño pueblo. Allí espera...