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On the run from the ruthless Bolshevik regime, Alexei and his comrades, Reggie and Eli, have narrowly escaped certain death. But their journey is far from over. Desperate to evade capture, they embark on a daring mission to reach their next destination and seek the king's aid. Time is running out, and danger lurks around every corner. Even if they manage to secure an audience with the king, there’s no guarantee he will offer the protection Alexei so desperately needs.

Automne 1921, Grenoble. Rose Espit a quitté son village et son atelier de broderie pour endosser la responsabilité du service Création de la luxueuse ganterie Cottin, mondialement connue. Confrontée à l’animosité de certains employés hostiles à sa promotion, Rose travaille d’arrache-pied pour comprendre le fonctionnement de la manufacture et dessiner la nouvelle collection.

“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.

March-April 1915. The German High Sea Fleet sorties out of its harbors in Brest and St-Nazaire to challenge the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet once more, triggering a powerful naval battle. Meanwhile, a German battle squadron races south to reach German Southwest Africa. The Fleet's mission is to help the German Pacific Squadron, which will eventually sail out of the Atlantic via the Cape Horn. On land, both the Central Powers and the Entente are planning an offensive as Spring and early summer arrive.

Graf Franz Xaver Borstin ist zu Zeiten der Donaumonarchie der unbestrittene, gütige Herrscher über den kleinen Ort in Galizien, in dem seine Untertanen, Bauern, Handwerker, Juden und Christen, im besten Einverständnis miteinander leben – gestützt von der Philanthropie Borstins, dessen Verehrung für den Kaiser Franz Joseph allseits bekannt ist. Als dieser in Borstins Haus während eines Militärmanövers übernachtet, ist der Graf selig. Doch eines Tages ist der erste Weltkrieg vorbei, das Kaiserreich Geschichte – und Polen eine Republik.

Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, this is the heartbreaking story of a young girl in love, the secret she must never reveal and the family who betrayed her trust. It's 1942 and the world is at war. Yet the wealthy Belleville family appear untouched and secure in their grand Australian home Prior Park. That is until daughter Julia, on the cusp of womanhood, falls desperately in love with an American Army officer against her family's wishes. For Julia, it is life-changing.

Broken trust. Broken promises. Shame, confusion, and guilt. Unimaginable violence. Then the War came, and the cycle started anew. This is the story of Kurt, a Bavarian infantryman serving somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. He is like many of his comrades and not a few of his enemies: he fights a war within a war, a singular combat against what he knows of love, hate, sex, addiction, and abuse. A combat against monsters both real and otherwise. Combat in the First World War was a dehumanizing experience. Gone was glory and individual heroics.

A haunted soldier. Missing men. Deadly secrets. 1919: The Great War may be over, but for Major Eric Grey, the battle is far from finished. Scarred in body and mind, he finds himself in a secluded convalescent home for soldiers with devastating facial injuries. Nightmares plague him, memories torment him, and the eerie hush of the estate offers little comfort. Men begin to vanish, their disappearances shrouded in silence. Determined to uncover the truth, Eric is thrust into a world of whispers, deception, and the hidden dangers of his own traumatized mind.

Anna acaba de perder a una de las personas más importantes de su vida: su abuela Anita, su faro y su refugio, quien siempre la protegió y la amó incondicionalmente. Su ausencia le deja un profundo vacío, pero también un cometido que deberá asumir: desentrañar la historia oculta tras los silencios que se han apoderado de su familia a lo largo de varias generaciones.

Dies ist meine Geschichte, die Geschichte einer Frau im Krieg. Spätsommer 1939. Elke, eine junge deutsche Frau, hat alles: ein sicheres Zuhause und eine wunderbare Familie, ihren liebenden Ehemann Ulrich und ihren siebenjährigen Sohn Klaus, der sorglos am Strand spielt. Doch die Ruhe wird durch den ausbrechenden Krieg ersetzt, der die ganze Familie mitreißt und ihr Leben für immer verändert. Nachdem ihr Mann zur deutschen Wehrmacht eingezogen wird, bleibt Elke allein zurück, um den kleinen Familienhof zu führen.

As their dreams of the war ending look like they might finally come true, the girls of London's Foyles bookshop allow themselves to look forward to a brighter future. But their hopes may be shattered when news of a terrible flu that is gripping the world reaches London, and the girls realise they are not out of danger yet. Meanwhile, they have their own challenges to face when Alice discovers her father has been living a double life; Victoria's beloved husband Ted struggles to adjust to life after the trenches; and the secret Molly has been keeping finally comes to light.

As war looms in Europe, 18-year-old Jane Shaw runs the household as an unpaid servant on a meagre budget. When tragedy strikes and she loses her beloved younger brother in suspicious circumstances, Jane takes a position in service looking after Ned, a troubled young boy. Here she meets dashing David Heron, Ned's Uncle and they form an immediate attachment until she is dismissed after being accused of stealing a piece of jewellery. Returning home, Jane and her sister, Melia, are soon orphaned and left at the mercy of their Aunt Alice.

Florence has been summoned to live with her widowed brother-in-law and wayward niece in Haltington, a village with something uncanny in the air. According to locals, the chalk face carved into the hillside protects them from malevolent spirits. So long as it is maintained, all will be well. The First World War has decimated the men of the village, and when the Face’s last caretaker dies, her sons both lost in France, there is nobody to replace her. Still, it’s only an old wives’ tale. Isn’t it?

German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapses when her fiancé, Fritz, vanishes after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1933, Hedda is stunned to see Fritz's name in a photograph of an American monument to German POWs in Asheville, North Carolina. Determined to reclaim his body and bring closure to his ailing mother, Hedda embarks on a journey from Germany to the US. However, her quest takes a dark turn when Fritz's casket contains the remains of a woman who died under mysterious circumstances.

A story of the extraordinary lives of ordinary people. Set between Victorian Liverpool and Dundee and the battlefields of the First World War, three families face the perils of life on the economic cliff-edge, where a single misstep can send lives plunging out of control. Crossing a century of dramatic change, their journey begins in the aftermath of the slave trade, moving through the era of Empire expansion and Industrial Revolution to a time of religious strife and global conflict.

In the middle of the First World War, and sweltering in the heat of a nominally neutral country in South-eastern Europe, disillusioned Naval Intelligence officer Roger Waterlow seeks to make sense of scraps of information gathered by his agents, in the face of indifference or outright hostility from most of his colleagues at the British Legation. But when word reaches him that a German officer visiting from Berlin for talks with the country’s pro-German king is to be picked up by submarine, violating the country’s ‘neutrality,’ he sees the chance to finally make a real difference in the war…

Sîntem în primăvara anului 1923, cînd Germania încearcă să-şi revină după Primul Război Mondial. Inflaţia creşte, iar marca germană se devalorizează şi ajunge să fie folosită drept hîrtie de tapet în odăile celor disperaţi, ca un accesoriu al indiferenţei. Tînărul Ludwig Bodmer, angajat al firmei de monumente funerare Heinrich Kroll & Fiii, face cunoştinţă cu mica societate boemă care-l ajută să-şi uite măcar pentru o noapte, două îndoielile.

Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk von Jaroslav Hašek, gelesen von Thomas Fedrowitz. 3. Teil. Der dritte Teil handelt von der Zugfahrt des 91. Regiments quer durch Ungarn nach Sanok ins (heute polnische) Galizien. Schwejk ist nun Ordonnanz, sein Nachfolger als Putzfleck ist der verfressene Baloun, der seinen ständigen Heißhunger mit den für Oberleutnant Lukasch bestimmten Portionen zu stillen versucht. Der Transport ist von Chaos, Ineffizienz und langen Wartezeiten gekennzeichnet.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. A decade of monumental change and slaughter. Many of society’s telling questions are cast aside in times of that speak of greater needs, greater priorities. For these talented authors their ideas and words keep these magnificent stories at the forefront of our literary lives.

تغوص رواية «جنتلمان في موسكو» للكاتب الأمريكي آمور تولز، في رحلة غنية بالمشاعر والأحداث، إذ تدور حول حياة الكونت ألكسندر إليتش روستوف، أحد أفراد الطبقة...