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The instant Sunday Times #1 bestseller THE ULTIMATE TALE OF COURAGE AND SACRIFICE FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting...

These are the stories Anna first received at her mother’s side, passed down like a quiet flame between the sink and the drying rack, as plates clinked softly in the evening light. They were not fairy tales, not songs of rhyme, but fragments of a life carved from hunger, fatigue, and fear—the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Marseille, autumn 1942. The Mediterranean light is as bright as ever, but the city has gone quiet the way a room goes quiet when someone is listening. Odette Marchand has made gloves in the old Panier quarter since she was a girl, and she is good at the...

"A truly engaging, richly crafted narrative." —Kirkus Reviews In December 1941, Amos and Samuel Johnson, brothers from Chicago's Southside, enlist in the US Army, one from a sense of duty, the other seeking adventure and an escape from his family's expectations. But the segregated Army is slow...

Ole Nikolajsen hedder den midaldrende, let blakkede journalist, der har slidt sig fra den jyske hede til det mondæne København. Da han møder sin modsætning, den forfinede og kompromisløst ærlige Karl-Werner Bühler, tvinges han ind i en nervepirrende spionsag, der fører helt tilbage til...

Lucia sidder på plejehjem, lænket til sin kørestol, fortabt i sine minder om manden Andreas. En gang om ugen kommer datteren, Clara, på besøg. En dag finder hun blandt morens gemmer en lille sypude. Indeni er skjult en håndfuld uniformsknapper fra en Waffen SS-uniform. Da Clara...

”Og ligesom skorpionen – ifølge både den yngre Plinius og Albertus Magnus – bærer sit talrige afkom på ryggen og en tid lang beskytter og opretholder det for senere ubarmhjertigt at opæde det, var Skorpionsagen ikke nogen enkelt sag, men en familie af sammenhængende sager, en hel...

Gran Bretagna, marzo 1944. Dopo una disperata battaglia aerea nei cieli del Somerset, un bombardiere tedesco precipita in fiamme. Al sicuro nella fattoria di famiglia, Joan Marsh osserva tre paracadute aprirsi nel cielo notturno, ignara che uno di essi trasporta un uomo destinato a cambiarle la vita per sempre. Quando Joan scopre il pilota della Luftwaffe nascosto nel fienile, il suo primo istinto è denunciarlo; invece, contro ogni logica, decide di offrirgli rifugio. Lavorando fianco a fianco nei campi, un amore proibito inizia a fiorire.

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD From the internationally bestselling author of Brooklyn and The Master comes the novel of a lifetime, Colm Tóibín's most dazzling and ambitious book yet. When the Great War breaks out in 1914 Thomas Mann, like so many of his fellow countrymen, is...

I trebindsværket ”Verden i flammer” følger man ligesom i den foregående trilogi, ”Europa i flammer”, familien Henry: Kommandørkaptajnen Victor, kaldet Pug, hans kone, Rhoda, og sønnerne Warren og Byron, den første bataljonschef, den anden sekondløjtnant og gift med den jødiske...

When She Danced in the Rain is a powerful, #1 internationally bestselling novel based on a little-known chapter of World War II history that explores family secrets, forbidden love, and the deep scars left by war. After inheriting her mother’s house by the sea, June returns to a small island...

Domani è il primo giorno. E io sento tutta l'emozione di un primo giorno, non già di scuola, ma di una nuova vita." È il settembre del 1937 quando il giovane maestro Guido Centofanti annota queste parole sul suo diario. Un lungo viaggio lo ha condotto a Morra Terzana, tra le montagne del Cilento, dove lo attende la classe elementare in cui assumerà il suo primo incarico.

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE ALLIES HAD LOST THE WAR? America, fifteen years after the end of the Second World War. The winning Axis powers have divided their spoils: the Nazis control New York, while California is ruled by the Japanese. But between these two states - locked in a cold war -...

It was only a mistletoe kiss, Miss Preece told herself, stepping out into the icy December evening and locking the library doors behind her. Hetty Gilbert is a canal child with no permanent address, so when she needs to join the library, she cannot do so. Miss Preece dislikes children, but Hetty's longing for books touches a chord and she stretches the rules to allow the girl to read on the premises. Soon, Hetty's chief desire is to become a librarian like her friend.

Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters.  

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK A #1 New York Times bestseller and Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war has enthralled a generation. Soon to be a major motion picture starring sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning, directed by Michael...