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Liesl and Erich have found a home in Ireland away from the chaos of war-ravaged Europe. As the dark news of what has happened to the Jews filters through, they are torn—love for their mother and their home on one hand, and the profound sense of peace and belonging they have in Ballycreggan on the other. Like all of the other children who escaped Nazi territory on the Kindertransport, they must wait to hear the fate of their loved ones.

Drei junge Frauen. Ein Schwur. Wie stark ist eine Freundschaft? Sie glaubten, die Welt stünde ihnen offen: Die drei Freundinnen Elli, Margot und Käthe werden mit Beginn der NS-Zeit mit der Schule fertig. Im malerischen Tal der Eifel, in dem sie zu Hause sind, muss die Jüdin Margot bald um ihr Leben und das ihrer Familie fürchten. Käthe wird zur überzeugten Nationalsozialistin. Die Halbwaise Elli muss sich entscheiden.

Vibrant and scrappy Maggie McCleod tried not to get fired from her wartime orchestra, but her sharp tongue landed her in trouble, so an overseas adventure with the USO’s camp show promises a chance at a fresh start. Wealthy and elegant Catherine Duquette signs with the USO to leave behind her restrictive life of privilege and to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of the handsome pilot whose letters mysteriously stopped arriving. The two women are joined by an eclectic group of performers.

International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in war-torn Germany. The war is over. But there are still secrets to be found amidst the ashes . . . Hamburg, 1946 The war is over, and Germany is in ruins. Posted to an Allied-run Hamburg, reporter Georgie Young...

8MEN author Marcus Smith returns to the world of his alt-history thriller in this compelling follow-up. More than two decades after the war-profiteering 8MEN formed a shadowy pact to steer America into a noble future, the organization’s leading hired gun, Richard Teed, and his partner, Danya Franck, have just pulled off their biggest job to date: assassinating FBI director and 8MEN member J. Edgar Hoover in his own home.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new series—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age. The first installment in Neal Stephenson’s Bomb...

Poland, January 1945. Two women and four men escape from a Nazi death march after enduring the horrors of imprisonment at Auschwitz. Despite their individual backgrounds and nationalities, they form their own family caught between the euphoria of freedom and the terror of their circumstances. This is a tale of exploding joy within a hothouse of fear, of human beings erupting into life after breaking free of death’s embrace–an unusual and moving tale that cements Albert Maltz’s reputation as a compassionate observer of character and one of the finest storytellers of his generation.

Überleben in dunklen Zeiten. Für Zukunft und Liebe. Ihr Großvater Konrad war immer der Fels in der Brandung für die junge Juni. Doch nie hat er von dem Ort gesprochen, der ihn am meisten geprägt hat. Erst jetzt erfährt Juni, wo ihr liebevoller Großvater gelernt hat, mit den Wellen zu atmen. 1943: Das Handelsschiff der Brüder Konrad und Sverre wird im Indischen Ozean angegriffen. Im Krankenhaus verliebt sich Konrad in die Krankenschwester Sigrid. Doch ihr Glück ist bedroht: Sie werden in eines der berüchtigten japanischen Arbeitslager gebracht.

W wyniku nieudanej akcji wymierzonej w niemieckich konspiratorów Teofil Kłosek, trzydziestotrzyletni weteran walk o powrót Górnego Śląska do Polski, trafia za kratki. Upokorzony, dręczony poczuciem winy i skazany na samotność przez najbliższych, z okruchów wspomnień odtwarza mozaikę dawnego życia. Tymczasem Niemcy stawiają jego żonę przed dramatycznym wyborem.

Onboard the heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City, Lieutenant Commander Justin Collier was 230 miles west of Pearl Harbor accompanying the USS Enterprise on a secret mission when Japan attacked the United States. Upon his return to Honolulu, the gravity of the war begins to change him, as does every subsequent mission, including a rare beach landing with an Army infantry division. He fears his wounds of war, both physical and mental, will be incurable.

Los Alamos, 1943. The US Army has gathered scientists to create the world’s first nuclear weapon. Their families, abruptly moved to the secret desert base with no explanation, have simple orders: Stand by. Make do. Above all, don’t ask questions. Christine, forced to abandon her art restoration business in New York for her husband’s career, struggles to reinvent herself and cope with his increasing aloofness. Gertie, the inquisitive teenage daughter of a German Jewish refugee physicist enlists Christine to help her unravel hidden truths and deal with parents haunted by their past.

Riga, 1943. Cycling the streets to deliver fresh loaves, Zenta passes empty houses, curtains open, doors unlocked, their occupants forced out by Russian or German hands. Above the newly built town hall, a Nazi flag waves in the breeze. Since her brother became a soldier and her sister joined the resistance, Zenta is all her parents have left. Then one morning her sister returns. Tired, worn, with a newly rounded belly, Estere is as determined as ever to fight for their freedom.

Rosalind Franklin knows that to be a woman in a man's world is to be invisible. In the 1940s science is a gentleman's profession, and it appears there are plenty of colleagues who want to keep it that way. After being segregated at Cambridge, then ignored and put down in the workplace, she has no intention of being seen as a second-class citizen and throws everything into proving her worth. But despite her success in unlocking the very secret of life, the ultimate glory is claimed by the men she left in her wake.

From the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War. Longlisted 2024 ARA Historical Novel Prize 'Transcends the boundaries of historical fiction' Books+Publishing DECEMBER 1944 In New Guinea, a...

Bristol 1938. A shadowy presence overshadows Coronation Close, watching and waiting. Jenny Crawford is the first to notice the stranger and wonders why his attention is fixed on Thelma Dawson’s house. When challenged he makes a hasty retreat. Meanwhile Thelma is having trouble with her precocious daughter Mary who is about to leave school and start work. Mary considers herself an adult but to Thelma she’s still a little girl; an attitude resented by her daughter.

‘Had me hooked from the start and I got so involved with the characters I couldn’t stop reading’ Vicki Beeby Scotland, 1943. It’s a long hot summer in Scotland but the Women’s Timber Corps have more than forest fires to worry about. Upper class Seffy has spent months proving herself to...

Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 The Silence in Between is a historical novel based in Berlin in 1961 and during the Second World War. Lisette lives in East Berlin but brings her new-born baby to a hospital in West Berlin. Under doctor's orders...

En el verano de 1938, tres niños procedentes de diferentes regiones de Europa comparten juegos y amistad durante sus vacaciones. Sin embargo, saben que una amenazadora tormenta se cierne sobre ellos y sus familias. Deciden entonces hacer una promesa indeleble: serán amigos para siempre, no importa lo que pase. Los años siguientes estarán marcados por acontecimientos increíbles, hechos de inmensa crueldad que jalonan una de las épocas más trágicas en la historia de la humanidad.

Frankreich 1940: Nach der Besetzung Frankreichs durch die deutschen Truppen erhält die elsässische Winzertochter Colette von Major Maurer das Angebot, als Dolmetscherin und Sekretärin im Beschaffungsamt in Paris zu arbeiten. Colette kann schlecht ablehnen, da der Major ihrem Vater im Gegenzug verspricht, dafür zu sorgen, dass ihre drei Brüder nicht zur Wehrmacht eingezogen werden. Da Paris schon immer ein Traum der lebenslustigen Colette ist, nimmt sie das Angebot gern an.

An experienced intelligence agent at 22, Tore Haugland faces certain danger when he accepts an assignment in occupied Norway knowing that his predecessor was killed by the Gestapo only a week before. The dying agent left a mysterious message in his interruption code that London calls the “Brisling Code.” London wants Haugland to find out what it means as well as to gather information on the expansion of the U boat base in Bergen.