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'Books are the perfect antidote to the horrors of war.' 'A sweeping tale of love, loss, bravery and, of course, the crucial role of books’ Amanda James 'Warm and heartfelt … I’m always a sucker for books about libraries and this one absolutely delivered' ★★★★★, reader review...

Sommertage an einem See in Norddeutschland. Ein Schriftsteller trifft auf eine junge Frau, der er den Namen »Pocahontas« geben wird. Die kurze flimmernde Liebe ist überschattet von Kriegserfahrungen, Skepsis und der Suche nach Orientierung in der Restauration der 1950er Jahre.

When the 36th Infantry Division lands at Salerno, the men expect a dangerous beach. What they find is worse: a battlefield already measured by the enemy. German positions overlook the sand. Machine guns control the exits. Mortars wait for the clusters. And somewhere in the stone terraces inland, a sniper begins cutting the nerve lines of the American advance.

Two women from different generations connect over their shared need to recover from traumas as they attempt to heal and begin their lives anew, from the acclaimed bestselling author of The Dressmaker's Gift and The Beekeeper's Promise. 2001: Overwhelmed by grief in the wake of losing her twin...

Discover a BRAND NEW wartime saga series from the BESTSELLING author of The Home Front Nurses, Rachel Brimble September 1940, Bristol – When Hitler’s bombs started raining down on her city, Susan Beckett’s first thought was for her own survival. But hearing the sound of a small child...

When war changes everything, can friendship hold fast? Life is hard for Kathleen Deery. With five children to feed and her husband struggling to find steady work, the family depends on her wages at the infamous Tillie and Henderson shirt factory at the heart of Derry. Every shift is a battle...

She spent fifty years pruning the world of monsters. Now, she has one last secret to dig up. Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. January 1992. To the staff at Valley Hospice, Jessica Freeman is just another patient fading into the winter night—a frail, eighty-one-year-old woman with paper-thin skin and a quiet demeanor. But Jessica has never been just an old woman. She is a retired gardener. And for fifty years, her garden was the world, and her weeds were the men who hurt the powerless.

¿Quién financió realmente el ascenso de Hitler? Mientras la historia oficial señala a Hitler como el gran protagonista de una tragedia mundial, detrás de él operó una red de banqueros, industriales, políticos y espías que ayudó a moldear el destino del siglo XX.

Award-winning writer delivers a pulse-pounding espionage thriller. Missing soldiers, MI6 secrets and European partisans collide in a deadly game where the lines between lies and reality are fast disintegrating. In the dying days of the Second World War, a new conflict is about to ignite. May...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE AND DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? Four people's lives intertwine and collide in this early novel from one of the SF greats San Francisco in the 1950s, a turning point in American culture: the rise of rock and roll and the teenage...

Quelque part en Dordogne. François, apiculteur, est un coeur simple, une pâte d’homme. Il parle à ses abeilles dans une langue connue de lui seul et possède une sorte de fluide, comme parfois les êtres sans colère et pleins d’innocence, qui a fait de lui guérisseur. Depuis que sa femme a mystérieusement disparu, il élève seul son fils, Alban. Le petit garçon, en butte à l’hostilité de nombreux villageois, a trouvé l’affection qui lui manque auprès d’une famille de réfugiés espagnols, dont les enfants sont devenus ses amis.

Lancaster, 1943. As the war rages on, the Red Cross girls will do whatever it takes to bring their boys home. But can they find happiness in such troubling times? When Livvy receives her orders for war work, she’s desperate for a new beginning. Most of her friends have been sent to munitions factories, so she is delighted to be working for the Red Cross, who are making secret packages that can help prisoners of war escape.

April 1945. British Commandos go deep in to Nazi Germany to capture a much sought after Nazi Scientist who is critical in the production of an atomic bomb. British Intelligence want the man in custody before the Soviets launch their own mission to grab him. With the Third Reich on its knees, Western Allies are keen to seize such talent for themselves before the Soviets can take advantage in the chaos of a war smashed Europe.

When Sally meets historian Tom in a cemetery on Tamborine Mountain, it's an absurd beginning to a friendship that will change everything. She's there with her elderly grandmother Iris, while Tom is researching a family secret that's haunted three generations. As Tom's research deepens, Sally becomes increasingly involved. As a writer with a love of history, she understands the pull of unfinished lives and unanswered questions.

Das mitreißende Finale der historischen Saga von Bestsellerautorin Sibel Daniel über Widerstand, Verrat und die Kraft der Liebe in den dunkelsten Stunden Europas Stockholm, 1944. Johanna von Fehrsburg versucht, ihrer Tochter Leah im neutralen Schweden ein sicheres Leben zu ermöglichen. An ihrer Seite ist Sven – und mit ihm die Hoffnung auf eine Zukunft fern von Krieg und Angst.

A gripping tale of moral courage in the shadow of victory—where the end of war begins history’s most perilous reckoning. With Hitler's suicide marking the end of the Third Reich and chaos consuming a shattered Germany, Captain Edward Hume continues to lead his bomb disposal squad—The...

An elegiac novel of war and peace, of fathers and sons, of fading memory and the terror of what cannot be forgotten, Soldiers & Sailors follows the tortured career of Dr. Hal Adams. Pursued by a past he cannot bring himself to remember, Hal returns to his decaying Midwestern birthplace, where he...

Two women from different generations connect over their shared need to recover from trauma as they attempt to heal and begin their lives anew, from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker's Gift and The Beekeeper's Promise. “Sisters of the Midnight Sun takes us to extraordinary places, while...

A gripping novel of America’s King of Swing stranded in Nazi Germany—inspired by true events. Big band leader George Alton is savoring his climb to fame in America when war begins to consume Europe. Determined to serve, he enlists in the Army and is soon sent across the Atlantic—not to fight, but to lift the spirits of Allied soldiers with his trumpet and his music. When the war is nearing its end, George’s plane crashes inside Nazi Germany. With the help of a brave tavern-keeper, he hides in a quiet town where danger lurks in hidden corners and trust is never certain.

The life and tribulations of Lotte, a German girl in Nuremberg, after WW2 ends. How she copes with life after the Nazis are gone is lived by a young woman trying to survive occupation by the Allies unlucky in various ways.