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Erica and Laure meet on the steps of the Sacré-Cœur in Paris, 1978. Erica is a student, relishing her first summer abroad before beginning university at home in England. Laure is studying for her PhD at the Sorbonne, drinking and smoking far too much, and sleeping with a married woman. The moment the two women meet the spark is undeniable: but their encounter turns into far more than a summer of love. It is the beginning of a relationship that will define their lives and every decision they have yet to make . . .

Anna's family fled to America years ago, to escape the Fascist regime, but Anna had stayed behind. Alone and terrified of discovery, Anna meets Father Vittorio, a Jesuit priest who takes her to shopkeepers Bernardo and Silvia, an older couple who offer shelter and safety without question. But when Anna discovers that this kind, quiet couple is part of a network of ordinary people daring to help Father Vittorio smuggle Jewish citizens, stripped of their status and rights, out of Italy, she is determined to help.

Доброго вам здравия, уважаемый читатель. И терпения, если решили ознакомиться с этой книгой. Она посвящена таинственному и неизвестному эпизоду в истории Оренбургского казачьего войска, верности казаков своему слову, трагическим событиям Гражданской войны, людям, которым пришлось пройти через это, и выпавшим на их долю испытаниям. Немного истории, воображения, интриг и приключений вокруг исчезнувшего обоза с войсковой казной. И это первая книга о манящей к себе тайне. Договоримся, что любые совпадения с историческими личностями и событиями случайны.

Tidak dinyana, dalam perjalanan liburan dari Saigon menuju Marseille, Sri menemukan kembali kemesraan dan kelembutan yang telah sekian lama didambakannya itu pada Michael Dubanton, komandan kapal yang sudah beristri dan mempunyai dua orang anak. Sri yang tidak mencintai suaminya sejak semula itu pun menjalin kasih dengan Michael yang kecewa dengan istrinya!

Tras perderlo todo en un doloroso divorcio, decide regresar al lugar donde creció, la casa de su bisabuela Scarlett Stanton, una famosa escritora que murió dejando una novela inconclusa. Noah Harrison, es el atractivo y arrogante autor de bestsellers que la editorial designó para terminar el manuscrito. Aunque a ella no le entusiasma la idea, ahora él y Georgia están obligados a trabajar juntos para encontrar el mejor final de la obra.

The village trattoria, Casa Maria, is famed for its food and for Elena, the formidable matriarch who runs it. But now war has come to Umbria. Sophia di Luca cooks brilliantly and expects to take over the trattoria from Elena one day. But instead it is charismatic, unpredictable Giorgio Capaldi who has inherited it and now arrives from Rome to run it. While Sophia and Giorgio clash, the town falls under Nazi occupation. And when no one knows who to trust, it is Casa Maria that becomes the centre for secrets, dangerous passions and ultimately betrayal.

September 1942. Esme Donaldson is still grieving the devastating loss of her husband, Anthony, when she’s forced out of her dream job by wartime budget cuts. Left with few options, Esme faces an uncertain future – until a chance encounter sends her to Redcliffe Manor, a grand estate deep in the Somerset countryside, and an unexpected role as the manor’s librarian. As Esme settles in, she discovers the house is no ordinary country estate. The grounds have been requisitioned by an American military hospital, while the house is sheltering a displaced girls’ boarding school.

Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright with huge bonfires of banned books. The Nazi party is swelling in number and Berlin is no longer a safe place for young Freya. She can only watch on, horrified, as her beloved city falls to fascism – and the usually law-abiding Freya is forced to make a choice: continue being a bystander, or sacrifice herself to save the lives of others. New York, present day. Maddie commutes home to her family to reset. Struggling to fully turn off from her work, she is surprised to come across a pre-war German diary amongst her Grandpa’s things.

Strange Arithmetic is a fast paced, gripping historical fiction novel filled with love, loss, and learning hard lessons. Although Maggie and Niamh can’t always control their circumstances, only they can control how their stories end.

Summer 1924. On the eve of a glittering Society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999. Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet’s suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace’s mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks. A shocking secret threatens to emerge – something history has forgotten but Grace never could.

Medrivende episk fortælling om den godmodige Anne Kyllingstads kamp med kærligheden. Anne driver sammen med sin mor et lille pensionat i Narvik, da krigen bryder ud. Hun forelsker sig i den dansk-tyske soldat Christian, som gør hende gravid. Men de bliver adskilt mod krigens afslutning, da Christian havner i russisk krigsfangenskab. Fortvivlet over at have mistet sin udkårne, og i den tro, at Christian er død, rykker Anne teltpælene op og drager med sin lille søn til Danmark i håb om at starte på en frisk.

It’s 1926 old Hollywood, and a film producer is gunned down in cold blood. In comes Rosie, a pretty bit-player, who despite her stage-mother’s expectations, just longs to be happy.

Drie vriendinnen uit Parijs staan voor onmogelijke keuzes. Parijs, 1940. Terwijl de stad bezet wordt door de nazi's proberen drie jonge naaisters zo normaal mogelijk door te gaan met hun leven. Mireille raakt betrokken bij het verzet, Claire heeft zich laten verleiden door een Duitse officier en Vivienne heeft geheimen die ze aan geen van beiden kan onthullen. Als hun activiteiten aan het licht dreigen te komen, worden ze geconfronteerd met onmogelijke keuzes.

Polen, 1939. Allerede fra barnsben vidste Alina Dziak, at hun en dag ville gifte sig med sin bedste ven, Tomasz. Nu er de unge og forelskede, og trods rygter om nazister ved den polske grænse nærer Alina stadig håb om en lykkelig fremtid sammen. Men den nazistiske besættelse kaster skygger over hverdagen, og snart er landsbyen splittet af frygt og had. Og så en dag forsvinder Tomasz... Florida, 2019. Alices mormor ligger på sit dødsleje. Hun har mistet talens brug, men forsøger desperat at give familien en sidste besked. Hun ønsker, at Alice tager tilbage til Polen for at finde hendes morfar.

1959: Sabine träumt nach dem Abschluss der Frauenfachschule davon, den Sommer am Gardasee zu verbringen. Doch familiäre Pflichten führen sie zu ihrer Tante nach Nordfriesland. Ihre Eltern bestehen darauf, dass Sabine ihr in St. Peter hilft. Obwohl sie von italienischem Flair und weiter Welt geträumt hat, lernt Sabine bald den Zauber Nordfrieslands und des Strandcafés in Ording zu schätzen. Auch der junge Tom lässt sie hier ihr Fernweh schnell vergessen. Doch Sabine muss sich erneut den Wünschen ihrer Eltern beugen und St. Peter verlassen.

Da tyskerne besætter Norditalien under Anden Verdenskrig, ændres livet for altid for den unge kvinde Rosa. Efter en dramatisk hændelse er hun tvunget til at flygte og søge lykken på egen hånd. Rosa er en dygtig syerske, og ved et lykketræf ender hun, hvor hun mindst venter det – i modeverdenen. I Paris kommer hun i praktik hos den nyetablerede designer Christian Dior, og karrieren tager hurtigt fart. Blandt smukke haute couture-kreationer, funklende smykker og duften af ikoniske parfumer forsøger Rosa at skræddersy et nyt liv, der matcher hendes drømme.

When Rosie Lyman and her cousin Violet join the Canadian Women’s Army Corps, Rosie is uncertain about leaving her life in Ontario behind and entering a new and challenging world of duty and service. From the moment Rosie signs up, the intensity of the work pushes all thoughts of home from her mind. And when she is selected for officer training and a placement overseas in London, Rosie finds herself swept up into an exciting world of classified postings she could never have imagined....

Ihr gehört ein bekannter Nachtclub in Berlin. Ihm die halbe Stadt. Nur etwas ganz Bestimmtes fehlt ihm noch... Der neue Zweiteiler von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Caren Benedikt. Berlin, 1976: Der skrupellose Immobilienpatriarch Hanns Borchardt befindet sich auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Karriere – er ist der Mann, mit dem jeder Geschäfte machen will. Seiner Frau Maria und seinen beiden Kindern Holger und Hanna bietet er ein luxuriöses Leben.

Berlin, 1976: Der skrupellose Immobilienpatriarch Hanns Borchardt befindet sich auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Karriere – er ist der Mann, mit dem jeder Geschäfte machen will. Seiner Frau Maria und seinen beiden Kindern Holger und Hanna bietet er ein luxuriöses Leben. Doch die perfekte Fassade der Borchardts trügt: Hanna sehnt sich nach Freiheit und einem selbstbestimmten Leben, Holger begehrt gegen die Familie und die spießige Gesellschaft auf, und Maria denkt über Scheidung nach.

Eli Whittaker only wants one thing: to find out who is selling American secret codes across Europe, arrest them, and go home to his sensible life in Washington, DC. He has one lead—a letter the culprit sent from a Viennese hotel. But when he arrives in Vienna, he is immediately swept up into a chaotic whirlwind of balls, spies, waltzes, and beautiful hotelkeepers who seem to constantly find themselves in danger. He disapproves of all of it! But his disapproval is tested as he slowly falls deeper into the chaos—and as his attraction to said hotelkeeper grows.