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1940: Der Krieg tobt in ganz Europa. Doch auf Invermoray House in den einsamen schottischen Highlands herrscht noch Frieden. Bis zu Constances 21. Geburtstag, als die junge Erbin des Anwesens kurz vor Mitternacht vor der glamourösen Abendgesellschaft flieht und als Einzige beobachtet, wie ein britisches Flugzeug in den nahegelegenen See stürzt. Constance springt ins Wasser, um den Piloten vor dem sicheren Tod zu retten. Doch das Versprechen, das er ihr abringt, wird ihr Leben auf immer verändern.

Terrore e speranza, amore e sacrificio: un romanzo ispirato a una storia vera. 1943. Per gli ebrei italiani la situazione si fa di giorno in giorno più difficile e pericolosa. I nazisti hanno occupato gran parte del paese, e il rischio di essere imprigionati e deportati è sempre più concreto. Per Antonia Mazin, ormai, l'unica speranza di sopravvivere è lasciare la città e i genitori, cambiare nome e rifugiarsi in campagna insieme a un uomo che conosce appena, Niccolò Gerardi.

When America declared war on the German Empire in 1917, young men were drafted and thrown into the conflict on the Western Front. A group of young women decided to help the war effort by writing to the soldiers. As Matrice Hamilton corresponds with several young men, only one claims her heart. Will he come home to her if he survives the carnage on the frontlines? If so, can they find love and fulfillment together, or will the dark clouds of war overshadow them forever?

Germany, 1938: A young interfaith couple discover true love, but they must keep this love a secret—from family, from friends, and especially from the Nazis. She lives in the Jewish Quarter, and he lives in the city proper. Charlotte, a young girl of 15, wanders into Georg’s cobbler shop to have some shoes repaired. Georg, enamored by Charlotte’s charm and grace, decides right then and there that he is going to marry her.

To say Maeva Stewart is not a patient young woman is an understatement. Full of ideas, she meets life head on—usually with her best friend and neighbor, Ruby Risler. Aside from Ruby’s good qualities as a friend, she also has a brother, Leo. After giving cookies to the men leaving the train station for Camp Douglas, Maeva begins writing letters to those she doesn’t know. Then, drawing upon an untapped well of courage, she writes to tell Leo how she feels about him. A telegram changes everything when Leo is injured in France, and Maeva wants to go to him.

Tatianna Murray joins her best friends in writing to the men headed for Europe during World War I. Ryan’s letters stand out from the others. Two strangers find within the words something they both share: loneliness and the loss of their parents. As the correspondence continues, they find love, although they’ve never met. While in the horrific war, Ryan carries a bit of Tatianna with him, a golden cross. When Ryan’s letters stop, Tatianna worries. Is he wounded, dead, or imprisoned by the enemy?

After her fiancé dies in the sinking of the Royal Oak, Mary finds herself stationed in Orkney, still battling her grief. With Iris and Sally by her side, she is gradually overcoming her loss and is surprised to be helped by the irascible Joe. Joe is a signalman aboard the Kelpie and his cheeky Morse code messages to Mary while she's on shift bring her cheer and exasperation in equal measure. With Christmas round the corner, Mary is opening herself back up to the festive spirit—and to love.

Zwischen Hoffnung und Sehnsucht - Band zwei der fulminanten Sylt-Saga! Sylt, Mitte der 1980er Jahre. Brits Tochter Kari begeistert sich nicht sonderlich für die Arbeit im Café König Augustin, sie ist mehr am Schickimicki-Leben von Sylt interessiert. Dann aber scheint sich alles zum Guten zu wenden, Kari heiratet einen berühmten Modedesigner und gehört von da an zur High Society. Als sie schwanger wird, sind ihre Eltern endgültig versöhnt. Doch irgendetwas stimmt nicht mit Karis Ehe, und als ihre Tochter auf die Welt kommt, wird ein skandalöses Geheimnis offenbar.

Writing his master’s thesis, Wilson hears of the movie about America’s defense of South Korea against the Communists. He knows people who fought in that war. It’s more than history to him—it’s personal. He must go. As an extra, he’ll have a real view of what happened, experience it for himself. Sandra, a fellow Texan, meets Wilson on the flight from Dallas to Seoul. With her good looks and academic interests, she becomes a good friend immediately, and romance develops as they angle for bit parts in the movie. But when the shoot is over, can they go their separate ways?

Lucas es familiar, impulsivo y transparente. Juliette es fuerte, introspectiva y liberal. Él vive en Vallecas, trabaja en un taller de coches junto a su mejor amigo y por las tardes tocan en un grupo de música que marcará el curso de sus vidas para siempre. Ella ha crecido con su abuela en un barrio acomodado, pero sueña con ser independiente, volar alto y dejar huella en el corazón de alguien. Una noche de 1978, en pleno estallido de la movida madrileña, sus caminos se cruzan.

Peggy Serrano couldn’t wait for her best friend to come home from the war. But the Jimmy Barnett who returns is much different from the Jimmy who left, changed so drastically by his experience as a medic in Europe that he can barely function. When he attempts the unthinkable, his parents check him into the VA hospital. Peggy determines to help the Barnetts unravel what might have happened to send their son over the edge. She starts by contacting Jimmy’s war buddies, trying to identify the mysterious woman in the photo they find in Jimmy’s belongings.

Lidia De Angelis ha tenuto un profilo basso da quando le leggi razziali di Mussolini l’hanno strappata dal suo primo amore. Ma quando i tedeschi occupano Venezia nel 1943, è costretta a scappare dalla città per salvare la propria vita. Lidia si unisce ai partigiani sulle montagne del Veneto, dove incontra David, un soldato inglese che combatte per la stessa causa. Man mano che si affeziona a lui, le dure rappresaglie tedesche e le appassionate attività patriottiche di Lidia minacciano di separarli.

Alice und John haben den Krieg in England überdauert. Doch die Sehnsucht nach der alten Heimat lässt Alice auch nach Jahren nicht los. Als sie 1945 das Angebot erhalten, nach Berlin zurückzureisen, um dort eine amerikanische Sondereinheit, die sogenannten "Monuments Men", bei der Suche nach geraubten Kunstwerken zu unterstützen, sagen sie zu. Bei ihrer Ankunft wird Alice schmerzlich bewusst, was der Krieg zerstört hat: nicht nur Gebäude und Straßen, sondern auch Vertrauen, Würde und Menschlichkeit. Doch ihre Liebsten sind noch am Leben, und das ist alles, was für Alice zählt.

Negli anni venti del Novecento, il nord del Cile è la terra promessa per una comunità di emigranti italiani. Sono minatori che hanno colonizzato i villaggi di quella sterminata pampa, impiegati intorno alle raffinerie per l'estrazione del salnitro. Il loro è un lavoro che li chiude sottoterra e spesso li uccide, di svaghi ne hanno pochi, un po' di alcol, molta nostalgia. Gregorio Zafarone è l'operaio che all'officina Porvenir scrive per i suoi compagni analfabeti le lettere da mandare alle famiglie in Italia.

Alle 12.40 del 10 luglio 1976 da una fabbrica dell'hinterland milanese si alza una nube carica di diossina che investe una vasta area e provoca una catastrofe ambientale che sconvolgerà la vita degli abitanti di Seveso. Laura Conti, medico e segretaria della Commissione sanità ed ecologia del Consiglio regionale lombardo, segue giorno per giorno lo sviluppo di quella crisi. Il romanzo, pubblicato nel 1978, nasce da quell'esperienza.

Eine Chocolaterie als Zuflucht in dunklen Zeiten. Berlin, 5. August 1936: Die Schwermut ist Elfies steter Begleiter, Zuversicht findet sie in ihrer Arbeit in der Chocolaterie Sawade, einem Hort zarter Zaubereien aus Nougat und Schokolade, feinstem Marzipan und edlen Aromen. Hier gelingt es Elfie und ihren Nachbarn, sich ihre Menschlichkeit in unmenschlichen Zeiten zu erhalten. Dann kommt Elfie dem Geheimnis einer besonderen Praline und der Geschichte einer verbotenen Liebe auf die Spur. Doch wird sie es wagen, auch ihrer eigenen Sehnsucht zu folgen.

Kalifornien, 1940. Für die kleine Dian steht früh fest: Sie will einmal mit Tieren arbeiten. Viele Jahre später reist Dian tatsächlich nach Afrika, um dort die bedrohten Berggorillas zu erforschen. In den Nebelwäldern gelingt ihr Bemerkenswertes: der direkte Kontakt zu den scheuen Tieren. Eine einzigartige Freundschaft entsteht, die bald die ganze Welt kennt. Aber nicht nur den Tieren gehört Dians Herz. Als sie dem Fotografen Bob begegnet, verliebt sie sich Hals über Kopf in den verheirateten Mann.

Facing the birth of her child, and single motherhood, Jo Devereux has spent the last six months in Mucknamore, the Irish village she fled 20 years ago. A trunk of letters and diaries left by her grandmother and great-aunt has revealed a heartbreaking legacy of bitter secrets that have haunted the women of her family for four generations. Now she must find out the ultimate truth: What other secrets and lies lie under her mother’s and grandmother’s unshakeable silence? How does it connect with her failed life as a gender-bending agony aunt in San Franciso?

June 6, 1944. There is so much work to be done. The thought depresses me, but I know that I can’t dwell on it too much. If I am to survive the war and find my way to Amélie in Paris, I have to stay on my guard and be ready for anything. At the thought of Paris, I lean back. Memories of those moments remain with me. After almost five years of separation, the promises we made to each other remain. I need to find her. First, I just have to survive one of the most significant battles yet, the one they are calling D-Day. Reaching Paris and finding Amélie has never felt so impossible.

The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front. As rationing, blackouts and bombs start to bite, life will change forever for the three sisters.