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Lorsque Lionel Lortigier rompt avec sa famille et s'engage dans les Brigades Internationales, il croit combattre le fascisme, mais ce sont les fantômes de son enfance et les tabous qui ont opprimé sa jeunesse qu'il veut tuer. Dans une petite ville de Castille, il rencontre Aurora : c'est le coup de foudre ! Une fois la guerre finie, il n'hésitera pas à risquer sa liberté et sa vie pour la retrouver.

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...

The resentment Kaleb faced, from his own generation, for his duty as a combat Marine in Vietnam made him decide to backpack around the world, not knowing what he was looking for. But now it’s time to go home. As he hitchhikes from LA back to Texas, fate has other plans. Just outside of Tucson, a murder takes place, and the police say the slayer seen running away looks a lot like Kaleb—but Kaleb has an alibi. The young waitress who served him a meal at the time of the murder remembers him. Although her testimony rescues him, it is not Kaleb’s reason for falling in love with her.

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 First World 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...

Von Bild-#1-Bestsellerautorin Ada Caine: Im prachtvollen Wien der Jahrhundertwende muss Hanna beweisen, dass wahre Stärke nicht vom Stand, sondern vom Herzen kommt. Hanna von Wildermuth dient als Gouvernante in der Familie Munteanu und führt ein angenehmes Leben. Doch unter der glanzvollen Oberfläche der Donaumonarchie lauern Gefahren.

Der zweite Teil der Sturmland-Saga. Miriam Georg schreibt so packend, dass man nicht aufhören kann! Coras Welt liegt in Scherben. Alles, was sie sich im Seebad Norderney als Hauslehrerin aufgebaut hat, war vergebens. Doch wo soll sie hin? Etwa nach Hamburg zurück – dorthin, wo sie alle Brücken hinter sich abgebrochen hat? Ihre Schülerin Emmi braucht sie, und auch Onnen will Cora nicht verlieren. Obwohl sie weiß, dass er seine Vergangenheit vor ihr verbirgt und es für sie beide keine Zukunft gibt, kann sie ihn nicht loslassen.

In this enthralling novel—already in production as a major movie starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter, Caitriona Balfe, and Emma Laird— the award-winning author of Absolutely & Forever and The Road Home brilliantly reimagines Daphne du Maurier, and the origins of her timeless...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Step into a captivating classic novel set against the glamorous world of early 20th-century Britain and Europe, where romance, family expectations, aviation, ambition, and the gathering shadow of war collide. The story follows Franky Sherbrand, a young...

Als Herwarth Walden, der Herausgeber der literarischen Zeitschrift Der Sturm, im Herbst 1911 nach Norwegen reist, schickt ihm seine Frau Else Lasker-Schüler Briefe hinterher. Darin erzählt sie ihm von ihrer Liebe zu drei anderen Männern. Das Pikante: Sie lässt die Briefe gleichzeitig im Sturm abdrucken. Das macht so eine Furore, dass Lasker-Schüler auch noch weiterschreibt, als ihr Ehemann wieder zuhause ist – und die Ehe allmählich zerbricht.

The dirty business of keeping the stars shiny and clean. During Hollywood’s Golden Age, a destitute young man, Bartie Maddox, journeys to Los Angeles and, through his wits, hard work, and talent, becomes the PR fixer to the most important film studio and its studio chief, Solomon Myers...

Sholto Plunkett, having lost his entire family to the plague, has retreated to his farm and his bitterness—until a chance encounter on the road changes his life. Elderly royalist Sir Rufus Quarry becomes Sholto’s new employer, mentor, and friend—and Sholto quickly becomes embroiled in subterfuge and daring rescues, is nearly murdered, and falls hopelessly in love with Sir Rufus’s lovely granddaughter Barbara. As the Parliament and his new-found family’s enemies circle ever closer, the story builds to a nail-biting climax. Can Sholto save the day, save Sir Rufus, and win the girl?

Narrated by the brilliant Iona Campbell. An unforgettable figure from Sherlock’s past gives Becky an impossible ultimatum. London, 1916. Bombs thunder overhead, spies skulk in the shadows, and Becky’s world teeters on the brink. Flynn and Sherlock Holmes are caught in a cunning trap and Mycroft Holmes is battling for his life,. Now Becky faces a high-stakes ultimatum. Irene Adler—the dazzling woman who once outwitted Sherlock—issues a chilling demand: deliver the elusive spy Mata Hari, or lose Flynn and Holmes forever.

After being driven from home by their brutal father, the Willett sisters find themselves facing greater heartache in the wider world. Nell, the middle daughter, has left home to be with her lover, Cliff, fearing what reprisals might come from marrying against her father's wishes. The couple head for Lancashire, but Nell's happiness is short-lived. A gypsy palm-reader tells her she will find her destiny under 'three big trees on a hill', and her luck does seem to change when she meets Gil, a farmer and a gentleman who she can't help but feel drawn to.

Liverpool, 1939. As winter descends on Tuppenny Corner and rumours of war float across the canals, 15-year-old Rosie O'Leary must come to terms with her own dramatic upheaval. Forced to say goodbye to all she holds dear and embark on a new life aboard The Kingfisher, her world is suddenly full of uncertainty. When fellow bargee – the handsome Tim Bradley – offers to show Rosie the sights of Liverpool, she jumps at the chance and it's not long before their friendship grows into something more. But when Tim is called up to join the RAF, Rosie's dream of a future together must be put on hold.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. One Elevator Ride That Changes Everything on September 11 On that fateful morning of September 11th, Emily Lombardo, caught in a whirlwind of distractions, steps into an elevator in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. In a twist of fate, she...

Bombay, late en 1913 bajo el calor sofocante de la India colonial. Madeline Bright acaba de llegar desde Inglaterra a un hogar que le resulta extraño en una ciudad tan deslumbrante como desconocida. Conoce a Luke Devereaux, audaz y carismático, que le muestra un mundo que Maddy nunca imaginó. Entre ellos nace un gran amor, marcado por las expectativas familiares y por un futuro incierto que amenaza con separarlos.

France, 1915. An English nurse and German doctor fall in love. He is a prisoner of war; she has never cared for rules. Their love is visceral and urgent, forbidden and doomed, and it would have gone unrecorded if not for a series of drawings found more than a century later. At first the drawings seem insignificant, but the woman who finds them glimpses moments of intimacy and can't look away. The images become part of a puzzle she wants to solve: who were the lovers, what became of them, and what story of war was the artist trying to tell?

The brand new absolutely gripping and heartbreaking World War II historical novel from master storyteller Marius Gabriel. Tatra Mountains, Poland, 1942. Tamar Varga joins the Polish Resistance Movement to take whatever revenge she can against the Nazis - having watched in horror as her Roma...

“A whimsical, fantastical romp of a historical romance.” —Emily Krempholtz, USA TODAY bestselling author Chemistry isn’t only for cocktails in this lightly magical, enemies-to-lovers rom-com about the owner of a speakeasy supplying magical drinks and an enforcer of the ban on magic who...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital. La vida de William Henley no ha sido fácil. Aunque pertenece a una de las familias más renombradas del país, nunca conoció el amor de una madre o un padre, y ahora, cuando piensa que podrá tomar las riendas de su futuro, descubre que su...