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1944 год. Полным ходом идет Белорусская наступательная операция, получившая название «Багратион», в итоге которой советские войска вышли к государственной границе, подошли к Висле и Восточной Пруссии. Раненый Лопатин лежит в московском госпитале, где его навещает ставшая совсем взрослой семнадцатилетняя дочь. Нина собирается пройти полугодовой курс обучения, а затем пойти на фронт операционной сестрой. Несмотря на все свое беспокойство Лопатин не может отказать ей в этом, тем более что открытие Второго фронта также не вселяет в него оптимизма.

Two fathers, their sons and the feud that binds them. In the early years of the twentieth century, Billy and Tommy Smith are growing up on the mean streets of Sydney's Millers Point. It's a hungry, hard-scrabble life, made even worse when their violent father returns home from a long stint in prison. In the wealthy eastern suburbs, Charles Davies is living an entirely different life, the beneficiary of his father's business acumen and insatiable, unyielding greed. Charles wants for nothing - except perhaps his father's approval.

Patriarch Louis Pelletier, a successful businessman with a dark past, has remained with his wife in Beirut, but his family have settled on French soil. Jean, the menacing eldest brother, hides a terrible secret and is trapped in a stifling marriage, though his life is enriched by his love for his three-year-old daughter. François, an up-and-coming reporter, is caught up in a volatile love affair; and Hélène, their younger sister, strives to make her own way as a journalist, but as a woman in a man's world, she faces extraordinary challenges as she fights to expose a vast industrial scandal.

RENAISSANCE ITALY. WINTER, 1539. When Cesare Aldo learns of a conspiracy to assassinate Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, he is hired to protect the ruler of Florence. The deadly attack leads to bodies, bloodshed – and something far more dangerous. The instigators obtain a secret journal of Cosimo’s thoughts and strategies that – in the wrong hands – could destroy all of Florence.

Desmond never did have much luck with women – except in getting them through their driving tests. Now a coach driver, he is at the most crucial crossroads of his life. His wife has thrown him out. The crisis serves only to deepen his despair over another failed liaison – until he elects to steer his coach on a spectacularly reckless quest for the son he has never seen.

Annes dreijähriger Aufenthalt in Summerside Anne Shirley macht ihre ersten Karriereschritte als Rektorin der Summerside Highschool. Dass man in einer solchen Position nicht immer von allen geliebt wird, ist eine Erfahrung, die sie bitter zu spüren bekommt. Vor allem der im Ort sehr mächtige Pringles-Familienclan macht ihr zu schaffen. Aber Anne wäre nicht Anne, wenn sie allen Sorgen nicht mit viel Optimismus, Mut und einer kräftigen Portion Humor begegnen würde. Eine heitere und lebensbejahende Geschichte voller Schwung.

A Nazi judge tries Nazi concentration camp commandants for embezzlements and crimes against prisoners. His job becomes complicated when he begins an affair with a commandant's wife.

Audacious Lady Lydia Leighton has one dream: to establish The Traveling Finishing School for Young Ladies, and live the life of adventure and freedom. To escape her mother's irksome matchmaking efforts, Lydia resorts to blackmailing her best friend's older brother, Viscount Hasting, into a fake engagement. She anticipated their unexpected alliance would free her to pursue her ambitions all while nimbly navigating London’s social whirl on Hasting’s arm. But their searing attraction, his prodigious charm, and well-timed support comes as a revelation. Lydia knows this is a ruse–she ...

«Un encuentro extraño, una ayuda desinteresada y una venganza sesgada por la dama más adorable de Inglaterra harán que la vida un sinvergüenza se corrija para siempre.» Lady Hannah Hess, la más sensible de las hermanas esperaba encontrar el amor. Después de ver los aciertos y desaciertos de la familia sabía bien lo que deseaba: encontrar el amor y reconocerlo de inmediato; no obstante, la forma de hallarlo quizá no fuese como deseaba. Owen Stewart, conde de Stern, no solo dejó de vivir la vida alocada de antes por una extraña enfermedad que lo mantenía postrado; sino también ...

Eine verbotene Liebesgeschichte zu Zeiten des Krieges. Hamburg, 1922: Luise hat sich im Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten von der Wäscherin zur stellvertretenden Hausdame hochgearbeitet. Tatkräftig unterstützt sie Fritz Haerlin. Der Sohn des alten Hotelgründers hat große Pläne für das Grandhotel, doch bald schon zwingen die neuen Machthaber ihn zu schweren Entscheidungen. Als fast alle männlichen Angestellten erneut einberufen werden und auch Fritz Haerlin an die Front muss, hält Luise das Hotel am Laufen und scheut kein Risiko, sich für die jüdischen Angestellten einzusetzen.

July 1944, Normandy, France. Karl Hamann knows two truths. One, he is sick of the brutality of war, and two, he desperately wants to get home. Home to Heidelberg, where his wife and baby daughter, an infant he has never held, await him. A reluctant soldier of the Wehrmacht, Hamann was drafted late in the war as an auto mechanic. When the Allies land on D-Day, he is handed a rifle and told to fight. His focus is to survive. His war ends when a compassionate American GI, one Worthy McGuire, captures him on the eve of another bloody battle in the struggle for control of Normandy. Now a ...

"Incredibly romantic! A real page turner from start to finish. Highly recommend!" Julia Kowalski - Cariboo Books & Things "Prepare to set sail on a spicy romance. Victoria is sweet and likeable while Greyson is swoonworthy." Cat Jensen-Davis - Bridgewater Books Fate brought them together once; twice makes it destiny.Incredibly stubborn and compassionate, Victoria Porter is the kind of girl who once smuggled a meal out of a high society dinner to donate to an orphan; a boy who would grow up to be Captain Greyson MacKenzie, privateer for the British Crown. Victoria’s refusal to wed a cruel,...

So you’ve fallen through a wormhole and landed in the world’s greatest empire—minus running water, antibiotics, or basic human-rights laws. Relax. This snark-powered handbook shows you how to stay alive long enough to brag about it back home. Inside you’ll learn: Instant Street Smarts – Navigate gladiator mobs, tavern scams, and chariot traffic like a born-and-bred Roman. Blend-In Blueprint – Master toga etiquette, dining dos and don’ts (yes, the garum smells), and why you should never call a senator “dude.” Health & Hygiene Hacks – Outsmart plague, parasites, and public...

A beautiful story of wartime survival, this is the romantic love story about a young Austrian Jewish girl who survives WWII by hiding from the Nazis whilst living amongst them in Hitler’s Munich. There was a knock on the door of the apartment. She looked through the spyglass to see two Gestapo officers standing there. What did they want, had they come for her? Had she been discovered after all this time? Was she about to lose everything, including her life? Rebecca was a beautiful teenager with many friends who loved her. However, for her, life as a young Austrian woman would change ...

Un matrimonio de conveniencia para dos corazones heridos. Hace años el teniente Carmichael cerró su corazón y desechó la idea del matrimonio, convirtiéndose en un conquistador solitario, que disfruta de la compañía de los suyos y no necesita nada más. Durante sus paseos matutinos, suele encontrarse con uno de sus vecinos, el coronel Holland, siempre acompañado de su seria y taciturna hija, Hester, que le resulta incluso algo arisca. Un buen día, el teniente descubrirá que debajo de esa apariencia anodina, Hester esconde un gran talento y una agradable personalidad, lo que ...

Although this story begins in the darkest of places, Auschwitz, it manifests into a beautiful and romantic story of love that spans six decades. A sixteen year old Hungarian boy notices a beautiful sixteen year old Polish girl across a crowded room. Their eyes meet, an instant attraction forms, and eventually they fall madly in love. However, there is a problem; they are both prisoners in Auschwitz. This is the story of Peter Florea, a young Jewish boy who makes a terrible mistake when in 1943 he volunteers to be sent from Hungary to a ‘work camp,’ but arrives to find he is actually in ...

New York in the 1900s. A young girl, fascinated by rare books, defies the odds and climbs all the ranks. She becomes the director of the fabulous library of the magnate J. P. Morgan and the darling of the international aristocracy, under the false name of Belle da Costa Greene. Although she looks white, she is actually African American and, moreover, the daughter of a famous black activist who sees her desire to hide her origins as a betrayal.

Dans une société américaine à peine affranchie de ses lois racistes, les Afro-Américains, en exerçant leurs droits civiques, peuvent enfin accéder à leur vie. Cette nouvelle liberté suscite une exaltation et un bouillonnement racontés par Kathleen Collins à travers les relations amoureuses et filiales d'une femme noire, installée à New York. Mais être soi, c'est inévitablement faire l'expérience de la différence, d'une autre vie, et parfois d'une autre couleur de peau.

Johnnie, un antiguo plantador de azúcar convertido en espía americano, se infiltra en La Habana, una ciudad llena de tensión y falsas victorias. Mientras los ciudadanos celebran noticias infladas y ficticias, Johnnie juega su papel entre las sombras, arriesgándolo todo por una información que podría cambiar el rumbo del conflicto.

Sarah y Álvaro, dos arqueólogos en una excavación en Huelva, descubren una tablilla de cobre enterrada durante más de 3.000 años. Con la ayuda de un excéntrico catedrático, la pareja se adentrará en un enigma histórico que va más allá de la simple arqueología: una advertencia cifrada sobre el poder del conocimiento y sus consecuencias en el mundo moderno. Pero, ¿estamos preparados para escuchar el mensaje de nuestros ancestros? ¿Es posible que una civilización del pasado tuviera más conciencia de la responsabilidad del conocimiento de lo que tenemos hoy?