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The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a landmark novel of the 20th century that captures the disillusionment and aimlessness of the post–World War I generation, often referred to as the "Lost Generation." The story follows Jake Barnes, an American journalist living in Paris, and his circle of expatriate friends—including the charismatic and troubled Lady Brett Ashley—as they travel from the cafés of Montparnasse to the bullfighting arenas of Pamplona.

Fall 1918. The Great War is raging in Europe. American soldier, Jack Collins, is burned when he drags a dying friend into a mustard gas-filled trench. He spends the next agonizing weeks in one army hospital after another. As day after painful day passes, he loses hope that he’ll ever lead a normal life. In New England, Meg longs to do her part to help in the war effort, but caring for her elderly grandmother takes up all her time. Then, her aunt and uncle make arrangements for her to volunteer in a nearby hospital where she meets Jack.

Ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis um eine angesehene Familie von Bestsellerautorin Serena Avanlea. Devon, 1899: Elodie träumt davon, sich als Gestalterin in die familieneigene Tapetenfabrik einzubringen. Doch stattdessen wird sie als höhere Tochter in ein Leben gezwungen, das sie nicht will – und das sie beinahe zerstört. Welche dunkles Geheimnis verbirgt hinter der wunderschönen Tapete mit den weißen Lilien? Deutschland, 1981: Anna erbt eine Villa in England. Doch was zunächst als großes Glück erscheint, birgt eine düstere Vergangenheit.

Charlotte, NC. 1918. Broadway darling Calla Connolly had it all: a rising career on the stage and a loving fiancé, a fellow stage actor. But after his tragic death early in the war, Calla is touring the American training camps, hoping to convince General Pershing to let her tour the French front to cheer the men and honor her fiancé's memory. But her hopes are dashed when she contracts Spanish flu while performing at Camp Greene.

Told against the backdrop of the deprivation of World War I, the tragedies of the influenza epidemic, and the burden of generations of betrayal, That Pinson Girl unfolds in lyrical, unflinching prose, engaging the timeless issues of racism, sexism, and poverty.

Following her recent marriage to Lucas, Louisa is delighted to discover she is expecting. But after everything she’s lost since the war began, dare she believe that this is a sign of brighter days ahead? Meanwhile, Louisa’s friends Kate and Jeannie struggle to balance factory work alongside their responsibilities at home, with shortages, illness and bad news from the front putting them under ever more pressure. Then unexpected news means that Jeannie can finally get her heart's desire but can she accept her happiness at someone else's expense?

Apostarle al corazón es una apuesta peligrosa Wyatt Bennett luchará por recuperar el honor del rancho familiar arrebatado por la familia Turner. Dicha familia posee las dos caras de la moneda para él, la rivalidad con Clay Turner, su archirrival en el turf y hermano de Violet Turner, la chica que le rompió el corazón y a la que no ha olvidado. Pero en medio está Teófila, con quien se ha prometido en matrimonio. El derby definitivo se aproxima y para Wyatt hay demasiado en juego, empezando por la tentación que le acecha en el desierto de Arizona y la sed de venganza que pugna en sus ...

Steel creaks, men sweat, and death waits in the depths. Periscope Zero throws you into the claustrophobic tension of a World War I U-boat, where danger lurks not just beneath the waves—but within the hearts of men. Winter 1917. In the unforgiving waters off the Irish coast, Lieutenant Commander Erwin Müller and the crew of U-15 embark on a mission that will change the course of their war—and their lives. With outdated equipment, dwindling morale, and orders to wage unrestricted submarine warfare, they stalk enemy ships in a deadly game of cat and mouse. But as strange encounters, ...

La saga degli Effinger ha inizio con Paul e Karl - figli del capostipite Mathias, orologiaio a Kragsheim - che da un piccolo paese si dirigono alla volta della Berlino cosmopolita per cercare fortuna. Ambiziosi e irrequieti, mecenati talentuosi e sensibili, ardenti patrioti e prussiani, in poco tempo gli Effinger riescono a guadagnarsi la fama di abilissimi imprenditori e a diventare una delle famiglie piú importanti della città.

Edifici a perdita d'occhio, ciminiere fumanti, carrozze che scampanellano impazzite su strade sterrate e un viavai incessante, come un torrente in piena: ecco Vienna il 30 luglio 1914, la Prima guerra mondiale deflagra domani. Hans, stalliere tirolese di diciassette anni arrivato in città dopo un lungo viaggio, ha l'impressione di trovarsi a Babilonia; abituato alla quiete della campagna e ai suoi silenzi, quel tumulto febbrile gli ruba il fiato.

Clare Rivers longs to understand the world, but first she must learn to understand herself ... Born in the 1960s on a UK apple farm, Clare Rivers is a girl out of time, living in a family and a world that makes little sense to her. Determined to carve out her place somehow, and with her deep love of her father to see her through, Clare begins a unique journey to discover the reasons for her own existence. If she can. However, accompanied by the oddities of family, school and the strange lyrical life of the apples, can Clare really find a place within herself to call home? This novel will ...

Durante la guerra de la independencia española, dos hermanas gemelas se ven envueltas en el alzamiento popular acaecido en la Puerta del Sol de Madrid el día dos de mayo de 1808, lo que les obliga a escapar de la capital para evitar ser ejecutadas. Tras refugiarse en Cádiz, sufren allí el asedio a la ciudad de los franceses y son testigos de la proclamación de la Constitución de 1812.

Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, this is the heartbreaking story of a young girl in love, the secret she must never reveal and the family who betrayed her trust. It's 1942 and the world is at war. Yet the wealthy Belleville family appear untouched and secure in their grand Australian home Prior Park. That is until daughter Julia, on the cusp of womanhood, falls desperately in love with an American Army officer against her family's wishes. For Julia, it is life-changing.

Anna acaba de perder a una de las personas más importantes de su vida: su abuela Anita, su faro y su refugio, quien siempre la protegió y la amó incondicionalmente. Su ausencia le deja un profundo vacío, pero también un cometido que deberá asumir: desentrañar la historia oculta tras los silencios que se han apoderado de su familia a lo largo de varias generaciones.