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In the gripping novel "Jacquline" by D.M. Sorlie, readers are transported to the city of Belfast, Ireland, during the tumultuous year of 1941. As German bombs rain down upon the city, the British utilize the port to safeguard vital supply convoys crossing the treacherous Atlantic. Amidst this backdrop of destruction and chaos, a dark secret unfolds. The story begins with a young boy who witnesses a chilling murder within the confines of a church-run orphanage. Filled with fear and desperation, he flees with his brother aboard a ship bound for America, seeking refuge from the horrors they ...

Alex Ehren es poeta y maestro en el bloque número 31 de Auschwitz-Birkenau, el bloque de los niños. Pasó sus días intentando sobrevivir mientras de manera ilegal daba clases a los niños, tratando de blindarlos lo mejor que podía de la horrible realidad que se vivía en el campo. Pero intentar dar lecciones a los niños no fue la única actividad ilícita en la que Alex estuvo involucrado. Alex guardaba un diario.

The Pelletiers are a prominent French family living in Beirut. The patriarch, Louis, has built a successful business that he hopes to pass on to his eldest son. With no head for management, Jean nearly runs the company into the ground, then marries a materialistic young woman who insists they emigrate to Paris and join high society. But there's another reason Jean must leave—he has committed a terrible crime.

"400 Quotes to See the World Differently" gives you the opportunity to step inside the heads of some of the world’s most exceptional minds and see things from their points of view. With quotes from saints, philosophers, artists, inventors, and even martial arts experts, it’s sure to promote some interesting conversations. A superb book for dipping in and out of, it makes a great gift for those with inquiring souls. Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997) was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun, who was canonised for her missionary work.

The world of magic is beautiful and enchanting, but there is darkness here too. Dara has been to hell and back trying to discover her destiny. Thrown into a world she didn't know she belonged to, she's completed the first task of claiming Emerald, but lost someone she cares about in the process. She finds her thoughts divided between finding the second stone - Topaz - and rescuing one of her warriors who was captured in battle. More now than ever, she's determined to put her power-hungry uncle and his plans for complete domination down once and for all.

While kings and queens quake with fear in the presence of the Brotherhood, there are still those who dare to resist them. Sillavana—half human, half ixolae—was just a child when they came and slaughtered her people. The Brotherhood considered her to be an abomination. How could such a thing be left to live? There was just one problem. She escaped unnoticed... Now alone in the world, she must do anything she can to survive. Jemaex had a perfect life. The son of a rich merchant, his life should have been easy. Swindling coin from common folk was fine for his father, but he dreamed of a ...

Deep in the wilderness, only one can build an Elven kingdom that can withstand the capricious winds of change. That one is Brandela, the widow of the fallen Donovan. So begins the latest developments in the World of Ryyah: Unlikely Alliance—Book Two in the Elven Age Saga. This epic action adventure series created by H.L. Watson follows the noble Brandela and her comrades Akenji and Kerala as they join forces and fend off formidable adversaries to forge a brave new world. It’s a must-read for anyone seeking an utter immersion in a fantasy world like no other, where romance, bravado, ...

La Peregrina es, sin duda, la perla sino más extraordinaria, más famosa de todos los tiempos. Procedente de las aguas del mar Caribe, fue entregada a Felipe II y desde entonces se convirtió en una de las joyas principales de la monarquía hispánica. Pasó por herencia por el joyero de varias reinas hasta que, después de la Guerra de la Independencia, fue llevada a Francia. En ese momento comenzó la segunda vida de la Peregrina, cuyo momento culminante fue cuando, ya en el siglo XX, Richard Burton se la regaló en prenda de amor a otra mujer de leyenda.

Esperanza risked her life fleeing the Dominican Republic for the glittering dream she saw on television, but years later she is still stuck in a cramped tenement with her husband, Santo, and their two children, Bobby and Dallas. She works as a home aide and, at night, hides unopened bills from the credit card company where Santo won't find them when he returns from driving his livery cab. When Santo's mother dies and his father, Don Chan, comes to Nueva York to live out his twilight years with the Colons, nothing will ever be the same.

Rumor has it; they are being moved to Warsaw. Heide, who is always informed, claims that all hell is loose over there. There is talk of a German pullback from the eastern frontline. Thousands of British paratroops have landed and Polish soldiers converge on from the woods. But the Polish army is already doomed. Not only by the Reichsführer Himmler in Berlin, but also by Marshal Stalin. The Polish nationalists vainly beg the Red Army for help. But it has already been decided that the Polish communists are to take over Poland.

September 1939. London is in blackout; war has been declared, but Dulcie Treadwell can think only of her heartbreak over American broadcaster, Glenn Reeves, who didn’t say goodbye before leaving for Berlin. Posted to Bletchley Park, Dulcie must concentrate on helping the war effort by cracking the German Enigma codes. The hours are long and the conditions tough, with little recognition from above. Until she breaks her first code. Dulcie finally settles into something she was born to do. But just as she’s proving her worth, a shocking betrayal leads to Dulcie’s brutal dismissal.

New York, present day: On a whim, Juno Lambert buys a 1931 Underwood typewriter that once belonged to celebrated journalist Cordelia Capel. Within its case she discovers an unfinished novel, igniting a transatlantic journey to fill the gaps in the story of Cordelia and her sister and the secret that lies between them. Europe, 1936: Cordelia's socialite sister Irene marries a German industrialist who whisks her away to Berlin. Cordelia, feistier and more intellectual than Irene, gets a job at a newspaper in Paris, pursuing the journalism career she cherishes.

The Roaring Twenties. A prosperous era of flappers, bootleggers, speakeasies, bathtub gin, and women pushing the conventions of society. These are the things the newspapers are talking about. But that is only a small part of what is happening. Not everyone is celebrating the good times. For most people, life goes on as it always has, though maybe with a few new conveniences. With the Great War behind him, Lucas Morgan is content to return to Tinder Street and start raising a family with his wife. Still haunted by nightmares of things that happened on the bloody battlefields of France, Lucas...

As World War II raged across the Russian steppes, in Africa and especially in the skies over Europe, elite German and Soviet forces fought a bitter battle in an isolated northern corner of Europe. Here, the battle was for control of the ice-free port of Murmansk, where the Soviet Union received convoy after convoy loaded with British and American tanks, guns, fuel, small arms, food and aircraft. Supplies from the Allied convoys kept the Soviet Union alive at a critical time during the early stages of the war, and Hitler therefore tried every means to stop the convoys.

Vowing to honour her dead father's memory, 23-year-old Wanda throws herself into the Polish resistance, risking her life to transport ammunition for the uprising against the Nazis. But a clandestine meeting with an informant reveals a shocking twist. The man before her is the very soldier who took her father's life. Claiming to be a double agent, the informant sparks doubt, forcing Wanda to make a life-altering decision: trust the man she hates most in the world or jeopardize her network's crucial mission.

🔥"HUNGER GAMES, 50 SHADES, and DIVERGENT, anyone?"🔥 💀 Discover a Dark Fantasy Masterpiece from New York Times, USA TODAY and Amazon top-100 Bestseller Tamara Rose Blodgett! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"If you have read the other books, then you will know how great they are..." ~ Veronica W In the year 2049, Earth is a shadow of its former self, gripped by a dystopian order where greed and desperation reign. This gripping spin-off of The Death Series introduces a new generation battling for survival—and the soul of humanity: 🌎 A New World in Chaos: The Randoms have seized power, plunging ...

This is the story of the average Canadian who volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force told through the lens of one battalion - the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. This Highland Regiment fought in the Ypres Salient and in the Somme, at Vimy, Passchendaele, and Amiens. It suffered the first gas attack; its ranks were decimated as it fought at virtually every major battle in the European theatre.

Winner of the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Hans Fallada Prize, The End of Days, by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, consists essentially of five "books", each leading to a different death of the same unnamed female protagonist. The first chapter begins with the death of a baby in the early 20th-century Hapsburg Empire. In the next chapter, the same girl grows up in Vienna after World War I, but a pact she makes with a young man leads to a second death. In the next scenario, she survives adolescence and moves to Russia with her husband.

They survived the First Wave. They secured Firebreak. Now, Alec West and his party face their most dangerous mission yet: the journey to Bastion. Two hundred miles of chaos stand between them and the rumored Obelisk stronghold in Northern California. Mutated creatures. raider ambushes. PvP-enabled survivors. And through it all, the Obelisk continues to evolve—escalating threats, rewarding betrayal, and forcing hard choices. With one Prime Anchor Token left and growing uncertainty within the team, Alec must lead through shifting loyalties and deadly decisions. But as old bonds deepen and ...

June 1939. Francis Dempsey and his shell-shocked brother Michael are on an ocean liner from Ireland bound for their brother Martin's home in New York City, having stolen a small fortune from the IRA. During the week that follows, the lives of these three brothers collide spectacularly with big-band jazz musicians, a talented but fragile heiress, a Jewish street photographer facing a return to Nazi-occupied Prague, a vengeful mob boss, and the ghosts of their own family's revolutionary past.