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Nach der Hölle des Zweiten Weltkriegs will der engagierte junge Jurist Henry Mahler als Privatermittler für Gerechtigkeit sorgen. Dabei stößt er auf das Schicksal der jüdischen Familie Lassally: Eduard Lassally, das Oberhaupt der Hamburger Handelsdynastie, wurde in der Nazizeit eingeschüchtert und enteignet–und soll schließlich Selbstmord begangen haben. Sein Sohn Oswald glaubt diese Geschichte nicht. Gemeinsam suchen Henry und Oswald nach den Schuldigen, die die Lassallys ins Unglück stürzten. Und geraten damit in höchste Gefahr.

Resistance operative Charlotte Denneau has critical targeting information for the Allies, and the Gestapo knows it. On the run across occupied France, she must prioritize her mission over the lives of the agents and civilians she needs to aid her escape. Germans are taking down Resistance networks with disastrous results. Agents are being arrested, tortured, questioned, and turned. Charlotte communicates in coded radio calls to London, well aware the enemy is always listening. More than anything, she must find a flight out—before the Nazis drag her to an interrogation chamber.

Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH)...

Set in the northern Italian town of Ferrara before, during, and after the Second World War, these interlocking stories present a fully rounded world of unforgettable characters. The Novel of Ferrara memorializes not only the Ferrarese people, but the city itself, which assumes a character and a voice deeply inflected by the Jewish community to which the narrator belongs.

En los años sombríos del nazismo, desaparecen de un rincón secreto de la prisión de Spandau unas valiosísimas monedas de oro. Casi cincuenta años después, caído el Muro de Berlín, dos personajes oscuros pero poderosos, con un pasado político turbio, contratan cada uno por su lado a dos "antiguos combatientes", Juan Belmonte -el que tiene nombre de torero- y Frank Galinsky. En "paro" laboral e ideológico, ambos deben partir en busca de un botín robado que nadie se atreve en realidad a reclamar oficialmente.

1941 - Amid the bombs falling over London’s East End, the residents of West India Dock Road endure wartime with courage, defiance and a good dose of humour. From nights spent sheltering together in the Underground station to sharing gossip, pastimes and meals, they lean on each other as their world is turned upside down.

A gripping World War II tale of two French sisters—one rescuing downed airmen across the Pyrenees, the other hiding children and forging identities under occupation. A story of ordinary bravery, sacrifice, and the quiet fire that keeps love alive when the world goes dark.

Oberbayern, 1936: Die junge Lehrerin Hedi hat die Leidenschaft fürs Bergsteigen von ihrem verstorbenen Vater geerbt. Zusammen mit ihm und den beiden Brüdern Thomas und Anderl, den Söhnen eines guten Freundes ihres Vaters, hat Hedi bereits viele Gipfel und Wände der Alpen bezwungen. Sie sieht die Chance, der Welt zu zeigen, dass eine Bergsteigerin nicht weniger kann als ihre männlichen Kollegen. Gemeinsam mit Anderl, Thomas und ihrem Bekannten Hias stellt sie sich der Herausforderung – doch nicht nur der Berg birgt viele Gefahren.

Rita and Rosie Stevens are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully called Jimmy Randall and has a baby boy by him. Under pressure from her new husband, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage – not knowing that the papers she has signed will entitle them to do what they like with the children. And it is not long before the powers that be decide to send a consignment of orphans to their sister institution in Australia. Among them – without their family's consent or knowledge – are Rita and Rosie, the throwaway children.

Alex Müller, un exitoso médico argentino radicado en Nueva York, ve un día una pintada en el frente de su casa donde se lo acusa de nazi. Desconcertado, resuelve investigar el pasado de su abuelo, un diplomático que dejó Alemania en plena guerra para instalarse en Mar Chiquita, Córdoba. Alex aprovecha un viaje programado a Buenos Aires y decide trasladarse a Mar Chiquita, para indagar sobre su familia y disfrutar las propiedades del agua de la laguna.

Nuremberg, 1945 : un procès fait l'Histoire, eux la vivent. Un roman vrai, qui saisit les sursauts de l'Histoire en marche. Chacun connaît les images du procès de Nuremberg, où Göring et vingt autres nazis sont jugés à partir de novembre 1945. Mais que se passe-t-il hors de la salle d'audience ? Ils sont là : Joseph Kessel, Elsa Triolet, Martha Gellhorn ou encore John Dos Passos, venus assister à ces dix mois où doit oeuvrer la justice.

Italy, 1943. The girl rushes down the winding streets, tucking the handwritten menu into the wicker basket and thinking only of the code hidden on the delicate paper. Present day. Arriving in Caccipulia, Callie grips the faded restaurant menu. Found hidden in her family home, she is certain it will lead her to the truth about her grandmother's life in Italy during World War II. Local café owner Oliver's eyes light up when he sees the menu. During the war, one brave family secretly fed desperate Jewish families. Callie's heart soars at the thought that her grandmother was involved.

Margot has spent most of her life at St Agnes' Orphanage with her little sister Lucie. She does her best to care for all the children, cradling them under the stars when Sister Helen can't get them to sleep. But she knows that when the Nazis reach the gates of Paris, the Jewish orphans will be in terrible danger. She must help them escape ... One night, Sister Helen tells Margot she has found a rich family to take Lucie in. But there will be no safety for the other children – unless Margot can lead them to the French coast for a ship destined for America.

After years of letters and missed chances, Grace Fitzgerald and American journalist Richard Lewis have at last declared their love and though the world is in the grip of war, their future is bright. But when Richard is shot down over occupied France in 1943, Grace's world shatters. Invited to Savannah for Richard's memorial, Grace finds herself thrust into the rarefied world of his wealthy family—a million miles from her own humble experience.

The captivating new novel from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Steele is a spellbinding book club read, set in the glittering French Riviera in the dangerous days leading up to the outbreak of WW2. Nestled into the pine-dusted coastline of the Cap d'Antibes is the dazzling white Chateau...

München in den frühen 1950er Jahren: Die junge Margot ist stolz, als eine der wenigen Frauen einen Studienplatz für Mathematik an der LMU bekommen zu haben. Bei einer Vorlesung fällt sie durch außergewöhnlich kluge Fragen auf und erregt damit die Aufmerksamkeit eines Gasthörers, der für die Operation Gehlen, den Vorläufer des Bundesnachrichtendienstes, arbeitet. Aufgrund ihrer Begabung bietet er Margot eine Stelle in der Decodierungsabteilung an, welche sie voller Aufregung annimmt.

1942, Ontario. Lorsque le Canada et les États-Unis entrent en guerre contre l'Allemagne nazie, les jumelles Dot et Dash Wilson, aussi inséparables que différentes, s'engagent dans la branche féminine de l'armée. Dash rejoint l'aviation britannique, risquant chaque jour sa vie à bord de son Spitfire, quand Dot, passionnée par les énigmes et le morse, rejoint le camp X, une école d'espionnage ultra-secrète. Mais lorsque la mort frappe leur famille, le lien qui unissait les deux jumelles est soudainement brisé

Janine, jeune veuve de guerre, dirige une filière d'évasion à travers les Pyrénées. Robert, tout juste vingt ans, a fui ses montagnes de Kabylie pour rejoindre la Résistance. Mike, pilote américain engagé dans la RAF, a miraculeusement survécu aux tirs allemands. De l'Algérie à Londres en passant par les réseaux clandestins de Toulouse et du Pays basque, dans le feu des passions et du combat, ils font face à l'ennemi.

“An incredible debut thriller where the past can be changed to save the future.” —Don Winslow, #1 internationally bestselling author A riveting speculative historical suspense debut told in alternating timelines that asks: Will the most powerful invention in history save the world—or...

An old family secret leads from the streets of Sydney to Italy’s sun-drenched Neapolitan coast, in this immersive historical mystery from #1 international bestselling author Tara Moss Pacific Ocean, 1907. A girl embarks on a journey to begin a new life far from home. Naples, 1943. A woman...