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A Publishers Weekly Editor’s Pick A darkly funny 1991 road novel about two actors touring a stripped-down Huckleberry Finn through a hostile America—perfect for listeners of Paul Beatty’s The Sellout and Percival Everett’s James. Axel Emerson isn’t chasing a dream—he’s running from...

Brought to you by Penguin. 'One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman A damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the quiet village church of Oxgodby where he is to spend the summer uncovering a huge medieval wall-painting. Immersed in the peace and beauty of...

Berlin, 1943: Ava Müller is a proud supporter of the German war effort, working for Joseph Goebbels alongside her father, a high-ranking official in the Reich. With her sister Hanna, a nurse, braving bombing raids to save lives, they are a model Nazi family. Until Ava discovers her parents and Hanna are secretly working for the resistance… Returning to their country home, Ava is shocked to find her childhood friend Eliana Goldman and her family hidden in the attic.

Bloomsbury presents The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, read by Charlie Norfolk. The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide – now a major film starring Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica...

Tecla e Laura hanno una cosa in comune: il compleanno. Sono nate entrambe il primo gennaio, ed è proprio quello il giorno in cui si incontrano per caso sulle scale del palazzo in cui entrambe abitano. Qui, però, finiscono le somiglianze perché Tecla ha tredici anni ed è alle prese con la tesina per l'esame di terza media, mentre Laura di anni ne ha novantacinque ed è alle prese solo con i suoi ricordi. Solo? In realtà non è poco, perché quella non è un'anziana signora come tante.

¿Hitler se suicidó o fue asesinado por uno de sus más cercanos colaboradores? Basándose en la estremecedora historia de Margot Wölk, V. S. Alexander ha escrito un absorbente thriller que pone en duda lo que sabemos sobre la muerte del Führer. Cuando los bombardeos de los Aliados comienzan...

Una historia sobre un grupo de personas cuya juventud cae en los tiempos turbulentos del declive de la República de Weimar y el comienzo del Tercer Reich. Una joven judía con un extraordinario talento para la pintura, un policía que intenta mantenerse justo en tiempos crueles, un hombre rico contagiado de la idea del nazismo y un hombre sumido en la locura esotérica son los héroes de la novela que intentan encontrarse en la nueva realidad. Cuando llegue el reinado de Hitler, ninguno de los dos espera que haya nacido el mal puro.

Performed by the inimitable John Lee The opening of a letter leads to a desperate chase across Europe in A Matter of Honour by Jeffrey Archer, one of the world's bestselling novelists. Adam Scott listens to the reading of his father's will, aware that the contents can only be meagre. The Colonel...

A Korean mother and son navigate wars, displacement, and identity across decades and borders in a moving multigenerational saga by the author of White Mulberry. In 1943 Japan, the Pacific War rages on. Miyoung, a Korean-born single mother and nurse, defies an order to serve in the Imperial...

Brought to you by Penguin. 1946. Three years after a cataclysmic event which tore their lives apart, a mother and daughter flee Poland for Paris, shame, and fear at their heels, not knowing how hard it is to escape your past. Nearly eighty years later, Gretel Fernsby lives a life that is a far...

An instant New York Times, Washington Post, and USA TODAY bestseller—based on the true story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II—The Paris Library is a moving and unforgettable “ode to the importance of libraries, books, and the human connections...

Nel centro Italia del 1944 imperversa inesorabilmente il conflitto fra nazi-fascisti e truppe alleate. In un villaggio insulare del Trasimeno, un gruppo di ebrei è riuscito a trovare un rifugio apparentemente sicuro. Tutto sembrerebbe andare per il meglio, in un luogo così remoto e distante dai principali eventi del grande scontro bellico. Questo fino a quando, per un futile disguido, gli abitanti del paese non uccidono inavvertitamente un soldato tedesco.

Nel secondo dopoguerra il barone di dubbia nobiltà Rodolfo Polizzi sposa Ottavia principessa di Bauci e la porta con sé a Leonforte, un paese dell’entroterra di Sicilia. In quell’estate del 1951 dove, poco lontano, sull’isola di Vulcano Roberto Rossellini s’innamorava di Ingrid Bergman e, a Capo d’Orlando, Lucio Piccolo con i fratelli Casimiro e Agata Giovanna – zii di Ottavia – ricevevano il jet set internazionale, a casa del candido Rodolfo arrivava Lucy Thompson, la compagna di college della moglie a svegliare i trascorsi di gioventù della principessa, tutti di strani riti e sabba studenteschi.

Winter of the World is the second novel in Ken Follett's uniquely ambitious Century trilogy. On its own or read in sequence with Fall of Giants and Edge of Eternity, this is a spellbinding epic of global conflict and personal drama during World War II. A Battle of Ideals It is 1933 and, at...

At the outbreak of the Second World War, a mismatched group of passengers flee across the Atlantic to escape Britain and – thousands of feet in the air – find themselves facing grave danger. Night Over Water is a masterful historical thriller from Ken Follett. The Eve of War Britain has just...

Marzo de 1943. Agazapados dentro de una habitación secreta, varias personas contienen la respiración mientras aguardan a que el sonido de las botas reforzadas con metal de los soldados alemanes se aleje. En la estación internacional de Canfranc, en el Pirineo, la esvástica ondea sobre la...

Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. One stayed at home to raise her children and manage the family apple orchard; the other followed a dream and traveled the world to become a famous photojournalist. But when their beloved father falls ill, Meredith and Nina find themselves together again, standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya, who even now, offers no comfort to her daughters.  

Born into privilege to one of the last Ottoman pashas, beautiful, spirited Selva is the brightest jewel in her father’s household - until she falls in love with Rafael Alfandari. Though Turkey has long been a safe haven for Jews, marriage between a high-ranking Muslim girl and a Jewish boy is strictly forbidden. Yet young love will not be denied, and Selva and Rafael defy their parents and marry, fleeing to Paris in hopes of a better life - only to find themselves trapped in the path of the invading Nazis.

Don’t miss the next book in MILLION COPY BESTSELLER Rosie Clarke’s Dressmakers' Alley series Times are changing. Is there a glimmer of hope on the horizon for the women of Dressmaker Alley? London’s East End 1927 Yvonne White is content as head seamstress at Miss Susie, raising her beloved...

The next BRAND NEW instalment in Kate Eastham's absorbing and uplifting Diary of a Country Nurse series. Fans of Call the Midwife, Donna Douglas and All Creatures Great and Small will love this. ‘Authentic... the mixture of nursing and farming life is both warming and true. I liked this a lot...