Titoli in XX secolo

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Paul Bäumer is nineteen when his schoolmaster talks his whole class into enlisting. Within weeks the boys learn what their teachers never told them: that a generation can be destroyed by the war even when it escapes the shells. At the front Paul and...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Frederic Henry is an American serving as a lieutenant in the Italian ambulance corps, drinking his way through a war that has not yet touched him personally. Catherine Barkley is an English nurse at the hospital in Gorizia whose fiancé was blown to...

Året är 1944 och fronten närmar sig den estniska staden Tartu. Urmakaren Rein Aule tvingas bryta fyra års tystnad för sin hustru Liina: han har i hemlighet förbättrat en tysk krypteringsmaskin, och nu är han en jagad man. Tre stormakter vill till varje pris kontrollera hans unika kunskap...

Na het overlijden van haar ouders moet het vissersmeisje Julie voor haar jongere broers en zusje zorgen. Samen proberen ze stand te houden in een bestaan dat wordt getekend door armoede en ontbering. In oktober wordt de kuststad ingenomen door het Duitse leger. De bewoners kreunen onder bombardementen, voedseltekorten en de strenge hand van de bezetter. Om tijdens die harde oorlogsjaren te overleven, wordt Julie een alsjeblieftmeisje: gedwongen om als prostituee te werken voor de Duitse soldaten.

Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis (1916) ha sido el primer best-seller de la historia y el libro más leído en los EE.UU. después de la Biblia, según The Illustrated London News. La novela cuenta la historia de dos familias provenientes de un tronco común, los Desnoyers y los Von Hartrott, que se enfrentan con el estallido de la contienda en Europa. En una metáfora del absurdo de la guerra, ambas familias terminan combatiendo en bandos opuestos en la Primera Guerra Mundial.

When George Hardy, surgeon and photographer, sets off from the cold squalor of Victorian Liverpool for the heat and glitter of the Bosphorus to offer his services in the Crimea, there straggles behind him a small caravan of devoted followers: Myrtle, his adoring adoptive sister; lapsed geologist Dr Potter; and photographer's assistant and sometime fire-eater Pompey Jones, driven onwards through a rising tide of death and disease by a shared and mysterious guilt.

Der Roman erzählt vom Leben in einer deutschen Stadt in den Jahren von 1920 bis 1934 am Beispiel der Geschicke von fünf Familien, die ganz unterschiedliche gesellschaftliche Milieus repräsentieren. Im Vordergrund die Kinder, sowohl des klassenbewussten, politisch engagierten Arbeiters als auch des großbürgerlichen jüdischen Bankiers. Daneben die des liberalen, konfessionslosen intellektuellen Arztes, des faschistischen Kleinbürgers und schließlich des verarmten ostjüdischen Einwanderers.

Set in 1945 between Hitler's death and Hiroshima, The Second Child is a satirical thriller about one young woman's plot to outsmart the supreme dictators in a world on fire. From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The First Friend. You can't choose your family, but you can choose...

Defeat is a moment; victory is a legacy. In the blistering heat of the North African desert, the air crackles with tension as the unrelenting Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, closes in on the beleaguered forces of the Allied troops. Private John ‘Hawkeye’ Sharratt, a battle-sharpened soldier...

“A beautiful, moving portrait of lives reshaped by war and its aftermath. Tara Lynn Masih is a tremendous talent.” —Olivia Hawker, bestselling author of One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow An extraordinary novel inspired by the real women of Oak Ridge, Tennessee—the Manhattan...

Inspired by true events, Christy Hall of Fame author Cathy Gohlke delivers a powerful new historical novel weaving together the discovery of insulin―a breakthrough that revolutionized modern medicine―and one woman’s brave fight to cling to her family and hope against unspeakable odds. New...

1956: On idyllic Balboa Island, just off the California coast, life seems peaceful and welcoming. But when the lives of three women begin to unravel in shockingly different ways, an unlikely friendship—and the game of tennis—may be the only thing that can save them. Milly Kinkaid's plan to...

Inspired by the true story of a secret mission taken during World War II, Gunner is the atmospheric, exciting start of a suspenseful new thriller series. March 1941. Joseph Gunner is back on the streets of Glasgow after being wounded on the front lines in France. Keeping the pain in his leg at...

"As impeccably crafted as a Dior gown and as seductive as the scent of Guerlain’s Shalimar, this is pure reading bliss." — Library Journal Set against the backdrop of mid-century Parisian glamour and the timeless art of perfumery, a captivating tale of resilience, love, and the intoxicating...

The clever and compelling tale of a war-scarred journalist caught in the lives of a country rebuilding itself from one of the greatest chroniclers of our times, Kate Atkinson. It's the summer of 1951 and everyone is looking to put the dark days of the war behind them. The government’s solution...

The poignant, utterly original story of two women separated across time but united by the arrival of Halley's comet, as blazing and as daring as their stories. 1986. The Earthshine Soap Company has given Nona Dixon everything, from making her the brand’s first Earthshine Girl to launching her...

Acclaimed novelist and playwright Yasmina Reza masterfully portrays the messiness of family, where affection and resentment intertwine and the weight of a shared past looms large. When adult siblings Serge, Jean, and Nana embark on an unexpected road trip, they take along one daughter and more...

Welcome to the Hotel Artemis - and an opening night to remember. The White Lotus meets Peaky Blinders in this page-turning new mystery from the bestselling author of The Housekeepers. 'Wildly entertaining, twisty, and elegant (with a modern twist)... Alex Hay is a rare talent' WILL DEAN 'The...

HARROWFORD HALL A safe haven for lost girls? Or a breeding ground for revenge? It's 1973 and Detective Sergeant Eleanor Smith is finally assigned her first homicide case. A woman's body has been discovered at Harrowford Hall, a home for unmarried mothers deep in the Victorian countryside. Led by...

This new audiobook edition of Hemingway's classic is narrated by Audie Award nominee and AudioFile Golden Voice Kevin R. Free. "It is a moving and beautiful book." Percy Hutchison in the The New York Times Book Review, 1929 "Hemingways rhythmic, stripped-down, often-mimicked style lulls readers...