World War II

Noah and Allie fell in love as teenagers, with the purest sort of love, only to be kept apart by Allie's mother. Their feelings survived in spite of everything....

An enchanting novel about fate, second chances, and hope, lost and found, by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Last of the Moon Girls....

Korsu, jossa makoilee kaksikymmentä miestä lavereillaan, on oiva paikka alkaa tarinoimaan. Tarinat saattavat olla tosia tai sitten eivät...

The Azad Hind Fauj plans to set up the Azad Hind Bank at Port Blair, after the liberation of the Andaman and Nicobar islands from the British. However, the treasure and men sent to open the branch are mysteriously lost.

Lina Manninen, kuuluisan natsipyöveli Reinhard Heydrichin leski, on päättänyt viimein oikaista miehestään kerrotut valheet antamalla valitsemalleen toimittajalle...

An extraordinary novel about one of history's most reviled figures, written as an action-packed historical biography....

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....

Katya never wanted to look after Gretchen. Now she’s the young girl’s only hope of survival....

"Huomio! Tähdätkää! Tulta!" Laukausten ääni lyö piiskana takaisin kiviseinästä. Teloitettava lysähtää maahan. On vuosi 1944, ja...

Eletään jatkosodan aikoja vuonna 1942. Pakkasta on yli kolmekymmentä astetta, kun majuri haluaa lähettää sissijoukon Äänisen...

1940. Aiyi Shao is a young heiress and the owner of a formerly popular and glamorous Shanghai nightclub. Ernest Reismann is a penniless Jewish refugee driven out of Germany, an outsider searching for shelter in a city wary of strangers....

London, 2017: When Aurelia Leclaire inherits an opulent Paris apartment, she is shocked to discover her grandmother’s hidden secrets - including a treasure trove of famous art and couture gowns....

Pino Lella wants nothing to do with the war or the Nazis. He's a normal Italian teenager - obsessed with music, food, and girls....

Toinen maailmansota rangaistusjoukoissa. Korpraali Sven Hassel tuomitaan sotilaskarkuruudesta. Elämä rangaistuskeskitysleirillä on täynnä sadistista...

Out of the chaos and uncertainty of war, a shy young bookseller comes into her own in a short story of unexpected love, daring, and empowering courage by New York Times bestselling author Pam Jenoff.

Neuvostoliiton joukot ovat hyökänneet saksalaiseen varuskuntaan itärintamalla ja teurastaneet erittelemättä kaikki varuskunnan sotilaat. Sven Hassel...

Rintamajunat kiidättävät itään uusia kolonnia aseineen, ammuksineen ja sotilaineen. Vastakkaiseen suuntaan virtaa tuhoutunutta sotakalustoa ja...

Her beauty saved her from the rising Nazi party and led to marriage with an Austrian arms dealer. Underestimated in everything else, she overheard the Third Reich's plans while at her husband's side, understanding more than anyone would guess. She devised a plan to flee....  

December 1941. America teeters on the brink of war, and in Honolulu, Hawaii, police detective Joe McGrady is assigned to investigate a homicide that will change his life forever....

The war is over; Hitler is dead - and yet his evil legacy lives on. Saffron Courtney and her beloved husband, Gerhard, only just survived the brutal conflict, but Gerhard's Nazi-supporting brother, Konrad, is still free and determined to regain power.... 

From the author of the number one best seller Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a new historical novel inspired by one family’s incredible story of daring, survival, and triumph....

Between 1947 and 1957, Ealing Studios produced a series of immensely popular, darkly funny film comedies that made the West London borough famous throughout the world. Now four of these timeless films were recreated for BBC Radio 4, and are now collected together for the first time....

Proslulý román se odehrává ve vzdálené budoucnosti, ale jako temná předloha mu posloužilo nacistické Německo. Kallocain je droga pravdy, po jejímž...

A two-part radio dramatisation of Vasily Grossman's dark, honest account of the Battle of Stalingrad; a prequel to Life and Fate - plus Stalingrad: Destiny of a Novel....

A new recruit to the most powerful supernatural intelligence agency on Earth is accused of going rogue and must go on the run to clear her name....

Über die Verbundenheit zu einer Insel, die alles überdauert. Zwischen Austernfischern und Regenpfeifern ist Nanning zu Hause: Amrum, die wilde Nordseeinsel mit ihren Sandbänken und den leuchtenden Heidekrautfeldern ist alles, was er kennt. Doch der Krieg geht auch an der kleinen Inselgemeinde nicht spurlos vorbei. Lebensmittel sind knapp, und solange der Vater nicht bei ihnen ist, muss Nanning sich um die hochschwangere Mutter und seine kleinen Geschwister kümmern.

Geheimnisse unter der Mitternachtssonne. 1941: Für Solveig ist das Leben im okkupierten Stavanger ein Balanceakt. Sie arbeitet für die Besatzer und ist im Widerstand tätig - gemeinsam mit ihrer großen Liebe Roar. Der Plan, einem befreundeten deutschen Paar zur Flucht zu verhelfen, bringt diesen in Lebensgefahr. 1970: Als ihr Vater von seiner Ölbohrfirma aus den USA nach Norwegen geschickt wird, ahnt Lizzy nicht, dass in seiner alten Heimat ein Geheimnis aus seiner Vergangenheit schlummert, das auch ihr Leben durcheinanderwirbeln wird.

È il 1931, Graziano Biagioni ha compiuto dieci anni, l’Italia è sempre più fascista e la squadra della Fiorentina, nata da poco, è appena approdata in serie A. Graziano vive a Brozzi, borgo alle porte di Firenze, e con gli amici Barnaba, Gigli e Montini condivide un’estrema passione per la maglia viola. “Viola! Viola! Duce! Duce!” è il loro motto. Nessuno dei quattro ha idea delle vicende che stanno per investirli. Ognuno, a suo modo, dovrà fare i conti con la crescita, le donne, la storia, le ragioni e le conseguenze della dittatura.

Der fulminante Abschluss der Bestseller-Trilogie endlich im Taschenbuch. Henny Unger feiert Geburtstag, siebzig Jahre ist sie geworden. So alt wie das Jahrhundert. Beim Gartenfest an ihrer Seite: die Freundinnen Käthe, Lina und Ida. Doch längst hat sich der Kreis der Gratulanten erweitert. Aus den vier Freundinnen sind Mütter und Großmütter geworden. Hennys Enkelin Katja träumt davon, als Fotoreporterin um die Welt zu reisen, Idas Tochter Florentine kehrt mit einer Überraschung nach Hamburg zurück. Und auch Ruth, die Adoptivtochter von Käthe, ist fester Teil des Freundschaftsbunds.

War strikes close to home for chief librarian Cordelia when her flat is bombed, and her beloved Robert is called up and sent abroad. Fortunately, her colleagues Mavis and Jane can help see her through hard times. The three friends find purpose in making the Silvertown library a friendly sanctuary for their deprived and devastated community. But sinister forces, from callous bureaucrats to crafty criminals, still lurk among the stacks.

Eros, passione, misteri e segreti di famiglia fiammeggiano nella personalità di Beatrice Tasca Filangeri di Cutò, principessa di Lampedusa, che nel maggio del 1943 attraversa una Palermo deserta, tra le rovine provocate dai bombardamenti alleati. Beatrice riprende possesso del palazzo di famiglia: tra soffitti sfondati e librerie crollate, si riaccende il ricordo dei giorni in cui la città era meta di viaggiatori stranieri, un passato di grazia e splendore, sogni, fantasie e amori forse ancora possibili.

Manchester, 1940: the minute war was declared, best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home guard. An Auxiliary Fire Service girl by night, Sally ends up stationed at the salvage depot by day. When Sally meets Andrew, a quiet carpenter with a heart-breaking smile, she finally feels as though her efforts are making a difference. As love blossoms, Sally feels herself opening up to Andrew in a way she'd never imagined possible. But then, a devastating air raid threatens everything she holds dear.

When three little girls—Anna, Bernie, and Elica—make a pact to be blood sisters for life, they believe nothing can come between them. Anna is from an affluent Jewish family, while Bernie and Elica are from poor Austrian families who barely make ends meet. As they get older, their social differences become all too real. With infectious Jew-hate-laden rhetoric from Nazi Germany spreading into Austria, it is only a matter of time before their bond of friendship gets severely tested.

When World War II breaks out, Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the hope of providing a sense of escapism for travellers, troops and evacuees. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and armed with a colourful array of Penguin paperbacks, Carrie’s business soon booms. And when she gifts a book to a dashing officer, an act of kindness becomes the beginning of Carrie’s very own love story. But as war rages on, and Mike is posted abroad, Carrie’s world is turned upside-down.

As the Great War rages across Europe, twenty-one-year-old Ruby Archer decides to ‘do her bit’ at an East End munitions factory. The work is relentless and deafening, but the camaraderie of the other girls carries her through. As the threat of another Zeppelin attack grows by the day, Ruby cannot ignore the abandoned animals scavenging the local streets. She rescues a stray kitten, Tess, and takes in an injured terrier Mac, but when all the local cats mysteriously disappear, she knows she needs to do more, and with the help of her friends plans to open a weekly animal clinic.

June 1941. Hitler's armies race toward vulnerable Leningrad. In a matter of weeks, the Nazis surround the city, cut off the food supply, and launch a vicious bombardment. Widowed violinist Sofya Karavayeva and her teenage granddaughter, Yelena, are cornered in the crumbling city.

Der mitreißende Auftakt zur historischen Saga über das Schicksal der Unternehmerfamilie Lemberg im Sudetenland. Von Bestsellerautorin Karin Lindberg. Böhmen 1937: Als die junge Alba Lemberg nach einem Aufenthalt bei Verwandten nach Hause zurückkehrt, währt die Freude über das Wiedersehen nur kurz. Denn schon bald gerät sie mit den Eltern über deren Vorstellung für ihre Zukunft aneinander. Vater Carl will von Albas Plänen, eine Lehre im Betrieb zu absolvieren, nichts wissen. Der Patriarch hat andere Sorgen, er ringt um den Erhalt der Lemberg-Webereien, dazu bereiten ihm Fehler aus der Vergangenheit seelische Qualen.

March 1942: Adolf Hitler is dead at the hands of the Royal Air Force. A vengeful Luftwaffe has exacted the Third Reich’s revenge on Great Britain, and London lies in flames. With the Royal Family fleeing to Canada and Great Britain’s Pacific colonies being ceded to Imperial Japan, the United States faces a stark, dangerous future alone. With a broad cast of characters underpinned by historical research, Acts of War examines the terrifying “What if…” of a German victory in Europe followed by upheaval in the Court of St. James.

Iceland 1940. Britain invades Iceland. Lieutenant Tom Marks is a British officer tasked with defending Whale Fjord. He meets Kristín, a young widow from a nearby farm, who has a small son. Tom is smitten. Iceland 2023. Inspector Magnus Ragnarsson is called to the shores of Whale Fjord where the skeletons of a man and a woman have been discovered, both shot with British wartime bullets. Magnus uncovers a web of anger and revenge that stretches back 80 years and forward to a shocking murder in Reykjavík.

It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the quickstep with Amanda Kendall at her brother Robert’s birthday party at the Caledonian Club. No one can believe, on this golden evening, that there could ever be another war. Returning to London seven years later, Sidney has gained a Military Cross, and lost his best friend on the battlefields of Italy. The carefree youth that he and his friends were promised has been blown apart, just like the rest of the world – and Sidney, carrying a terrible, secret guilt, must decide what to do with the rest of his life.