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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 trail of murder he uncovers will lead him across the Pacific, far from home and the woman he loves; and though the U.S. doesn't know it yet, a Japanese fleet is already steaming toward Pearl Harbor. Spanning the entirety of World War II, Five Decembers is a beautiful, masterful, powerful novel that will live in your memory forever.

After saving her family farm from falling into disrepair Framboise, a secretive widow, lives a quiet life splitting her time between home and the creperie where she brings her mother's recipes to life. When her nephew approaches her to exploit her family's culinary legacy, Framboise is forced to confront her dramatic childhood at the heart of the German Occupation of France.

1916. As thousands of Brits are fighting on the Front Line, a new breed of women emerges to hold the Home Front together. Fiercely independent and fiery-spirited, the munitionettes, or ‘canaries’, are easily recognisable with their chemically-stained yellow faces. Among the raucous group of women is Florrie Duncan, who plans to celebrate her birthday in style at the Golden Goose pub. But the celebrations are cut short when all but one are killed in a brutal explosion.

In December 1940, the Blitz has reached Sheffield, but Steel Girl Hattie is more concerned about the war brewing at home between her parents. Desperate to help her mother in any way she can, will Hattie get through with the help of her factory sisters? Betty is overjoyed to learn that her fiancé will be coming home to complete his RAF training. But when the Blitz begins, he may be in greater danger than ever.

In 1918 the Great War has taken so much from so many, and it threatens to take even more still from the Hunters, their friends and their servants. Edward, in a bid to run away from problems at home, decides not to resist conscription and ends up at the Front. Sadie's hopes for love are unrequited, and Laura has to flee Artemis House when it is shelled, and she finds herself in London driving an ambulance.

Alan, Sam, Alice and Aurora continue to fight against the German Forces occupying Hereward. The Nazis plan to achieve a Final Solution of the Jewish problem in Great Britain. The partisans carry out a daring and audacious mission to kidnap two top ranking enemy officers visiting Occupied England.

Os fãs de Downton Abbey, Lucinda Riley e Kate Morton não podem perder esta emocionante saga que já conquistou mais de 2,5 milhões de leitores. Quando o inimaginável acontece, a família Melzer mais uma vez precisa se manter unida para salvar a vila dos tecidos. Quinto volume da saga A Vila dos Tecidos, fenômeno de vendas em vários países.

Saksalaiset ovat käytännössä hävinneet sodan. Rintamat vuotavat ja venäläiset tunkeutuvat Berliiniin. Vasilj on nuori venäläinen sotilas, joka on selvinnyt ehjin nahoin läpi sodan. Mutta nyt nähdessään läheltä, mitä saksalaisten kanssa tapahtuu, hän ei tiedä miten reagoida. Onko tämä voitto, vai onko ihmiskunta kuilun partaalla? Voiko sekasorrosta ja kauhusta päästä koskaan eteenpäin? Sodan viimeiset päivät ovat kauheita, nöyryyttäviä ja epäinhimillisiä, ja Vasilj pelkää yhä enemmän henkensä puolesta.

Only one man can foil a plot set to change the course of history.... Ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope is enjoying life at Le Val, the facility in Northern France where he trains others in the dangerous art of hostage rescue, until a chance incident forces him to take on the role of bodyguard to the Swiss billionaire Maximilian Steiner. The victim of a recent abduction attempt, Steiner believes that a neo-Nazi terror group are bent on seizing a prized document from his personal collection.

Promoted within the British intelligence service, Paul is sent to Algiers during a ceasefire announced by French General Darlan. But when a deadly new assignment pushes his skills to the limit, will he step up to the challenge of his new role? At Bletchley Park, Claire and her team of analysts discern from decoded messages that the Germans have employed a new type of radar that is decimating RAF bombers. And the messages she decodes grow more troubling by the hour.

ARMOR: The Complete Series chronicles the journey of a tank crew through the Second World War, from North Africa to Berlin. Action-packed, authentic, and filled with flawed but tough men of the Greatest Generation, ARMOR drops you straight into the horror, brotherhood, and triumph of armored warfare. You'll fight alongside the crew as they go head-to-head with Tigers at Kasserine Pass, race to Palermo in Sicily, land during the horrific first assault wave at Omaha Beach, crash against the Norman hedgerows, and more.

Tyskarna har så gott som förlorat kriget. Överallt läcker fronterna som såll och ryssarna invaderar Berlin. Vasilij är en ung rysk soldat som tagit sig helskinnad genom hela kriget. Men nu när han på nära håll ser vad som hänt med tyskarna vet han inte hur han ska reagera. Är detta en seger? Eller har mänskligheten kommit farligt nära branten? Kommer vi någonsin kunna gå vidare efter detta? Krigets sista dagar är fasansfull, förnedrande och omänskliga. Och Vasilij börjar mer och mer oroa sig för att hålla sig vid liv.

Harry Clifton erfährt bei einem Besuch in New York, dass der mit ihm befreundete Schriftsteller Anatol Babakow in Sibirien gefangen gehalten wird. Harry will alles tun, um Babakow zu helfen - und bringt sich damit in tödliche Gefahr. Währenddessen schlägt für seine Frau Emma, die der Barrington Schifffahrtsgesellschaft vorsteht, die schwerste Stunde.

Left an orphan, five-year-old Rosie Harris is found and raised by Maria, a Romany gypsy. Life on the road is hard, but the little girl soon feels one of the tribe with the travelers. As she grows older, Rosie realises she has 'second sight' and is able to read people's palms and see into their futures. Needing to make a living of her own, she befriends the canal folk, known as the 'cut-rats' traversing the Black Country waterways with their cargo, and so offers readings to anyone who can pay. Pursued by Jake Harding, Rosie instead finds herself falling in love with a married man.

Losy duńskiego policjanta, angielskiego lotnika, dwunastoletniej Niemki oraz niemieckiego i rosyjskiego żołnierza splatają się ze sobą za sprawą pogmatwanych okoliczności II wojny światowej. Życiem każdego z nich rządzi przypadek, ale jednocześnie każdy dąży do tego samego celu: chce przetrwać.

Erleben Sie beinharte militärische Science-Fiction aus Deutschland! Tauchen Sie ein in eine packende Geschichte, die von einem alternativen Krieg erzählt. Autor Hermann Weinhauer, bekannt für seine nervenzerfetzenden Frontberichte, legt mit "Imperium Germanicum“ eine Alternativweltgeschichte der Extraklasse vor. Seine Serie vereint gekonnt die Genres Polit-Thriller und Kriegsroman, wenn Weinhauer die wohl spannendste aller Fragen beantwortet: Was wäre, wenn …?

Continua la saga di Martin Bora. Siamo nel 1944. Lasciata Roma diretto a Bolsena, Bora viene catapultato a Faracruci, un paesino dell'Abruzzo, per una missione segretissima e rischiosa. Si tratta di recuperare dei documenti brucianti. A complicare la situazione, si intromette il cadavere di un giovane sconosciuto, trovato una mattina nella piazza del paese. Fra thriller e spionaggio, uno dei romanzi più avvincenti della serie, sullo sfondo della guerra e della Resistenza abruzzese.

Harry Clifton erfährt bei einem Besuch in New York, dass der mit ihm befreundete Schriftsteller Anatol Babakow in Sibirien gefangen gehalten wird. Harry will alles tun, um Babakow zu helfen - und bringt sich damit in tödliche Gefahr. Währenddessen schlägt für seine Frau Emma, die der Barrington Schifffahrtsgesellschaft vorsteht, die schwerste Stunde.

With the war showing no sign of abating, Helen is thriving in her role as shipyard manager. But at home the return of her father brings a shocking discovery that tears her family apart. Gloria is shouldering the burden of a terrible secret. If the truth comes out there could be dire consequences, and it will take all her resolve to resist the pressure around her. Meanwhile Rosie is throwing herself into her work, taking on as many shifts as she can. Anything to keep her mind off the fact that she hasn’t heard from her sweetheart in months.