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In 1914 Paul Bumer and his classmates are marched to the local recruiting office by a sentimentally patriotic form-master. On a calm October day in 1918, only a few weeks before the Armistice, Paul will be the last of them to be killed.Here, he tells their story. A few years after publication, the Nazis would denounce and publicly burn Remarque's novel for insulting the heroic German army - in other words, for 'telling it like it was' for the common soldier on the front line where any notions of glory and national destiny were soon blasted away by the dehumanizing horror of modern warfare.

After four grueling years, the Great War has finally ended. Now Ernst and the few men left from his company cannot help wondering what will become of them. The town they departed as eager young men seems colder, their homes smaller, the reasons their comrades had to die even more inexplicable. For Ernst and his friends, the road back to peace is more treacherous than they ever imagined. Suffering food shortages, political unrest, and a broken heart, Ernst undergoes a crisis that teaches him what there is to live for - and what he has that no one can ever take away.

La vida de Eva Bruhn gira en torno a La casa alemana, el restaurante tradicional que regentan sus padres y en el que la familia comparte las pequeñas cosas del día a día: desde los entresijos de su trabajo en una agencia de traducción hasta el anhelo de que su novio se decida por fin a pedirle su mano a su padre.

1942, Warsaw. Young Zofia finds herself leading a double life when she is enlisted to help the fearless Irena Sendler save hundreds of Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto. Every night, Zofia risks her life to shepherd the children to safety. But when the worst happens, she is forced to make her riskiest journey yet to keep Irena’s mission alive.

Der junge Soldat Ernst Graeber erhält unerwartet Fronturlaub. Es zieht ihn nach Hause, doch in der stark zerstörten Heimatstadt findet er keine vertrauten Menschen vor – seine Familie ist evakuiert worden. Stattdessen trifft er auf Elisabeth, deren Vater durch Denunziation im Konzentrationslager ist, und verliebt sich … Remarque beschwört eine zarte Liebesgeschichte herauf vor dem Hintergrund der letzten Tage des Dritten Reiches. Und er rührt an einem Mythos der Nachkriegsjahre: dem Frontkämpfer.

A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of deceased loved ones. Though ambivalent about his job, he suspects there's more to life than earning a living off other people's misfortunes. A self-professed poet, Ludwig soon senses a growing change in his fatherland, a brutality brought upon it by inflation.

La guerra, iniciada por los dioses, ya afecta a gran parte del Cosmos. Mientras las traiciones y alianzas se siguen desarrollando detrás del combate, las batallas espaciales desangran la población. Y en medio del conflicto, los compañeros de Raleluköides continúan la búsqueda de las memorias de su dios protector, la solución para detener lucha.

Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano.

La tetralogía Raleluköides muestra una guerra cósmica que afecta a humanos, dioses, seres de otras dimensiones y otros entes espaciales...

After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents nowhere in sight. Nobody knows if they are dead or alive. As his leave draws to a close, Graeber reaches out to Elisabeth, a childhood friend.

Después de años de encierro planetario, los dioses han escapado de su cárcel y, con su huida, una nueva guerra amenaza el Cosmos. Esta emocionante novela de ciencia ficción espacial nos traslada a la vida de varios personajes, cada uno con sus objetivos y sus deseos, cuyas acciones se verán afectadas por los hilos del destino. La acción trepidante de la novela llevará a sus personajes a vivir persecuciones, batallas espaciales, criaturas extrañas y una guerra en ciernes que cambiará el Cosmos entero.

Ein deutsches KZ in der Schlussphase des Krieges. Nur ein Funke Leben trennt die Insassen noch vom Tod. Doch mit den näher rückenden Alliierten keimt in den letzten Überlebenden wieder Hoffnung auf. Dieser Bericht aus einer grauenhaften Wirklichkeit ist eines der erschütterndsten, eindrücklichsten Werke Remarques.

1949. La guerra ha terminado. Hamburgo queda reducida a escombros y muchos se encuentran sin un hogar al que regresar. Como Henny, quien no ha podido olvidar la mirada de su amiga Kathe en ese tranvía... Lina, por su parte, ha abierto una librería, Ida está decepcionada por su relación con Tian, a pesar de todo lo vivido. Los años pasan, los hijos de las protagonistas crecen y ellos también tienen historias que contar.

Experience the definitive collection of war's enduring impact, brought to life by the commanding voice of Mike Vendetti.

Gertrud, Emilie und Hans, die Kinder von Helene, sowie Paul und Aumoe, die Kinder von Martha, erleben den Krieg auf ganz unterschiedliche Weise und müssen sich neuen Herausforderungen stellen. Die dramatischen Ereignisse des Krieges zwingen die junge Generation, neue Wege zu gehen.

A harrowing tale of camaraderie, loss, and the dehumanizing brutality of war, All Quiet on the Western Front follows young German soldier Paul Bäumer as he endures the horrors of World War I. Erich Maria Remarque's timeless masterpiece exposes the devastating impact of conflict on the human soul.

Animati dall’orgoglio per il proprio paese, incalzati dal professor Kanterok e persino dai genitori (anch’essi darebbero loro dei vigliacchi se non lo facessero), Paul Bäumer e molti dei suoi compagni partono volontari per il fronte. Qui però la terra ribolle sotto l’esplodere delle bombarde, sprizzano fontane di fango e di ferro, volano schegge di granate e le pance dei cadaveri si gonfiano. Meyer, Marx, Hämmerling e Kemmerich sono morti, Haie Westhus sta morendo, Martens non ha più le gambe.

November 1918: endlich Frieden. Ein paar junge deutsche Frontsoldaten treten den Rückzug in die Heimat an. In Deutschland tobt die Revolution, von der Begeisterung, mit der man sie vor Jahren in den Kampf fürs Vaterland schickte, ist nichts geblieben. Stattdessen werden sie mit Gleichgültigkeit oder offener Verachtung konfrontiert. Sie fühlen sich fremd und überflüssig, suchen verzweifelt nach Sinn: "Unsere Ideale sind bankrott, unsere Träume kaputt." Geblieben ist nur die Kameradschaft, aber selbst die bröckelt nach und nach.

Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is a haunting and unflinching portrayal of the harrowing realities of war. Through the eyes of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier on the front lines of World War I, Remarque captures the devastating physical and psychological toll of combat on individuals and their humanity.

"This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will simply try to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war." Prologue to All Quiet on the Western Front.

The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love and brings into the group a young woman who will become a comrade as well, as they are all tested in ways they can have never imagined.

Appena vieni a sapere chi ha potuto fare del male ad Ariane, o chi la conosceva meglio degli altri, appena hai un nome... devi dirmelo. Hai la mia parola di ex prigioniero: ti aiuterò a evadere. È il 1945, è quasi estate, quasi tempo di pace. La Francia del sud è stata liberata ma le ferite della guerra sono ancora aperte e il terreno è pieno di insidie: sotto la sabbia della Costa Azzurra, milioni di mine inesplose intrappolano la riviera.