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Inspired by a near-mythic event on the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the 20th century, Shadow Country re-imagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives himself relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son.

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of The Children of Húrin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the...

The final installment in The Red Cross Orphans series from the Globe & Mail bestselling author! When the war is over, what will remain? With six hard years of war behind her, former nurse Kitty McCarthy should be facing a bright future. But her husband Michael shatters her peace in an instant...

Dramatisations of Thomas Mann’s three bestselling novels One of Germany’s greatest and most revered writers, Thomas Mann won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1929. A vocal critic of Nazism, he had to leave his homeland when Hitler came to power, and lived in exile in Europe and America for...

Life in Alpha World has been a blessing for Alburet, more then he had ever thought it could be, and still more then he thinks he deserves at times. With allies and friends all around him, and the love of three beautiful, unique women, he knows that this might be the best life has to offer. But all of life has complications, and his are many and varied. A quest from the Overlord requires he level as quickly as he can for the "End Game", or risk losing all the happiness he has found.

The Path to Peace brought them to the gates of the old city. Now Alburet and his friends will need to find their way into the vaults under the city. They will need to bypass the undead and the cultists that roam the city to even find those tunnels, and that’s only the start of the troubles they will face. Traitors to Stormguard are uncovered, and the King will have to be told. That can only happen after they deal with the two quests that have brought them this far.

For as long as Alice Carmichael can remember, the only thing she’s been able to count on is the written word. The war may have taken everything from her, but the stories she cherishes provide solace and escape into a world that is more hopeful than 1942 England. So when Alice finds herself at the mercy and kindness of strangers, miles from everything she’s ever known, it’s little surprise that books become her purpose. Now, Alice must channel the courage of her favourite heroines to risk everything for her country.

As the Second World War rages on, nurse Kitty Pattison’s life takes a nomadic turn as her work with the Red Cross sees her traversing the country, moving from post to post. With her best friends Jo and Trixie also scattered across the UK, and her soldier sweetheart Michael off on the continent undertaking medical missions he can’t discuss, the war takes its toll and long days are followed by sleepless nights interrupted only by nightmares of what she’s seen on the wards.

The story moves back and forth in time from the arrival of Thea from her isolated village in arctic Norway in search of a new life in the near wilderness of a small town and logging camp on the shore of Lake Superior to the travails of her orphaned son, Odd, some twenty years later. When Thea’s aunt and uncle do not meet her boat as planned, she’s initially left abandoned with no money or prospects and without speaking the language.

Beth Kerr is the daughter of the boatman in the small village of Kintoul. Her mother died at an early age, after an unhappy marriage that caused her family to cast her aside. As the years pass, Beth grows into a beautiful young woman, watched over by the quiet Peter West. The owner of Kintoul House, Peter is a lonely man with a weak heart and few family members and friends. They both struggle with their feelings for one another, before being forced to embark on marriages decided upon by their families.

Seit Generationen leben die Isings im Wolfsburger Land, fernab der Welt und doch mitten in Deutschland. Aber alles verändert sich für die Familie, als auf Hitlers Befehl eine gigantische Automobilfabrik entstehen soll, um den "Volkswagen" zu bauen. Kinderärztin Charly und Filmproduzentin Edda, Autoingenieur Georg und Parteigänger Horst - sie alle müssen sich entscheiden: Mache ich mit? Beuge ich mich? Oder widersetze ich mich? Mut, Verzweiflung, Verrat und Liebe im Zeichen des Naziregimes: Klug und wahrhaftig beschreibt Bestsellerautor Peter Prange hier Menschen, die sich in schweren Zeiten bewähren müssen.

Newly born Judith is found in by eccentric Squire Gauntry in the chilled sombre ruin of a house on a bitter winter's night, her parents having died at her birth. With such a tenuous start, the child grows up to have an intense lust for life and curiosity for every new experience. She is the natural heir to both her parents' temperaments. With the wilfulness of her mother and the stubbornness of her father, she is redeemed by a compulsion to tell the truth and a willingness to help anyone she loves in time of trouble or distress.

Die große Familiengeschichte in Zeiten der Bewährung. Groß war die Hoffnung im Wolfsburger Land, als auf Hitlers Befehl das Volkswagen-Werk aus dem Boden gestampft wurde. Aber nun bricht der Krieg aus, und die Welt der Familie Ising verwandelt sich von Grund auf. So unterschiedlich die Geschwister Ising sind - Parteibonze Horst, Filmproduzentin Edda, VW-Testfahrer Georg und Ärztin Charly, deren große Liebe Benny in den Wirren von Krieg und Zerstörung verschollen scheint - ein jeder muss sich zu erkennen geben, im Guten wie im Bösen.

One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for Fiction, another bestselling masterwork from the celebrated author of Swing Time and White Teeth "Thoroughly original . . . A novel that is as affecting as it is entertaining, as provocative as...

Keep her secret Keep her safe On the 14th November 1940, Hitler’s bombs rain down on Coventry. From the rubble of a bombed-out family home, a young girl is saved… This is a stunning and memorable page-turner of love, loss and resilience for fans of The Secret Wife by Gill Paul As the...

Die große Familiengeschichte in Zeiten der Bewährung Groß war die Hoffnung im Wolfsburger Land, als auf Hitlers Befehl das Volkswagen-Werk aus dem Boden gestampft wurde. Aber nun bricht der Krieg aus, und die Welt der Familie Ising verwandelt sich von Grund auf. So unterschiedlich die Geschwister Ising sind - Parteibonze Horst, Filmproduzentin Edda, VW-Testfahrer Georg und Ärztin Charly, deren große Liebe Benny in den Wirren von Krieg und Zerstörung verschollen scheint - ein jeder muss sich zu erkennen geben, im Guten wie im Bösen.

Der Traum von Liebe und Freiheit im Zeichen von Propaganda und Hass. 1925: Berlin ist die flirrende Metropole Europas. Nach dem Chaos von Straßenkämpfen und Inflation gibt es nur noch eine Richtung: aufwärts! Auch für Rahel und Tino brechen goldene Zeiten an. Während sie zum neuen Star der Ufa ausgerufen wird, treibt er den kometenhaften Aufstieg der Filmfabrik voran. Aber dunkle Wolken ziehen auf, Nazis marschieren durch die Straßen, und unversehens wird Rahels und Tinos Liebe auf eine Probe gestellt, die stärker zu sein droht als sie.

A deadly family curse holds two families in its powerful grip. Captain Patrick Duffy's passions are inflamed by the mysterious Irishwoman Catherine Fitzgerald, further pitting him against his father, Michael Duffy, and his adoring but scheming grandmother, Lady Enid Macintosh.

When Major Patrick Duffy's beautiful wife, Catherine, leaves him for another, he is propelled out of the Sydney Macintosh home and into yet another bloody war. However the battlefields of Africa, fighting the Boers, bring him in contact with one he thought long dead and lost to him. Back in Australia, the mysterious Michael O'Flynn mentors Patrick's youngest son, Alex, and takes him on a journey to the Queensland property, Glen View. But will the terrible curse that has inextricably linked the Duffys and Macintoshes for generations ensure that no true happiness can ever come to them?

London, 1907: Die junge Adlige Victoria lebt allein mit dem Butler ihres verstorbenen Vaters. Sie halten sich über Wasser, indem Victoria als Fotografin und Hopkins bei einer Zeitung arbeitet. Als auf einem Ball hässliche Andeutungen über ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis laut werden, kommt es zum Eklat - und Victoria gerät gar unter Mordverdacht.