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“All Quiet on the Western Front” is one of the most powerful anti-war novels ever written—a timeless classic that strips away the myths of glory and honor to reveal the brutal, dehumanizing truth of warfare. Told through the eyes of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier on the front lines of World War I, this harrowing narrative plunges listeners into the mud-soaked trenches, the constant threat of death, and the emotional numbness born of unspeakable loss.

Hamburg, 1913: Als Hedda ihre Stelle als Obergärtnerin bei der jüdischen Bankiersfamilie Clarenburg antritt, hat sie es nicht leicht. Auf dem parkähnlichen Anwesen oberhalb der Elbe ist sie die erste Frau auf diesem Posten und wird von den ausschließlich männlichen Kollegen entsprechend kritisch beäugt. Auch körperlich wird ihr viel abverlangt, denn das Anwesen über der Elbe ist riesig, und der Erste Weltkrieg fordert ihr gärtnerisches Können noch einmal besonders heraus.

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.

Cerdeña, 1917. Mallena no nació en Norolani, pero el pueblo la siente como suya. Llegó dieciséis años atrás junto a Jubanne, quien la desposó para protegerla de un destino oscuro. En Norolani ha sido la comadrona que asiste cada parto, sin cobrar, sin juzgar. Todo cambia cuando su esposo regresa herido del frente. Desde el continente llega Angelica Ferrari, joven, instruida y decidida, que ha desafiado a su familia y las normas sociales. Pero en Norolani, su título no vale nada: sigue siendo una forastera. Deberían enfrentarse, pero el verdadero enemigo está en otro lado.

History offers few records of war as vivid, haunting, and evocative as Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. As enthralling to twenty-first century audiences as it was to those who first encountered the book in 1928, Remarque’s landmark tells the story of a young German volunteer who, with his comrades, moves from idealism to fatalism witnessing the horrors of mass killing and the intimate deaths of friends or the disfiguring survival of young men languishing in field hospitals.

Una novela inolvidable que removerá tu corazón Madrid, principios del siglo XX. Paola es apenas una muchacha cuando, cansada de ser una carga para su familia, decide mudarse a la capital con una maleta repleta de sueños anhelando experimentar la vida lejos de su pequeño pueblo. Allí espera encontrar lujos, romance y sofisticación, pero pronto comprenderá que la realidad es mucho más cruda de lo que había imaginado.

Лето 1914-го. Уже разыгрались события, которые приведут к Первой мировой войне. Премьер-министр Британии Герберт Асквит выбивается из сил, пытаясь предотвратить ее; он понимает, что иначе его страна неизбежно окажется втянута в бойню. Единственная отдушина для стареющего политика — редкие встречи и интенсивная переписка с тайной возлюбленной, молодой аристократкой, близкой к богемным кругам. А в стране уже началась шпиономания. Бдительные граждане находят в разных местах смятые листки с секретными дипломатическими сообщениями.

July 4, 1918, Nashville, Tennessee. Even as the war in Germany drones on, patriotism swells at home. There are celebrations, music, and dancing. But for five men—one train engineer, one porter, one salesman, one farmer, and one thief—the world will soon take a terrible and tragic turn.

Desmond never did have much luck with women – except in getting them through their driving tests. Now a coach driver, he is at the most crucial crossroads of his life. His wife has thrown him out. The crisis serves only to deepen his despair over another failed liaison – until he elects to steer his coach on a spectacularly reckless quest for the son he has never seen.

Living immerses us in the daily lives of a group of ordinary people working in a post-WWI iron factory. Through fragmented perspectives, Green captures the beauty and chaos of everyday existence—love, loss, and the fleeting moments of joy amidst routine. As the characters navigate their lives, the line between their inner worlds and external realities blurs, revealing the quiet yet profound battles that define the human experience.

Георгий Венус, – потомок переселившихся в Россию в XVIII веке немцев-литейщиков встретил Первую мировую войну в чине прапорщика. Был дважды ранен, награжден Георгиевским крестом. Уже тогда армейская действительность заставила его на многое посмотреть другими глазами. Романтический пьедестал, на котором строились юношеские идеалы, пошатнулся. Позже Георгий Венус вступил в ряды Добровольческой армии и был направлен в Дроздовский добровольческий офицерский полк. При Деникине, а позже при Врангеле «дроздовцы» воевали на самых ответственных участках фронта и прославились своей жестокостью.

1918: Freddie was destined for a different life, determined to make his fortune in the plantations of Ceylon. But just as the great war comes to an end, the eldest brother and heir to Coombe Hall, Edward, doesn’t return. Torn between duty and freedom, Freddie must now sacrifice his own dreams to keep the estate – and the future of Coombe – alive. And now he must now marry for an heir, not for love. But the turmoil of war didn’t end on the battlefield; the country faces upheavals like never before.

Automne 1921, Grenoble. Rose Espit a quitté son village et son atelier de broderie pour endosser la responsabilité du service Création de la luxueuse ganterie Cottin, mondialement connue. Confrontée à l’animosité de certains employés hostiles à sa promotion, Rose travaille d’arrache-pied pour comprendre le fonctionnement de la manufacture et dessiner la nouvelle collection.

In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham. Anne works for the enigmatic owner Mr Jack. She is highly efficient and whips Mr Jack's disorganised office - and Mr Jack himself - into shape. However, behind her business-like façade, Anne hides a heart-breaking secret. Elsie is feisty, fun and enjoys a good time. However, her gadabout ways get her into trouble when she falls for the wrong man in the sugar-boiling room. And there's dependable Hetty, who's set to marry her boyfriend when he returns from the war.

On the eve of a world war, a forbidden love will blossom in the garden of a stately home, where one young woman will make a choice that will change her life forever. As the storm clouds of war gather, Cordelia seeks refuge in the grounds of her family estate. Handsome landscaper Isaac has recently arrived to tend to the gardens, and the connection between him and Cordelia is as immediate as it is forbidden. Isaac begins to secretly teach her how to cultivate the gardens, so when he and all the young men are called away to war, Cordelia takes over.

Historische fictie voor de lezers van Corina Bomann, Marie Lamballe en Marie Lacrosse Berlijn, 1923. De Berlijnse verloskundige Hulda Gold wordt opgeroepen om te helpen bij een bevalling. Hoewel het Joodse gezin volgens zijn eigen strikte regels leeft, wint Hulda het vertrouwen van de jonge moeder. Als de pasgeborene na een paar dagen op mysterieuze wijze verdwijnt, raakt ze dan ook betrokken bij de zoektocht. Hoe kan een pasgeboren baby verdwijnen in deze hechte gemeenschap?

In the heart of the US capital, Dinah Kendall's role for the Office of Strategic Services isn't the thrilling espionage career she dreamed of. Instead, she spends her days crafting rumors aimed at undermining Axis morale. As Dinah navigates her duties, she uncovers a startling revelation: Her mother, Lillian, was once a codebreaker, cracking military ciphers during the Great War alongside some of the nation's most brilliant minds. The deeper Dinah dives into her mother's past, the more secrets come to light—including the heavy cost of high-stakes codebreaking.

From a bestselling Australian author comes a gripping novel of espionage, passion and sacrifice set in the Middle East during World War I. Based on an astonishing true story, it asks what are you willing to die for? For readers of Geraldine Brooks, Heather Morris and Alli Parker. During a train...

In the summer of 1914 a boy vanishes, never to be seen again. Now, in 1920, the once esteemed Stilwell family of Darkacre Hall find themselves struggling with the legacy of the First World War. Leonard bears the physical scars, while his brother Maurice has endured more than his mind can take. Maurice’s wife Ida yearns for the lost days of privilege and pleasure and family friend Victor seems unwilling to move on. But their lives are thrown into further disarray when the missing boy’s case is reopened – and this time they themselves are under police scrutiny.

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