Showing titles in World War II & Holocaust

A gripping tale of moral courage in the shadow of victory—where the end of war begins history’s most perilous reckoning. With Hitler's suicide marking the end of the Third Reich and chaos consuming a shattered Germany, Captain Edward Hume continues to lead his bomb disposal squad—The...

An elegiac novel of war and peace, of fathers and sons, of fading memory and the terror of what cannot be forgotten, Soldiers & Sailors follows the tortured career of Dr. Hal Adams. Pursued by a past he cannot bring himself to remember, Hal returns to his decaying Midwestern birthplace, where he...

Inspired by the true story of a secret mission taken during World War II, Gunner is the atmospheric, exciting start of a suspenseful new thriller series. March 1941. Joseph Gunner is back on the streets of Glasgow after being wounded on the front lines in France. Keeping the pain in his leg at...

Two women from different generations connect over their shared need to recover from trauma as they attempt to heal and begin their lives anew, from the bestselling author of The Dressmaker's Gift and The Beekeeper's Promise.“Sisters of the Midnight Sun takes us to extraordinary places, while...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE AND DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? Four people's lives intertwine and collide in this early novel from one of the SF greats San Francisco in the 1950s, a turning point in American culture: the rise of rock and roll and the teenage...

Acclaimed novelist and playwright Yasmina Reza masterfully portrays the messiness of family, where affection and resentment intertwine and the weight of a shared past looms large. When adult siblings Serge, Jean, and Nana embark on an unexpected road trip, they take along one daughter and more...

In the final months of World War II, a clandestine group known as The Choir smuggles thousands of escapees out of Nazi-occupied Rome via a secret route known as the Rome Escape Line. When an unidentified airman falls from the sky, The Choir is plunged into lethal danger, and the survival of the...

Munich, 1935. The Bavarian capital is a magnet for young aristocratic Britons who come to learn German, swim in the lakes and drink beer in the cellars. What they don't seeor choose to ignoreis the brutal underbelly of the Nazi movement, which considers Munich its spiritual home. When a...

An uplifting and inspiring novel based on the true story of a librarian who created an underground shelter during World War II, perfect for readers of The Paris Library or The Last Bookshop in London. London, 1944: Clara Button is no ordinary librarian. While war ravages the city above her...

From the New York Times bestselling editor of Combat, Victory: Volume Five includes Hangar Rat by Dean Ing and Eyes of the Cat by James Cobb. A stirring tribute to the Greatest Generation of Americans, Victory brings together the finest military fiction writers in the world with short novels of...

Victory: Volume One Foreword by Stephen Coonts The Sea Witch by Stephen Coonts Wolf Flight by Jim DeFelice From The New York Times bestselling editor of Combat A stirring tribute to the Greatest Generation of Americans, Victory brings together the finest military fiction writers in the world...

From the New York Times bestselling editor of Combat, Victory: Volume Four includes Blood Bond by Harold Robbins and Flame at Tawara by Barrett Tillman. A stirring tribute to the Greatest Generation of Americans, Victory brings together the finest military fiction writers in the world with short...

Victory: Volume Two Foreword by Stephen Coonts Honor by Ralph Peters V5 by David Hagberg From The New York Times bestselling editor of Combat A stirring tribute to the Greatest Generation of Americans, Victory brings together the finest military fiction writers in the world with short novels of...

WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE A letter from a German soldier to his grandson recounts the terrors of war on the Eastern Front, and a postwar ordinary life in search of atonement, in this “raw, visceral, and propulsive” novel (New York Times Book Review). A New York Times Book...

Astrid Hekne has inherited the fighting spirit and hypersensitivity of her grandmother, who was a protector of the mythic Sister Bells that had once hung in the village's centuries-old stave church. The once-traitorous priest Kai Schweigaard, now in his eighties, is wondering how his death, prophesied in a centuries-old tapestry, will come to pass. He delves into the myths about the Night of the Scourge, which, according to old village beliefs, is when the known world will fall and the Earth will be scraped down to bare rock. Then Norway is occupied by the Nazis. 

Deutschland 1945, der Krieg hat viele Träume zerstört. Auch die von drei Freundinnen in Tübingen: Helene will Ärztin werden, Charlotte hatte von einer Karriere als Schauspielerin geträumt, und Eleonore will einfach an der Seite eines geliebten Mannes ein gutes Leben führen. Als Charlotte merkt, dass sie von dem marokkanischen Besatzungssoldaten Amir schwanger ist, steht sie vor einer schwierigen Entscheidung. Ihre Freundin Eleonore hat dasselbe Problem. Der Roman erzählt kenntnisreich eine Geschichte von Aufbruch, Verleugnung und Enttäuschung. Aber auch von Hoffnung und Zuversicht.

Bari, 1938. Mentre l'ombra delle leggi razziali inizia ad allungarsi sull'Italia, un delitto scuote la quiete apparente di un elegante palazzo del centro. In questo scenario di ordine imposto si incrociano i destini di due uomini: Nino Grimaldi, stimato pediatra e figlio di un influente gerarca fascista, e Gianni Ancona, un commerciante che tenta disperatamente di proteggere la propria famiglia dalla persecuzione.

Tartu, augusti 1944. Röda armén närmar sig, och urmakaren Rein Aule får en varning som förändrar allt: hans namn har kommit upp i Berlin. Under kriget förbättrade han en tysk chiffermaskin — ett arbete han aldrig berättat om, inte ens för sin hustru. Nu är han inte längre en...

Den svenske diplomaten Harald Edelstam, med täcknamn Svarta nejlikan, anländer till Oslo 1942, mitt i deporteringen av de norska judarna till förintelseläger. Edelstam blir snabbt involverad i det smutsiga kriget mellan Gestapo och en spretig motståndsrörelse. Snaran dras åt runt den...

I Ödesnatten -44 möter läsaren 16-årige Erik från den Augustnominerade Land i lågor, 1992. Han har blivit antagen som volontär vid I 19 i Boden när en konvoj dyker upp på den finska sidan och Erik dras in i de dramatiska händelserna hösten 1944 vid den svensk-finska gränsen. Finska...