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A dazzling novel—set in early 1970's New York and rural India—the story of a turbulent, unlikely romance, a harrowing account of the lasting horrors of World War II, and a searing examination of one man's search for forgiveness and acceptance. “Looks deeply at the echoes and overlaps among...

“A heart-wrenching story of love, family, and spirituality.” —People Magazine From the New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased, an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the love story between two men in Puritan New England. Cana, Massachusetts: a utopian vision of 18th-century...

The bond between a mother and her child is the strongest in the natural world. So, why would a young woman, dreaming of America, throw her newborn baby into the waves of the wild Atlantic ocean? Life in the Scottish Hebrides can be harsh - 'The Edge of the World' some call it. For Kirsty MacLeod, the love of Murdo promises a new life away from the scrape of the land and the repression of the church. But the Great War looms, and Kirsty is overpowered and raped by an unknown assailant.

After narrowly escaping the Japanese-held Philippines, he is promoted to the destroyer USS Howell. His new assignment puts him in the middle of two epic naval engagements: the Battle of Cape Esperance and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. But his fight against the Imperial Japanese Navy is just the beginning. Todd learns that his lost love has joined the Philippine resistance on a nearby island. He sets off to find her...under the watchful eye of an enemy spy in the ranks.

The Second World War is raging across Europe. The Axis reign supreme from the United kingdom to Gibraltar, and all the way to Baghdad, while the Allied nations of the USA, Free France and the United Kingdom gather their strength for their counter-offensive. Germany and the Soviet Union, battling each other on the Eastern Front since the Red Army attacked the year before, are about to embark on the biggest war in human history.

The Sojourn is the story of Jozef Vinich, who was uprooted from a 19th-century mining town in Colorado by a family tragedy and returns with his father to an impoverished shepherd’s life in rural Austria-Hungary. When World War One comes, Jozef joins his adopted brother as a sharpshooter in the Kaiser’s army, surviving a perilous trek across the frozen Italian Alps and capture by a victorious enemy. A stirring tale of brotherhood, coming-of-age, and survival, this novel evokes a time when Czechs, Slovaks, Austrians, and Germans fought on the same side while divided by language, ethnicity, and social class.

La ficción histórica es un género literario en el que la trama se desenvuelve en un entorno ubicado en el pasado, así que volvamos a una época en la que terminó Californio e inició California. Escucha historias perdidas de vaqueros desesperados que tuvieron que huir para poder sobrevivir. Esta novela se basa en historias reales de amor y tragedia, hermandad y familia. Estos hombres fueron tildados de bandidos y criminales por el nuevo gobierno bajo el cual repentinamente tuvieron que vivir.

In this "riveting, heartfelt" novel of love and consequences (Heather Morris, New York Times bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz), a woman dreams of becoming a doctor until World War II leads her instead into an astonishing love—and a fateful choice. Is it possible to fall in...

The $3 time machine strikes again in this second installment in the imaginative novel series perfect for fans who love funny, unexpected adventures and wacky plot twists from best-selling author Dustin Brady. Legend says that an eccentric millionaire hid a treasure somewhere inside the legendary...

A family is torn apart by fierce belief and private longing in this unprecedented journey deep inside the most insular Hasidic sect, the Satmar. In 1939, five-year-old Josef witnesses the murder of his family by the Romanian Iron Guard. He is taken in by a Gentile maid, who raises him as her own...

Alternating between nineteenth-century Europe and present-day New England, this tale follows the great British painter J. M. W. Turner - and his scene of artists, intellectuals, and lovers - and Henry, a middle-aged family man whose otherwise mundane existence is disrupted by the discovery of The Center of the World, Turner’s controversial painting of Helen of Troy that had been thought lost forever.

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In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines. Among the group is eighteen-year-old Anna...

An Irish Easter uprising lays waste to Dublin and fractures a British Empire struggling to supply men and arms to defeat Germany. In Dublin’s ruins, the affluent Carmody family is not only forced to confront the rebellion’s devastating effects on its personal lives, but also the terrible secrets and lies uncovered in the midst of grief. Jenny, self-entitled and strong-willed, sees her wedding plans and grand ambitions disintegrate. She faces a dismal life in one of London’s munitions factories - until a cataclysmic event changes her life and perception of love forever.

元末是个战乱的年代，老百姓流离失所，过着衣不蔽体的日子。这时一个放牛郎担起了拯救苍生的大任，他就是后来的明朝开国皇帝朱元璋……元末是個戰亂的年代，老百姓流離失所，過著衣不蔽體的日子。這時一個放牛郎擔起了拯救蒼生的大任，他就是後來的明朝開國皇帝朱元璋……

Alan, Sam, Alice and Aurora continue to attack German forces who are taking part in Operation Thor: the invasion of Scotland. The Partisans discover that the Fascist Government has begun a program to exterminate all disabled orphan children and that an SS Death Squad is coming to Britain with a secret list of targets to eliminate. The Resistance plan—to sabotage Operation Sea lion anniversary celebrations.

Sam, Alan, Alice and Aurora continue to fight against the German forces occupying England. The guerrillas sabotage SS plans to build a concentration camp and also prepare for L-Day: the Allied liberation of the Occupied South. The partisans take steps to deal with a traitor amongst their ranks.

In this sequel to Young Lions, three British teenagers—Alan, Sam and Alice—continue to valiantly resist the Nazis and the British Fascists. A Spanish Civil War vendetta spills blood onto the streets of Hereward. Alan and Sam discover that Paul Mason has survived the St. George's Day Massacre. The Resistance attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler and Alice is kidnapped by the S.S. Alan joins the Blackshirts and tries to sabotage the German invasion of Scotland.

Alan, Sam, Alice and Aurora operate behind enemy lines on L-Day: the Allied liberation of the Occupied South. The partisans suffer grievous losses linking up with friendly forces. Hitler mercilessly crushes an SS coup. The Brotherhood of the Purifying Flame takes advantage of the chaos to pursue its Holy Mission.

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.