World War Saga

Gira la voce che verremo trasferiti a Varsavia. Heide, che è sempre ben informato, dice che là è un inferno. Si parla di ritirata tedesca sul fronte orientale. Sono atterrati migliaia di paracadutisti britannici e i boschi sputano soldati polacchi a frotte. Ma l'esercito clandestino polacco è condannato a morte. Non solo dal Reichsführer Himmler a Berlino, ma anche dal Maresciallo Stalin. I patrioti polacchi implorano invano l'aiuto dell'Esercito Rosso. Ma è già deciso che saranno i comunisti polacchi a prendere il potere.

Nei Balcani echeggiano le sanguinose battaglie dei partigiani. Una pioggia di granate cade sulla strada. Dai tetti sparano colpi di mitraglia sul battaglione di cacciatori. I soldati strisciano tra i gemiti, in cerca di riparo. Bottiglie molotov esplodono fragorosamente e il liquido infuocato si rovescia su uomini e materiali. "Partigiani" balbetta il comandante terrorizzato, saltando fuori dal mezzo. Porta saluta e sorride facendo lo scemo. "Comunico al Signor Comandante che ci stanno preparando la festa!"

Dr. Walter Humphrey, a man of mixed race, must keep the dangerous secret of passing for white to survive. Alongside his lifelong companion Leatha, and a young woman named Betsy, they form an unconventional household, where they raise their brilliant daughter, Hannah. But it is Hannah whose story will capture your heart. Her journey as a surgeon leads her from the segregated South to the front lines of war-torn London. She must confront the complex legacy of identity and the powerful emotions that come with it.

En bro för mycket handlar om de allierades förtvivlade kamp om bron vid Arnhem i Holland i september 1944. De allierade skulle bakom de tyska linjerna i en gigantisk operation luftlandsätta 35 000 man. Hur planen misslyckas berättas om i denna spännande och mycket väldokumenterade bok. Cornelius Ryan var krigsreporter åt flera Londontidningar och tillhörde en av de skickligaste i sin generation. Boken läses av Claes Elfsberg som under många år hanterat nyheter i TV och som här lånar sin röst åt historien. ...

Alors que les Alliés et les nazis se livrent une lutte incessante, une pluie de missiles supersoniques V2 s'abat sur Londres, où s'accumulent les corps sans vie d'innocents. Pourtant, en plein territoire allemand, un projet destiné à mettre brutalement fin à la guerre, et à renverser la défaite certaine des nazis en une victoire totale, inquiète d'avantage Madeleine Toche, la terreur absolue des nazis, et Berthold Hartmann, l'assassin allemand qui lui a appris à tuer. Ce projet n'est autre que la bombe atomique.

I foråret 1943 sidder den unge franske filosof Simone Weil på et kontor i London og arbejder på en rapport for De Gaulles franske eksilregering. Sammen med sine forældre er hun året forinden flygtet til New York på grund af nazisternes jødeforfølgelser, men der kunne hun umuligt blive. Hun er – mener hun selv – nødt til at tage del i al den lidelse som Anden Verdenskrig afstedkommer i Europa. Hun vil fysisk ind i kampen mod nazismen.

Annoschka är omkring nio år och sitter på en liten trälåda utanför mormors staket. Ännu har hon ingen aning om att det brutala kriget snart ska tvinga henne bort från allt hon känner till och håller kärt. Men kriget kommer och vardagen förändras drastiskt. Orubbligt börjar Annoschkas lilla familj att kämpa mot svårigheter och nöd när våldet närmar sig, och tillsammans flyr de ifrån det krigsdrabbade Sovjet. Genom graniten är den första boken i Ania Monahofs självbiografiska trilogi om hennes familjs flykt genom Andra Världskrigets Europa.

Against the chaotic backdrop of World War II, Grace Murphy is working as a midwife in Doncaster Royal Infirmary with her two friends, Clodagh and Patsy. In between delivering babies and tending wounded airmen, the girls endure bombing raids, rationing and the hardships and heartbreak that war brings. But in the faces of the new babies she welcomes to the world, Grace always looks for hope, as she dreams of a time when the war will end.

German armies once more march across Europe, and one small Welsh village is changed forever. Carrie has escaped the suffocating, unhealthy love of her brother. With her innate kindness and strength, she begins her new life in midwifery. But the shadows of war rise. She is sent first to Birmingham and then to London during the Blitz. Carrie is no stranger to tragedy, but her courage and self-sacrifice bond her tightly to new friends and old, helping to keep her safe in uncertain times. Love, laughter, and friendship abound, making her a force to be reckoned with and admired.

It’s spring 1919, and the Great War has ended. New life flourishes on the red cliffs of the Northern Isles of Scotland—sea pinks and primrose, puffins and guillemots. But this windswept corner of the world harbors a dark secret. Rose Van Etten has always reveled in danger and defiance. When the war started, she went from racing cars to driving ambulances and learned of an insidious spy ring from a dying soldier. Now that the war is over, she ventures to Scotland in search of the truth.

Ein fesselnder Roman über Mut, Opferbereitschaft und die Kraft der Familie in dunkelsten Zeiten, von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Ellin Carsta Bernried am Starnberger See, 1942: Die Familien von Falkenbach und Lehmann haben sich daran gewöhnt, dass ihre Telefonate abgehört werden. Doch nun erreicht dieses Gefühl, bespitzelt zu werden, eine neue Dimension. Gibt es jemanden in der Familie, der Informationen an die Nazis weitergibt? Wilhelmine von Falkenbach ist im Zentrum des Widerstands und riskiert alles, um die Wahrheit zu verbreiten.

1939: On the eve of war, young English heiress Grace Grey travels from London to the wilderness of Tasmania. Coaxed out of her shell by the attentions of her Irish neighbour, Daniel - Grace finally learns to live. 1975: Artist Willow Hawkins, and her new husband, Ben, can't believe their luck when an anonymous benefactor leaves them a house on the remote Tasmanian coast. 2004: Libby Andrews has always been sheltered from the truth behind her father Ben's death.

Germany 1937: Fear and betrayal stalk the streets. People disappear. Persecution of the Jews has become a national pastime. When Ruth Friedman's husband is arrested by the SS, she is left to fend for herself and her four children. She alone stands as their shield against the Nazis. But where can she go? Where will her family be safe? Ruth must overcome the indifference, hatred, and cruelty that surrounds her as she and her family race to escape the advancing Nazi army's final solution.

Audrey Pearson's life changed dramatically when WWII broke out and her large home, Twelve Pines on the East Yorkshire coast, became a convalescence home for wounded soldiers. Her life is no longer lavish, with entertainment and beautiful clothes and surrounded by a loving family. Soldiers, physically and mentally wounded, now fill her home. The smell of disinfectant replaces her mother's perfume, and gone are the friends and acquaintances - instead nurses roam the hallways.

1946, Liverpool. Bella Harrison cannot believe the devastating war that stole the lives of her father and sister is truly over at last. She wonders how they will ever rebuild Victory Street with the city in ruins, and half their neighbors gone. But for now, she and her childhood sweetheart, Bobby, are happy newlyweds, doting on Bella’s little son, her child with Black American pilot Earl Franklin Junior.

Set in a luxurious grand hotel just outside Lisbon, at the height of the Second World War, Estoril is a delightful and poignant novel about exile, divided loyalties, fear and survival. The hotel's guests include spies, fallen kings, refugees from the Balkans, Nazis, American diplomats and stateless Jews. The Portuguese secret police broodingly observe the visitors, terrified that their country's neutrality will be compromised. The novel seamlessly fuses the stories of its invented characters with appearances by historical figures.

In my eyes she had always been old, always been mine, always been Granny Dan. But in another time, another place, there had been dancing, people, laughter, love. . . . She had had another life before she came to us, long before she came to me. . . . She was the cherished grandmother who sang...

Cathy was a happy, blushing bride when Britain went to war with Germany three years ago. But her youthful dreams were crushed by her violent husband, and even when he’s conscripted she knows it’s only a brief respite - divorce is not an option. Cathy, a true Brogan daughter, stays strong for her beloved little son, Peter. When her husband is declared missing in action, Cathy can finally allow herself to hope - in just 6 months she will legally be a widow. In the meantime, she has to keep Peter safe and fed.

Als de Nazi's België binnenvallen, weigert de jonge koning Leopold III naar Engeland te vluchten. Hij blijft in het kasteel van Laken, onder bewaking van de Duitse kolonel Werner Kiewitz. Kiewitz wordt de schaduw van de koning, een machteloze figuur in een overrompeld land. Hun relatie wordt persoonlijker, een spel van aantrekken en afstoten. Kiewitz wordt het slachtoffer van een omgekeerd Stockholm-syndroom: de gijzelnemer laat zich "verleiden" door de gijzelaar.

A modern master of the historical novel, Jeff Shaara has painted brilliant depictions of the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, and World War I. Now, The Rising Tide begins a staggering work of fiction bound to be a new generation’s most poignant chronicle of World War II. Through unforgettable...