20th Century

1940: Dover waits for the Nazi invasion… but what if Hitler's agents are already here, among them? Canadian journalist Jessica Marshall is reporting from Dover as the town is on the brink of a German invasion. But her story never makes it into the paper… Meanwhile, Louis Renard, an intelligent, damaged man and onetime Scotland Yard murder detective, is recuperating from wounds received in the Dunkirk invasion, working in Dover's barely functioning police station.

Ania hears the explosion of gunshots before she sees the Nazi soldiers approach her beloved home. Her family don’t have time to run, but she does. Hiding nearby, she listens to her sister’s screams and – stroking the red ribbon she keeps tied around her wrist – she begins to plot her revenge… Taunted her whole life for being smarter than anyone else in the village, now living in war-torn Poland, being governed by Nazis who think Poles are subhuman and women only good for one thing… Ania now only has her wits to rely on, if she's going to survive.

Four people's lives are dramatically torn apart by a single terrifying event. Two days before Christmas the express train to Strasbourg crashes into a local train in the winter darkness outside Paris. On board is Gilles Malroux, a man with a shady past and a strong reason to avoid the police. In the mayhem of the crash he is badly injured but to avoid capture by the police he swaps identity papers with one of the other victims of the impact. Gilles tries to flee in the dark but finds himself taken to the house of a woman he doesn't know but who calls him Davide.

1922. Twenty-year-old Eleanor Mackridge is horrified by the future mapped out for her – to serve the upper classes or find a man to marry (preferably kind). She ‘proved useful’ working in a munitions factory during the war – handling explosives – but now, society is returning to normal and women are being put back in their place.

After the horrors of World War One, disillusioned army chaplain John Elliot arrives at Hern Hall, an isolated estate in the mist-shrouded English countryside. The mystery of the estate's tragic past seems to linger in the shadows when John catches a glimpse of a drowned child's face beneath the dark waters of the lake.

From acclaimed authors Aimie K. Runyan, J'nell Ciesielski, and Rachel McMillan comes an evocative, three-part novel about a thread of connection during World War I--a single scarf that links three extraordinary women, each battling societal expectations, enduring the devastations of war, and striving for personal growth amidst the chaos.

Paris, 1940. Clutching a delicate silver dove-shaped brooch–the last gift from her beloved Otto, with a message of love engraved in the back–Lally flees her home in Paris. With her closest friend by her side, she dodges the Nazi gunfire echoing all around the city streets. But as they become more and more desperate during the darkest days Europe has ever known, one must make a terrible sacrifice for them both to survive…

Berlin, 1939. Tears pouring down her cheeks, Rosa pushes through the crowds and thrusts the basket containing her darling newborn twins at the woman closing the door to the carriage. All she can say is please take them. Then she runs, praying the train will reach England safely…

In a sleepy German village, Allina Strauss’s life seems idyllic: she works at her uncle’s bookshop, makes strudel with her aunt, and spends weekends with her friends and fiancé. But it's 1939, Adolf Hitler is Chancellor, and Allina’s family hides a terrifying secret—her birth mother was Jewish, making her a Mischling. One fateful night after losing everyone she loves, Allina is forced into service as a nurse at a state-run baby factory called Hochland Home. There, she becomes both witness and participant to the horrors of Heinrich Himmler’s ruthless eugenics program.

When Laura Powell and Henry Salter travel to Paris in 1938, neither considers the other very good company. Laura is a shallow, spoiled heir to a fortune, and Henry an opportunistic bore—or so they think. But as her father’s protégé, Henry is tasked with accompanying Laura for her safety, even as she continues to scorn him. Orphaned stowaway David forces the pair to see eye to eye. They can ignore their growing feelings, but they can’t deny the boy’s need for protection. Yet even with this tentative truce, their problems are far from over.

Die Danziger Trilogie umfasst die Werke Die Blechtrommel, Katz und Maus und Hundejahre. In der Blechtrommel erweist sich Oskar Matzerath, der im Alter von drei Jahren beschließt, nicht mehr zu wachsen, als ein scharfsinniger Beobachter des Danziger Kleinbürgertums vor und während des Nationalsozialismus. In Katz und Maus erzählt Pilenz aus der Rückschau des Jahres 1959 vom bewunderten und verachteten Klassenkameraden Mahlke im Danzig der Kriegszeit, den sein übergroßer Adamsapfel zum Außenseiter macht.

US Army Lieutenant Billy Boyle, an ex-cop who serves as detective for General Ike, is sent to Caserta, Italy, to investigate the murders of two American officers stationed there. The MOs are completely different, and it seems like the officers had no connection to each other, but one frightening fact links the murders. Each body was discovered with a single playing card: the lieutenant’s with the ten of hearts; the captain’s, the jack of hearts. The message seems clear—if the murderer isn’t apprehended, the higher ranks will be next.

El 8 de noviembre de 1939, apenas comenzada la Segunda Guerra Mundial, Adolf Hitler dio un discurso inusualmente corto en una cervecería de Múnich. Once minutos después de que abandonara el lugar, estalló una bomba que alguien había instalado bajo el estrado. La explosión derrumbó parte del edificio y dejó ocho muertos. De haber seguido allí, con toda seguridad Hitler habría sido asesinado. Jorge Carrasco nos sumerge en un momento crucial del siglo XX y nos descubre la vida de este héroe discreto que se atrevió a hacer frente al horror.

For the townspeople of Poole on the Dorset coast, the war feels like it's right on their doorstep. And with more and more men leaving to fight, one fisherman’s daughter is determined to do whatever she can to help. Peggy volunteers to use her skills on the water to work with the flying boats alongside the RAF based in the harbour. But when she is asked to undertake a special mission, she will have to make a terrible choice – between her duty to her country and her only chance of happiness.

1937. On the eve of her debutante season in London, Lucia Blake rebels against her domineering father and his fascist politics and runs away to France. Breaking the promise to always look after her, she leaves behind her adored younger sister, Della. Seeking freedom Lucia finds unexpected passion in the arms of a charming French archaeologist. But as war looms over Europe, their idyllic love is shattered by an unspeakable tragedy.

"England, 1940. Dearest Ruby, you must have heard the news by now. The very worst has happened. Our countries are at war. What can I do? How can I stop this nightmare from happening? One day soon we’ll be together again. I swear. I love you. E. x". Ruby Summers is a tapestry of memories, her ninety-six years laced with both love and loss. The echoes of a wartime Norfolk summer, where young Ruby's heart entwined with Edmondo's under orchard skies, are as vivid as ever. Yet a single, haunting secret - born from a love tested by war and a betrayal that shattered her - remains locked within her.

Irène è francese ma vive a Bad Arolsen, nel cuore della Germania, e dal 1990 lavora in un centro di documentazione dove, dalla fine della guerra, si conducono ricerche sul destino delle vittime del regime nazista. Il centro era stato concepito dalle potenze alleate che avevano previsto come, sparato l’ultimo colpo di artiglieria, il mondo si sarebbe trovato di fronte a milioni di scomparsi di cui indagare le sorti. Per quell’impiego, cui è approdata rispondendo a un annuncio, Irène scopre in realtà un’autentica vocazione.

Zwischen Dichtung und Wahrheit. Thomas Mann, wie Sie ihn noch nie erlebt haben. Nidden im Sommer 1930. In dem idyllischen ostpreußischen Fischerdorf kreuzen sich die Wege des weltberühmten Schriftstellers Thomas Mann und des jungen Übersetzers Žydrūnas Miuleris, genannt Müller, unter außergewöhnlichen Umständen. Nach der Auflösung des Reichstags droht das Ende der Weimarer Republik und der tief beunruhigte Dichter arbeitet in der Sommerfrische heimlich an einer politischen Rede, mit der er das Deutsche Volk vor dem erstarkenden Nationalsozialismus warnen will.

Le Case is a village far from everything. Seen from there, even the war looks different—mostly waiting, prayers, poverty. As a fierce winter looms, an order is issued to arrest all Jews and detain them in the bishop's villa, awaiting deportation. René is the town's shoemaker. Everyone calls him Settebello, “lucky seven,” a nickname he got at a young age after losing three fingers on a lathe. Now he's fifty years old. Shy, solitary, taciturn. No family or acquaintances—except for Anna, a lifelong friend who could have been something more.

Ian is thrown west to Paris. There, he unexpectedly falls in love with Alicia, a mysterious Frenchwoman, but then must leave her to race across France to safety in Casablanca. Daniel ends up in the Siberian Gulag, where he faces endless blizzards, starvation, and the often-lethal cruelties of guards and fellow prisoners. He too finds someone, an exiled poet named Nadhya, until he must choose: stay with her or cross all of Russia to return to the future he'd envisioned.

Может ли пришелец из будущего в одиночку изменить мир? Умные политики и маститые ученые доказывают нам, что нет. Но Илья Лисов не знал этого авторитетного мнения. Против своего желания оказавшись 22 июня 1941 года на советско-германской границе, он вынужден был вступить в бой с фашистами просто для того, чтобы выжить. А потом, освоившись в новом времени, Илья решает сделать попытку повлиять на события, чтобы уменьшить количество погибших в войне. С трудом, но это ему удается. И вот на дворе — конец лета 1944 года.

Two Necklaces is the story of a German girl's coming of age who dares to think for herself at a time when that very act was dangerous, even life-threatening. It delves into the very nature of the human condition with its frailty, strength, and the struggle of mind and heart.

Assigned to US Navy Rescue Tug, the ATR-3X, not long after the German surrender in North Africa, Ensign Hal Goff and four other officers must support the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy, shepherding navy ships to and from the bitter fighting. With the Allied advance finally stopped cold along the Winter Line beneath Monte Cassino, Hal and his ship become part of the grueling invasion of Anzio and the seemingly endless stalemate across Anzio's bloody beaches. Phillip Parotti's thrilling novel treats his listeners to gripping World War II naval action in the Mediterranean Sea.

In this fifth book of the epic Barton Family Series, Hattie Barton finally marries her first love, Will Kendrick, and is set to travel with him to Shanghai where he’d served as a missionary after their broken engagement thirty years earlier. A family crisis interrupts their plans and Will is forced to go alone to Shanghai. He is detained when the US enters World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Antonio Renzi è un giovane ufficiale degli alpini. Quando l'Italia entra nella Grande Guerra il 24 maggio 1915 ha poco più di vent'anni, ma nel deserto della Libia ha già conosciuto la violenza e la morte. Ora tutto cambia, e dal caldo e dalle tempeste di sabbia deve passare alle bufere di neve delle Dolomiti. Antonio è nato a Firenze, e oltre alle difficoltà del terreno e del clima, e ai colpi dei fucili e dei cannoni austro-ungarici, deve superare la diffidenza degli alpini nati in Veneto, Piemonte e Lombardia, che si muovono sulla roccia e sulla neve come a casa propria.