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It's 1943 and the country is at war. An unlikely group of land girls are finding out about life, love and loss, forming surprising friendships along the way. When Alice Todd's husband runs off with another woman, she is forced to find a means to provide for herself and her young son. Accepting a position as a hostel warden at an old Devonshire farmhouse, Alice finds herself looking after ten volunteer land girls. The job is not as easy as it first seems.

Nelson Algren was a renowned writer, known for his penetrating and influential social novels such as The Man with the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. Originally published in 1935, Somebody in Boots was Algren’s first novel, based on his experiences living in Texas during the Great Depression. A wonderful companion to Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, this new edition of Somebody in Boots features an introduction by Colin Asher, the author of a biography of Algren.

The Best Boots I Ever Ate is a 70,000 word, literary, historically accurate saga of the Alaska Gold Rush novel of three years in the life of an Alaska Gold Rush boomtown, from formation to demise, 1903 to 1906. The drama is told via 31 interconnected short stories focusing on the unique characters and events of the Alaska Gold Rush.

Frühjahr 1940: Der Krieg beginnt sich in seiner ganzen Grausamkeit zu offenbaren, die U-Boot-Schlachten fordern ihre Opfer. Kapitänleutnant Heinz-Georg von Hassel kämpft noch immer mit den Erinnerungen an den Untergang seines ersten Bootes und den Verlusten seiner Männer. Doch bleibt ihm kaum Zeit für Sentimentalitäten. Unter seinem Kommando geht es südwärts an die Küsten Afrikas, um dort so viel Schaden wie möglich unter den Schiffen der Alliierten anzurichten. Ohne Geleitzug und nahezu auf sich alleine gestellt, begibt sich die U-68 auf eine gefährliche Mission. Der Tod bleibt ihr ständiger Begleiter.