Gerhard Thybens Leidenschaft für das Fliegen wurde schon im Kindesalter geweckt, als ihm sein Vater eines Tages einen Bauplan für ein Modellsegelflugzeug schenkte.
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Light We Lost comes a sweeping and achingly romantic story of the course of fate, the meaning of family and the power of love.
'A captivating sweep of a novel about love, resilience and impossible choices' Christina Lamb, chief foreign correspondent Sunday Times'An unflinching look at the cost of survival in terrible circumstances, which has sad echoes in modern-day Ukraine' The TimesSeventeen-year-old Debora Rosenbaum, ambitious and in love with literature, arrives in the capital of the new Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Kharkiv.
Como parte la coleccion de literatura coreana contemporanea, Ediciones del Ermitano publica el trabajo de uno de los escritores de libros infantiles mas apreciados en Corea.
Uno de los obstaculos principales para la observancia de los derechos humanos en sociedades que no logran dar un paso definitivo a la democracia es el uso del ejercito de parte de los gobiernos para salvaguardar los intereses de las clases dominantes.
A gripping and compelling dual timeline novel about three women who joined the Navy during WWI to become yeomanettesand the impact their choices have on one of their descendants in 1968.
AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER* A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK* A GMA BUZZ PICK * AN INDIE NEXT PICK* AN AMAZON BEST OF THE MONTH PICK, LITERATURE AND FICTION*A PEOPLE MAGAZINE PICKTheNew York Timesbestselling author ofTheLast Train to Londonrevisits the dark early days of the German occupation in France in this haunting novela love story and a tale of high-stakes danger and incomparable courageabout a young American heiress who helps artists hunted by the Nazis escape from war-torn Europe.
The Battle of the Atlantic, Canadas longest continuous military engagement of the Second World War, lasted 2,074 days, claiming the lives of more than 4,000 men and women in the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian merchant navy The years 2019 to 2025 mark the eightieth anniversary of the longest battle of the Second World War, the Battle of the Atlantic.
From the author ofThe Dutch Wifecomes a riveting novel set during World War II about two sisters, one of whom secretly adopts a Jewish baby and the other who is married to a Nazi sympathizerAmsterdam,1941.
**************THE FIFTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, June 1944As the planes continue to circle over Cliffehaven, Peggy Reilly s sister Doris must seek refuge after a V-1 blast destroys her home.
THE NINTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANAfter the death of her parents in a bombing raid, Mary Jones discovers a secret in the pages of father s diaries.
The Conductor reads like a proper up-all-night page-turner, but it also goes deeper than that, conveying the extraordinary life-saving properties of music, and hope' Bella Bathurst.
Jennifer Chiaverini presenta una novela osada y reveladora sobre una de las grandes historias jamás contadas de la Primera Guerra Mundial: la de las mujeres del Cuerpo de Señales del Ejército de los Estados Unidos.
Edited by the bestselling author of Birdsong and Dr Hope Wolf, this is an original and illuminating non-fiction anthology of writing on the First World War.
En la primavera de 1916 Ramón del Valle-Inclán visitó el frente francés mientras se desarrollaba la batalla de Verdún, un enfrentamiento de proporciones colosales que habría de determinar el curso de la Primera Guerra Mundial.
The next gloriously uplifting, escapist, historical read from 'the queen of the contemporary Cornish novel' GuardianAs one of the Navy's most skilled mapmakers, Merry knows that lives depend on her work in the War Office.
Dumas schildert packend und dramatisch das tragische Schicksal von Marie Antoinette, den Fall der Monarchie und das mit Liebe, Intrige und Verrat verwobene Schicksal der Adelsfamilie Charny inmitten der turbulenten Zeit der Französischen Revolution.
Ange Pitou erzählt die Geschichte eines jungen, einfachen Mannes aus der Provinz, der ungewollt in die Wirren der Französischen Revolution gerät und die dramatischen Ereignisse rund um den Sturm auf die Bastille und den Sturz der Monarchie aus der Perspektive des Volkes miterlebt.
Ange Pitou erzählt die Geschichte eines jungen, einfachen Mannes aus der Provinz, der ungewollt in die Wirren der Französischen Revolution gerät und die dramatischen Ereignisse rund um den Sturm auf die Bastille und den Sturz der Monarchie aus der Perspektive des Volkes miterlebt.
