In a time of war, danger lurks beneath the water--and in the depths of the human heartAs the German war machine devours the Netherlands, the only way Cilla van der Zee can survive the occupation is to do the unthinkable--train to become a spy for the Nazis.
Captures with grace and profundity the experience of immigrants and health workers - TASH AWA beautifully immersive coming-of-age tale set amongst the brilliance and bleakness of 1970s London - LOUISE HARE Penang, 1971.
The novel "An Uncrowned King" by Emma Orczy takes place in the late nineteenth century in a charming French city, where the reader meets the character of Cyril Bertrand, a charismatic young painter, who falls in love with Veronique Christophe, the daughter of the richest businessman in Europe.
Tiempos de fuego constituye un testimonio de los algidos anos de la Guerra Sucia en Mexico, desde el punto de vista de un universitario llegado a la Ciudad de Mexico desde Los Mochis.
There were two of them: the First National, familiarly known as the White Bank, and a private bank, known as the Grey Bank, and they stood side by side in the same imposing block, with marble front and massive doors of oak, and broad granite steps.
Apesar de ter sido advertida por sua mãe de que amor e desejo são duas coisas muito diferentes, Esa McCullum aprende essa lição de uma maneira muito difícil.
A BRAND NEW instalment in the wartime saga series from May Ellis1917: As the war reaches its final moments, the families of the Somerset village of Street take comfort in new arrivals among them, but can they allow themselves to hope, or are more dark times around the corner?
Tunnel der Mutigen | Historischer Roman über eine spektakuläre Flucht aus der DDREin aufwühlender Roman, der Familien- und Zeitgeschichte verknüpftIn seinem spannenden historischen Roman »Tunnel der Mutigen« erzählt Christian Hardinghaus die unglaubliche Geschichte einer spektakulären Flucht aus der DDR durch einen illegalen Tunnel.
Todo un clásico de la narrativa histórica, esta novela contrapone, de manera honesta, la crueldad de toda una sociedad a la infinita ternura y humanidad del personaje principal.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;THE EAST END TRILOGY: Tales of Mean Streets, A Child of the Jago & To London Town"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
At the Missouri frontier town, on the banks of the Mississippi River, the intrigue revolves around two boys-one, born into slavery, with 1/32 black ancestry; the other, white, born to be the master of the house.
Sir Geoffrey Peveril and Major Bridgenorth had been boys together, and although they adopted different views in religion and politics, the Roundhead major had saved the Royalist's life after the battle of Bolton-le-Moors, and Lady Peveril had brought up major's girl, Alice, with her own son.
The latest instalment in JC Duncan's action-packed Last Viking seriesThe greatest threat to the empire is not a foreign army, but the thirst for power at all costs.
Carruthers, a minor official in the Foreign Office, is contacted by an acquaintance, Davies, asking him to join in a yachting holiday in the Baltic Sea.
