Clara Krauss, since birth, was entrusted with a unique gift that made her special, almost mystical, a gift that would define her fate and the fate of everyone around her, a fate that would guide her, and her family through the time of turmoil that defined their world, a world tainted by evil, a world with the stench of death.
This sweeping reference work covers every aspect of the Cold War, from its ignition in the ashes of World War II, through the Berlin Wall and the Cuban Missile Crisis, to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Samurai tells the story of the courageous and highly disciplined fighting men of this time, showing how they evolved from the primitive fighters of the seventh century into an invincible military caste with a fearsome reputation.
Drummer Richard Bentinck of the 23rd of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) was a rarity: he survived many sanguinary experiences and recorded his adventures.
Cette correspondance familiale, écrite entre 1942 et 1945 raconte à travers la banalité de la vie quotidienne la déchirure de la déportation d'une famille de Juifs polonais, arrivée en France en 1930.
Ce livre est un témoignage de ce que fut Paris dans les années 1940 : la mémoire vivante d'un quartier du 13e arrondissement, vue par un gamin d'une dizaine d'années.
La patrouille du Caporal Samba (tirailleur sénégalais) va livrer son premier combat aérien piloté par le jeune et intrépide Lieutenant Georges-Marie Guynemer (1894-1917), héros légendaire de l'aviation française durant la première guerre mondiale.
Dear Mr Bigelow is an enchanting collection of weekly letters written between 1949 and 1961 from an unmarried woman working at the Public Baths in Bournemouth, to a wealthy American widower in New York.
