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None Stood Taller: An inspirational WWII story to make your heart soar. (Historical fiction) by Peter Turnham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThis book is a window into Britain's secret wartime past, step through it and this inspirational story of life and love will make your heart soar.It is March 1941, large swathes of the East End of London lie in ruins. Lily Heywood is just one more victim of the Blitz, lying beneath the rubble of her home. An unbreakable spirit, this is not the end for Lily, it is merely the beginning...Categorized as:
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![Šikmý kostel: románová kronika ztraceného města by Karin Lednická]()
Šikmý kostel: románová kronika ztraceného města by Karin Lednická
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsRománová kronika ztraceného města. Podtitul knihy lapidárně shrnuje příběh o někdejší pastevecké vesnici, která vystavěla svůj rozkvět na těžbě uhlí, aby o století později zašla na úbytě – také kvůli těžbě uhlí. Dnes už z výstavních budov a vznosné katedrály nezbylo nic. Jen šikmý kostel, který strmě a varovně ční do pusté krajiny... -
![Song of Redemption by Lynn Austin, Suzanne Toren]()
Song of Redemption by Lynn Austin, Suzanne Toren
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe second book in the Chronicles of the Kings series, Song of Redemption is a retelling of the life of Hezekiah, King of Judah from 716 to 687 BC After years of idolatry, Judah's temple has been cleansed and Hezekiah has brought God's law back to his people. But when he incurs the wrath of the barbaric Assyrians, he will need help from a surprising source...Categorized as:
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![The Woman from Tantoura: A Palestinian Novel by Radwa Ashour]()
The Woman from Tantoura: A Palestinian Novel by Radwa Ashour
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPalestine. For most of us, the word brings to mind a series of confused images and disjointed associations-massacres, refugee camps, UN resolutions, settlements, terrorist attacks, war, occupation, checkered kouffiyehs and suicide bombers, a seemingly endless cycle of death and destruction... -
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![The Heart of Aleppo: A Story of the Syrian Civil War by Ammar Habib]()
The Heart of Aleppo: A Story of the Syrian Civil War by Ammar Habib
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratings#1 Bestseller in Asian-American Literature!Available in paperback, Kindle, and Kindle Unlimited!Winner of the 2019 Independent Press Award From the ashes of the Syrian Civil War comes this story of hope, love, and courage... After standing for over 7,000 years, Aleppo's ruin came overnight... -
![Luz En Sion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
Luz En Sion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBook 4 in The Zion Chronicles series. Set in April 1948 on the eve of the British evacuation of Palestine... -
![The Key to Zion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
The Key to Zion by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe fifth book in THE ZION CHRONICLES, The Key to Zion opens with the British in the final stages of their military evacuation from Palestine. Haj Amin Husseini and the Arab Palestinians have been impatiently awaiting this day, but their power has gradually eroded... -
![Alamut by Vladimir Bartol]()
Alamut by Vladimir Bartol
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAlamut takes place in 11th Century Persia, in the fortress of Alamut, where self-proclaimed prophet Hasan ibn Sabbah is setting up his mad but brilliant plan to rule the region with a handful elite fighters who are to become his "living daggers...Categorized as:
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![Tabitha by Vikki Kestell]()
Tabitha by Vikki Kestell
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTabitha : Girls from the Mountain | Book 1 Available November 2, 2015. From the author of the groundbreaking series, A Prairie Heritage , comes the compelling story of fiery-haired, fiery-tempered Tabitha Hale. Rescued from a life of depravity, Tabitha gives her heart to God and her life to nursing... -
![This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun]()
This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAn immediate and critically acclaimed bestseller in France, This Blinding Absence of Light is the latest work by internationally renowned author Tahar Ben Jelloun, the first North African winner of the Prix Goncourt and winner of the Prix Mahgreb... -
![Under a Sunburnt Sky by Lilly Mirren]()
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![The Book of Fate by Parinoush Saniee]()
The Book of Fate by Parinoush Saniee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA bestselling novel in Iran, despite being banned twice by the government, The Book of Fate follows a teenage girl in pre-revolutionary Iran through five turbulent decades, from before the 1979 revolution, through the Islamic Republic, and up to the present in this powerful story of friendship, passion, and hope... -
![Between Two Shores by Jocelyn Green]()
Between Two Shores by Jocelyn Green
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe daughter of a Mohawk mother and French father in 1759 Montreal, Catherine Duval finds it is easier to remain neutral in a world that is tearing itself apart. Content to trade with both the French and the British, Catherine is pulled into the fray against her wishes when her British ex- fiance, Samuel Crane, is taken prisoner by her father... -
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Engraved on the Heart by Tara Johnson
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReluctant debutante Keziah Montgomery lives beneath the weighty expectations of her staunch Confederate family, forced to keep her epilepsy secret for fear of a scandal. As the tensions of the Civil War arrive on their doorstep in Savannah, Keziah sees little cause for balls and courting...Categorized as:
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![The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel]()
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis stirring, poignant novel, based on real historical events that made of actual people true heroes, unfolds the tragedy that befell the Armenian people in the dark year of 1915. The Great War is raging through Europe, and in the ancient, mountainous lands southwest of the Caspian Sea the Turks have begun systematically to exterminate their Christian subjects...Categorized as:
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![Freedom or Death by Nikos Kazantzakis]()
Freedom or Death by Nikos Kazantzakis
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFreedom or Death by Nikos Kazantzakis is a novel on the heroic or epic scale about the rebellion of the Greek Christians against the Turks on the island of Crete, where Kazantzakis was from... -
![The ThornBearer by Pepper Basham]()
The ThornBearer by Pepper Basham
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAshley Dougall has a terminal disease and forgiveness is the only cure. Ashley Dougall’s father stole her innocence, her selfish fiancé stole her heart, and unforgiveness is slowly stealing her life. Drawn by the desire to help others, she tries to escape haunting memories and enlists her services as a nurse in war-torn Europe... -
![Friends and Enemies by Terri Wangard]()
Friends and Enemies by Terri Wangard
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChristian Historical Romance set in World War 2 In 1943, widowed seamstress Heidi Wetzel finds new meaning in life by caring for evacuated children on a rural farm in war-torn western Germany. Never a supporter of National Socialism, she takes pleasure in passive resistance, but must exercise caution around neighbors who delight in reporting to the Gestapo... -
![Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf]()
Leo Africanus by Amin Maalouf
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"I, Hasan the son of Muhammad the weigh-master, I, Jean-Leon de Medici, circumcised at the hand of a barber and baptized at the hand of a pope, I am now called the African, but I am not from Africa, nor from Europe, nor from Arabia. I am also called the Granadan, the Fassi, the Zayyati, but I come from no country, from no city, no tribe...Categorized as:
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![A Love so True: A World War II Sweet Historical Romance by Caroline Mickelson]()
A Love so True: A World War II Sweet Historical Romance by Caroline Mickelson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLondon – 1940 As German bombs rain down upon the city of London, Emma Bradley hastily packs a suitcase, cradles her newborn son in her arms, and boards a train with two evacuee children she’s agreed to chaperone in exchange for a job in the south of England. Although she’s only one of thousands leaving the city, Emma is fleeing more than the horrors of war... -
![Surrender the Night by MaryLu Tyndall]()
Surrender the Night by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTyndall writes with such vivid detail readers will feel a part of the action and romance as they experience a historical event they won't soon forget. Romantic Times Book Reviews A timid American farm girl at the mercy of the enemy. . . A wounded British sailor driven into hiding. . . Both are about to change the course of history forever... -
![Daniel Stein, Interpreter by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Ludmila Ulitskaya]()
Daniel Stein, Interpreter by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Ludmila Ulitskaya
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDaniel Stein, a Polish Jew, miraculously survives the Holocaust by working in the Gestapo as a translator. After the war, he converts to Catholicism, becomes a priest, enters the Order of Barefoot Carmelites and emigrates to Israel... -
![Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors by Conn Iggulden]()
Ravenspur: Rise of the Tudors by Conn Iggulden
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWitness the rise of the Tudor dynasty—in this concluding volume to Conn Iggulden’s vigorous and commanding retelling of the Wars of the Roses. England, 1470. A divided kingdom cannot stand.King Edward of York has been driven out of England. Queen Elizabeth and her children tremble in sanctuary at Westminster Abbey. The House of Lancaster has won the crown, but York will not go quietly... -
![The Imposter: A Legacy of Love Novel by Melanie Dobson]()
The Imposter: A Legacy of Love Novel by Melanie Dobson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs the British and Continental armies wage war in 1781, another conflict wars in the heart of Lydia Caswell, a wealthy plantation owner's daughter. One snowy night Lydia Caswell discovers a wounded man on the riverbank near Caswell Hall, and her decision to save him changes her life... -
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![Danny Boy by Anne Bennett]()
Danny Boy by Anne Bennett
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA deeply moving saga of a young couple with high hopes for a bright future in rural Ireland, only to find themselves embroiled in the uprising of 1916 and having to make a new life for themselves in Birmingham. Rosie's family doesn't have much money, but she's rich in other ways: she loves her life on the farm, her sisters, her friends, and even her spoilt baby brother... -
![By Way of the Wilderness by Gilbert Morris]()
By Way of the Wilderness by Gilbert Morris
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe always-compelling story of Moses, told as only master storyteller Gilbert Morris can deliver it. Readers will feel the sand beneath their feet as they follow Moses through his days in Pharaoh's court, his exile in the desert in Midian, his return to Egypt and confrontation with Pharaoh, to leading his people into the desert on their quest to reach the Promised Land. Lions of Judah Book 5... -
![The Seventh Gate by Richard Zimler]()
The Seventh Gate by Richard Zimler
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSet in 1930s Berlin, during the Nazis' rise to power, 'The Seventh Gate' brings together Sophie Riedesel, an intelligent, artistic, and sexually adventurous 14-year-old with Isaac Zarco and his friends, most of whom are Jews, ex-circus performers and underground activists... -
![Judah's Wife : A Novel of the Maccabees by Angela Hunt]()
Judah's Wife : A Novel of the Maccabees by Angela Hunt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSeeking peace and safety after a hard childhood, Leah marries Judah, a strong and gentle man, and for the first time in her life Leah believes she can rest easily... -
![Defender of Rome by Douglas Jackson]()
Defender of Rome by Douglas Jackson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe new book in the Roman trilogy, from the highly acclaimed historical novelist, Douglas Jackson. Gaius Valerius Verrens returns to Rome from the successful campaign against Boudicca in Britain. Now hailed a 'Hero of Rome', Valerius is not the man he once was -- scarred both physically and emotionally by the battles he has fought, his sister is mortally ill, his father in self-imposed exile...Categorized as:
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![Javanese Gentry by Umar Kayam]()
Javanese Gentry by Umar Kayam
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"In my mind rose a misty picture of a little girl in a floral dress. As for her face: nothing. I could only hope that she had been pretty. I sat overcome. What a procession of developments in one day! Only that morning I had left Madiun; at midday I was wobbling on a buggy past an ocean of rice fields; tonight, suddenly, I had been renamed by my parents and handed a wife... -
![Faith of Our Fathers: A House Divided by N.C. Allen, Nancy Campbell Allen]()
Faith of Our Fathers: A House Divided by N.C. Allen, Nancy Campbell Allen
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt is the eve of the Civil War, and the delicate fabric of a young nation threatens to tear apart as volatile issues divide its people. Brothers James and Jeffrey Birmingham now find themselves and their families on opposing sides of a great and terrible conflict... -
![Sarajevo Marlboro by Miljenko Jergović]()
Sarajevo Marlboro by Miljenko Jergović
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMiljenko Jergovic’s remarkable début collection of stories, Sarajevo Marlboro – winner of the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Prize – earned him wide acclaim throughout Europe. Croatian by birth, Jergovic ? spent his childhood in Sarajevo and chose to remain there throughout most of the war...Categorized as:
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![Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay]()
Children of Earth and Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe bestselling author of the groundbreaking novels Under Heaven and River of Stars, Guy Gavriel Kay is back with a new book, set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands—where empires and faiths collide...Categorized as:
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![Isaac's Torah: A Novel by Angel Wagenstein]()
Isaac's Torah: A Novel by Angel Wagenstein
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis novel is the saga in five parts of Isaac Jacob Blumenfeld, who grows up in Kolodetz, a small town near Lvov, which, when he's a boy, belongs to the Hapsburg Empire, but which subsequently belongs to Poland, Soviet Russia, Germany, and then Russia again. Isaac survives the absurdity and horror of Eastern Europe during the 20th century by pretending to be a fool... -
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![Stigmata by Colin Falconer]()
Stigmata by Colin Falconer
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1206: When Fabricia Berenger was struck by lightning in the main square of Toulouse, her troubles were only just beginning. Soon she develops mysterious wounds on her hands and feet - and some people credit her with the gift of healing. To keep her from the attentions of the Inquisition her family flee into the Languedoc and finally put her into a Convent in the mountains... -
![The Haj by Leon Uris]()
The Haj by Leon Uris
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLeon Uris retums to the land of his acclaimed best-seller Exodus for an epic story of hate and love, vengeance and forgiveness and forgiveness. The Middle East is the powerful setting for this sweeping tale of a land where revenge is sacred and hatred noble. Where an Arab ruler tries to save his people from destruction but cannot save them from themselves...Categorized as:
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![The Triumph of the Sun by Wilbur Smith]()
The Triumph of the Sun by Wilbur Smith
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThey've come from out of the shifting sands and down from ancient mountains. Mounted on horse and camel, carrying gleaming swords and plundered rifles, the sons of Allah are led by a holy warrior imbued with jihad, driving his army of thousands to wipe out the last Englishmen from the isolated Nile city.. -
![The Corpse Washer by Sinan Antoon]()
The Corpse Washer by Sinan Antoon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAcclaimed and celebrated in the Arab world for it's vivid portrait of Iraq, this heart- breaking novel confronts the war - torn nations horrifying recent history, as told through the eyes of a young man. Jawad, born into a family of Corpse Washers, decides to turn his back on family tradition and follow his heart into the world of fine arts, but the circumstances of history will dictate otherwise... -
![The Writing on the Wall by Dean Hughes]()
The Writing on the Wall by Dean Hughes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this new series, Dean Hughes paints a fascinating picture of the turbulent 60's. The Berlin Wall. The Cold War. The Kennedy Assassination. The Civil Rights movement. Issues and events marked by prosperity, unrest, increasing global awareness as well as divisiveness over national priorities... -
![Where Daffodils Bloom: Based on the True Story of a WWII War Bride by Leya Delray]()
Where Daffodils Bloom: Based on the True Story of a WWII War Bride by Leya Delray
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“If she stopped now, she might still be able to pick up the pieces and live that nice, safe life she’d always wanted. But after today…”In a tiny town on the coast of Lancashire, Lily Brown is trying to hold her life together... -
![عن الرجال والبنادق by غسان كنفاني]()
عن الرجال والبنادق by غسان كنفاني
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsمجموعة قصصية يستلهم فيها كنفاني ككل إبداعه الأدبي مأساة شعب فلسطين الذي لم يكتب غسان كنفاني شيئا إلا عنه، ولم يستلهم قصصه إلا منه... -
![Inshallah by Oriana Fallaci]()
Inshallah by Oriana Fallaci
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHailed upon its European publication as a masterpiece, Inshallah is Oriana Fallaci's great achievement, a twentieth-century epic about the catastrophic civil war in Lebanon. Writing in Italy's Il Giorno, Giancarlo Vigorelli has announced, "One must make room for Fallaci next to Hemingway and Malraux... -
![A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell]()
A City of Broken Glass by Rebecca Cantrell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1938, after four years in hiding in Switzerland, journalist Hannah Vogel believes the coast is clear and takes the opportunity for a holiday with her 13-year-old son Anton. Traveling again under the name of Adelheid Zinsli, they arrive in Poland to cover the St. Martin festival, only to learn of the deportation of 12,000 Polish Jews from Germany...Categorized as:
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![Gods, Kings & Slaves: The Siege of Madurai by Venketesh R.]()
Gods, Kings & Slaves: The Siege of Madurai by Venketesh R.
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWar is coming... Peninsular India, fourteenth century. The Pandyan empire is at its peak, its enemies subdued and its people at peace. Having left behind his step-brother Sundar in the race to the throne, Crown Prince Veera Pandyan is set to rule from Madurai, reputed to be the richest city in the subcontinent... -
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![Grounded Hearts by Jeanne M. Dickson]()
Grounded Hearts by Jeanne M. Dickson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the midst of World War II, Ireland has declared herself neutral. Troops found on Irish soil must be reported and interned, no matter which side they are fighting for. When midwife Nan O’Neil finds a wounded young Canadian pilot at her door, she knows she’s taking a huge risk by letting him in. Not only is she a widow living alone, but if caught harboring a combatant, she’ll face imprisonment... -
![An Army of Angels: A Novel of Joan of Arc by Pamela Marcantel]()
An Army of Angels: A Novel of Joan of Arc by Pamela Marcantel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe story is legend: the french peasant maid Joan of Arc successfully leads an army against the English and is burned at the stake before she turns twenty. Many have tried to re-create her life, but none have succeeded more brilliantly than Pamela Marcantel in this, her dazzling debut... -
![Crusade by Elizabeth Laird]()
Crusade by Elizabeth Laird
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Adam's mother dies unconfessed, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Employed as a dog-boy for the local knight, Adam grabs the chance to join the Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem. He burns with determination to strike down the infidel enemy...Categorized as:
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![Pieces of Silver by Maureen Lang]()
Pieces of Silver by Maureen Lang
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThreats, betrayal and love . . . Liesel Bonner never questioned her loyalty to America—until she is forced to either protect or betray the man everyone expects her to marry. David de Serra is the intriguing and handsome federal agent demanding Liesel’s help in his case against her would-be fiancé... -
![Suheldev & the Battle of Bahraich by Amish Tripathi, Vikas Singh]()
Suheldev & the Battle of Bahraich by Amish Tripathi, Vikas Singh
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Forgotten Hero. An Unforgettable Battle.India, 1025 AD.Repeated attacks by Mahmud of Ghazni and his barbaric Turkic hordes have weakened India’s northern regions. The invaders lay waste to vast swathes of the subcontinent—plundering, killing, raping, pillaging. Many of the old Indian kingdoms, tired and divided, fall to them... -
![The Walls of Lucca by Steve Physioc]()
The Walls of Lucca by Steve Physioc
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn award-winning tale of love, life and forgiveness in World War I Italy“An absorbing, well-researched saga.” — Kirkus Reviews“The Walls of Lucca is a tender, suspenseful and touching story sure to please fans of romance, political stories, and historical novels...Categorized as:
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